Articles by The Linux Foundation

Novell Appliance Architect Shares His Dister Contest Favorites So Far

Novell has been running a popular contest over the last few months that seeks to find the best software appliance built using SUSE Studio. They’re awarding the best submission with $10,000 (yeah, you read that correctly). It’s called the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 27, 2010

From the New Kernel to OpenStack and the Linux Desktop: This Week's Enterprise Linux News

A very fit (trimmer) Linux kernel 2.6.36 was released this week by NEC C&C prize winner Linus Torvalds. The new kernel includes a variety of important features, but the addition of the AppArmor security framework got top billing in news...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 22, 2010

This Week's Enterprise Linux News

The Linux Foundation was in the Enterprise Linux news cycle this week. We released the results of our recent Enterprise End User survey in a report titled “Linux Adoption Trends: A Survey of Enterprise End Users.” Thanks to everyone who...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 15, 2010

How Fast Is Linux Growing in the Enterprise? Our New Report

We’re pleased today to announce the results of a new publication from the Linux Foundation: a survey of enterprise users titled “Linux Adoption Trends: A Survey of Enterprise End Users.” We’re publishing it today at The Linux Foundation’s...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 12, 2010

Tracking Weekly Enterprise Linux News: Sun and Rain Clouds Dominate

While Ububtu 10.10 doesn’t officially “come out” until Sunday, previews galore have been running everywhere this week. Of interest to readers of this weekly Enterprise Linux blog is NetworkWorld’s review of the server edition. Julie Bort...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 8, 2010

New Open Compliance Resources Now Available

When we launched the Open Compliance Program in August at LinuxCon, we committed to providing additional free educational material. At launch, we had three info-packed papers you could view here or at our publications page. I’m pleased to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 7, 2010

Tools, Process, and People Strengthen An Open Compliance Program

An effective open source compliance program depends on a mutually supportive triad of tools, process, and people, as the well-known illustration from the Software Engineering Institute depicted back when the Capability Maturity Model was...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 27, 2010

New York Times: Meet the Defenders of Free Software

New York Times reporter Ashlee Vance reported today on the Linux Foundation’s Open Compliance program and how we work closely with the individual defenders of free and open source software. Ashlee paints a compelling picture of the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 26, 2010

The People Who Support Linux: "My Heart for Open Source Began with Linux"

This is an ongoing Linux.com series that profiles The Linux Foundation’s individual members and begins to collectively illustrate a very important part of the Linux community. Individual members help support the work of Linux creator Linus...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 23, 2010

The People Who Support Linux: "My Heart for Open Source Began with Linux"

This is an ongoing Linux.com series that profiles The Linux Foundation’s individual members and begins to collectively illustrate a very important part of the Linux community. Individual members help support the work of Linux creator Linus...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 23, 2010

New Free Training Webinar: An Intro to Git

We’ve added another installment to our free training series on The Linux Foundation’s Training site: An Introduction to Git, the version control system built by Linus Torvalds. Kernel maintainer and Linux Foundation board member James...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 20, 2010

Good News for Linux Users From Broadcom

Last week, Broadcom announced they have open sourced the drivers for their latest 802.11n chipsets. This is significant because as closed source drivers, their chipsets were basically non-functional with Linux. By open sourcing these...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 13, 2010

The People Who Support Linux: At Work and at Home

This is an ongoing Linux.com series that profiles The Linux Foundation’s individual members and begins to collectively illustrate a very important part of the Linux community. Individual members help support the work of Linux creator Linus...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 2, 2010

Open Contact with Open Compliance Officers

There’s nothing quite like having an urgent issue to pursue with a company – a real thorn in your side – and lacking a name or phone number to contact for follow-up. (Once upon a time, I reserved a domain name, customerfeedbackplace.com,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 30, 2010

The People Who Support Linux: It's a Family Affair

This is an ongoing Linux.com series that profiles The Linux Foundation’s individual supporters and begins to collectively illustrate a very important part of the Linux community. Individuals can help support the work of Linux creator Linus...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 26, 2010

IBM: Innovation is the key driver for CIOs, not Cost

Last week at LinuxCon, we presented a lot of great content for business leaders in the world of Linux and open source. (Al Gillen of IDC, Jeffrey Hammond of Forester, among others.). One of my favorite sessions was from Jean Staten Healy,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 20, 2010

Qualcomm's Take on Open Mobile Platforms

This week at LinuxCon, the Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) joined The Linux Foundation at the platinum level. This represents Qualcomm’s strong commitment to Linux and to collaborative development. QuIC President Rob Chandhok, who...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 13, 2010

Announcing the LinuxCon Just for Fun Poll Winners!

Today we’re announcing the results of our LinuxCon 2010 Just for Fun Poll. A couple of weeks ago we asked you, the Linux.com community, to vote for your picks in a variety of categories that complemented the focus of LinuxCon: development,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 12, 2010

Open Compliance Program Off to a Great Start

I’m excited to debut the Compliance Blog with a launch announcement of The Linux Foundation’s Open Compliance Program. The program was kicked off formally with Executive Director Jim Zemlin’s keynote at LinuxCon in Boston but has been...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 11, 2010

Forrester: Congratulations Open Sourcers, You’re on the Winning Team

In Forrester analyst Jeffrey Hammond’s keynote today at LinuxCon he outlined the trends of OSS adoption in the enterprise. (You can download the slides here.) According to Hammond, open source software has crossed the chasm and is firmly...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 11, 2010

Introducing the Open Compliance Program

I’m extremely proud to launch a major addition in our legal programs today: the Open Compliance Program. Those of you who follow Linux know its use as an embedded OS has skyrocketed in recent memory, delivering a sea change in the consumer...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 10, 2010

A Guest Post from IBM's Jean Staten Healy

It is hard to overestimate the importance of the mobile communications market today and the role that Linux is playing. Today, we welcome a guest post from IBM’s Jean Staten Healy who gives us IBM’s take on this rapidly growing area for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 9, 2010

MeeGo Summer Seminar: Trip Report

The MeeGo Seminar Summer 2010 edition took place on July 26th, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. The event was packed. More than 530 registrants, 21 sponsors, 16 speakers, 3 tracks (Business, Technology, Qt+Atom), multiple demos and the announcement...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 3, 2010

13744 Supplied

Yeah, I’m not talking about the number of burgers McD supplies each second or anything like that. No, I’m talking about our fully automatic coffee maker. I just did a cleaning cycle, and ended up looking up what the coffee count was. I may...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 3, 2010

Linux Poll: Six Questions to Reveal Biggest Success and Failures

As the conference focused on all matters Linux, LinuxCon brings attention to the most cutting-edge Linux advancements taking place today and the work being done to take them into the future. LinuxCon is the pinnacle for understanding what...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 28, 2010