This coming year there are some fairly bold predictions to be made, some of which are sure things. Read on and see if you agree. Linux takes over big data This should come as no surprise, considering the advancements Linux and open source has made over the previous few years. With the help of SuSE,…
This Linux grinch could put a hole in your security stocking
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A grinch may be snatching away some year-end holiday time, forcing Linux system administrators to fill a gaping security hole in their systems. Named after the proverbially grumpy Dr. Seuss character, the grinch vulnerability could affect all Linux systems, potentially providing attackers with unfettered root access, according to security service provider Alert Logic, which introduced…
Snappy Ubuntu for Docker Containers Comes to Google's Cloud
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Canonical , the company behind Ubuntu , one of the most popular Linux distributions, has made snappy Ubuntu Core, a version of the operating system designed for cloud infrastructure and optimized for running Docker containers, available on Google ‘s cloud. Canonical first announced snappy Ubuntu Core earlier this month and made it available on Microsoft…
Canonical's Stripped-Down "Snappy" Ubuntu Comes To Google's Compute Engine
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A week ago, Canonical released the first alpha version of its new minimalist ” Snappy ” edition of Ubuntu Core for container farms. To the surprise of many, the launch partner for Snappy was Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform . Source: Tech
National Geographic Takes Open Source to the Wilderness
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At Opensource.com we look and spread stories about open source applied to better the world. This is such a story! A team of National Geographic Explorers set out to the Okavango Delta in the African wilderness to measure water quality, wildlife sightings, and more using open hardware and the Raspberry Pi as well as open…
Linux Systems Caught In Targeted Attack Crosshairs
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Linux, the operating system built and maintained via a cadre of volunteers that make up the open source community, has been relatively immune to dangerous threats. New research into a menacing targeted attack toolkit built for Windows PCs, however, identified components that suggest Linux users are also in its crosshairs. Source: Tech
Future Data Management Strategies & NoSQL By @MapR | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
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NoSQL databases are highly scalable and capable of solving a wide range of data problems, which make them great for supporting complex, unpredictable, and large volumes of data. While still considered relatively young in the enterprise software market–the current industry adoption is estimated at 20%–deployments can potentially double in 2017. This is reflective of the…
Open Semantic Framework 3.1 Released
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Structured Dynamics is happy to announce the immediate availability of the Open Semantic Framework version 3.1. This new version includes a set of fixes to different components of the framework in the last few months. The biggest change is deployment of OSF using Virtuoso Open Source version 7.1.0 . Source: Tech
Fedora 21 is here — Linux fans get an early Christmas gift
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There are so many Linux distributions nowadays — arguably too many — that it often feels like resources are being spread thin. After all, many Linux contributors don’t get paid for their work — they do it for love. Source: Tech