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Keeping up with new technology can be a challenge. There may be no place where this is truer than in the world of enterprise cloud software. It seems every day that passes introduces a new tool or application that could soon be a part of your organization’s technology stack. For those using open source cloud infrastructure, particularly OpenStack, the job is … Read More

Zorin Group recently announced the release of Zorin OS 12.2. It’s Ubuntu based operating system for both, beginners and advanced users. This version brings innovations from the Open Source community together with a familiar user interface, requiring nearly no learning curve for PC users. What is New in Zorin OS 12.2? Zorin OS 12.2 comes with improvements to the desktop and the underlying infrastructure, bringing … Read More

Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, took to the stage at Open Source Summit in Los Angeles. In this keynote presentation, Torvalds joined The Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin in conversation about Linux kernel development and how to get young open source developers involved. Here are some highlights of their talk. On the importance of the Linux kernel … Read More

This new service pack release enables customers to optimize their infrastructure with support for the latest environments for ARM (AArch64), Intel, AMD, SAP HANA, z Systems, POWER-based servers and NVM (Non-Volatile Memory) Express over Fabrics. As always, our customers want options—and Service Pack 3 provides lots of them. Enterprises that need to accelerate innovation require an agile infrastructure that can … Read More

MicroOS is SUSE’s modern and slightly different take on cluster computing for containers and microservices. This is what you ought to know about it. Containers have changed the way IT shops operate. The technology has made it far simpler to deploy applications in nearly any data center or cloud environment, and it’s become popular because it promises to reduce complexity. At the openSUSE … Read More

The ever-increasing push to the cloud demands proven skills in areas such as cloud migration, application integration, automation, and more. The recent Open Source Jobs Report from The Linux Foundation, in fact, cited cloud technology as the most sought-after area of expertise among 70 percent of employers. Now you can demonstrate your skills through the new Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam, offered by the Cloud … Read More

Canonical announced the release of Snapd 2.27 Snappy daemon for Ubuntu Linux and other supported GNU/Linux distributions. This is a major release that adds significant improvements and new features. The biggest new feature implemented in the Snapd 2.27 release is Android boot support, which should bring the Ubuntu Snappy technologies to a wide range of devices that are powered by Google’s Linux-based Android mobile … Read More

What happens when you take Ubuntu 17.10, a new desktop interface (one that overlays on top of KDE), snap packages, and roll them all up into a pseudo rolling release? You get Nitrux. At first blush, this particular Linux distribution seems more of an experiment than anything else — to show how much the KDE desktop can be tweaked to resemble … Read More

It was arguably the incident which pushed the threat of ransomware into the view of the whole world, over a year before the WannaCry outbreak. In February 2016, the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, California became infected with Locky ransomware. The infection encrypted systems throughout the facility, locking staff out of computers and electronic records. Eventually, the hospital paid a … Read More

Blockchain technology is changing the way businesses record and monitor data transactions. It provides a decentralized, immutable ledger, or record of transactions, that effectively verifies the integrity of data in that ledger. The Hyperledger Project is a collaborative open source development effort built on the goal of advancing blockchain technologies. Hyperledger now has more than 140 members and hosts several blockchain-related projects. … Read More

The Linux kernel continues to add security protections so developers don’t have to build them on their own. As a result, one of the first steps security experts recommend for protecting against embedded Linux malware threats is to work with the latest possible kernel release and then regularly update field devices. Now that Android is getting long in the tooth — it … Read More

Linus Torvalds pushed out version 4.13 of the Linux Kernel on Sunday, right on schedule and almost exactly two months after 4.12. Among all the changes, Torvalds highlights the one concerning the implementation of the SMB protocol in the kernel: The CIFS behavior in kernel 4.13 defaults to SMB3 as opposed to SMB1, which was the default in previous kernels. SMB is … Read More

One key benefit of open source is its ability to enable rapid innovation. Collaborating on non-competitive pieces of technology frees up resources, enabling companies to focus more on developing new products and services. We are seeing this play out now in the automotive industry as automakers are adopting open source software for core technologies like the infotainment operating system. This … Read More

Meet Magic Wormhole is a simple and free utility that help users to send a files from one computer to another computer anywhere in the world. It’s a fast and secure way to send files to Linux and macOS users. Even newbies can send files through wormhole easily since it doesn’t require any techi knowledge and offers very simple syntax. If … Read More

While most Americans were enjoying the Labor Day weekend, Linux creator Linus Torvalds was busy releasing the Linux 4.13 kernel on Sept. 3. Linux 4.13 is the fourth new Linux kernel released in 2017 and follows Linux 4.12, which debuted in July. The Linux 4.13 kernel is noteworthy for a number of reasons, including multiple security-related enhancements and some health … Read More