In a Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), Linus Torvalds, Linux’s top developer, talked about the latest progress in the next version of Linux: Linux 5.7-rc7. Along the way, he mentioned,
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Linux Updates
Keeping open-source groups alive: FOSS Responders
Thanks to the coronavirus, technology events have been canceled left and right. This, in turn, is damaging the finances of companies and groups that depend on these events. Some open-source
GNOME gets big open-source patent win
In 2019, the GNOME Foundation was sued by Rothschild Patent Imaging (RPI) for violating its “wireless image distribution system and method patent” (US Patent No. 9,936,086).” Rothschild, a Non-Practicing Entity (aka
Check Point released an open-source fix for common Linux memory corruption security hole
For years, there’s been a known security vulnerability hiding in the GNU C Library (glibc). This library, which is critical for Linux and many other operating systems and programs, had
2020 will be the year of Linux on the Windows desktop
Linux on the desktop has had more than its fair share of troubles. Sure, the Linux desktop has long been a favorite of top-flight developers, system administrators, and loyal fans.
GitLab’s take on the current state of DevOps
Special Report Riding the DevOps revolution You can download all of the articles in this special report in one PDF (free registration required). Read More GitLab, a prominent Git-based DevOps
How Cloud Buildpacks can help you deploy complex applications to your cloud
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
SUSE: The time for major tech change is now
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OpenStack keeps stacking along: OpenStack Ussuri cloud arrives
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Amazon Red Hat OpenShift announced for public cloud Kubernetes users
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
Securing Linux’s master sysadmin command: Sudo
Sudo is one of the most powerful and dangerous tools in the Unix or Linux system administrator’s toolbox. With it, an ordinary user can run commands just as if he
Google vs. Oracle: The next chapter
Read this Software patents are legalised extortion Software patents would be great if they actually worked instead of just providing rich pickings for trolls, says Mike Lee Read More Ten
Out-of-date, insecure open-source software is everywhere
Open source rules. Everyone from Apple to Microsoft to Zoom uses it. Don’t believe me? Synopsys, a software and silicon design company, which also covers intellectual property, reported in its
The best way to protect the US electrical grid is with open source
Recently, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to protect the US electricity grid from cyber attacks by blocking power-equipment imports from “foreign adversaries.” Presumably, that includes Russia, Iran, and
Most popular operating systems of 2020: The more things change…
What’s really the most popular operating system? That depends on how you look at them and who’s doing the looking. For example, Net Applications shows Windows on top of the desktop