Today, the Rust Foundation, an independent non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Rust language, announced Dr. Rebecca Rumbul would be the new organization’s first Executive Director and CEO. Rust began at
Category: Linux Updates
Linux Updates
RHEL 8.5 delivers key container improvements
RHEL 8.5, the newest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), is out. As Joe Brockmeier, Red Hat Blogs’ Editorial Director, said, “Whether you’re deploying RHEL on-prem, in the public
Last of original SCO v IBM Linux lawsuit settled
While at the Linux Foundation Members Summit in Napa, California, I was bemused to find that an open-source savvy intellectual property attorney had never heard of SCO vs. IBM. You
The first fruits of CentOS Stream: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta
Good news! A brand new operating system! Bad news: You have to learn a brand new operating system. Except, this time, with the release of Red Hat‘s Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Foundation adds software supply chain security to LFX
“LFX supports projects and empowers open source teams by enabling them to write better, more secure code, drive engagement, and grow sustainable software ecosystems,” the Linux Foundation says. Now, to
Fedora Linux 35 is here: Pushing Linux to the limit
Do you want to push Linux’s limits? Are you thrilled by the idea of running the latest open-source software? Then you’ll want to run Red Hat‘s newest version of its
Chromebook Linux comes of age
Chromebooks are built on top of Linux, but it wasn’t until 2018 that Google integrated the Linux desktop into Chrome OS. Then years went by with Linux only available as
Codenotary: Notarize and verify your software bill of materials
The Solarwinds software supply chain attack is the one everyone knows about. But supply chain attacks are becoming commonplace, and that’s bad news. There are efforts afoot, such as the
SUSE heads for the Edge Computing with SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
Once upon a time, we got Linux distributions because they were the Swiss-Army Knives of operating systems. They came with every program you might ever need. You can still get
Microsoft repents of its open-source .NET blunder
A decade ago, Microsoft declared that it loved open-source. In 2014, the Redmond giant went even further. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said, “Microsoft loves Linux.” Few in Linux and open-source
Trump’s Truth Social beta site violates open source license
Ex-President Donald Trump and his associates have been accused of many crimes, but here’s a new one. The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit organization that promotes open source software
Software Freedom Conservancy sues Vizio for GPL violations
The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit organization that promotes open-source software and defends the free software General Public License (GPL), has sued major TV vendor Vizio for abusing the
TriggerMesh cloud-native automation goes open source
You can call what TriggerMesh does a lot of things. It’s cloud-native integration, event-driven cloud automation, Function-as-a-Service (FaaS), or, of course, serverless computing. No matter what name you use — TriggerMesh’s
The newest Ubuntu Linux, Impish Indri, arrives
First things first. An Indri, aka a Babakoto, is a very large lemur. Ubuntu 21.10, Impish Indri, is Canonical‘s latest Ubuntu Linux release. It’s the short-term — nine months of
New DevOps Bootcamp: Linux Foundation offers low introductory price
Once upon a time, if you wanted a steady tech job, it was hard to beat a systems administrator gig. A sysadmin job is still good, but even better in
