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Programming languages never die, they just fade into obscurity. But some don't even do that. Some languages seem to stand the test of time, or at the very least, are still in broad enough use to require new developers to learn them just to keep existing software maintained and functional. read more

The m23 project released version 16.3 of the software deployment tool for Linux networks, containing workflow improvements and new customization options, as well as a couple of other new features and bug fixes.

Is somebody really claiming to have invented a method for switching from watching one video to watching another? This question comes from a lawyer at the New York Times, as an aside in an interesting article about the paper's response to a defamation threat from a presidential candidate. Apparently, that defamation threat distracted the his legal team from their work on another task: responding to a patent troll. Intrigued, we looked into it. The patent troll is called Bartonfalls, LLC and its patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,917,922, is our latest Stupid Patent of the Month.

With little fanfare, W3C declares next major version of the web to be a done deal.

Lead Linux maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman talks about open source compliance, aging kernel developers, and Linux on microcontrollers. No one aside from Linus Torvalds has more influence or name recognition in the Linux Kernel project than Greg Kroah-Hartman. More commonly known as GKH, the ex-SUSE kernel developer and USB driver maintainer is now a Linux Foundation […]

After being in development for the past month or so, during which it received a total of three RC (Release Candidate) builds, the final version of the highly-anticipated Mesa 13.0.0 3D Graphics Library is now available.

In which Wix forgets what happens when you add GPL code to your closed-source app.

Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation, discusses the enduring role that the Apache Way plays in software development.

India is a large and a populated country that makes up a large base of Google consumers. So in recent years, Google's widened support of world languages for its various products has been a blessing. It has specifically helped Indian people grow their use of and participation on the Internet. read more

Ubuntu-based CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) GNU/Linux distribution is designed by Italian developer Nanni Bassetti to be a complete digital forensic environment, and it's been updated to version 8.0.

So you wanna transform Ubuntu 16.04 desktop to Apple’s MacOS X operating system. Well, I got you covered. Macbuntu Transformation Pack is available for Ubuntu 16.04 and I will guide you to set it up easily. The Macbuntu Transformation Pack contains themes for GTK, meaning there is support for Unity, Gnome, Cinnamon, Xfce and MATE desktop environments.

Last week, a nine-year old bug was uncovered in the Linux kernel that can give attackers root-level access to machines running the Linux operating system. Because the vulnerability is related to how the kernel handles copy-on-write memory, it has been dubbed 'Dirty COW'. The security flaw exists on every distribution of the operating system.

The Linux Foundation’s Hadoop project, ODPi, and Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) are teaming up on November 7 for a can’t miss webinar for Chief Data Officers and their Big Data Teams.

Do you remember Monopoly and Life and Clue, and all those old classic board games you played as a kid because sometimes you were just that bored? Do you recall ever reading the instructions? Probably not, because nobody reads the instructions for those games.

On October 31, 2016, people celebrated Halloween all over the world, and it looks like fans of the popular, open-source, free, and cross-platform Calibre ebook management software had a reason to party all night long as well.

This month's issue starts off with Reuven M. Lerner discussing machine learning. Whether you consider it creepy or incredible (or possibly somewhere in between), sites like Amazon.com do an amazing job of determining what sorts of things you might want to buy.

Following is a sample of overcloud deployment 1xController + 2xCompute +3 Ceph Nodes (Cluster) via TripleO QuickStart . Number of Ceph Nodes is supposed to be 3 at least due to automatically generated file /etc/ceph/ceph.conf contains entry "osd_pool_default_size = 3" to avoid hitting "Fewer OSDs than Replicas" cluster's status.

HPE has quietly begun to lay off yet more programmers and software engineers.

Adlink announced four modules, in SMARC 2.0, Qseven, and COM Express Compact format, plus a Mini-ITX board — all based on Intel’s 14nm “Apollo Lake” SoCs. Adlink has rolled out the most comprehensive range of products yet supporting Intel’s 14nm-fabricated Atom E3900 “Apollo Lake” SoCs. Like rival Congatec’s Apollo Lake roll-out, the Adlink announcement includes […]

Microsoft Office is the de-facto standard office suite there in the world, but unfortunately it is not available to we, the “free” folk on linux. Sure there are quite a few number of ways to use it on Linux, either by using a virtual PC or employing ….. Which also allows you to run it on Linux. Either way the experience might not be the best. Fortunately also, this has also allowed for the creation of some very capable alternatives on Linux, and today, we’d take a look at 5 of the very top office suites that are available on Linux.