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One of the most difficult questions I get about open organizations comes from readers working at large companies with deep, rich histories. "I understand how you grew your culture at Red Hat," they tell me, "and I understand how open source communities can function the way you describe, but I work in a place with an entirely different structure and culture. How do I begin to catalyze the kinds of change you're describing?" read more

The latest Google project to go open source, Seesaw, offers a new Linux-based load-balancing solution to datacenters.

Linux Lite 2.8 Final is now available for download. The star of this release is the inclusion of the hardware enablement stack 3.19 based kernel offering greater hardware support. We've also included a host of new features including, Btrfs support during install, the help manual is now accessible from the desktop, Hulu now works out of the box, and the usual compliment of community suggestions and bug fixes.

A new Opera stable release is now out, and the developers have introduced a number of new features that are going to be enjoyed by the community.

OpenFlow was initially introduced in the academia as a way to enable innovation on production networks which had traditionally been built with close and proprietary networking hardware. OpenFlow offloads the high-level routing/forwarding decisions (control plane) from networking devices such as switches, and moves the control plane on to a separate controller. The networking devices then simply forward traffic, as instructed by the external OpenFlow controller. It is the OpenFlow protocol that is used by the OpenFlow controller to program the networking devices.

“And so, as we are pushing our ISV [Independent Software Vendor] and hardware partners to build great new stuff that takes advantage of Windows 10 that obviously makes the old stuff really bad and not to mention viruses and security problems.”

Managing files is a constant task for users who want to maintain order and consistency. Locating, deleting, and moving files, or opening them in an application program is greatly simplified through the use of a file manager. read more

Now that we're all enjoying the new features of the Firefox 44.0 web browser on our personal computer, the time has come for Mozilla developers to concentrate their efforts on the next major release.

Linux Mint has become a contender, though it’s not advisable for a Linux newcomer. One of the neatest features about using Linux for everyday computing are the endless choices that are available. For years, Ubuntu was considered the "top distro" for most people. Recently however, I've seen indications that this is no longer the case.

Explain Kubernetes in just five minutes? Impossible, thought Jamie Duncan. But he did it anyway. In this video, Duncan says containers are "making us rethink how we deliver software." But they have their limits. Scaling them requires an important tool for extending their purchase: Kubernetes. To some, it’s the future of IT—one in which containers play an increasingly important role.

A new ISO image for the powerful and highly customizable Arch Linux operating system is now available for download via the official channels.

deepin 15.1 is a correction emphasizing bug fixing from users' feedback, optimizing the system and expanding the application repository. It is worth mentioning that a new member has joined the deepin application family - deepin Cloud Print. Based on questions and advice users submitted through deepin feedback, we fixed and optimized system modules: optimized Dock display interface when mounting mobile device; fixed an issue with the Dock whose hidden status may be incorrect; fixed an issue with the Dock where the system tray cannot be displayed.

NayuOS is a new operating system built by Nexedi that aims to provide users with a Chrome OS free alternative.

Today we are very pleased to announce an addition to the Mozilla Corporation Board of Directors, Dr. Karim Lakhani, a scholar in innovation theory and practice. Dr. Lakhani is the first of the new appointments we expect to make.

Collabora Productivity, a UK-based consulting firm that offers LibreOffice for enterprises, and Kolab Systems, a Switzerland-based provider of open source groupware solutions, have partnered to offer Collabora’s CloudSuite as an integrated component of Kolab.

Also in today's open source roundup: The best Linux distros of 2016, and some laptops can be bricked with a single Linux command.

Greg Kroah-Hartman published details about the availability of the sixtieth maintenance build of the Linux 3.14 LTS kernel series.

OpenSSL, the open source cryptography project, has disclosed another security bug that could theoretically decrypt private data from HTTPS-protected websites.

First up for the big tent events for this spring will be Great Wide Open in Atlanta. Although the event will take place March 16-17, which is actually a few days before spring’s official arrival, it’s a good bet that Atlanta will be in full bloom by the time the conference opens its doors at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in the city’s midtown area.

All of us here in the Linux Journal community have a love for Linux and open source, but even inside our world, there are some topics that are just downright fun! This month is full of articles we're passionate about.