Win Free Linux Loot: Who Said This?

The Linux Foundation today is premiering its end-of-year video,Linux 2013: Changing the World One Line of Code at a Time. It was a phenomenal year of growth for Linux. It is the fastest-growing operating system in the enterprise where it’s...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 17, 2013

The Top 10 Best Linux Videos of 2013

This list of the best Linux videos of 2013 combines some of the most watched Linux Foundation videos of the year, along with a selection of the most inspiring, compelling, or just plain fun videos produced by others in the Linux community....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 12, 2013

Focus on Fedora 20 Features: Hadoop in Heisenbug

The Fedora 20 release is tantalizingly close, but even without the final gold seal of approval we have a clear picture of the features that users will be enjoying very soon. One of the additions to Fedora 20 is the inclusion of Apache...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 12, 2013

Open Source Tears Down Walled Gardens to Connect Internet of Everything

The numbers are staggering. Gartner predicts that the Internet of Everything or the Internet of Things — autonomous communication between a wide range of everyday devices, objects and applications – will add $1.9 trillion to the global...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 10, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: PhD Student Powers Big Data with Linux

Open source technologies are powering the current trend toward big data and Michiel Van Herwegen, a PhD student in analytical CRM (customer relationship management) at Ghent University in Belgium, has a front row seat. Van Herwegen works...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 9, 2013

A Summer Spent on OpenPrinting with the Linux Foundation

This past summer marked Moscow-based developer Anton Kirilenko’s third Google Summer of Code internship with The Linux Foundation. That’s three summers, three different projects and mentors, and three totally different experiences with...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 6, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: Starting Over as a Linux SysAdmin

James Hazelwood, a former engineer in the manufacturing industry, is going back to school to pursue a new career in Linux and IT. The Somerset, England resident spent 15 years in manufacturing and 5 years in tech support for fire alarm...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 27, 2013

We're Almost to Goal: 100 Linux Tutorials Campaign

We invited you in January to share your knowledge with users and developers new to Linux. Thanks to your generous support and contributions, the community has uploaded 83 Linux video tutorials. We are almost to goal and need your help to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 25, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: A Desktop Lover and Photo Editor

Over the years, Lance Spaulding has worked with a medical company, a non-profit foundation, a credit card company, a start-up, a small e-commerce business, and now a large defense contractor. But at least one thing hasn’t changed in that...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 25, 2013

A Summer Spent on the LLVM Clang Static Analyzer for the Linux Kernel

As a kid, and some ten years before he started using Linux, Eduard Bachmakov dreamed of one day being involved in open source software. He didn’t really know how code worked, but thought the idea of collaborative global development, free...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 21, 2013

Automotive Linux Leaves Microsoft and Blackberry QNX in the Dust

Sales of automotive Linux are expected to rise to 53.7 million units in 2020, overtaking Microsoft and Blackberry QNX in the global automotive infotainment market, according to a new report from IHS Automotive. “The auto industry prefers...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 20, 2013

Dice Reports Tech Jobs Increasingly Filled by Women

Dice this week released new data showing that more than half of new tech jobs created in 2013 year-to-date have been filled by women. We’re encouraged to see this trend and believe it will continue. The Linux Foundation is doing what it...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 14, 2013

OSv: The Open Source Cloud Operating System That is Not Linux

For most tech professionals, the words “open source operating system” naturally translate to Linux. And so it’s understandable that those same tech pros would be a bit confused by startup Cloudius Systems’ announcement in September of a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 14, 2013

“SysAdmin Super Star” Winner Aims to Share Knowledge with Co-Workers

Linux Foundation Training scholarship winner Abdelghani Ouchabane is a senior software developer at eZono, a medical device startup in Germany that uses Linux to build its software and systems. He’s worked on a range of Linux projects over...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 11, 2013

Video: Question at LinuxCon Leads Linus Torvalds to Consider Bug-Fix Release

The 3.12 Linux kernel release this week brought with it many new features including multi-threaded RAID5 support in the MD subsystem, the addition of render nodes, and TSO sizing. But it was a fairly light release in comparison to what...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 6, 2013

Jon Corbet's Linux Weather Forecast

This page is an attempt to track ongoing developments in the Linux development community that have a good chance of appearing in a mainline kernel and/or major distributions sometime in the near future. Your “chief meteorologist” is...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 5, 2013

Win Free Ticket to DevBeat: What Developers Inspire You?

Our friends at VentureBeat are holding a new developer event,DevBeat, November 12-13 in San Francisco. They’ve offered two awesome offers for the Linux community. First of all, Linux.com readers get 25% off just byclicking herefor the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 5, 2013

Outreach Program for Women Seeks New Linux Kernel Interns

The interns who worked with The Linux Foundation as part of the FOSS Outreach Program for Women this summer come from diverse backgrounds and levels of experience, but they now have at least one thing in common (besides their gender). They...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 4, 2013

Slideshow: The Linux Foundation's Guide to the Open Cloud

The cloud is emerging as one of the most important new technologies for fueling innovation and growth in the enterprise. But the rapid pace of change and abundance of choice at every layer of the stack make it hard to keep up with the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 30, 2013

Mikko Hypponen: Open Source Software Will Make the World More Secure

Open source software can be one answer to combating the global surveillance of innocent citizens, said security expert Mikko Hypponen in his keynote last week at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh. Advances in computing and the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 28, 2013

LinuxCon/CloudOpen Goose Chase Ends in Tie for Grand Prize

Editor’s Note: This blog has been corrected. We made a mistake in announcing our winners. Madalina tied for the grand prize and Daniel took second place. Sorry for the error and congrats again to our winners. Hundreds of people raced to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 25, 2013

10 Best Quotes from Linus Torvalds' Keynote at LinuxCon Europe

Linux creator Linus Torvalds took the stage today at LinuxCon Europe in Edinburgh with Intel’s Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist Dirk Hohndel to discuss the present and future of Linux and answer questions from the community. They...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 23, 2013

LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe Live Blog Day 3: Linus Torvalds, Dirk Hohndel and Mikko Hypponen

We’re live blogging from LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh at 9:30 a.m. GMT, Oct. 21-23. See yesterday’s coverage and follow today’s keynotes here and on the live video stream. Today, see live updates from keynotes by Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 23, 2013

IBM: API and “Cloud-First” Approach Key to Business Success in the App Economy

We live in a new generation that is always asking “Is there an app for that?” said Mac Devine, CTO of IBM Cloud Services in his Tuesday morning keynote at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh. Consumers want easy access to data and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 22, 2013

LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe Live Blog Day 2: IBM, Samsung and Next-Gen Cloud Panel

We’re live blogging from LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh at 9:30 a.m. GMT, Oct. 21-23. See yesterday’s coverage and follow today’s keynotes here and on the live video stream. Today’s keynote schedule: 9:30 a.m. “Gain the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 22, 2013