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It was widely expected that Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst would be Ginni Rometty's successor. Instead, the job is going to Arvind Krishna -- and that's probably a good thing.
The Verdict On systemd Is In
While the use of systemd by most Linux distros remains a subject of controversy, the recent vote by Debian members to support systemd while exploring other alternatives seems to indicate the init system is gaining acceptance.
Explaining Knative, the Project to Liberate Serverless from Cloud Giants
Today, using serverless means choosing a cloud platform to lock yourself into. The open source project expected to fix that is approaching prime time.
Linux & Open Source 2019: Chrome OS, Snap, Flatpak, RISC-V, and Stallman
We look back on 2019 using our 2020 hindsight at some of the important happenings during the last year in the world of Linux and open source.
Who Will Succeed the Current Free Software Leaders
Most FOSS leaders came into prominence during the 1980s and 90s and are now approaching, or have passed, the age when most people retire. Are free software organizations ready for the change that appears to be just around the corner?
What Service Meshes Are, and Why Istio Leads the Pack
Cloud-native technologies like containers and microservices have made infrastructure infinitely more complex. Service meshes are there to help.
VMware’s Joe Beda: Enterprise Open Source Is Growing
One of the fathers of Kubernetes says enterprise customers see the most benefit from the community-driven approach because their users get the opportunity to influence the direction development takes.
Google's Keeping Knative Development Under Its Thumb 'For the Foreseeable Future'
In addition to Knative, which is for deploying serverless workloads, Google evidently plans to keep the Kubernetes service mesh, Istio, in-house.
No Matter What You’ve Heard, the Docker Container Ship Is Not Sinking
Although the memo does indicate that the company is needing some cash to tide it over or help it expand, the situation doesn't seem to indicate that the Docker container can't weather the storm.
CentOS May Soon Take a Larger Role In RHEL Development
The relationship between CentOS and Red Hat is important because CentOS has a huge installed base, mostly comprised of well-staffed enterprises wanting to take advantage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux's rock-solid stability, but without the expense of a Red Hat support subscription.
Yesterday’s Man: The Fall of Richard Stallman
Although the consensus seems to be that it was time for the founder of the GNU project and the Free Software movement to step down, we shouldn't forget his many contributions aimed at keeping tech free.
Why Debian Is the Gold Standard of Upstream Desktop Linux
The last decade or so has seen Debian largely repositioned as an upstream distribution, making it an essential component of the desktop Linux infrastructure. Does your distro have “Debian Inside”?
VMWorld: Look at Acquisitions for Virtualization's Cloud Play
This past year, VMware doubled their acquisitions pace. The buying spree is part of VMware's efforts to transform itself from its roots as a virtualization company into a container and Kubernetes (and yes, virtualization) focused cloud-everything company.
IBM Open Sources Its Workhorse Power Chip Architecture
RISC-V now has formidable competition from an architecture with a long track record in servers and supercomputers.
Western Digital's Long Trip from Open Standards to Open Source Chips
It started as a microprocessor pioneer in the 1970s. Now, the company is charting a new course in open source silicon.
Intel Invests $6.5M in Enterprise Linux Security Startup Capsule8
Used by Lyft, among others, Capsule8's platform automates a lot of tedious manual work involved in securing enterprise infrastructure.
Mesosphere Becomes D2IQ, Moves Into Kubernetes, Big Data
The jargonized new name means "Day 2 IQ," with Day 2 being a DevOps term that refers to the operations part of the software development lifecycle and with IQ equating to "smart."
Three Companies Bringing Innovation to Open Keyboards
As open source hardware becomes a real thing, open keyboard companies are redesigning the input device from the ground up using open designs.
Three Weeks After Closing the Red Hat Deal, IBM Rolls Out New Cloud Offerings
Managed services and software optimized for Red Hat OpenShift and Linux aimed at helping enterprises move to the cloud.
Quick Change in CEOs at SUSE Linux
The company behind SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and related software suddenly announced a new CEO, just months after becoming independent.
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