Linux Foundation SysAdmin Michael Halstead's IT Career Started at Age 15

This is the third profile in a series on Linux Foundation system administrators leading up to SysAdmin Day. Do you have a super-hero sysadmin you’d like to recognize? Send your nomination to This e-mail address is being protected from...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 14, 2014

Imad Sousou: The Future of Linux and Intel in the New Connected World

From new cloud platforms, to changes in virtualization and container technologies, to how data is stored and transmitted, every innovation in the data center has a Linux-based or open source component, says Imad Sousou vice president of...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 14, 2014

Join Us in Honoring IT Heroes for SysAdmin Day, Win Free Tickets to LinuxCon & CloudOpen

According to the 2014 Linux Jobs Report, SysAdmins are the highest in demand position among Linux professionals. Fifty-eight percent of hiring managers said this year they are most aggressively seeking Linux SysAdmins followed by Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 11, 2014

Linux Foundation SysAdmin Andy Grimberg Loves New Tech and Snowboarding

This is the second profile in a series on Linux Foundation system administrators leading up to SysAdmin Day on July 25. Thank you for all of the good work you do! Andrew Grimberg is the primary administrator for the OpenDaylight Project‘s...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 9, 2014

Global Hunt Begins for #HiddenTux: Find Tux and Win

At least 10 stuffed penguins are hidden around the world and are waiting to be found and adopted by you. As the Linux mascot, the Tux penguins represent freedom, collaboration and innovation and are what hundreds of thousands of people...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 8, 2014

To Linux Foundation SysAdmin Ryan Day, Elegance is the Best Tool

System administrators keep our lives and work seamlessly humming. They are the super heroes who often go unnoticed and unrecognized only until things go wrong. And so, leading up to SysAdmin Day on July 25, we’re honoring the hard work of...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 8, 2014

Cisco: Linux is the “Single and Best” Tech for IoT

Cisco earlier this year unveiled its plans to build smarter routers and switches to help manage the massive flows of data expected between Internet-connected devices and the data center. This re-architecting of the Internet to bring...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 7, 2014

The Companies That Support Linux: Nextiva

Google’s announcement last week of new work-friendly features in its forthcoming Android L release, along with its big tent foray into the enterprise, underscores just how much businesses are turning to mobile devices and the cloud for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 1, 2014

The People Who Support Linux: Hacking on Linux Since Age 16

Pretty much all of the projects in software developer Yitao Li’s GitHub repository were developed on his Linux machine. None of them are necessarily Linux-specific, he says, but he uses Linux for “everything.” For example: “coding /...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 27, 2014

What's Next For Fedora?

Between the upcoming Fedora 21 release, involvement in Red Hat’s Project Atomic, its planned re-structuring under Fedora.next, and its new leader, Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project has a lot going on lately. All of the upheaval is a sign...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 25, 2014

The People Who Support Linux: Systems Engineer Teaching Himself Python

Systems engineer Renault Ellis started using Linux five years ago when he was enrolled in a security and forensics program. He was studying IP tables and read the C Programming Language manual by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie along with...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 23, 2014

Linux Poetry Explains the Kernel, Line By Line

Editor’s Note: Feeling inspired? Send your Linux poem to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for your chance to win a free pass to LinuxCon North America in Chicago, Aug. 20-22. Be...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 19, 2014

Best Technology MOOCs for Summer and Fall

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are increasing in their popularity. We’ve seen first hand how much people want to be able to access and learn new information on their own schedule. For example, our Introduction to Linux MOOC, hosted by...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 19, 2014

Welcoming #MesosCon to CloudOpen

A few years ago we put together the CloudOpen conference to unite the open source projects and products companies are using to create cloud or elastic computing infrastructures inside their companies: OpenStack and CloudStack, containers...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 18, 2014

The People Who Support Linux: Embedded Linux Hobbyist Maintains eLinux Wiki

Bill Traynor first got hooked on embedded Linux development when a friend who maintained Hitachi’s SH architecture helped him install Linux on his Sega Dreamcast. From there he developed a hobby of installing Linux on various gaming...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 17, 2014

The People Who Support Linux: Engineer Thanks Father for His Linux Career

Software engineer Thomas Gibbons remembers from an early age working with his father to set up mail servers in their home in Kidderminster, England. His dad, Christopher Gibbons, a BT (British Telecom) engineer, was always eager to teach...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 13, 2014

The Companies That Support Linux: Rackspace

Rackspace has lately been in the news for its stock market gains and a potential acquisition. But over the past 16 years the company has become well known, first as a web hosting provider built on Linux and open source, and later as a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 10, 2014

Linux Video of the Week: Meet the First Tizen Smartphone, Samsung Z

At the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco this week, Samsung unveiled the first smartphone to run the Linux-based Tizen mobile operating system. In this video, CNET reporter Jessica Dolcourt walks through the phone’s features and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 5, 2014

Announcing Rapid Progress on Core Infrastructure Initiative

A month ago we announced the Core Infrastructure Initiative, a project to help fund critical open source projects that we all rely upon but that are in need of support. We moved quickly to organize the initiative and the industry reaction...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 2, 2014

The Companies That Support Linux: Cumulus Networks

Linux has already transformed data center economics on the server side, and Cumulus Networks is set to do it again – this time through the network. The company behind Cumulus Linux, the first distribution for data center switches and other...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 2, 2014

Linus Torvalds Reads Mean Tweets

We recently visited Linux creator Linus Torvalds at his home office where we talked about The Linux Foundation’s ‘Introduction to Linux’ edX MOOC course, the way he works (more to come on this in the coming weeks) and Mean Tweets. In the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 30, 2014

Linux Video of the Week: 40-Node Raspberry Pi Supercomputer

Engineer David Guill’s latest project is by no means the first Raspberry Pi supercomputer, but it may just be the most beautiful. Guill, a recent graduate of the masters in computer science and electrical engineering program at the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 28, 2014

The Companies That Support Linux: CoreOS

As companies grow their data centers to accommodate more cloud services and applications, their resource management practices also grow increasingly complex. CoreOS is a new Linux distribution that uses containers to help manage these...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 27, 2014

Q&A: Alan Clark on OpenStack Summit, SUSE Cloud, and Vendor Support

OpenStack Summit wrapped up in Atlanta last week as the open source cloud platform’s largest event yet. Held every six months, the summit is an opportunity for users, developers, and vendors to discuss ongoing issues and design new...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 22, 2014

OPW Intern Develops QR Code for Linux Kernel Oops Messages

Linux kernel debugging may soon be a bit easier for kernel developers and users in the field thanks to the work of Outreach Program for Women internTeodora Băluţă. Băluţă spent her three-month internship this year designing a program to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 19, 2014