Open-source News

Sponsored post: The current and future state of open source security: research from Snyk and the Linux Foundation  TechCrunch

cURL vs. wget in Linux: What’s the Difference?  How-To Geek

cURL vs. wget in Linux: What’s the Difference?  How-To Geek

Slimbook Executive is a lightweight Linux laptop with Intel Core i7-12700H  Liliputing

Slimbook Executive is a lightweight Linux laptop with Intel Core i7-12700H  Liliputing

KaOS 2022.06 gives the KDE desktop an out-of-the-box but user-friendly twist  ZDNet

Joint venture unveils world's first RISC-V laptop  Electropages

New CompTIA Linux+ Certification Exam Validates the Skills Needed to Support Today's Enterprise-level Linux Systems  PR Newswire

AMD Linux patches reveal no Infinity Cache for the Phoenix Point APU and only four displays at a time for the RDNA3 GPUs  Notebookcheck.net

Back in March when AMD Milan-X rolled out I published a number of EPYC 7773X benchmarks as well as Milan-X benchmarks in the cloud. Since then there have been new Linux kernel improvements and other changes in the ever-advancing open-source world. Plus simply more time to conduct additional tests over the summer. Here is the latest round of my AMD EPYC 7773X 1P and 2P benchmarking compared to the Milan EPYC 7713/7763 SKUs as well as Intel's Xeon Platinum 8380 "Ice Lake" competition.

Getting things started for this "Patch Tuesday" are the disclosure of two new X.Org Server vulnerabilities...

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer is finally here! Perhaps you celebrated the Summer Solstice a few weeks ago. If you’re from the United States, the fireworks from the 4th of July are now just a fun memory.

Like me, you’re now probably thinking about how you’re going to spend your downtime this summer. Perhaps you plan on taking things easy, maybe finishing off that novel you never got to this year, or taking a road trip?

Well, it’s time to quit slacking, penguin. With the news of layoffs and inflation, and investment market declines taking the wind out of summer sailboats, there’s no better time than now to skill up for your next job, or to stay up-to-date on your current one. The good news is that there are great resources to help stay competitive during uncertain market times, and just in time for summer, too!

Linux Foundation Research and LF Training & Certification recently published its latest paper, the 10th Annual Open Source Jobs Report. While it’s not your usual beach reading material, the conclusions are timely and significant, so you should pay close attention.

One of the key takeaways was this: open source professionals seek satisfying employment with plenty of opportunities to develop skills. Unsurprisingly, they want to work in a pleasant and collaborative atmosphere, with a competent staff that is equally enthusiastic about their chosen field. If you’re highly skilled, maybe now’s a good time to ask for a raise?

And the folks that want to fill those jobs, the hiring managers? They’re seeking the brightest talent to fill open positions. They want individuals who are not only qualified but also a good match for their business culture. And guess what. There are not enough people with the necessary skills.

So what does this mean for open source professionals? Training and certifications can give you that extra edge when looking for that new position and potentially command a higher salary in your current job.

And what kinds of open source skills are organizations looking for when hiring prospective professionals?

• 77% of organizations are growing in their use of open cloud and container technologies like Kubernetes. Cloud and container technologies were the top-ranked, in-demand skills for 2022 by hiring managers and open source professionals, followed by Linux, DevOps, and cybersecurity.
• 67% of hiring managers seek open source professionals with architectural skills, followed by the ability to deploy open source software (67%) and using open source development tools (such as GitHub) at 42%

To put it in perspective, in 2022, it’s all about architecting, deploying, and developing open source software.

At the Linux Foundation, we’ve got the courseware and certification exams for you to achieve this, with over 55 offerings in open cloud and container technologies alone, including tracks for Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), and Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).

To help make these offerings more affordable, from July 12-13 you can save 25% on all training and certification by using code FLASH22 in your shopping cart at checkout.

What if you want to get started without laying any money out? We’ve got over 50 courses in these technologies that are absolutely free.

We know that getting rewarding jobs in open source isn’t always easy. Nor is it easy to fill open positions. But there are also numerous opportunities for those individuals willing to secure them, and an equal number of training options for managers to work with upskilling the talent that is already in-house.

So what’s on your summer reading list now? Make sure it’s the 10th Annual Jobs Report.

Download 10th Annual Jobs Report

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FINOS, the fintech open source foundation, and its research partners, Linux Foundation Research, GitHub, Intel, Mend, Red Hat, Scott Logic, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb, and Wipro, are conducting its second annual survey as part of its ongoing research on the state of open source adoption, contribution, and readiness in the financial services industry. 

The increased prevalence, importance, and value of open source is well understood and widely reported by many industry surveys and studies. However, the rate at which different industries acknowledge this shift and adapt their working practices to capitalize on the new world of open source-first differs considerably.

The financial services industry has been a long-time consumer of open source software; however, many are struggling in contributing to and publishing open source software and standards and adopting open source methodologies. A lack of understanding of building and deploying efficient tooling and governance models is often seen as a limiting factor.

This survey and report seek to explore open source within the context of financial services organizations, including banks, asset managers, and hedge funds but it is designed as a resource to be used by all financial services organizations as an annual tracking of metrics. 

Please participate now; we intend to close the survey in early August. Privacy and confidentiality are important to us. Neither participant names, nor their company names, will be published in the final results.

To take the 2022 FINOS Survey, click the button below:

Take Survey (EN) BONUS

As a thank-you for completing this survey, you will receive a 25% discount code on enrollment in any course in the Linux Foundation Training catalog.

PRIVACY

Your name and company name will not be published. Reviews are attributed to your role, company size, and industry. Responses will be subject to the Linux Foundation’s Privacy Policy, available at https://linuxfoundation.org/privacy. Please note that survey partners who are not Linux Foundation employees will be involved in reviewing the survey results. If you do not want them to have access to your name or email address, please do not provide this information.

VISIBILITY

We will summarize the survey data and share the findings during Open Source Strategy Forum, 2022. The summary report will be published on the FINOS and Linux Foundation websites. 

QUESTIONS

If you have questions regarding this survey, please email us at info@finos.org. 

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KDE Plasma 5.25.3 Is Out Now with More Plasma Wayland Fixes, Various Other Changes  9to5Linux

'Unbreakable' Oracle Linux 9 is a RHEL rebuild with built-in Btrfs support  The Register

The Document Foundation has made available this morning the LibreOffice 7.4 release candidate as the newest test version of this cross-platform, open-source office suite...

Global Linux Operating System Market Share 2022, Size, Market Movements by Trend Analysis, Growth Status, Revenue Expectation to 2029 Research Report  Digital Journal

Linux frustration - where is a command line wizard when you need one  Electronics Weekly

Last month Intel began publishing the Linux kernel driver changes needed for Habana Labs' Gaudi2 AI accelerator. That enablement and subsequent kernel review process has went well and that hardware support has now been queued into char-misc ahead of the upcoming Linux 5.20 merge window...

IBM this morning announced more Power10 servers being added to their portfolio, now including mid-range and scale-out platforms based on this latest POWER architecture...