Windows Embedded Expert Jumps Into Open Source
With the growth of Linux and open source, Sean Liming decided that heâd like to beef up his Linux knowledge. Read more at Linux Training Staff Blog Read More
Tizen Developer Conference CFP closing March 13
If you haven’t submitted your speaker session for the 2013 Tizen Developer Conference, get cracking. You’ve got less than a week! As a reminder, the general topic areas are: Application Development and Deployment Device/Product Development... Read More
Q&A with Mentor Graphics’ John Cherry: Android or Embedded Linux?
As we discovered last week, Linux pros don’t think Android is the new embedded Linux. Android does, however, have a lot of great uses in embedded projects and many features that even hard core embedded Linux developers can envy. To dig a... Read More
Puppet Labs CEO: How to Grow an Authentic Open Source Community
Luke Kanies, founder and CEO of Puppet Labs, kicked off the last day of ApacheCon with a keynote on Growing Authentic Communities. Despite being early on the final day of a conference, Kanies managed to draw a respectable crowd at... Read More
Intro to Embedded Linux Part 1: Defining Android vs. Embedded Linux
Is Android the new embedded Linux? Of course not, said Karim Yaghmour, OperSys founder, during the panel discussion on this topic at the Android Builders Summit last month in San Francisco. It was a question meant to spur discussion, he... Read More
Mandriva 'Back in the Game' With Enterprise Software
Though Mandriva has been a popular Linux desktop distribution for many years, the company early last year found itself in a tough spot financially. Since then, Mandriva has undergone some major changes, adopting a new enterprise focus and... Read More
Contest Winner Bjarne Rosengren Will Follow Tux to LinuxCon New Orleans
Embedded developer Bjarne Rosengren has never been to the Southern United States. But he’s got a better idea of the fun that lies ahead at LinuxCon in New Orleans this September – and the chance to go — thanks to Tux. Earlier this month we... Read More
Linux 3.8 is NOT a Longterm Kernel
I said this last week on Google+ when I was at a conference, and needed to get it out there quickly, but as I keep getting emails and other queries about this, I might as make it “official” here. For no other reason that it provides a... Read More
100,000 Facebook Fans Contest Winner: IT Pro Richard Clinker
The Linux Foundation’s Facebook page surpassed 100,000 fans this month and to celebrate we awarded one of our most loyal fans with a $100 gift certificate to the Linux.com store and a free pass to LinuxCon North America in New Orleans or... Read More
Having "Largeness of Mind" While Doing Linux Driver/Kernel Development
Often we try and remain very focused on our goals and work hard to avoid distractions. Read more at training site blog Read More
Having "Largeness of Mind" While Doing Linux Driver/Kernel Development
Often we try and remain very focused on our goals and work hard to avoid distractions. Read more at training site blog Read More
Linux Jobs in 2013, a Q&A with Dice's Alice Hill
The job market for Linux professionals this year is even better than it was in 2012. Ninety-three percent of hiring managers surveyed said they plan to hire at least one Linux pro in the next six months — up from 89 percent last year,... Read More
If You Don't Know Linux, You Better Learn Fast
Jobs again this year were a major theme in the State of the Union address with the President saying that we must train our students for the jobs of tomorrow. Guess what? Those jobs of tomorrow are Linux jobs. Maybe the President didn’t... Read More
The Benefits of Distribution-Flexible Linux Training
If I’ve always been associated with Red Hat, why wouldn’t I just stick with their products? The answer that I give is that being familiar with a variety of distributions allows for greater flexibility. Read more at Dominic Duval’s Training... Read More
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Greg Kroah-Hartman: A Year in My Life [Infographic]
I’ve now been with the Linux Foundation for just over a year. When I started, I posted a list of how you can watch to see what I’ve been doing. But, given that people like to see year-end-summary reports, the excellent graphic designers at... Read More
How The Linux Foundation and Fedora are Addressing Workstation Security
Why passwords are bad Are you a systems administrator? Quick, which system in your infrastructure is most vulnerable to hacker attacks? No, it’s not the web server — though it’s a good guess. No, it’s not the firewall. The answer may... Read More
Linux Fans React to Rumors of Microsoft Office on Linux
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AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel
There’s been a lot of information scattered around the internet about these topic recently, so here’s my attempt to put them all in one place to (hopefully) settle things down and give my inbox a break. Last week I spent a number of days... Read More
Tux Does Mardi Gras: Share His Video and Win Ticket to LinuxCon/CloudOpen
LinuxCon North America and CloudOpen won’t happen until September but the party has already started in New Orleans where the Mardi Gras celebration is in full swing this week and the recent Super Bowl was so hot it literally turned the... Read More
Passionate Facebook Linux Community Edges Towards 100,000th Fan
Linux is literally everywhere, powering everything from the New York Stock Exchange to mobile phones to supercomputers and consumer electronics. More people have a stake in this shared resource than ever before, and that is represented by... Read More
It's a Great Time to Know Linux: "More Linux, More Money"
Dice this week released it’s annual Salary Survey (2013-2012 Salary Survey) and the results were good news for everyone, showing the largest jump in tech salaries in more than a decade. But the news was especially sweet for Linux pro’s.... Read More
It's a Great Time to Know Linux: "More Linux, More Money"
Dice this week released it’s annual Salary Survey (2013-2012 Salary Survey) and the results were good news for everyone, showing the largest jump in tech salaries in more than a decade. But the news was especially sweet for Linux pro’s.... Read More
Wrap-up: Live Linux Q&A on Getting Started with Linux
We recently conducted a Live Linux Q&A on Facebook, which was our first in a new series of live Q&A opportunities with Linux experts hosted on The Linux Foundation’s social channels. This debut Q&A featured Linux.com freelance contributor... Read More
LTSI v3.4 Released
Part of supporting the demand for Linux in consumer electronics is ensuring there is a common Linux base that is maintained and supported for the typical lifetime of a consumer device, usually two years, and that supports a large variety... Read More
Please Join Us: The 100 Linux Tutorial Campaign
We know that the Linux community is growing. It’s getting bigger every year as it moves across industries and geographies. Our Who Writes Linux paper documents each year the increasing number of contributors, sponsors and the pace of... Read More