The newest Windows 10 Fast Ring release, 14316, includes Ubuntu and Bash. It may not have a Linux foundation, but this is close as a Windows PC has ever come …read more Source:: Linux
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Linux Foundation leadership controversy erupts
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A debate has sprung up in Linux circles over whether the Linux Foundation is serving individual open-source users or its corporate sponsors. …read more Source:: Linux
Supercomputer leaders come together on new open-source framework
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Almost all supercomputers run on Linux. Now, the Linux Foundation, along with high-performance computer industry leaders, are announcing a new open-source software framework for HPC environments. …read more Source:: Linux
OpenSSL Set For Major Security Audit
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A team of security consultants is set to undertake a major independent audit of OpenSSL as part of a multi-million dollar initiative by the Linux Foundation to improve the security and stability of core open source projects. Cryptography Services – which comprises experts from NCC Group, iSEC Partners, Matasano, and Intrepidus Group – announced the…
New Foundation Will Oversee Popular Coding Tool Node.js
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Node.js – the popular open source tool for building and running websites and other online applications – is getting a new steward. Together with Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, IBM, PayPal, and Fidelity, the current steward, Joyent, is launching an independent foundation to oversee development of the project. Source: Tech
Linux Foundation's CII Continues to Fund Open-Source Security Efforts
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The Core Infrastructure Initiative that was launched in the wake of Heartbleed to provide funding for critical open-source infrastructure projects continues to advance. One of the key takeaways from the Heartbleed vulnerability in 2014 was that there was a need for more funding for critical open-source technology projects. Source: Tech
Big telecom companies band together to form open-source project for network functions virtualization
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Companies like Cisco, Juniper Networks and Nokia Networks along with the Linux Foundation are hoping that the Open Platform for NFV Project will develop a standard for NFV, a network architecture concept that calls for all aspects of networking to be virtualized. Big-name telecom providers and networking manufacturers, like Brocade and Cisco, have joined together…
Netflix Architect Offers Template for Monitoring Linux Performance Tools
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Last week I spoke at LinuxCon North America 2014 in Chicago, which was also my first LinuxCon. I really enjoyed the conference, and it was a privilege to take part and contribute. I’ll be returning to work with some useful ideas from talks and talking with attendees. I included my latest Linux performance observability tools diagram, which…
IT Careers: Open Source, Open Resume
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How’s this for some IT humor: What do you call a Linux volunteer who just contributed his or her sixth patch to the Linux kernel? Hired. Get it? Allow Linux Foundation fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman to explain: “The ‘joke’ is that no one contributes more than five patches to the kernel as an amateur, because after…
Linux System Administration Skills are Changing
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When was the last time you compiled a kernel? For many of the latest generation of Linux admins, the answer is really simple: never. I am one of those, provided we don’t count a few times I tried it just for fun, then couldn’t see why I would need a custom kernel and went back…