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Linus Torvalds has announced that Linux 4.2 is now available – providing improvements to the operating system’s functionality. Full article on the click below… http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/136860-linux-4-2-released.html

The SUSE office in Nuremberg, Germany, had a special presentation given by Dominique Leuenberger, last week about the interconnecting points of the openSUSE project. Specifically, Leuenberger covered the integration process of Tumbleweed and Leap and explained the difference between the two. Full article and video on the link below… https://news.opensuse.org/2015/08/28/integration-process-for-opensuse-tumbleweed-leap-explained-2/

Ubuntu is more than twice as popular on the Amazon cloud as all other operating systems combined. Full article below at the click… http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-continues-to-rule-the-cloud/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61

Let’s celebrate the amazing Linux project Dear all, today is August 25, 2015, and the time has come for us, Linux users, to party in celebration of the 24th anniversary of the Linux project, announced by none other than its creator, Linus Torvalds, on the sunny day of Sunday, August 25, 1991. Full story at the click below… http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/linux-turns-24-happy-birthday-489974.shtml

SUSE, through Meike Chabowski, had the great pleasure of announcing the release and general availability of SUSE Manager, a piece of software that eases things for Linux users, making complex tasks simple, for IBM z Systems. Full story on the click below… http://news.softpedia.com/news/suse-manager-2-1-server-is-now-available-for-ibm-z-systems-489709.shtml

A router for the new way to your Wi-Fi network Today, August 18, Google had the great pleasure of revealing its latest product, OnHub, a router powered by a Linux kernel-based operating system and designed from the ground up to provide home users with a next-generation Wi-Fi network. Full article available at the following click… http://news.softpedia.com/news/google-announces-smart-linux-powered-onhub-router-for-next-gen-wi-fi-489542.shtml

With Windows 10 snooping on your every keystroke, it’s time to consider an alternative: the Linux desktop. Full article at the following click… http://www.zdnet.com/article/sick-of-windows-spying-on-you-go-linux/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61

International Business Machines Corp said on Monday it launched Linux-only mainframe servers called LinuxONE. The severs include LinuxONE Emperor for large enterprises and Rockhopper for mid-size businesses. The full story can be found at the following URL… http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/17/us-ibm-linuxone-idUSKCN0QM09P20150817

You might not think that ‘Linux’ and ‘mainframe’ belong in the same sentence, but IBM has been putting various flavors of Linux on its mainframe computers for 15 years. Today IBM and Canonical announced that the two companies were teaming up to build one running Ubuntu Linux. The new unit is called the LinuxOne. The full article is available at … Read More

Red Hat continues to push forward in the cloud with its latest OpenStack release. Click the link below for the full details… http://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-enterprise-linux-openstack-platform-7-arrives/

A couple of days ago, Dennis Gilmore from the Fedora Project posted newsabout some interesting aspects of the development cycle of the upcoming Fedora 23 Linux operating system, due for release later this year, on October 27, 2015. Full article at the following link… http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/fedora-23-alpha-comes-on-august-11-feature-and-software-string-freeze-now-in-effect-488165.shtml

If you’re not ready to jump to RHEL 7.x, the new RHEL 6.7 is for you. It comes with new system security capabilities and trouble-shooting tools. Red Hat has released Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7. This latest version of Red Hat’s proven and stable operating system is ready for download and deployment. Full article at the here… http://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-7-rolls-out/

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