sjvn's feed
-
3 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Chainguard's Wolfi: Revolutionizing Containerized Workloads with Rapid Updates and Robust Security
A Small Octopus and a Big Idea: How Wolfi Linux is Improving the Cloud’s Software Supply Chain Security.
-
4 days agoAnalysis sjvn
A look back at 40 Years of GNU and the Free Software Foundation
It's fading from memory, but if it weren't for GNU and the Free Software Foundation, open-source, and Linux, indeed, most of our technology-driven world wouldn't be here.
-
4 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Net neutrality: What it is and why we're talking about it again
The Federal Communications Commission finally has all five members - and the first thing on its agenda is the restoration of net neutrality.
-
6 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Chromebooks are forever... well, a decade
A decade of support is a much better deal than what Microsoft or Apple will give you
-
9 days agoAnalysis sjvn
Why open source is the cradle of artificial intelligence
In the wildly competitive business of AI, is open source doomed to be always a bridesmaid, never a bride? Think again.
-
10 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Linux Foundation Joins OpenTF to Fork for Terraform into 'OpenTofu'
The name OpenTofu may sound silly, but OpenTF and the Linux Foundation are quite serious about this Terraform fork.
-
11 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
It's 2030, and digital wallets have replaced every card in our purses and pockets
OpenWallet, now joined by Microsoft, looks to the near future when digital wallets replace traditional wallets in the same way debit cards replaced checkbooks.
-
11 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
OneAPI Computing Aims to Ease Multi-Architecture Computing
OneAPI is all about using universal APIs for parallel application development whenever possible.
-
12 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Long-term support for Linux kernel to be cut as maintainence remains under strain
The Open Source Summit provides an update on what's new in the Linux kernel​ and where it's going from here.
-
13 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
The invaluable opensource.com site is reborn as opensource.net
Thanks to the Open Source Initiative, one of the best open-source and Linux how-to and feature sites is coming back to life.
-
2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Google extends Chromebook lifespan to ten years
Chromebooks are useful, but heretofore, Google only supported them for a few years. Going forward, all Chromebooks will have a minimum support lifespan of a decade.
-
2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
OpenSUSE seeks a Leap replacement, but will distro community rise to the challenge?
Will it be Slowroll or Linarite -- or nothing at all? Programmers are conflicted about where the venerable Linux distro should go from here.
-
2 weeks agoAnalysis sjvn
Docker: The software development revolution continued
First, Docker transformed containers into a universally useful technology. Today, its development tools make it easy to create, package, and ship programs across all platforms.
-
2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Update NOW: OpenSSL 1.1.1's Shelf-Life Has Ended
The OpenSSL Project has announced that the long-term support version of OpenSSL 1.1.1 has come to the end of its lifecycle except for paying customers.
-
2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Chae$ 4: The Evolution of a Cyberthreat
The Chaes malware family has grown into the much more dangerous Chae$ 4.
-
3 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Cash App, Square outage: What small businesses need to know
Small businesses, from taco trucks to coffee shops, had to tell their customers they couldn't accept credit cards or e-payments.
-
3 weeks agoAnalysis sjvn
Google turns 25: From garage startup to global giant
Google is 25 years old, and even with the rise of generative AI bots, it still dominates search. But in 1998, it was just another Silicon Valley garage project with big ideas and little credibility.
-
3 weeks agoAnalysis sjvn
Now it's PostgreSQL's turn to have a bogus CVE
PostgreSQL and cURL aren't the only ones. Someone is faking security alerts for numerous open-source projects.