Tencent and Why Open Source is About to Explode in China

Why are all the internet companies based on the West Coast of the U.S.? Google, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter – all the world’s top internet innovators are based in California or Seattle. Or not. Three of the biggest internet...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 19, 2016

The Year of the Open Blockchain

Just before the holidays, we announced a new open source effort to advance blockchain technology for a distributed ledger that could be used across industries. Blockchain is about harnessing one of the core technologies behind Bitcoin, but...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 10, 2016

The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative Working with White House on Cybersecurity National Action Plan

The White House today announced its Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), which includes a series of steps and programs to enhance cybersecurity capabilities within the Federal Government and across the country. In the proposal, the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 9, 2016

Getting Started With OpenStack [Webinar]

The conversation around the adoption of OpenStack, the open source cloud technology platform, continues to gain momentum. Analysts at Forrester recently declared it “enterprise-ready” while many enterprise companies have taken the leap and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 4, 2016

7 Things to Consider Before Fuzzing a Large Open Source Project

One of the best practices for secure development is dynamic analysis. Among the various dynamic analysis techniques, fuzzing has been highly popular since its invention and a multitude of fuzzing tools of varying sophistication have been...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 2, 2016

Internet of Things in 2016 - It's All About People

CES is arguably the biggest tech unveiling of the year and I always look forward to attending to get a feel for where the industry thinks the market is heading. As an attendee, if you look through the glitz, hype and products, you can see...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 1, 2016

Linux Foundation Update

Since last Saturday, I have been engaged in meetings on behalf of The Linux Foundation in China, with limited access to email and/or Internet. As a result, I have only recently become aware of a situation playing out over the last 24-48...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 22, 2016

Top 5 Virtual Networking Predictions for 2016

Networking is set to be one of the biggest growth industries for open source software development this year, and a key part of that is Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). Set to transform the way networks are designed, NFV—an...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 7, 2016

Car Makers Rev Up Automotive Grade Linux at CES

The hottest up-and-coming auto show may very well be CES. Many of the world’s biggest automakers will be there, and they’ll be showing off more than new electric or self-driving cars. The technology inside our cars for music, infotainment,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 5, 2016

How to Judge the Success of Blockchain Projects?

When there are different efforts attempting to solve a big problem, what’s the best way of figuring out which one (or ones) are succeeding? Press releases? New members joining? Hires? Integrations promised? Conference attendees? There’s...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 17, 2015

The Companies That Support Linux: Autodesk

guy-martin-autodesk-open-source.jpg Guy Martin, Director of Open Source Strategy at Autodesk. Used with permission Autodesk, a design and fabrication software company best known for AutoCAD, has more than 150 specialized programs for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 15, 2015

Linux on Microsoft Azure: An Introduction

Microsoft Azure is a collection of cloud services — often referred to as platform or infrastructure as a service (PaaS or IaaS). Such PaaS solutions are designed to allow customers to quickly build, deploy, and manage cloud applications...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 10, 2015

Linux Foundation and Microsoft: A Great Start to a Great Partnership

The lines between open source and proprietary software are blurring. Increasingly organizations are building even in-house technologies with open source methods. This includes Microsoft. From participating in Node.js, the Core...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 9, 2015

Let’s Encrypt May Improve Security for Regular People More Than Any Other Initiative This Decade

Secure websites have always been standard for ecommerce companies like Amazon or Shopify, and in recent years companies that handle private communications like Google and Facebook have invested millions of dollars in enabling encryption...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 4, 2015

Get Out and Code: Computer Science Education Week Begins Monday

Technology is fundamental to daily life, business and almost every occupation in our modern economy. Computer science education, however, is still often overlooked in K-12 classrooms. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there will be...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 4, 2015

How Microchip Got Their Driver in the Kernel Mainline

When Microchip Technology decided to publish their MOST Linux Driver to the Linux community, they had no idea how personally connected they’d become in the process. But just 7 months after joining the Linux Foundation as a Corporate Member...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 2, 2015

Give Thanks: Cyber Monday Linux Certification Offer

This season’s spirit of giving fits right in with the Linux and open source philosophy. Whether you’re paying it forward in line for coffee, volunteering at a local food bank, or contributing to an open source project in your spare time,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 30, 2015

Freescale Makes Significant Investment in Real Time Linux

Freescale has just announced they are joining the Real Time Linux (RTL) Collaborative Project as a Gold Member. Freescale joins Google, National Instruments, OSADL, and TI with a significant investment because they value the strategic...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 17, 2015

The Future of the Bloomberg Terminal is Open Source

The Bloomberg Terminal, which debuted in December 1982, is one of the computing industry’s “few truly enduring successes” alongside the PC and the Mac, writes Harry McCracken in Fast Company this week. The modern terminals, which run on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 6, 2015

World Without Linux Video Series Concludes

The video series and contest for “A World Without Linux” has now concluded. Thanks to everyone for your participation and interest. Stay tuned for more fun videos from The Linux Foundation.  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 5, 2015

Meet #WorldWithoutLinux Animator Amelia Lorenz

Meet Amelia Lorenz, the Disney animator behind our new #WorldWithoutLinux series. Where are you from and where do you live today? I am from Sebastopol, a little hippie town about an hour north of San Francisco. Today I live in Glendale,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 4, 2015

Anniversary of First Linux Kernel Release: A Look at Collaborative Value

The Linux community often recognizes two anniversaries for Linux: August 25th is the day Linus Torvalds first posted that he was working on Linux and said “Hello, everybody out there…” and October 5th is the day he released the first...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 2, 2015

Learn Linux Administration with Linux Foundation Instructor Lee Elston

Lee Elston began teaching for The Linux Foundation in 2014, but he says, “I’ve always been teaching something, someplace…” Elston has been working in the computer industry since 1978 with various hardware and software. Linux became part of...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 1, 2015

How Much is Open Source “Worth?” Our New Report.

Can the principles and practices of Linux be transferred to other industries? We at The Linux Foundation certainly think so and apparently so does the industry. Over the last few years every major technology category has been taken over by...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 30, 2015

Exclusive Interview: HydroXphere’s Charlie Houchin

It’s not often we have an Olympic gold medalist speaking at one of our technical conferences, but that’s exactly what’s happening at the AllSeen Alliance Summit 2015. As an avid swimmer growing up in North Carolina, Charlie Houchin spent...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Sep 25, 2015