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Mark Russinovich went into the lion's den of All Things Open, a major SouthEast open-source technology conference, to explain to the Linux faithful how Microsoft is now embracing Linux and open-source software.

Red Hat and Black Duck want to make sure that when you run a container, it's really the container you want to run and not a rogue package.

Back in Fedora 15, Fedora introduced a piece of core software called systemd. systemd is a collection of tools for a range of different tasks. Its primary purpose is initializing, managing and tracking system services and daemons in Fedora, both during startup and while the system is running.

In late September, I attended my first LibreOffice Conference in Aarhus, Denmark. There were 150 participants from more than 30 countries present, and it was an incredible experience.

Cloud-native computing relies on ephemeral containers instead of pinned servers. Executing applications within ephemeral containers solves resource scarcity challenges, but also creates a dynamic environment that requires new practices and tooling.

Phytec’s 55 x 45mm, “PhyCore-AM57x SOM” supports the TI Sitara AM57x SoC, and offers a Linux BSP, -40 to 85°C operation, and an optional carrier board. The PhyCore-AM57x SOM is the second computer-on-module we’ve seen after the CompuLab CL-SOM-AM57x to tap TI’s newly announced Sitara AM57x SoC. The AM57x also appears on the BeagleBoard-X15 single-board ...

Red Hat commits even more resources to the cloud by buying DevOps power Ansible for $150 million.

Professional photographer Riley Brandt recently published an awesome article outlining his photography workflow - discussing tools for advanced techniques including colour management and processing RAW files. The good news is that the majority of the tools and applications that Riley.

The tiny 50 x 28mm “Inforce 6401 Micro SOM” module runs Android 4.4 or Ubuntu on a Snapdragon 600 SoC, and offers built-in WiFi-ac, BT 4.0, and GPS/GLONASS. Inforce Computing’s “Inforce 6401” computer-on-module has the same 50 x 28mm footprint and many of the same features as its higher-end Inforce 6501 COM, which runs on […]

Imagine having a career at a company where you can bring your ideas to management or engage in discussions with the key developers and founders of the software with which you work. In many organizations with traditional hierarchies, being a newbie may mean you'll be ignored in these circumstances or, at best, will receive a short reply weeks later.

Version 42.1: Life, the universe and everything. Linux distributions need to walk a fine line. On the one hand users want rock-solid foundations; this is why conservative distros like Debian have long ruled the server. But on the other hand, you want the most up-to-date apps on your desktop, hence the popularity of Ubuntu (rather than Debian) for laptops and PCs.…

Can one be "sold" on open source? Adelle Frank makes a case for that, claiming that she has not one but two favorite Linux distributions: Xubuntu and Lubuntu. She even used the latter to convert a family member from Windows XP, which should come as no surprise from someone who has CyanogenMod on her phone.

How do you defend yourself against the unknown? That is crux of the zero-day vulnerability: a software vulnerability that, by definition, is unknown by the user of the software and often its developer as well.

Egle Sigler, Kavit Munshi, and Carol Barrett are organizers and active members of OpenStack's Diversity Working Group. The OpenStack Foundation has a deep commitment to fostering the diversity and inclusivity of the OpenStack community. The foundation's Board of Directors created the group to formulate, deliver, and monitor programs to help increase the diversity of the community.

Red Hat commits even more resources to the cloud by buying DevOps power Ansible for $150 million.

Having lived and breathed computers and electronics since I first helped my dad run a card sorter at work as a child, I've never been afraid to try new things (or to break them). I've run every release of Windows except Vista over the years, but I had real fun with things like my Commodore Amiga 1000, or when I ran OS/2 Warp on my 386. My first Linux experience was with Red Hat 5 on a web server at work. Since I grew up with things like TRS-DOS and Commodore BASIC, I felt right at home. read more

The evolution of technology and new advances in the field of entertainment have brought us small and low priced computer systems with low power consumption like the Raspberry Pi that are perfectly suited for a home media center. In this tutorial, I will install the OSMC Media Center software on a card Raspberry Pi 2.

Adobe has patched a critical zero-day security flaw in Flash, which the company said was being used to launch "limited, targeted attacks." The emergency patch, which also fixed two other vulnerabilities, landed on Friday, sooner than the company's forecast of some time this week.

Aaeon launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a Raspberry Pi form-factor “Up” SBC, that runs Linux and Android on a quad-core, 1.84GHz, Intel Atom x5 SoC.

The speed of your internet connection is something that is affected by a lot of different elements, most of which are out of your reach and/or jurisdiction. That said, there isn't a way to transform a slow internet connection into a lighting-speed one if your provider is just not giving you enough bandwidth, no matter what you do.