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Backed by many of the world's largest companies for more than a decade, the Software Package Data Exchange specification is now an internationally recognized ISO/IEC JTC 1 standard. This comes during a transformational time for software and supply chain security. The Linux Foundation announced Thursday that the SPDX specification has been published as ISO/IEC 5962:2021...

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Today the Linux community is estimated to be 86 million users strong. It has become the backbone of large enterprises and is installed in g...

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MakuluLinux Shifts Designs for a Better Linux Experience

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MakuluLinux Shift is a well-designed Linux distro that blends several mainstream design concepts with performance features not found elsewh...

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Clear Linux* Delivers a Lucid if Limited Vision of Desktop Linux

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Intel's Clear Linux* has been on my radar for its ambition to sprint to the head of the pack. While it's certainly not the first distro dev...

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MakuluLinux Core Now Built on Forked Gnome

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MakuluLinux is an ever-changing family of Linux desktops built on its own base around several heavily modified desktop environments. Core, ...

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Stale Open Source Code Rampant in Commercial Software: Report

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Open source software is now the foundation for the vast majority of applications across all industries, however many of those industries ar...

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Bolt-On Security the Linux Way

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In this piece, I aim to provide a range of simple but effective options for encrypting a small number of files. In particular, these option...

Linux Distribution

The Great OS Replacement: How to Find the Best Linux Distribution

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Picking the ideal Linux distribution takes research and planning. Not because Linux is a challenge. Rather, the Linux OS offers a seemingly...

The Rise of Open Source: Pandemic, Economy, Efficiency, Trust

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Those familiar with open source know that it works and comes with many benefits. A testament to the rising adoption of open source is the r...

Creating an Immersive, Tailored Media Experience Through RDK-V

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For multichannel video programming distributors to stay competitive, they need to offer multichannel video programming solutions that are n...

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Trisquel Linux Wraps Polish and Productivity Into Four User Needs

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Trisquel Linux is one of those computing staples you wished you knew about much sooner. This Linux distribution has been around literally f...

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A New Twist to Virtual Desktop Cloud Computing

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Desktop as a Service provider Shells offers a new component to virtual cloud computing. It brings Linux distros and Windows 10 to any compu...

Where Will the Penguin March From Here?

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Linux began its life as a humble experiment in Unix porting, but from there it quickly became a popular kernel for server OSes due to its l...

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GeckoLinux Does OpenSuse Better

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GeckoLinux is a unique distribution that goes a long way towards unifying the often-confusing array of workstation choices available to bus...

How to Buy a Linux-Powered Laptop

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Buying Linux-powered laptops should be easy, especially on big-name manufacturers' websites. But it isn't. You must employ workarounds to s...

A Mini Browser War in Linux

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Two new Web browsing alternatives widen the field of browser choices for Linux users. The recent introduction of Microsoft Edge for Linux, ...

Linux Open Source Software Review

AntiX Linux: Not Pretty but Highly Functional

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The antiX distro offers a solid operating system that many other Linux communities fail to deliver. It is unassuming, but reliable, and foc...

Machine Learning Is Changing the Future of Software Testing

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Machine learning, which has disrupted and improved so many industries, is just starting to make its way into software testing. Heads are tu...

It Came From the Live-Boot: A True Linux Horror Story

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Once in a blue moon, one will experience sheer terror at the hands of a buggy Linux system. No amount of battle-hardiness can keep you comp...

AdGuard Home: Another Brick in the Ad-Blocking Wall

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Canonical's AdGuard Home Ubuntu Appliance is a new addition to the ranks of its appliances. With this offering, users can quickly implement...

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Newest RoboLinux 11 Update Goes Far Beyond Typical Linux

October 11, 2020

RoboLinux is one of the most advanced desktop Linux distributions you can find. The latest release is even better, making it potentially TH...

Open Source Processes Driving Software-Defined Everything

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Some of the world's largest, most regulated, complex and centuries-old industries have several essential things in common with today's rapi...

Lenovo Expands Linux-Ready Computer Line

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As the next step in its Linux expansion program, Lenovo has launched Linux-ready ThinkPad and ThinkStation PCs pre-installed with Canonical...

Linux Open Source Software Review

New MakuluLinux Distro Puts a ‘Shift’ in Your Computing Routine

September 7, 2020

MakuluLinux Shift is a well-designed Linux distro that blends several mainstream design concepts with performance features not found elsewh...

Linux: 29 Years and Counting as a Powerhouse OS

September 3, 2020

When Linux was born on Aug. 25, 1991, it was little more than a hobby for then 21-year old Linus Torvalds. Today the Linux community is est...

Open Source Best Practices for Corporate IT

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Since its early inception open source has been embraced by technologists the world over. Let's examine five ways that Fortune 1000 and Gl...

Linux Distribution

Calculate Linux 20th Anniversary: Consistent by Design

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Calculate Linux is an impressively different Linux operating system. This is a distribution designed with home and SMB users in mind. It ha...

New Open Source Initiative Consolidates Security Goals

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The Linux Foundation on Monday announced the formation of the Open Source Security Foundation as the latest initiative to improve software ...

AutoTux Is a Real Distro With a ‘No Hands’ Linux Installer

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AutoTux is a fully automated Linux distribution that is literally a hands-off event from start to finish. It goes a long way to adopting Li...

The Linux Foundation’s First-Ever Virtual Open Source Summit

July 13, 2020

The success of The Linux Foundation's first virtual summit may well have set the standard for new levels of open source participation. Summ...

The Current State of Open-Source Testing Tools

July 7, 2020

Tricentis and three survey project collaborators recently published findings that provide new insights on global trends in open-source test...

Linux Open Source Software Review

Austrumi Linux Is Loaded With Language Laziness

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Austrumi Linux is an unusual distribution. With a little more polish, it could be a good tool for running the Linux operating system on any...

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