Articles by The Linux Foundation

Free Resource: A Manager's Guide to Building a Product with Embedded Linux

According to a 2012 survey of embedded engineers by both VDC Research and UBM Electronics, the use of Linux in embedded projects is increasing at a fast rate. UBM reported that some 35 percent of embedded developers are working on Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 15, 2013

Learn Linux from the Experts: Live Linux Q&A January 16

There are a lot of Linux experts in the community who have amazing stories and great depths of information to share, including Linux kernel developers, Linux Foundation’s Linux training instructors, Linux.com writers and many, many more...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 11, 2013

Author Gabriella Coleman Expands on Role of Linux in Hacker Culture

Gabriella Coleman is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University. She recently released a new book titled“Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking”after having spent three years working and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 17, 2012

Video: What a Year for Linux

Simply put, 2012 was a cross-over year for Linux in many ways. Here are just a few examples: – Android adoption outpaced the iPhone. – Red Hat achieved its$1B milestone. – Linux’s marketshare in computing rose above that of Windows,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 13, 2012

Opinion: Best Linux Distro for Me Has a Refreshing Burst of Cinnamon

Just in time for the holidays, Clem and the gang from Linux Mint start sprinkling Cinnamon, well, everywhere. Cinnamon desktop, using the built-in Zukitwo theme Anybody who’s talked with me about running Linux on the desktop within the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 3, 2012

Linux Foundation Recognizes Fujitsu and Mr. Masahiro Date

Thousands of people contribute to Linux every day. As our annual “ Who Writes Linux” paper reports, individuals from around the world are writing millions of lines of code every year. Equally important are the hundreds of companies...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 29, 2012

Linux Users Get Remote Desktop Boost from Splashtop

Splashtop today is releasing remote desktop Streamer software for Ubuntu Linux. We’ve been following this company (aka DeviceVM) for a few years and are excited about its evolution and what it’s bringing to Linux users. We share here a Q&A...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 28, 2012

The People Who Support Linux: Student Damien Levac Gives 3 Tips for Developing Games on Linux

Valve’s upcoming release of Steam for Linux is the best news student and game developer Damien Levac has heard since he started using Linux three years ago. Not only will it raise the profile of Linux as a gaming platform to rival Windows...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 27, 2012

Announcing The New Tizen.org

Just in case you missed it, the Tizen project just launched a brand new site at tizen.org. It’s been substantially redesigned and updated to make it easier to find project information, and reflects the new look and feel of Tizen....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 26, 2012

The People Who Support Linux: Brazilian Developer Hacks Health Care with BeagleBoard and Android

A few years ago, Brazilian developer Daniel Neis Araujo couldn’t imagine building open source health care equipment that could compete with traditional and respected proprietary solutions. But recent advances in Linux and the open hardware...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 20, 2012

Open Source Cloud News Roundup: Week of Nov. 12

This week in open source cloud news headlines ZDNet steps out with a series predicting the winners and losers in cloud computing. One key measurement of success is how much companies are in tune with the open cloud movement. Amazon could...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 15, 2012

The People Who Support Linux: IT Manager Pursues Masters Degree in the Art of Open Source

How is the Linux community like a terrorist organization? This is a question graduate student, IT Manager and Systems Engineer Joel Burleson-Davis recently explored for his master’s thesis on sociological and philosophical systems,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 13, 2012

The People Who Support Linux: SysAdmin Tony Atkinson Admits to a Luddite Streak

Tony Atkinson’s technical expertise runs deep as a Linux systems administrator for a telecommunications company in Essex, England. He works with the Asterisk PBX (private branch exchange) and communications server and Nagios notification...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 9, 2012

Open Source Cloud News Roundup: Week of Nov. 5

CloudStack has released its first new code since becoming an Apache incubator project in April, according to top open source cloud headlines this week. Also new this week, Eucalyptus will soon have a new release to compare with its open...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 8, 2012

Top New Networking Features in CloudStack 4.0 Release

This week CloudStack 4.0 released its first code since Citrix turned the project over to the Apache Foundation in April. The release brings CloudStack one step closer to graduating from incubation to a top level Apache project. CloudStack...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 7, 2012

New IDC White Paper: Skies Are Becoming More Clear for Open Cloud

In a blog a few months ago, David Linthicum claimed that the ‘open cloud’ was getting awfully confusing. He’s right: the early days of a technology shift are a land grab of vendors, consortia, and projects who work to lay their claim of...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 5, 2012

Open Source Cloud Roundup: Week of Oct. 29

This week’s open source cloud headlines highlight a few smaller open source projects and companies, including Blue Box and Orion. You’ll also find more details on HP’s cloud strategy, a new software-defined-networking feature for Rackspace...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 1, 2012

Announcing the LinuxCon Europe VIP Gift Winners, Free Live Streaming of Event

Earlier this month we invited the community to share with us their favorite session scheduled for LinuxCon Europe. In return, community members were included in a random drawing to win one of this event’s VIP/speaker gifts: the Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 1, 2012

The People Who Support Linux: IT Manager Finds New Purpose with Raspberry Pi After Near-Fatal Fall

After an accident last year left him with severe brain trauma, Alan Lumley is miraculously back at work as an IT Manager and even more serious about Linux. Lumley awoke after two weeks in a coma, having survived a 12-foot fall on concrete...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 31, 2012

Help Wanted: Be Greg KH's Linux Kernel Release/ Sanity Checker

I’m looking for someone to help me out with the stable Linux kernel release process. Right now I’m drowning in trees and patches, and could use some one to help me sanity-check the releases I’m doing. Specifically, I’m looking for someone...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 30, 2012

Patents Remain Barrier to Collaboration & Innovation

I’ll be at The Atlantic’s Big Science Summit tomorrow with space explorers, energy researchers and robotics engineers. How did Zemlin get in, you ask? There’s more reason here than you think. The Big Science community is looking for ways...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 29, 2012

Welcome Windows 8 to a Post-Desktop World

A lot has changed in the three years since the last major Windows announcement. Netbooks were on the rise. The iPad wouldn’t be introduced for another six months and Nokia still had the lead for most smartphone sales in the world. Only 172...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 26, 2012

LinuxCon Europe Q&A: When the Cloud Model Doesn't Fit

LinuxCon Europe is approaching fast. We’ll be gathering in Barcelona, Spain November 5-7, 2012 to help developers, SysAdmins and business executives connect and collaborate while having a great time. One of this year’s keynote spakers is...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 25, 2012

Open Source Cloud News Roundup: Week of Oct. 22

This week’s top open source cloud headlines raised a few interesting questions. Does OpenStack need a Linus Torvalds? This week’s top open source cloud headlines raised a few interesting questions. Does OpenStack need a Linus Torvalds? And...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 25, 2012

The People Who Support Linux: A College Student By Day, Red Hat Developer By (Late) Night

In his few short years as a developer, 19-year-old Sam Kottler has racked up what seems like a decade’s worth of Linux experience. After starting a small web consultancy building Drupal sites as a high school student in Connecticut, he...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 24, 2012