For years, Nextcloud has set the standard for run-your-own Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) private clouds. Now with the open-source Nextcloud Hub, it’s taking on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) office programs such
Category: Linux Updates
Linux Updates
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 beta arrives
must read From Linux to Cloud, why Red Hat matters for every enterprise Today, Red Hat dominates enterprise Linux. Tomorrow, it wants to rule the cloud. Don’t bet against it.
Kubernetes jumps in popularity
Becoming a ‘cloud-native’ operation: 8 essential tips for enterprises Go Agile, go DevOps, get the right skills, and don’t fret the ROI just yet. A few years ago, if you’d
Canonical announces high-performance Android services on the cloud
Canonical is best known for Ubuntu Linux, followed by Ubuntu’s dominance on the cloud as the virtual machine (VM) operating system of choice. Now, Canonical is taking a new angle.
CircleCI automates Continuous Delivery to multiple clouds
Modern software development is fast, continuous, and automated. Today, by research company Statista‘s count, 88% of organizations are using Agile methods and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). Yet there remains one
Lightmeter will soon help you tune up your email server
Nervous about Google? Here’s how to replace some of the most popular services From mobile phones to search to email, Ed Bott explains what privacy-friendly alternatives are available. Read more:
Major Japanese hardware vendor joins Open Invention Network
The Open Invention Network (OIN) is the largest patent non-aggression community in history. It’s chief job has been to protect Linux and open-source friendly companies from patent attacks. Now, Japanese
Nasty Linux, macOS sudo bug found and fixed
Sudo is a very popular, very simple Unix-system sysadmin application. It enables users to switch identities for the purpose of running a single command. Usually, but not always, it lets
How the Iowa caucus app went wrong and how open source could have helped
Can AI help elections? Tonya Hall talks with Dr. Cesar Hidalgo, director of MIT’s collective learning group, to talk about how AI has the potential to improve elections. When the
Open source takes on managing and securing the electrical grid
Cyberattacks from China and Russia could disrupt US critical infrastructure Countries could launch damaging attacks against gas pipelines and electricity grid, says assessment. The first you may know about the
South Korea’s government explores move from Windows to Linux desktop
What’s holding the Linux desktop back? Linus Torvalds looks to Chromebooks and Android for the future of the Linux desktop, while Linux Mint developers aren’t happy with each other. With
Kubernetes administration policy made easy with brewOPA
Cloud-native computing — with such technologies as Kubernetes, service-mesh, and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) — is revolutionizing IT. But managing can still be a major pain in the server. That’s
Linux is ready for the end of time
Twenty years later, the Y2K bug is making a comeback Daphne Leprince-Ringuet explains that, back in 2000, some developers left the Y2K issue until later –- and later has now
Red Hat finds enterprise users are adopting open-source software at a rapid pace
(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Enterprise customers believe open-source software is great. In a just-released Red Hat 2020 enterprise user report, the Linux and cloud folks from Raleigh found 95% of almost
The Linux Foundation identifies most important open-source software components and their problems
Why 2019 was the year of Linux and open-source software These five stories show why the future of technology belongs to Linux and open-source software. Red Hat recently reported open-source