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There is a proposal that is likely to be discussed in the next Board meeting of the OpenStack Foundation that will introduce an entirely new concept to the way projects are organized.

I personally believe that open source is a better methodology for building, procuring and deploying software. However I also know full well that when it comes to security, configuration choices and implementation often make the difference between being breach and being safe.

AsteriskNOW is an all-in-one Asterisk Linux distribution including the core operating system as well as a front end GUI.

From the 'It's Done, When It's Done' files: Watching Debian Linux releases come together has always been a long and drawn out process. Few other Linux projects (if any) have the same breadth of platform support or packages and few (if any) have the same fiercely principled approach (hurray Debian Free Software Guidelines) to development either.

Work continues on the GNOME 3.8 development branch under the guise of the 3.7.x development tree. GNOME 3.7.4 was officially released on Sunday January 20th providing Linux desktop users will a solid view into the future of GNOME.

I'm not exactly sure how Microsoft ended up being a Gold Sponsor of the Linuxcon event. At the Gold Level for an event, sponsorship is worth approximately $20,000 and it looks like it also comes with a guaranteed session speaking opportunity too.

From the 'End of the Traditional Desktop' files: Microsoft has a big launch event today in New York City for Windows 8. Surprisingly I got invited, but no I won't be there. Linux users like myself however really should thank Microsoft though, Window 8 is truly a great gift.

At the LinuxCon USA event, Linus Torvalds told the audience that there are enough Linux kernel developers out there already. As it turns out, that might not necessarily be the case.

In the spirit of full-disclosure, let me first tell you that I love VirtualBox. I use it every day and it is a core component of my workflow and my digital life. The new VirtualBox 4.2 release out today is now going to make my life, a bit easier.

For better or for worse, the modern web relies on JavaScript. That's why JavaScript engines are critically important in modern web browsers. For years, browser vendors have competed on JavaScript benchmarks (originally just SunSpider) and apparently they will for years to come.

We've all known for some time that Facebook's infrastructure is for the most part running on Linux. What I didn't know until very recently was which Linux distribution Facebook was using. I caught up with Amir Michael, Server system lead at Facebook the other week at LinuxCon and I asked him. According to Michael, Facebook Linux was based originally on CentOS 5.2. Facebook uses one image that is placed on every server that they have.

Mozilla developer Alex Keybl has now detailed the plans for how Firefox ESR 10 users will migrate (or not) to the next ESR release. The plan is for the next ESR to be based on Firefox 17 which should be out around November 20th.

SAN DIEGO. Every year for the past four years, Jim Zemlin, the Executive Director of the Linux Foundation gets in front of thousands of Linux developers and users at the LinuxCon conference to detail the success and the State of Linux.

First public OpenStack release from Red Hat lays the groundwork for future enterprise adoption and support.

From the 'CentOS vs. Oracle Linux' files: Red Hat makes its money from selling support subscriptions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Mostly the same bits are available entirely for free by way of the community led CentOS project that clones RHEL. I recently chatted with Red Hat CEO about CentOS and the long story short is he's good with CentOS. Having CentOS out there is a good thing. It broadens our community. There are people that don't need the things that we have in subscription and it's great that there is an offering build off the same code base.

Back in 2008, I was at OSCON when Mark Shuttleworth set out the audacious goal to make the Linux desktop more beautiful than Apple. Today, four years later, Shuttleworth returned to the OSCON stage to claim victory.

t's a classic business school case study – when do you decide to buy a company and when do you decide to build it on your own? When it comes to open source technologies, the decision is even tougher since the technology by definition is open. It's a challenge that Linux leader Red Hat grapples with all the time. This week, Red Hat decided to go the buy route, and acquired middleware player Fusesource for an undisclosed sum. In an interview with InternetNews, Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst explained why he decided to acquire Fusesource and how he goes about the buy versus build decision making process.

Vendors and analysts alike tell me people aren't worried about Linux litigation and that Solaris isn't a concern for Linux vendors. As it turns out, that's not entirely accurate. I was on a panel today at the Red Hat Summitt in Boston and we got a question about the risk of Linux, from a legal perspective. Apparently it is still a (small) concern.

There are a lot of Linux distributions on the Linux Planet, very few of them have their own branded hardware.

Microsoft alleged years ago that Linux and Open Source technologies infringe on over 200 Microsoft patents. It's that basic allegation that Microsoft used to convince Novell/SUSE to sign a a Patent deal and it's the same basic underpinning for a dozen deals with Android vendors. So why is Microsoft allowing Linux to run on its Azure cloud? In particular, why Ubuntu?