The Linux Foundation Partners with Kids on Computers to Support the Next Generation of Open Source Professionals

At The Linux Foundation we support a variety of community initiatives and organizations that are advancing free and open source software and creating opportunities for people from all backgrounds and ages to contribute. We focus this...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 6, 2016

Welcome To The New Linux.com!

Today we are launching the new, redesigned Linux.com. It’s been a long journey since we first surveyed our loyal readers about possible new features. You enthusiastically and generously responded with all of the ways you love – and don’t...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 5, 2016

Linux.com Login Temporarily Frozen for New Site Launch

A message for our registered users: We have temporarily disabled user accounts on Linux.com while we migrate content to a new website. Next week a new Linux.com will launch with exciting new features and a cleaner design, at which time all...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 1, 2016

Watch Collaboration Summit Live Via Free Streaming Video

Collaboration Summit begins this week in Lake Tahoe where the world’s leading technical and business leaders in open source will gather to share ideas and innovations. The event is an exclusive, invitation-only event but anyone who’s...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 25, 2016

Take the 2016 Open Source Jobs Survey

The Linux Foundation and Dice.com have partnered again on our annual jobs survey and invite all open source professionals and their employers to participate. By taking the survey, you will help the entire industry better understand the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 22, 2016

Share your Insights in the 2016 Future of Open Source Survey

For the past nine years Black Duck Software and North Bridge have run a survey measuring open source trends called the Future Of Open Source Survey. This year The Linux Foundation has partnered with them to help paint a picture of how open...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 16, 2016

Registration Now Open for Free Cloud Technologies Course

The cloud has become a part of all of our daily lives, and understanding cloud technologies tops the list of most important skills for any developer, sysadmin or emerging DevOps professional. That’s why we are pleased to announce a new...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 15, 2016

Making the Internet Safer, One Secure Site at a Time: Let’s Encrypt Hits 1 Million Certificates

Let’s Encrypt today issued its one millionth free certificate (at 9:04am GMT to be exact), just about 100 days after it released its beta version of the service. This is a major accomplishment for the group, but also big news for the web...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 8, 2016

Fostering Cross-Industry NFV Collaboration

The networking industry is currently undergoing a huge transformation as demand for network bandwidth increases exponentially. Both the technology itself (e.g., evolution across software, cloud, SDN, NFV, containers, virtualization, and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 7, 2016

Cloning Linux from a Bundle

If you find yourself on an unreliable Internet connection and need to perform a fresh clone of Linux.git, you may find it tricky to do so if your connection resets before you are able to complete the clone. There is currently no way to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 2, 2016

The Linux Foundation Partners with Women Who Code to Increase Diversity at 2016 Events

Part of our mission at The Linux Foundation is to bring more people into the open source community, which involves reaching people who have traditionally been underrepresented in open source specifically and technology generally. As part...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 29, 2016

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