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Linux Foundation Joins Ranks of International Standards Submitters

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The Linux Foundation has achieved a major milestone: formal status on the international standards front. Its Joint Development Foundation received approval as an ISO/IEC JTC 1 Publicly Available Specification Submitter. The submitter status designation benefits the global business and technical ecosystem by enabling accelerated adoption of open standards and specifications. It represents opportunities for Linux Foundation projects to achieve international [More...]

Linux Foundation Leads Initiative for Better Digital Trust

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The Linux Foundation will host the Trust over IP Foundation, a cross-industry effort to ensure more secure data handling over the Internet....

GitHub Expands Free Feature Access, Slices Other Costs

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GitHub has lowered its pricing plans drastically and made its core features free for everyone, even for private development. GitHub CEO Nat...

Open Source Tech Rushes to Front Lines of COVID-19 War

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Open Source software, once the scorn of Microsoft and profit-seeking software developers, is playing an active role in efforts to combat CO...

Report: Open Source Vulnerabilities Rampant in Popular Projects

March 12, 2020

Open source vulnerabilities rose by nearly 50 percent in 2019 over the previous year, based on a new report. Common vulnerabilities rated a...

Linux-Powered Azure IoT Security Platform Arrives

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Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Azure Sphere secure IoT service. It first introduced Azure Sphere in 2018, opting t...

Petitioners Demand Microsoft Release a Free Windows 7

January 28, 2020

The Free Software Foundation wants Microsoft to keep Windows 7 alive as a free operating system. Microsoft stopped providing free security ...

Devs: Open Source Is Growing Despite Challenges

December 10, 2019

Optimism about the future of open source is high among software developers worldwide. However, a growing number of devs worry that a lack o...

You’ve Come a Long Way, Linux-Baby

November 27, 2019

When Linux first emerged from its cocoon in a frenzied Usenet thread, it is doubtful that almost anyone imagined the project would ascend t...

GitHub Aims to Make Open Source Code Apocalypse-Proof in Arctic Vault

November 19, 2019

GitHub wants to make sure its entire warehouse of open source code survives an apocalypse by burying it deep within an Arctic vault as one ...

Devs Engage in Soul-Searching on Future of Open Source

October 8, 2019

Two things to avoid in online discussions are politics and religion. Open source technology may be an explosive third topic that software d...

Pine64 Teases $25 Linux Smartwatch

September 17, 2019

While open source enthusiasts still await the year of the Linux desktop, hardware developer Pine64 is advancing the cause of a $25 Linux-po...

Drauger OS Makes a Capable Linux Game Console Platform

August 29, 2019

Drauger OS is a relatively new Linux distro for users with a penchant for games. Several design elements make this Linux gaming platform di...

How to Distro Hop With a Web Browser

August 14, 2019

Getting familiar with Linux up close and personal is easy to do with a free service provided by DistroTest.net, which allows testing withou...

GitHub Blocks Devs in US-Sanctioned Regions

July 30, 2019

GitHub is blocking users in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria from accessing its services to comply with U.S. trade control laws. T...

The Router’s Obstacle-Strewn Route to Home IoT Security

July 10, 2019

It is newly minted conventional wisdom that not a single information security conference goes by without a presentation about the abysmal s...

Next-Gen Raspberry Pi 4 Packs Power Plus Potential

June 25, 2019

The next big Raspberry Pi thing is now here, with lots more computing power and more options. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the...

GitHub Opens New Door to Financial Support for Open Source Devs

May 29, 2019

GitHub has made it easier for open source developers to garner financial support as recipients of paid sponsorships. GitHub Sponsors, launc...

Digging for Bitcoin Is a Labor of Love

May 16, 2019

It would have been reasonable for those attending Josh Bressers' session at CypherCon -- myself included -- to expect a presentation by a c...

Microsoft Becomes Master of Its Own Linux Kernel

May 9, 2019

Microsoft has announced that its own full Linux kernel will power WSL2, the newest version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Microsoft al...

Open Source Flaw Management Shows Signs of Improvement: Report

April 30, 2019

Almost two years after the infamous Equifax breach, many organizations still struggle to identify and manage open source risk across their ...

Red Hat Breathes New Life Into Java

April 23, 2019

Red Hat is the new keeper of the keys to two popular versions of the open source Java implementation, OpenJDK 8 and OpenJDK 11, having take...

Microsoft’s Edge Goes With the Chromium Flow

April 10, 2019

Microsoft has released the first Dev and Canary channel builds of the next version of Microsoft Edge, which is based on the Chromium open s...

MOREbot Introduces Kids to Robotics Using 3D Printed Parts

March 19, 2019

MORE Technologies last week launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 for development of its open source robot ecosystem. The compan...

B0r0nt0K Ransomware Threatens Linux Servers

February 27, 2019

A new cryptovirus called "B0r0nt0K" has been putting Linux and possibly Windows Web servers at risk of encrypting all of the infected domai...

Where Linux Went in 2018 – and Where It’s Going

January 9, 2019

For those who try to keep their finger on the Linux community's pulse, 2018 was a surprisingly eventful year. Spread over the last 12 month...

IBM Dons Red Hat for Cloudy Future

November 9, 2018

IBM's deal to acquire Red Hat caught everyone by surprise when it was announced less than two weeks ago. While concerns spread quickly abou...

Overcoming Your Terror of Arch Linux

November 7, 2018

A recent episode of a Linux news podcast I keep up with featured an interview with a journalist who had written a piece for a non-Linux aud...

The Future of Open Source

September 19, 2018

Linux and the open source business model are far different today than many of the early developers might have hoped. Neither can claim a ra...

Oracle Open-Sources GraphPipe to Support ML Development

August 17, 2018

Oracle has open-sourced GraphPipe to enhance machine learning applications. The project's goal is to improve deployment results for machine...

New LibreOffice Version Offers Fresh Take

August 9, 2018

The Document Foundation has announced the availability of its second major release this year, LibreOffice Fresh 6.1, with enhanced editing ...

Linux Skills Most Wanted: Open Source Jobs Report

June 21, 2018

The Linux Foundation's 2018 Open Source Technology Jobs Report shows rapid growth in the demand for open source technical talent, with Linu...

Crate.io Releases Commercial Machine Data Platform

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Crate.io has introduced a commercial Machine Data Platform, along with a new version of its open source SQL database for the Internet of Th...

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