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A New Open Source JavaScript engine by Facebook

Sat, 07/13/2019 - 08:31

Facebook has released a new open-source JavaScript engine, Hermes, to speed up start times for native Android apps built with Facebook's own React Native JavaScript framework. Facebook software engineer Marc Horowitz unveiled the new JavaScript engine at the Chain React 2019 conference on Thursday in Portland, Oregon. Hermes is a new tool for developers to primarily improve app startup performance in the same way Facebook already does for its apps, and to make apps more efficient on low-end smartphones.

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Kali Linux now available for Raspberry Pi 4

Fri, 07/12/2019 - 06:56

Kali Linux is a specialized distribution targeted at security professionals that also shows up on popular TV show, Mr. Robot. Kali Linux is now compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4. Currently, the distro is only available as a 32-bit OS, but the project is planning on releasing a 64-bit version soon. In the meantime, security aficionados who have a spare Raspberry Pi 4 lying around can head over to the Kali Linux site and download the distro image.

GNOME Software Moving Forward With Disabling Snap Plugin

Fri, 07/12/2019 - 06:45

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that GNOME developers are planning to disable the Snap plug-in for GNOME Software. Canonical has begun writing their own Snap Store. They don't plan to use GNOME Software in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and thus have taken their developers away from working on the upstream support.

Cloudera Goes Open Source

Fri, 07/12/2019 - 06:32

Cloudera has announced changes to its licensing policy that will make its entire product portfolio available under open-source terms, effectively adopting Hortonworks’ business model. The move has important implications for the industry’s ongoing debate about how business models can be built upon a foundation of free software. Although Cloudera is a major contributor to open-source projects, its decade-old business has always been based on selling licensed software.

Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit goes open source on GitHub

Fri, 07/12/2019 - 06:27

Microsoft has open-sourced its Quantum Development Kit (QDK) on GitHub. The QDK, which launched in preview last year, gives developers access to the Q# programming language, quantum simulators, and the libraries needed to start experimenting with quantum computing before it go

Wind River Linux offers containers and cloud-native approaches for embedded computing software development

Thu, 07/11/2019 - 04:26

Wind River Systems is introducing enhancements to the Wind River Linux software to ease the adoption of containers in embedded computing systems.

Linode Brings Commercial Grade GPUs to the Masses

Thu, 07/11/2019 - 02:15
Title: Linode Brings Commercial Grade GPUs to the Masses10 JulLearn more

LF Networking Releases ONAP Dublin

Wed, 07/10/2019 - 09:05
Title: LF Networking Releases ONAP Dublin10 JulLearn more

Microsoft To Join The Private Linux Mailing List

Wed, 07/10/2019 - 08:54

Microsoft recently applied to join a private Linux kernel mailing list that's meant for reporting and discussing security issues privately before they are made public.

Debian 10 "Buster" released

Wed, 07/10/2019 - 08:37

The Debian community has announced the release of Debian 10

IBM Closes Red Hat Acquisition

Tue, 07/09/2019 - 21:47
Title: IBM Closes Red Hat Acquisition9 JulLearn more

CFP and Registration Open For Linux Piter Conference

Tue, 07/09/2019 - 03:30

"Linux Piter" Conference in Russia, St.Petersburg, October 4-5, 2019

The registration and call for papers for biggest Linux conference in Russia, Linux Piter is now open at https://linuxpiter.com/en

The conference gathers many key Linux people from all around the world. In the past we had Lennart Pottering (Red Hat), Christoph Hellwig, Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft), Monty Widenius (MariaDB Corporation AB), Bero Rosenkränzer (OpenMandriva), Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) and many others joining the event.

Software package and application requirements for Hyperledge Fabric installation on AWS

Wed, 07/03/2019 - 08:44
Title: Software package and application requirements for Hyperledge Fabric installation on AWS3 JulLearn more

Essential Hyperledger Composer tools and administrative, operational, and development commands

Mon, 07/01/2019 - 19:47
Title: Essential Hyperledger Composer tools and administrative, operational, and development commands1 JulLearn more

Linux Foundation Board Elects Longtime Community Members to Chair and Vice Chair

Fri, 06/21/2019 - 04:30

The Linux Foundation today is announcing its new Board Chair Nithya Ruff and Vice Chair Wim Coekaerts, both of whom bring a long history of contribution, collaboration and developer advocacy to their new positions. Both existing board members, these new roles will allow them to deepen their stewardship and support for Linux and open source projects across industries.

Kubernetes 1.15 Released

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 06:19

The Kubernetes community has announced the release of Kubernetes 1.15, the second release of 2019. The release focuses on Continuous Improvement and Extensibility. Work on making Kubernetes installation, upgrade and configuration even more robust has been a major focus for this cycle for SIG Cluster Lifecycle.

Embracing open source could be a big competitive advantage for businesses

Tue, 06/18/2019 - 00:00

As companies chase the transformational technologies that will deliver exponential returns, they should turn their attention from the “what” to the “how.” One type of software underpins many of the most exciting, cutting-edge innovations today, including AI, cloud, blockchain, and quantum computing: open source.

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Are Your Linux Servers Really Protected?

Thu, 06/13/2019 - 00:00

When thinking about IT security, one area that may not readily come to mind is the physical security of an enterprise’s servers. It’s often thought that because the servers are behind lock and key and/or in a data center, and because the data is in continuous use, encrypting the server drives isn’t needed since the data is never at-rest.

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Linux Kernel 5.2 Will Address Industrial Operations, Two-Factor Authentication

Tue, 06/11/2019 - 03:19
Currently, at release candidate 3, the Linux 5.2 kernel is coming soon and promises to offer quite a host of impressive new features and improvements. Lets take a look at some of the highlights. New Features

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