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The recent introduction of Linux-based drones will stimulate the UAV (Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle) market by creating more flexible, open platforms.

Red Hat announced just a few moments ago that Fedora 22 Beta is now available for download and testing, making this one of the fastest release cycles in the past few years.

If you’re an open-source expert, the job market is your oyster

VMware Monday announced its first operating system, and it’s designed to run containers inside the company’s virtualization management software.

“Neil McGovern is the new leader of the Debian open source/free software project after defeating two rival contenders in a vote held among developers that closed on Wednesday. He takes over from Lucas Nussbaum, who did not seek re-election after two years at the helm. Neil McGovernNeil McGovern Neil McGovern, Collabora engineering manager and new Debian project leader McGovern, who … Read More

Today’s businesses are becoming increasingly familiar with the many benefits of open source software. Improved security measures: Open source code tends to be more transparent than proprietary in detecting security flaws; Inform your CIO about resources that help you implement an open source software adoption process so your business can reap the benefits of open sources software worry-free.

“An “Endless Computers” Kickstarter project is pitching a Celeron-based PC for emerging markets starting at $169, featuring a new “Endless OS” Linux distro. The Endless Computer has a distinctive rounded design, but is otherwise a fairly ordinary low-end computer with a reasonable price tag. It runs on a dual-core, 1.58GHz Intel Celeron N2807 SoC from the most recent, 22nm Bay … Read More

Linux 4.0 made its official debut this week

“Smart TV boxes may not have yet caught the imagination of mainstream consumers the same way smartphones have, but that hasn’t meant that vendors and OEMs are not trying to do something about it…” Full Story 

“So Red Hat are now formally a member of the Khronos Groups who many of probably know as the shepherds of the OpenGL standard. We haven’t gotten all the little bits sorted yet, like getting our logo on the Khronos website, but our engineers are signing up for the various Khronos working groups etc. as we speak….”   Full Story 

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 has been awarded the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ – the highest level of assurance for a commercial middleware platform

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the company will host “Building data-driven solutions for the Internet of Things,” a webcast and virtual event, at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 23, 2015.

A Linux laptop makes all kinds of sense for a small business. Not only is Linux the most secure computing platform, it’s highly efficient, which means that computing power goes toward doing actual work instead of powering a bloated operating system. It’s also very customizable without requiring a computer science degree. You can install and remove software with the click of … Read More

If you still think open source technology is less reliable than proprietary software, or less secure, it’s time to learn more about the private sector’s digital revolution.

Container company Docker Inc says a $95m funding injection announced today will help finance further integration with the technology of major partners such as AWS, IBM and Microsoft and develop new capabilities for developers.