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The Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) has unveiled its new supercomputer system, the first of its kind on the continent. Named Lengau, which is Setswana for Cheetah, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said this is the fastest computer in Africa.

As an operating system, Firefox OS has undergone a massive transformation in the past 24 months – it’s far more than just a web browser nowadays. But now Mozilla is looking to take Firefox to the next level by using it as a hub for a plethora of Internet of Things projects.

Open is at the core of ProudCity, a web platform that “lets municipalities easily launch and manage government digital services all in one place.

With a number of security and performance updates, it provides a more stable and secure experience for CentOS 6 users. The CentOS Project currently is shipping version 7 of its operating system, but older versions all the way back to 5 are still supported. However, as CentOS is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), it depends on the parent product for many of its important fixes and security patches.

Today, May 30, 2016, we would like to introduce our Linux readers to an upcoming edition of the Arch Linux-based Manjaro Linux operating system designed for gamers.

With containers, that collapses to minutes or seconds and can be run on one development workstation. The readily available repositories of useful container images multiply developer productivity, much like open source does, but without the trouble of doing a build.

BONNIE JO MOUNT/THE WASHINGTON POST/GETTY IMAGESRECENT HEADLINES WARN that the government now has greater authority to hack your computers, in and outside the US. Search warrants granting permission to hack get issued using vague, obtuse language that hides what’s really happening, and defense attorneys rarely challenge the hacking tools and techniques in court. Although federal and state judges have to submit a report to Congress tracking the number and nature of wiretap requests they process each year, no similar requirement exists for hacking tools.

What’s more, with some studies showing the majority of private cloud deployments are on OpenStack, OpenStack certification is now an extremely hot commodity in the job market.

Christian Grail gave a talk at OSCON 2016 titled: “How to convince your manager to go open source. I thought the perspective was going to be from the user side but it was from the employee side, about convincing your manager to open source the projects at your company.

With better security, improved ARM support, and, oh yes, better gaming hardware support, Linux 4. You won’t find the biggest news about the latest Linux kernel release, 4. Greg Kroah-Hartman, senior Linux kernel developer, has overseen major security improvements in the latest Linux update.

Cinnamon is one of the most popular desktop environments for Linux computers, with many folks using it instead of Unity and other available desktop options.

Why did Linux, the Unix-like operating system kernel started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 that became central to the open source world, succeed where so many similar projects, including GNU HURD and the BSDs, fail?   maurusone/iStock/Thinkstock One of the most puzzling questions about the history of free and open source is this: Why did Linux succeed so spectacularly, whereas … Read More

Today, May 17, 2016, SUSE, a pioneer in open source software and the maker of the SUSE Linux operating system, has had the great pleasure of announcing the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching.

Endian supports Small and Medium Businesses  As a medium-sized company itself, Endian enthusiastically supports SMB and understands their everyday challenge in growing their businesses. It’s not uncommon for SMB to compromise or completely ignore the importance of network security. Many are faced with a wide variety of other “pressing” issues: fulfilling multiple roles within the company, limited financial resources, competing … Read More

The new cloud platform update integrates management capabilities and benefits from partner offerings including one from Dell. Red Hat released today OpenStack Platform 8, providing users of its commercially supported cloud technology with new features and integrated cloud management capabilities.