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Linux a key player in the edge computing revolution  Network World

Edge computing is augmenting the role that Linux plays in our day-to-day lives. A conversation with Jaromir Coufal from Red Hat helps to define what the edge ...

Linux features beyond server management  TechTarget

Linux features provide flexibility and maintenance capabilities for admins. Developers have continually expanded its functions over the past 25 years, and now ...

In 2010, I confronted a problem common to all public school leaders: How do we optimize our limited funding to bring powerful learning technology to thousands of students? Faced with an end-of-life fleet of student laptops, district-wide budget cuts, and teachers pleading for more technology, I made a small bet that open source software could be an affordable path forward.

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During H1'2019 on Phoronix.com were 1,766 original news articles and 130 original Linux hardware reviews / featured benchmark multi-page articles. Here is a look back at the most popular articles during the first half of the year on Phoronix...

rdesktop is an open source software that enables you to connect and manage your remote Windows desktop from your Linux computer using RDP – Remote Desktop Protocol. In other words, while you are sitting...

Back in March 2019 when Intel announced Sound Open Firmware, they also announced ACRN as a small footprint hypervisor intended for real-time and safety-critical use-cases. Now with Linux 5.3 this IoT-focused hypervisor can handle Linux guests on the ACRN hypervisor...

Editor’s note: Today, we announced the close of Red Hat's acquisition by IBM. Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat’s president and CEO, shared the following email with all of our associates around the world.

Editor’s note: Today, we announced the close of Red Hat'

Today, IBM finalized its acquisition of Red Hat.

Today, we announced that IBM’s landmark acquisition of Red Hat has closed and shared our vision for how our two companies will move forward together. 

Debian 10 'Buster' Linux arrives  ZDNet

Over two years in the making, the latest version of Debian Linux arrives.

GitHub account belonging to Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical hacked  SiliconANGLE News

A GitHub account belonging to Canonical Ltd., the maker of Ubuntu Linux, was hacked over the weekend as a hacker created new repositories in the process.

As a change we had been expecting this cycle, Ubuntu 19.10 has upgraded to GCC 9 as the default system compiler over GCC 8...

Mozilla Firefox 68 Is Now Available to Download for Linux, Mac, and Windows  Softpedia News

The Mozilla Firefox 68 open-source and cross-platform web browser is now available to download for GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows platforms ahead of ...

Intel's patches for supporting the multi-die topology of Cascadelake-AP processors is now going into the Linux 5.3 kernel...

Microsoft admitted to private Linux developer security list  ZDNet

Linux developers recognize Microsoft's contributions to Linux and security -- by letting the company's Linux developers in its closed linux-distro security list.

CFP and Registration Open For Linux Piter Conference  Linux.com

"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 ...

"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.

Vulkan 1.1.114 is another weekly update to the Vulkan graphics API specification... With this update does come a new extension of some interest...

Mageia 7 Pushes Linux Desktop Boundaries  LinuxInsider.com

Mageia 7 redefines the concept of traditional Linux. It is a solid operating system well suited to both newcomers and seasoned Linux users alike. The Mageia ...