Articles by The Linux Foundation

Role of a Linux Kernel Maintainer

At LinuxCon Japan a few weeks ago I gave a talk entitled, “Linux Kernel Maintainers, What they do and how you can help them.” The video of the talk is now online here if you want to see what I said, and the full slides, and text of what I...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 18, 2012

Brazilian Government Consultant Increases Knowledge with Linux Training Opportunities

Peter Senna Tschudin is both an authoritative teacher and an eager student. Working as a consultant implementing and developing free softwarefor the Brazilian government, he’s required to have a vast knowledge of the technical intricacies...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 13, 2012

Linux Scholarship Submissions Open, Expanded Enterprise Linux Training Available

Today we are launching the 2012 Linux Training Scholarship Program. This is the second year we’ll award scholarships to attend Linux Foundation Linux training courses in what is now becoming an annual program. As Linux becomes more...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 12, 2012

OpenRelief Launches Open Source Disaster Relief Drone

We’ll never forget last year’s LinuxCon Japan conference, which took place shortly after the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in March. As the country still reeled from the disaster, LinuxCon presenters discussed how open source...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 7, 2012

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Stories this Week

Microsoft, Red Hat, HP and Oracle all had big cloud announcements this week that highlight the growing trend toward enterprise cloud computing. Companies are shopping for hybrid clouds of public and private platforms and don’t want to be...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 7, 2012

Training and Certification

Open Compliance Training Data Sheet

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The Linux Foundation | Jun 6, 2012

Indie Linux Developer Tries New Open Source Fundraising Model

What’s wrong with Linux? Software developer Bryan Lunduke has often lectured on this topic on his podcast, the Linux Action Show, and at conferences. (This has earned him a contingency of critics in the open source community, he says, as...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 5, 2012

Samsung Joins Linux Foundation as Platinum Member

We are pleased to announce that Samsung is joining The Linux Foundation at the Platinum level. This is the highest level of support at The Linux Foundation and represents Samsung’s commitment to and understanding of the value of Linux and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 5, 2012

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The Linux Foundation | Jun 1, 2012

IPv6 Creates Opportunity for Linux in Embedded Computing: A Case Study

We recently profiled Compunetix, who delivers audio conferencing solutions to military agencies and their move from a proprietary embedded OS to Linux. Their migration was precipatated by a mandate by the U.S. Department of Defense that...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 1, 2012

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Stories of the Week

I’m pinch-hitting on this weekly column for our Digital Content Editor Libby Clark just one more week before she returns to the office. Stories topping the list this week include Fedora 17 and its focus on open cloud integration, Mary Jo...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 31, 2012

SUSE Turns 20, Ascends to the Cloud

Congratulations to SUSE on celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The company has successfully evolved from a three-man consultancy in Germany that produced one of the first Linux distributions, to an international platform for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 29, 2012

How to Become a Finalist: Inspired by Linux T-shirt Design Contest

Gallery View Gallery (6) I’m inspried by a variety of things, both small and large: a really good cup of coffee, great art, contribution, reading the Sunday New York Times, sitting in the Linux kernel panel session at LinuxCon. But this...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 23, 2012

New Linux Kernel Adds X32 ABI, Btrfs Updates

It’s been a “calm” release cycle, according to Linus Torvalds, but the 3.4 Linux kernel released on Sunday still has plenty of interesting new features. Top of the bill? A X32 application binary interface (ABI) that will help provide...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 22, 2012

Survey: Open Source Adoption Rises, Drives Innovation

More than 50 percent of all software purchased within five years will be open source, according to a survey released Monday by a collaboration of 26 open source companies. This year’s “Future of Open Source Survey” results signal a tipping...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 18, 2012

Marten Mickos: Eucalyptus Opens Up Under Agile Model

As part of our ongoing focus on open source cloud, we talked with Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos about the commoditization of hypervisors, what’s driving his company’s growth and its plans to release Eucalyptus 3.1 soon, marking the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 16, 2012

2012 Linux Foundation T-shirt Contest: Inspired by Linux

So much has happened recently in the Linux community to be inspired by. This is my second month as the Digital Content Editor for Linux.com and as a newbie member I’ve already met so many amazing people and seen so many significant...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 16, 2012

Marten Mickos: Openness is Winning in the Cloud

Open source cloud computing software startup Eucalyptus has had an eventful past few months: – In March the Infrastructure-as-a-Service company signed a deal with Amazon Web Services to improve its compatibility with the Amazon API and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 15, 2012

Open Source Cloud Top Stories of the Week

This week’s open source cloud headlines featured doomsday predictions about the consequences of the Oracle and Google dispute; why Rackspace’s first quarter earnings have some analysts scaling down cloud computing predictions; and a crop...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 10, 2012

Piston Cloud, the Red Hat of OpenStack Cloud Computing?

With the recent buzz around the OpenStack project, momentum behind open source cloud development is building. We’re now seeing an early ecosystem of companies and products built around OpenStack – a goal that Rackspace’s Lew Moorman laid...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 9, 2012

Big Data, Cloud Knowledge Key in IT Jobs Market

As a global community, we are creating and sharing more information than ever before. And, most of that activity is happening “in the cloud,” which is hosted on millions of servers in datacenters located anywhere from the Columbia River...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 7, 2012

Open Source Founder and Android Fan Anthony Favre

Anthony Favre used Linux for the first time as a student in 1997 and has since started two companies that specialize in Linux and open source technologies. In 2002 he founded Linalis, an IT company in Geneva that provided LPI (LInux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 7, 2012

Top Open Cloud Stories This Week

Open cloud news this week brought with it some new competition, some reflection on existing competitors and some unexpected cooperation. I’ve also thrown in a short counter perspective on the issue of portability — is it a myth? What did...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 2, 2012

In Pictures: Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit

The Linux Foundation’s Enterprise End User Summit kicked off yesterday in New York. The event this year is hosted at the NYSE Technologies’ offices. It brings together Linux kernel developers and the world’s largest users of Linux to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2012

Quotes From The Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit

For the past two days, we’ve held our annual Enterprise End User Summit at the New York Stock Exchange. Besides the fun of ringing the bell during our evening reception, it’s been an incredibly valuable event, fueling collaboration between...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2012