When coronavirus appeared, open-source developers turned their efforts to defeat it. Now, The Linux Foundation is bringing together corporate open-source and public health authorities (PHAs) leaders to fight COVID-19 in
Category: Linux Updates
Linux Updates
SUSE releases major Linux update
SUSE, one of the three major enterprise Linux distribution companies, released on July 21, 2020, the next versions of its flagship operating system, SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 15 Service Pack
OpenStack, the open-source cloud at 10
In 2010. Oracle’s Larry Ellison may still have thought that the cloud was “complete gibberish,” while some people were insisting that the “cloud was just someone else’s computer,” but savvy
Google’s Confidential VMs may change the public cloud market
Top Cloud Providers Top cloud providers in 2020: AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, hybrid, SaaS players The cloud computing race in 2020 will have a definite multi-cloud spin. Here’s
How to upgrade from Linux Mint 19.3 to the latest version Mint 20
I’ve long thought Linux Mint is the best current Linux desktop. Its Cinnamon interface is easy to learn and use. It runs quickly on PCs that would choke on Windows
Docker partners with AWS to smooth container deployments
On July 9, 2020, Docker and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced they would make Docker application developers’ lives easier by streamlining the process of deploying and managing containers from Docker
SUSE to acquire Rancher Labs
SUSE, a major Linux and cloud company, has announced it will acquire Rancher Labs. Based in Cupertino, Rancher is a privately held open-source company with more than 37,000 active users
Google open sources trademarks with the Open Usage Commons
Google has announced it is launching a new organization, Open Usage Commons (OUC), to host the trademarks for three of its most important new open-source projects. These are Angular, a web
Linux Mint 20: Still the best Linux desktop despite one quirk
Linux Mint recently released its latest long-term support (LTS) version of its popular desktop Linux desktop, Linux Mint 20, “Ulyana.” This edition, based on Canonical‘s Ubuntu 20.04, is, once more,
Linus Torvalds on the future of Linux kernel developers and development
Once more, at The Linux Foundation‘s virtual Open Source Summit, VMware‘s Chief Open Source Officer, Dirk Hohndel, and Linux’s creator, Linus Torvalds had a wide-ranging conversation about Linux development. The
Baidu joins Open Invention Network Linux patent protection group
The Open Invention Network (OIN) is the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Its chief job is protecting Linux and open-source friendly companies from patent attacks. Now, Baidu, the largest
Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Linux
Which seems more unlikely to you? Dogs and cats living together in peace or Microsoft releasing a security program for Linux? Actually, both are true. On June 23, Microsoft released
Red Hat upgrades Ansible DevOps and new Certified Ansible Content Collections
.Ansible, a leading DevOps program, may not be Red Hat‘s most well-known product line, but after Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for system and cloud administrators, it may be the
Puppet introduces beta of cloud-native, event-driven DevOps program: Relay
Puppet is a great DevOps program for managing multiple servers, but it wants to do more than automating server setup, program installation, and system management. The Portland, Oregon-based open-source company wants
Canonical’s Ubuntu 20.04 Linux now available on Dell XPS 13
2020’s Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is a great Linux laptop. Now it’s better than ever. On June 23, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, announced the latest Dell XPS