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The Linux Foundation’s 2025 Annual Report highlights growth across AI, global standards, security, education, and community participation.
Here are the main takeaways from this year’s report.
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#OpenSource #AI #Security #OpenStandards #Collaboration
December 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
💡 “I didn't get certified to get a job. I did it to learn and prove I could.” Luis Felipe Hernandez career journey shows how certifications can spark confidence, not just career change.

🔗 Read his story: training.linuxfoundation.org/blog/meet-lu...

#Linux #CloudNative #Kubernetes #Developers
Meet Luis Felipe Hernandez: LFCS, CKAD
Luis Felipe Hernandez turned his early curiosity and love for Linux into a career as a software engineer and adjunct professor.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Japan reports strong growth in open source value and new expectations for support, security, and governance.

Watch the highlights and explore the full findings from the 2025 State of Open Source Japan report.
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#OpenSource #LFResearch #WorldOfOpenSource
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Open source adoption is at an all-time high, but many organizations still struggle with governance and security maturity. Dr.Irving Wladawsky-Berger shares key findings from The State of Global Open Source 2025 and why strategic participation matters.
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The State of Open Source Software in 2025
Irving Wladawsky-Berger discusses the latest Linux Foundation research report, The State of Global Open Source 2025.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Open source adoption in Japan is delivering measurable business value.
In this blog, Hilary Carter, SVP of Research at the LF, shares findings from The State of Open Source Japan 2025. Read the highlights: www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/japans-...
Japan’s Open Source Moment: Strong Business Value, Global Leadership—and a Clear Path Forward
Hilary Carter, SVP of Research at the Linux Foundation, shares some key takeaways from our research on the state of open source in Japan.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Linux Foundation’s 2025 Annual Report reflects a year of global collaboration and steady growth across open source, AI, security, standards, and education.
Here are the highlight moments from this year’s report.
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#OpenSource #AI #Collaboration
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
OpenPOWERorg and ChipFoundry announced the winners of the Microwatt Design Challenge, highlighting how #opensource tooling enables community-driven hardware innovation.

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OpenPOWER Foundation and ChipFoundry Announce Winners of the Microwatt Design Challenge, Advancing Open Source POWER Hardware
OpenPOWER Foundation and ChipFoundry Announce Winners of the Microwatt Design Challenge
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December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As 2025 comes to a close, we are celebrating the people and projects advancing open collaboration.

Thank you to our global community for an impactful year.
Read the December newsletter for highlights and what’s ahead.
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#OpenSource
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📊 Open source isn’t just a software model—it’s a strategy. 84% of organizations find that fostering open source culture leads to higher retention. Why? Because it gives engineers:
✅Autonomy
✅Visibility
✅Purpose
✅A path to growth without leaving your team
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December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Celebrating collaboration and community excellence 🎉
The 2025 LF Decentralized Trust Community Awards recognize contributors building trusted, transparent, and secure decentralized technologies through open collaboration.
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#LFDecentralizedTrust #OpenSource
2025 Community Awards: Recognizing Contributions from Across the LF Decentralized Trust Community | LF Decentralized Trust
As part of our celebration of a decade of building better together, this year we are giving out 10 community recognition awards. Join us in sharing this honor and congratulating these community leader...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Introduction to free5GC (LFS114) is a new self-paced course that takes you beyond 5G basics and into real architecture, functions, and code.

Learn AMF, SMF, UPF, and how to run and troubleshoot free5GC.
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Introduction to free5GC (LFS114) | Linux Foundation Education
Build in-demand 5G Core skills with free5GC and learn architecture, functions, codebase, and debugging for cloud native, edge, and AI systems.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Linus Torvalds shared his thoughts on AI being a valuable tool to help maintain code and details around the newly released Linux kernel 6.18 at #OSS Japan.

Read about it in ZDNet: www.zdnet.com/article/linu...

#AI #OpenSource
Linus Torvalds is 'a huge believer' in using AI to maintain code - just don't call it a revolution
Torvalds is sick of all the AI hype, but says AI is finally maturing to the point where it will be useful for Linux developers and maintainers.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
OpenAI is a co-founder of the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation. With contributions such as AGENTS.md and strong community collaboration, AAIF will advance open and interoperable standards for the future of agentic AI.
More details: t.co/PFSnLPA677
December 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A milestone for agentic AI: Block joins as a founding project of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) at the LF. Together with Anthropic and OpenAI, AAIF provides a neutral home for open, community-driven #agenticAI and shared standards.

Read the full blog from Block: block.xyz/inside/block...
Block, Anthropic, and OpenAI Launch the Agentic AI Foundation
Block, Anthropic, and OpenAI have launched the Agentic AI Foundation (AAF). Learn about this new non-profit organization dedicated to making agentic AI safe, accessible, and beneficial for everyone.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
MCP Night SF was a massive success! 🚀 Huge thanks to WorkOS for hosting an evening of AI + modern computing demos and panels. Speakers from The LF, OpenAI, AnthropicAI, Block & more shared exciting updates on the MCP protocol following the Agentic AI Foundation launch.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Anthropic is donating MCP to the Linux Foundation, making it a founding project of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF). This strengthens open, shared standards so AI tools and agents can work together more transparently.

Read more: www.anthropic.com/news/donatin...

#OpenSource #AI #AgenticAI
Donating the Model Context Protocol and establishing the Agentic AI Foundation
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
⏳ Survey Closing Soon
As we celebrate a decade of innovation, we want to hear from you. How has Zephyr or your RTOS of choice shaped your work, products, and community experience?
Your insights will help guide the next decade of open innovation.
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#ZephyrProject
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today we launch the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) with project contributions of MCP (Anthropic), goose (Block) and AGENTS.md (OpenAI), creating a shared ecosystem for tools, standards, and community-driven innovation.

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#opensource #AgenticAI
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📢 From #OSSummit Japan: New LF report shows 69% of Japanese orgs saw more business value from #OSS—above the global average—though gaps in governance, security, and exec alignment remain.
📖 Read the full report:
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JP: www.linuxfoundation.jp/publications...
The State of Open Source Japan 2025
The State of Open Source Japan 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A big takeaway from the GOSIM AI Vision Forum:
AI must support human skills, not replace them.

Key themes from this year’s discussions:
• Human-centered design
• Creativity + AI
• Global safety standards
• Open digital public goods

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#AI #OpenSource
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
AI Reality Check: Open models deliver a stunning 90%+ of performance at a fraction of the cost. The result of their underuse? $48B in unrealized value every year.
Check out the full blog by LF’s Chief Economist Frank Nagle: www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/reveali...
#OpenSource #AI #OpenModels
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
75% of organizations are adopting Confidential Computing, and momentum is rising. New IDC and Confidential Computing Consortium research shows it is now essential for training AI, protecting sensitive data in the cloud, and meeting global compliance needs.

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New Study Finds Confidential Computing Emerging as a Strategic Imperative for Secure AI and Data Collaboration
Research commissioned by the Confidential Computing Consortium highlights accelerating adoption driven by AI innovation
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December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM