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Heavy metal Linux 6.6 has arrived
The new version of Linux is here. The odds are that it will become the next long-term support version of Linux, so it deserves your attention.
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Open source vs 'sort of' open source is as old as software
There's nothing new about HashiCorp leaving the principle behind
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Linux Foundation Adopting Terraform Fork Provokes Ire of HashiCorp CEO
Less than a month after a handful of small companies forked HashiCorp's flagship IaC software, the Linux Foundation swooped in to support the project. This did not sit right with HashiCorp CEO David McJannet.
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What Linux kernel maintainers do and why they need your help
Everyone uses Linux, and companies are willing to pay to develop it, but maintaining Linux's code? That's another matter.
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How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it's called 'Project Sputnik')
The Dell XPS 13 is the best-known developer-focused, high-end Linux laptop. Here's how it got there.
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How AlmaLinux stays Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatible without Red Hat code
It's not easy, but it can be done by pulling largely from the CentOS Stream codebase.
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Super-long-term stable Linux Kernel arrives
If your Linux plans include industrial infrastructure, power grids, and factories, the Linux Foundation's Civil Infrastructure Platform has a Linux kernel just for you with decade-long support.
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Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 arrives: A glimpse into Ubuntu Linux's future
With the latest Ubuntu Linux release, it's clear that Canonical is taking the Linux desktop seriously.
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Can open source be saved from the EU's Cyber Resilience Act?
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and for open source this is a well meaning cluster fudge
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Open source isn't ready for generative AI. How stakeholders are changing this light bulb together
Open-source licenses, already stretched thin by software-as-a-service and the cloud, are an even worse fit for AI's large language models. What's an open source leader to do?
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OpenStack Unleashes Bobcat: A Leap Forward in Open-Source Cloud Infrastructure
The newest OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud release is out.
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New cryptographic protocol aims to bolster open-source software security
The Linux Foundation, BastionZero, and Docker believe OpenPubkey bolsters zero-trust passwordless authentication.
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Linux tries to dump Windows' notoriously insecure RNDIS protocol
Here we go again. Linux developers are trying, once more, to rid Linux of Microsoft's Remote Network Driver Interface Specification. Here's why it's complicated.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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OneAPI Computing Aims to Ease Multi-Architecture Computing
OneAPI is all about using universal APIs for parallel application development whenever possible.
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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.
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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.
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