Articles by The Linux Foundation

Top 10 Linux.com Tutorials of the Year

If you use Linux, chances are you rely on its vast and knowledgable community of users and developers to help troubleshoot tough problems or simply learn a new concept or technique. (And if you’re such an expert that you don’t need help,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 5, 2015

Open Source Online Game Gets Students Excited About Linux

When Razvan Rughinis began teaching the introductory operating systems course at University Politehnica of Bucharest in Romania 10 years ago, he was challenged to get students interested in Linux and keep them interested for the entire...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 22, 2014

2014: The Open Source Tipping Point

For the last ten years open source has expanded into more and more segments of the computing industry. But as we review 2014, a new story emerges: software development has fundamentally shifted toward an open source model. Especially for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 18, 2014

Tizen IVI 3.0 Gains GENIVI 7.0 Compliance

It’s not news that open source is rolling through many industries like a well-oiled machine, so of course automotive is no exception. Organizations like GENIVI are helping to move this along, by creating specifications for open source...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 16, 2014

Congratulations to the Cloud Foundry Foundation

It’s no longer debatable that most technologies today are built with open source software and collaborative development. Everyone knows this to be true. What’s become more the topic of discussion in recent years is how to support and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 9, 2014

Greg Kroah-Hartman on Contributing to the Kernel, Life as a Maintainer, Beer, and More

A Reddit AMA last week with Greg Kroah-Hartman, Linux kernel developer and Linux Foundation Fellow, went beyond the usual questions about his workstation setup and job description. Much of that was preempted by Kroah-Hartman’s lengthy list...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 5, 2014

Test Your PHP App for Free on IBM's New POWER8 Servers

Software vendors and service providers can test their PHP applications on IBM POWER8 servers running a ‘turbo charged’ LAMP stack for free until Dec. 10 under a new IBM promotion. IBM’s ecosytem development team has created a cloud...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 4, 2014

Samsung's Open Source Group is Growing, Hiring Developers (Video)

Almost two years ago, Samsung’s open source team was just one person: Linux and FOSS advocate Ibrahim Haddad. The new Open Source Innovation Group at Samsung is now 40 people strong, including 30 developers, devoted full-time to working on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 3, 2014

Join Us at Vault: The Linux Storage and Filesystem Conference

We’re currently accepting submissions for Vault, The Linux Foundation’s Linux storage and filesystem conference, happening this March 11 and 12 in Boston, MA. The call for proposals will remain open until December 1. Submit a session...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 21, 2014

How SanDisk is Becoming an Open Source Player

Earlier this year SanDisk committed to becoming an open source player, created an open source strategy office and joined the Linux Foundation. Since then, the flash storage company has begun contributing to open source projects in the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 18, 2014

Introducing 300,000 People to Linux

Individuals inspire us. From the open source community to the maker community, individuals are changing the way software and hardware are built. Together they are advancing the most exciting areas of technology, from Linux to cloud and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 18, 2014

Scholarship Winner Sandeep Aryal Aims to Bring Open Source to Nepal

As a system administrator for the Government of Nepal in Kathmandu, Sandeep Aryal says it will be a formidable challenge to convince his employer to adopt Linux and open source software. But he believes the training he receives through his...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 13, 2014

Microsoft Appeals to Developers, Developers, Developers

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer became infamous in 2006 after leading a Microsoft Windows meeting in a chant, “developers, developers, developers.” While the images of him clapping his hands and screaming became the target of the early...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 12, 2014

10 Great Quotes from LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe Keynote Videos 2014

There were many inspiring talks alongside the great technical content at LinuxCon, CloudOpen and Embedded Linux Conference Euorpe in Dusseldorf last month. To give you a taste, I’ve chosen a quote from each keynote that I think will get...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 6, 2014

Cool Devices and Demos at Tizen Developer Summit Shanghai

Last week, close to a thousand Tizen developers converged upon Shanghai to learn more about Tizen development. As always, the focus was on the technology, with a lot of content for both platform and application developers. Enthusiasm and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 30, 2014

Rent the Runway: Open Source Practices Improve Culture, Developer Retention

Companies are increasingly turning to open source tools and practices for their own internal software development,Linux.com reported last month. Rent the Runway, a fashion and technology startup, is one of many companies that have embraced...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 30, 2014

Introducing the 2014 Linux Training Scholarship Winners

The Linux Foundation recently announced its 2014 Linux training scholarship winners.This year marked the strongest demand we’ve ever seen for this program with more than 1,000 applications received. Reading through the submissions it...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 28, 2014

The Companies That Support Linux: Altera

Contributing upstream to the Linux kernel is hugely important to Altera, says Findlay Shearer, a senior manager of product marketing at the Silicon Valley-based chip maker. Altera’s kernel code helps ensure Linux developers can work on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 27, 2014

The Companies That Support Linux: DataCentred

Companies are increasingly turning to cloud services to build and deliver their applications, but those that want to use an open source cloud may find it more difficult to set up and maintain. Service-providers such as UK-based DataCentred...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 20, 2014

Video: Linux Kernel Developers Respond to Concerns About Community Culture

Shortly after a live Q&A with Linux creator Linus Torvalds at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe on Wednesday, the kernel developer panel took the stage for a roundtable discussion. LWN Editor and panel moderator Jon Corbet didn’t beat around...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 17, 2014

Slideshow: The Linux Community Celebrates Ada Lovelace Day

Yesterday we celebrated Ada Lovelace, the mathematician and daughter of the poet Lord Byron who is often referred to as the world’s first programmer. In 1843, Lovelace wrote the first published description of an algorithm for Charles...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 15, 2014

Linus Torvalds' Best Quotes from LinuxCon Europe 2014

Linus Torvalds doesn’t regret any of the technical decisions he’s made over the past 23 years since he first created Linux, he said Wednesday at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe. “Technical issues, even when they’re completely wrong, and they...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 15, 2014

New Paper Available Today: State of KVM

Over the last decade, virtualization has drastically transformed the way software and services are provisioned and delivered. Coupled with open source hypervisors like Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), these technologies have given way...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 15, 2014

Jono Bacon: Open Source is Where Society Innovates

Throughout history, social and technological progress has been the result of people working together for change. Today community is just as important and instrumental as ever – enabled by the internet and social media, said Jono Bacon,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 14, 2014

Amazon Web Services Aims for More Open Source Involvement

In 2006, Amazon was an e-commerce site building out its own IT infrastructure in order to sell more books. Now, AWS and EC2 are well-known acronyms to system administrators and developers across the globe looking to the public cloud to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 13, 2014