Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 6, 2025

• A look at Firefox forks: there are a number of projects trying to create more friendly versions of the Firefox web browser.
• Two new graph-based functional programming languages: Bend and Vine try to bring new life to a once-promising language design.
• A hole in FineIBT protection: researchers find a way around Linux's use of Intel's control-flow-integrity mechanisms; kernel developers close the hole with a clever workaround.
• Guard pages for file-backed memory: a new hardening feature threatens to break some applications.
• Fedora discusses Flatpak priorities: a disagreement over application packaging boils over.
• A look at the Zotero reference management tool: keep your bibliographical database under control.

This week's edition also includes these inner pages:

• Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

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