Apple's Decision to Open Source Swift Met with Developer Applause

Apple this week made an announcement worthy of applause and, indeed, the news received the loudest applause of opening day at WWDC. The company said it will open source its programming language Swift and allow developers to compile...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 9, 2015

3 Financial Companies Innovating With Open Source

The financial industry is on the verge of an open source breakthrough, say three companies on the cutting edge of the trend. Traditionally very secretive about their technology, banks, hedge funds and other financial services companies...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 8, 2015

5 Practical Ways for Legal Counsel to Advise Developers on Open Source

As an essential member of an open source compliance program’s advisory board, legal counsel provides numerous services to ensure a company’s products comply with open source copyright and licenses. They provide approval around the use of...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 8, 2015

5 Essential Duties of Legal Counsel in an Open Source Compliance Program

Establishing an Open Source Review Board is one key way that companies can help ensure compliance with open source licenses, community norms and requirements (see the previous article, Why Companies That Use Open Source Need a Compliance...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 4, 2015

From Linux User, to Electrical Engineer, to Linux Foundation Instructor: Jan-Simon Möller

Jan-Simon Möller is a consultant and trainer for the Linux Foundation’s training program and holds an electrical engineering degree. But he started out as a home Linux user tinkering with different distributions before moving on to systems...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 2, 2015

Why Companies That Use Open Source Need a Compliance Program

Corporate use of open source software is now the norm with more than 60 percent of companies saying that they build their products with open source software, according to the 2015 Future of Open Source survey. But that same survey also...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 1, 2015

Our Top 10 Favorite Video Games (An Informal Poll)

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Pac-Man last week, we asked Linux Foundation followers on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ to nominate their favorite videos games of all time. After seeing your picks in this informal poll, it’s clear why...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 28, 2015

10 Linux Dream Jobs - What's Yours?

What’s your Linux dream job? The Linux Foundation recently asked our Twitter followers to share their ideal Linux careers. Many responded that they’re already living the dream, working as sysadmins and developers (or by simply getting to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 12, 2015

How - and Why - to Speak at Linux Foundation Events

The open source community lives and grows through collaboration. That collaboration is driven online but we’ve witnessed first hand how much can be done and quickened by face-to-face meetings. This is due, in part, to the session speakers...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 5, 2015

Video: 84-Year-Old Volunteer Rebuilds, Sends Linux Laptops to Africa

Retired pastor James Anderson, age 84, has never worked in IT or had any formal computer training, but over the past two years he has rebuilt more than a hundred IBM ThinkPad laptops and sent them to schools and nonprofits in Africa – all...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 5, 2015

A Request for Help from a Linux Community Member in Nepal

At the Linux Foundation we focus many of our programs on personalizing and connecting the talented network of Linux developers and users in all corners of the globe. Everyday we are witness to the Linux community innovating irrespective of...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 2, 2015

The Companies That Support Linux: Fox Technologies

Linux has long been regarded as a stable and secure platform for enterprise applications. And the recent explosion of container technology presents yet another way for developers to build securely on top of Linux, says Mark Lambiase, CTO...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 29, 2015

Mesos + DCOS: Mesosphere's Vision for the Open Cloud

Editor’s Note: This article is paid for by Mesosphere as a Platinum-level sponsor of MesosCon, to be held Aug. 20-21, 2015, and was written by Linux.com. Mesosphere last week announced a partnership to integrate Google’s Kubernetes...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 28, 2015

Tips for Pro Git Users From 8 Open Source Project Leaders

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the Git revision control system this month, we talked to project leaders from eight open source projects as well as the tool’s creator, Linus Torvalds. These hard-core Git users told us how and why...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 27, 2015

Will Cloud Foundry be the Linux of the Cloud?

I have known Sam Ramji since his days spreading open source religion at Microsoft. At that time, Linux and Microsoft were clearly on opposite ends of the spectrum, but Sam had the courage to step into the lion’s den and keynote the Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 22, 2015

7 Pro Tips For Using Git from Fedora Developers

Back in 2010 a team of Fedora developers, lead by Jesse Keating, Toshio Kuratomi, and Clint Savage, converted the project from CVS to the Git revision control system. Git is now deeply tied to Fedora’s package build workflow, says project...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 21, 2015

Linux 4.0 Release Boasts Unusual Numerology and Live Kernel Patching

Linus Torvalds this week released the Linux 4.0 kernel — a relatively small release that still holds some interesting new features. It’s also a milestone for the project in a few unintentional ways, which Torvalds spells out in his 4.0...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 15, 2015

The Companies That Support Linux: NI

Industries as diverse as finance, aviation, medicine, the military, manufacturing, and telecom are adopting real-time Linux to help control robots, data acquisition systems and other time-sensitive instruments and machines. NI’s integrated...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 14, 2015

Git Success Stories and Tips from Ceph Creator Sage Weil

Git has changed the way that software is built — including the Ceph open source distributed storage platform, says Ceph Creator Sage Weil. Ceph has used the Git revision control system for seven years, since it switched from SVN. It has...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 13, 2015

Git Success Stories and Tips from Wine Maintainer Alexandre Julliard

Wine Maintainer Alexandre Julliard decided to try out the Git revision control system just a few months after creator Linux Torvalds released the first version – that was 10 years ago. Now, he says, “I can no longer imagine doing software...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 10, 2015

Git Success Stories and Tips from Tor Chief Architect Nick Mathewson

Tor, the free and open source software for anonymous web communications, has been using the Git revision control system for more than six years. The tool is so ingrained in the project’s development that Director and Chief Architect Nick...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 9, 2015

Git Success Stories and Tips from Puppet Labs' Michael Stahnke

Puppet’s dozens of Git repositories see new code commits every day from more than 200 people, says Michael Stahnke, director of engineering services at Puppet Labs. And he personally uses the open source revision control system several...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 9, 2015

5 Reasons To Become A Linux Foundation Certified Engineer

Becoming a Linux Foundation Certified Engineer is a challenging achievement and a good indicator of your sysadmin and network admin skills. And with the Linux job market stronger than ever, companies are looking for Linux talent to hire....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 9, 2015

Git Success Stories and Tips from Drupal Core Committer Angie Byron

The Git revision control system is “at the center” of Drupal’s hyper-collaborative community says Drupal core committer Angie Byron. The open source content management platform has 37,802 developers with Git commit access, and about 1,300...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 8, 2015

Growing The Linux Talent Pool - 50% Off LFCE Exams

Reading the recently released 2015 Linux Jobs Report, it is clear that Linux adoption continues to grow at a breakneck pace. With that growth comes a comparable demand for experienced Linux talent. To help meet that demand, weâre...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 7, 2015