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

Git This: World's Favorite Software Development Tool Turns 10

Linux today is built faster than ever before. The latest data proves it. This is due to the distributed, global community of developers, IT managers and companies contributing to it every minute of every day. This massive collaboration is...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 7, 2015

Git Success Stories and Tips from KVM Maintainer Paolo Bonzini

This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the day Linux creator Linus Torvalds released the first version of the Git distributed revision control system. Thousands of open source projects now rely on this popular software development...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 7, 2015

Git Success Stories and Tips from Qt Maintainer Thiago Macieira

Git has come a long way in the 10 years since Linux creator Linus Torvalds released the first version of the now-popular distributed revision control system. For example, the addition of pull requests came three years after the original...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 7, 2015

10 Years of Git: An Interview with Git Creator Linus Torvalds

Ten years ago this week, the Linux kernel community faced a daunting challenge: They could no longer use their revision control system BitKeeper and no other Source Control Management (SCMs) met their needs for a distributed system. Linus...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 6, 2015

Kernel.org Renamed to Hurr Durr Archives for 4.0 Release

In preparation for the Linux kernel 4.0 release, the project’s official website Kernel.org has been renamed The Hurr Durr Archives. And a goofy, confused-looking Tux appears as the project mascot on the new site. Linux creator Linus...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 1, 2015

11 Ways That Linux Contributes to Tech Innovation

We all know that Linux runs much of modern society – from data centers and mobile phones, to air traffic control and stock exchanges. But what are some of the ways that Linux continues to contribute to innovation in the tech industry? Over...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 30, 2015

The Companies That Support Linux: Treasure Data

The explosive growth of data from Internet-connected devices has led to massive demand for storage and analysis tools in computing. Treasure Data aims to serve both of these needs in one place with its big data cloud service based on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 24, 2015

Intel VP Mauri Whalen: “If You’re not Collaborating, Development Will Happen Without You.”

Editor’s Note: This article is paid for by Intel as a platinum-level sponsor of the Linux Foundation’s Collaboration Summit conference and was written by Linux.com. Intel has been a leader in the Linux kernel community for almost two...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 18, 2015

SUSE Explains Why the Future of Enterprise Storage is Open Source

The storage market is growing rapidly, creating a new market for open source solutions, software-defined storage, and cloud computing. So SUSE’s announcement last month of its new enterprise storage solution based on the open source Ceph...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 9, 2015

Ceph Open Source Storage Grows With Red Hat Backing

Editor’s Note: This article is paid for by Red Hat as a Diamond-level sponsor of the Linux Foundation’s Vault storage conference and was written by Linux.com. The Ceph open source software-defined storage platform is taking over the world....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 9, 2015

On the Linux Kernel’s Code of Conflict

Last week, 60 kernel developers signed off on a small patch called the Code of Conflict that provides guidelines for discourse in the kernel community and outlines a path for mediation if someone feels abused or threatened. The code was...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 9, 2015

15 Questions from Kernel.org SysAdmin Konstantin Ryabitsev's Reddit AMA

Linux Foundation System Administrator Konstanin Ryabitsev works on the team that runs the systems behind Linux kernel development on kernel.org. As part of the Collaborative Projects team he’s also responsible for providing IT hosting for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 5, 2015