Today, everyone who’s anyone uses open-source software (OSS). In 2005, it was a different story. Linux was still under attack by SCO for imaginary copyright violations and then Microsoft CEO
Category: Linux Updates
Linux Updates
Red Hat tunes up RHEL and OpenShift for life on computing’s edge
At the virtual KubeCon, leading Linux and cloud company Red Hat showed up new edge computing capabilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat OpenShift, its Kubernetes platform.
$6 billion Linux deal? SUSE IPO rumored
According to Bloomberg, EQT is planning an IPO for German Linux and enterprise software company SUSE. EQT is a Swedish-based private equity firm with €50 billion in raised capital. SUSE
Microsoft Defender for Linux adds new security feature
I know it’s still hard for some of you to wrap your minds around it, but Microsoft really does support Linux these days. A case in point: Back in June,
PinePhone KDE Linux phone is getting ready for pre-orders
For all the endless stories about the latest Apple iPhone and what’s really the best Android smartphone, you’d think there’s already a phone for everyone. Nope. Wrong. For those who
Canonical brings Juju charms to Kubernetes Operators
Managing Kubernetes is not for the faint of heart. For all its popularity, Kubernetes, the container-orchestration program requires a great deal of skill and the right tools to manage software
Mirantis Kubernetes Lens IDE adds extension API
Mirantis Lens is arguably the most popular of all the Kubernetes Integrated Developer Environment (IDEs). Although it’s not even a year old yet, Lens already has a community of over
Guido van Rossum, the Python language’s founder, joins Microsoft
At an age when most top programmers are enjoying their retirement, 64-year old Guido van Rossum decided “retirement was boring” and came back to work for — drumroll please — Microsoft.
Dell enables Linux hardware privacy controls
Working from home has come with problems a few of us ever considered before. Just ask well-known New Yorker writer and pundit Jeffrey Toobin who was caught, uh, amusing himself,
Linux Mint introduces its own take on the Chromium web browser
Linux Mint is a very popular Linux desktop distribution. I use the latest version, Mint 20, on my production desktops. That’s partly because, while it’s based on Debian Linux and
AWS preps its own library of public Docker container images
When you run applications on the cloud, odds are you’re actually running them in containers. And many of us aren’t creating our own containers of common applications, such as the
Open Source Security Foundation launches a new certification program on edX
If you’re a programmer and you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times. “Build security into your programs!” That’s easy to say, but how, exactly, do you do
Linux 5.10 will be the next long-term support Linux kernel
Even many Linux users aren’t aware that there are many different kinds of Linux kernels. Sure, there’s the eternal release candidate kernels, which Linus Torvalds is perpetually working on, but
Linux and open-source jobs are hotter than ever
The Linux Foundation and edX, the leading online course company, released the 2020 Open Source Jobs Report on October 26. Once again, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for open-source technology skills
Ubuntu clouds on the Raspberry Pi
Canonical, Ubuntu Linux‘s parent company, just released Ubuntu 20.10. This “Groovy Gorilla” is a short-term release (STR) that’s only supported for 9 months. If you want an Ubuntu to use in