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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

Linux Video of the Week: Linus Torvalds Wants YOU!

Linux Creator Linus Torvalds appeared in a video this week to introduce the Linux Foundation’s new Introduction to Linux Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with edX. Torvalds talks about how Linux has changed since he built the operating... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 16, 2014

Gear 2 Watch Giveaway at Tizen Developer Conference

Well, that didn’t stay a secret for very long. I’ve gotten a number of questions about this, so just to clear things up – yes, we are planning to give Gear 2 watches to Tizen Developer Conference attendees. If you’ve checked out the... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 15, 2014

How to Win Free Tickets to LinuxCon and CloudOpen

We recently sent Tux on a mission: Scope out this year’s LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America host city of Chicago (he did such a good job last year that we sent him out again). The result is the video we’re launching today that details... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 14, 2014

Xen Project Partnership Laid Groundwork for CentOS Variants

The Xen Project community today announced it will be a founding project in the CentOS Project‘s new virtualization special interest group (Virt SIG). The open source hypervisor, a Linux Foundation collaborative project, will thus play a... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 14, 2014

Linux Video of the Week: Limit Theory Game Developer Switches to Linux

Game developer Josh Parnell has released the latest development update on his open-world space simulation and strategy game, Limit Theory. While the graphics are beautiful, this release is particularly notable because Parnell has switched... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 9, 2014

Marmalade CEO: Tizen is App Developers' Entryway to Wearables

Tizen has created an opportunity for app developers to expand into wearable technologies, says Marmalade Technologies CEO, Harvey Elliott. Hundreds of games have already been added to the Tizen app store since Marmalade began offering SDK... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 9, 2014

Start Experimenting with Tizen Says Mobile Developer Leon Anavi

The Linux-based Tizen mobile platform gained momentum earlier this year with Samsung’s announcement of the Galaxy Gear and Gear 2 smartwatches. The platform’s expansion beyond mobile phones into wearables won’t stop there, either, with... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 5, 2014

Interested in Tizen? You need to be here.

It’s that time of year again! This year’s Tizen Developer Conference is June 2-4 in San Francisco. The schedule was just announced, and this is shaping up to be another great conference. As always, the content will be technically oriented... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2014

Linux Video of the Week: Linux Sucks (But Actually It's Awesome)

Get ready for an entertaining – and possibly infuriating – examination of Linux desktop distributions from the perspective of community insider, writer and commentator, Bryan Lunduke. In his annual “Linux Sucks” presentation at LinuxFest... Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2014

Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste: Core Infrastructure Initiative

Crisis is a difficult thing. In fact, by definition it means a difficult or dangerous situation that needs serious attention. Whether it’s an earthquake, multi-car pileup on the freeway or a massive Internet security bug, many times... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 29, 2014

Linux Training Becomes Embedded Engineer's Plan B

When electrical engineer Manjinder Bains learned in January that his employer’s planned restructuring would put his job at risk, he wasn’t sure what to do. There aren’t a lot of companies in his home town of Sacramento, Calif., that employ... Read More