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Once upon a time, standards were our friends. They provided industry-accepted blueprints for building homogeneous infrastructures that were reliably interoperable. Company A could confidently build an application and - because of standards - know that it would perform as expected on infrastructure run by Company B.

Dislike Apple's iPhone proprietary software with its battery malware? Tired of having Google look over your shoulder on Android? You're not alone. Gaël Duval, creator of the popular early Linux distribution, Mandrake Linux, is sick and tired of both, so he's building his own Android-based mobile operating system: eelo, an easy-to-use, Google-free, pro-privacy Android clone for your smartphone.

But is anyone actually using it? The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger project was announced in December 2015. When Apache Web server daddy Brian Behlendorf took the helm five months later, the Foundation’s blockchain baby was still embryonic. He called it “day zero.”…

A well-written tutorial is a great supplement to any software's official documentation. It can also be an effective alternative if that official documentation is poorly written, incomplete, or non-existent. In 2017, Opensource.com published a number of excellent tutorials on a variety of topics. Those tutorials weren't just for experts. We aimed them at users of all levels of skill and experience. Let's take a look at the best of those tutorials. read more

Talk about a Happy New Year. The reason: it turns out we're not dead. In fact, we're more alive than ever, thanks to a rescue by readers—specifically, by the hackers who run Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN, a London Trust Media company.

In 2017, Opensource.com published more than 1,000 articles and welcomed more than 200 new writers. Let's look back at some reader-favorites from 2017. I've picked the top 22 articles and selected the top five resources we've added to the site this year.

Openness (from open source software, to open hardware, to open principles) is changing the paradigm of education. So, to celebrate all that's gone on this year, I collected 27 of the best articles published on Opensource.com in 2017 on the subject. I divided them into broad themes, rather than ordering them by popularity.

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install and configure OctoberCMS on Ubuntu 16.04 server. OctoberCMS is a free, open source and self hosted content management system written in PHP and based on the Laravel framework.

November rains have given way to December sunshine, Pacific Northwest-style—fog, that is. Fog so wet it drips, so a newcomer could be forgiven for thinking it’s raining. read more

Gaps in software systems are slowing down security teams who are estimated to spend 10 hours a week dealing with the inefficiencies.

Today is the big day -- New Year's Eve! This year, there is actually something very fun you can do while sitting on your couch -- install a Linux distribution! You see, Manjaro Linux 17.1.0 is now ready for download.

Once a user completes the SSL Certificate purchase process, the very next step is to generate the CSR (known as Certificate Signing Request) and private key. The main purpose of generating CSR is, it turns the information of the website (which is being encrypted) into encrypted form and the private key is used when the Certificate is being installed.

The year is closing, so it is time to review Linux security. Like last year, we look at the state of Linux security. A collection of the finest moments. Did we forget something important? Let us know in the comments. This post will remain updated in the upcoming weeks.

Will 2018 be the year when you take your skills for cloud operations and development to the next level? If you're interested in excelling in your career, or perhaps finding a new one, and your work involves private or hybrid cloud infrastructure, teaching yourself a thing or two about OpenStack is never a bad choice. read more

Scalys announced a “Grapeboard” SBC that runs Linux on NXP’s single-core -A53 LS1012A SoC, and offers dual GbE and WiFi/BT, plus PCIe, USB 3.0, and SATA via M.2 connectors. Netherlands-based Scalys announced an upcoming Grapeboard SBC that will be more fully illuminated at the CES show Las Vegas, starting Jan. 9. The SBC, which runs […]

Besides numerous security fixes, the latest version of Android includes multiple features that developers will be using to improve your smartphone experience.

Looking back will always cause you to reflect upon the change you've seen, and this is certainly the case with this year in open source cloud and enterprise infrastructure software. When many of us first became aware of OpenStack, we saw it largely as just a new way to deploy and manage virtual machines. It was interesting, but it was a natural progression from the tools that came before it. But its potential would be much, much more.

If you—like most people into open source—are interested in gaming, there was a lot of great news in 2017. We saw a lot of new games on Linux, plenty of updates for old favorites, new hardware, and new ways of gaming on older open source platforms, including the Raspberry Pi.

Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, certainly raised the profile of quantum computing a few notches last year, when he gamely-if vaguely1-described it for a press conference. But we've heard a lot about quantum computers in the past few years, as Google, I.B.M., and N.A.S.A., as well as many, many universities, have all been working on, or putting money into, quantum computers for various ends.

Sometimes it seems no one will take you seriously in the art world should you dare deviate from the prescribed toolset of a "real artist," but they used to say the same thing about Linux in the server room, on phones, and on laptops, and here we are today running the internet, Android, and Chromebooks on Linux. read more