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Windows 11 Gains Voice Access Feature in Latest Preview Release  WinBuzzer

Our recently published Open Source Jobs Report examined the demand for open source talent and trends among open source professionals. What did we find?

Open Source Career Opportunities are Strong

The good news is that hiring is rebounding in the wake of the pandemic, as organizations look to continue their investments in digital transformation. This is evidenced by 50% of employers surveyed who stated they are increasing hires this year. There are significant challenges though, with 92% of managers having difficulty finding enough talent and struggling to hold onto existing talent in the face of fierce competition. Other key findings from this year’s report included:

• Cloud is on the rise. Cloud and container technology skills are most in-demand by hiring managers, surpassing Linux for the first time, with 46% of hiring managers seeking cloud talent.
• DevOps has become the standard method for developing software. Virtually all open source professionals (88%) report using DevOps practices in their work, a 50% increase from three years ago.
• Demand for certified talent is spiking. Managers are prioritizing hires of certified talent (88%).
• Training is increasingly helping close skills gaps. 92% of managers report increasing requests for training. Employers also report that they prioritize training investments to close skills gaps, with 58% using this tactic.
• Discrimination is a growing concern in the community. Open source professionals having been discriminated against or made to feel unwelcome in the community increased to 18% in 2021 — a 125% increase over the past three years.

Enabling Training and Certification

This year, ‬vendor-neutral training and certification grew in importance as demand for professionals with critical skills in open cloud technologies and DevOps increased‭.‬ Over 2 million individuals have enrolled in free Linux Foundation training courses, providing them a great way to explore different open source technologies and decide which is the best fit for them; this includes over a million students who have enrolled in our Introduction to Linux course on the edX platform. To date, over 50,000 individuals have been certified for their technical competence through Linux Foundation programs.

This year, our Training & Certification team launched over 20 new offerings. We now host over 70 eLearning courses, deliver over 20 instructor-led courses, and offer more than a dozen certification exams that enable certified professionals to demonstrate their skills, with more being released regularly. 

This year saw the addition of exam simulators to our Kubernetes certification exams, enabling exam registrants to familiarize themselves with the exam environment before sitting for their exam. In late 2021, we will launch a new Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate certification exam, which will serve as an entry-level certification for new cloud professionals.

In 2021, The Linux Foundation directly awarded 500 scholarships for free training and certification to individuals worldwide. Hundreds more were awarded via partnerships with nonprofits, including Blacks in Technology, TransTech Social Enterprises, and Women Who Code.

New training and certification offerings launched in 2021 include:

• Building a RISC-V CPU Core
• Certified Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
• Certified TARS Application Developer (CTAD)
• FinOps for Engineering
• Generating a Software Bill of Materials
• GitOps: Continuous Delivery on Kubernetes with Flux
• Hyperledger Besu Essentials:
• Creating a Private Blockchain Network
• Kubernetes and Cloud Native Essentials
• Kubernetes Security Essentials
• Kubernetes Security Fundamentals
• Implementing DevSecOps
• Introduction to Cloud Foundry
• Introduction to FDC3 Standard
• Introduction to GitOps
• Introduction to Kubernetes on Edge with K3s
• Introduction to Magma:
• Cloud Native Wireless Networking
• Introduction to Node.js
• Introduction to RISC-V
• Introduction to WebAssembly
• Open Source Management and Strategy
• RISC-V Toolchain and Compiler Optimization
• Techniques
• WebAssembly Actors: From Cloud to Edge

Explore the full catalog of courses at training.linuxfoundation.org/full-catalog.

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Trend Micro Incorporated : The Evolution of IoT Linux Malware Based on MITRE ATT&CK TTPs  marketscreener.com

At the end of October came the pleasant surprise of the introduction of the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. This drop-in replacement to the original Raspberry Pi Zero features a more powerful 1.0GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 compared to the miniscule 1GHz single-core design of the original Pi Zero while boasting 512MB of LPDDR2 RAM. Here are some initial benchmarks of the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W for those curious about its performance.

2 Best ways to Install Skype on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy  H2S Media

How To Install Microsoft Edge On Linux?  Fossbytes

How to Use the Linux set command  BollyInside

In addition to the LLVM SPIR-V back-end appearing ready for merging, also working through the final steps for being mainlined in the LLVM compiler stack is also Facebook's BOLT project for optimizing the performance of binaries...

Taking place in San Francisco from Monday through yesterday evening was the RISC-V Summit for discussions around this dominant open-source processor ISA. For those that were did not make it to the event, many of the slide decks are available...

RISC-V Summit 2021 - High Performance Processors, Other Interesting Talks  Phoronix

It is not too often getting to talk about performance optimizations for Mesa's Virgl code that along with in conjunction with related "Virgil" components allows for hardware-accelerated 3D/OpenGL running within virtual machines. Hitting Mesa 22.0 this week though is some Virgl code improvements for allowing lower memory use within virtual machines...

Intel's oneDNN Deep Neural Network Library that is part of their oneAPI toolkit is out with version 2.5 and brings RISC-V CPU support among other updates...

Microsoft releases open-source Microsoft-Performance-Tools for Linux-Android for analyzing system performance  BetaNews

Good news for Linux fans running Windows 11  MyBroadband

With build 22518, Microsoft reminds all about its new WSL app in the Microsoft Store  Neowin

It is now easier for Windows 11 users to install Windows Subsystem for Linux from the Microsoft Store and get automatic updates  BetaNews

The post 20 Linux YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) Commands for Package Management first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In this article, we will learn how to install, update, remove, find packages, manage packages and repositories on Linux systems using YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified) tool developed by RedHat. The example commands shown in

The post 20 Linux YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) Commands for Package Management first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

If ever you've been curious about making music, you'll be pleased to know that the open source digital audio workstation Ardour makes it easy and fun, regardless of your level of experience. Ardour is one of those unique applications that manages to span beginner-level hobbyists all the way to production-critical professionals and serves both equally well. Part of what makes it great is its flexibility in how you can accomplish any given task and how most common tasks have multiple levels of possible depth.

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AWS Outage Outrage | Rusty Linux | ARM Latest  DevOps.com

Today, we are sharing that Werner Knoblich, Red Hat’s senior vice president and general manager for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region has decided to retire from Red Hat at the end of 2021. IT industry leader and Red Hatter Hans Roth, who is currently senior vice president and general manager of Global Services and Technical Enablement, will succeed him in the role beginning in January.