IPv6 Creates Opportunity for Linux in Embedded Computing: A Case Study

We recently profiled Compunetix, who delivers audio conferencing solutions to military agencies and their move from a proprietary embedded OS to Linux. Their migration was precipatated by a mandate by the U.S. Department of Defense that...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 1, 2012

Open Cloud Roundup: Top Stories of the Week

I’m pinch-hitting on this weekly column for our Digital Content Editor Libby Clark just one more week before she returns to the office. Stories topping the list this week include Fedora 17 and its focus on open cloud integration, Mary Jo...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 31, 2012

SUSE Turns 20, Ascends to the Cloud

Congratulations to SUSE on celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The company has successfully evolved from a three-man consultancy in Germany that produced one of the first Linux distributions, to an international platform for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 29, 2012

How to Become a Finalist: Inspired by Linux T-shirt Design Contest

Gallery View Gallery (6) I’m inspried by a variety of things, both small and large: a really good cup of coffee, great art, contribution, reading the Sunday New York Times, sitting in the Linux kernel panel session at LinuxCon. But this...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 23, 2012

New Linux Kernel Adds X32 ABI, Btrfs Updates

It’s been a “calm” release cycle, according to Linus Torvalds, but the 3.4 Linux kernel released on Sunday still has plenty of interesting new features. Top of the bill? A X32 application binary interface (ABI) that will help provide...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 22, 2012

Survey: Open Source Adoption Rises, Drives Innovation

More than 50 percent of all software purchased within five years will be open source, according to a survey released Monday by a collaboration of 26 open source companies. This year’s “Future of Open Source Survey” results signal a tipping...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 18, 2012

Marten Mickos: Eucalyptus Opens Up Under Agile Model

As part of our ongoing focus on open source cloud, we talked with Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos about the commoditization of hypervisors, what’s driving his company’s growth and its plans to release Eucalyptus 3.1 soon, marking the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 16, 2012

2012 Linux Foundation T-shirt Contest: Inspired by Linux

So much has happened recently in the Linux community to be inspired by. This is my second month as the Digital Content Editor for Linux.com and as a newbie member I’ve already met so many amazing people and seen so many significant...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 16, 2012

Marten Mickos: Openness is Winning in the Cloud

Open source cloud computing software startup Eucalyptus has had an eventful past few months: – In March the Infrastructure-as-a-Service company signed a deal with Amazon Web Services to improve its compatibility with the Amazon API and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 15, 2012

Open Source Cloud Top Stories of the Week

This week’s open source cloud headlines featured doomsday predictions about the consequences of the Oracle and Google dispute; why Rackspace’s first quarter earnings have some analysts scaling down cloud computing predictions; and a crop...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 10, 2012

Piston Cloud, the Red Hat of OpenStack Cloud Computing?

With the recent buzz around the OpenStack project, momentum behind open source cloud development is building. We’re now seeing an early ecosystem of companies and products built around OpenStack – a goal that Rackspace’s Lew Moorman laid...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 9, 2012

Big Data, Cloud Knowledge Key in IT Jobs Market

As a global community, we are creating and sharing more information than ever before. And, most of that activity is happening “in the cloud,” which is hosted on millions of servers in datacenters located anywhere from the Columbia River...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 7, 2012

Open Source Founder and Android Fan Anthony Favre

Anthony Favre used Linux for the first time as a student in 1997 and has since started two companies that specialize in Linux and open source technologies. In 2002 he founded Linalis, an IT company in Geneva that provided LPI (LInux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 7, 2012

Top Open Cloud Stories This Week

Open cloud news this week brought with it some new competition, some reflection on existing competitors and some unexpected cooperation. I’ve also thrown in a short counter perspective on the issue of portability — is it a myth? What did...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 2, 2012

In Pictures: Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit

The Linux Foundation’s Enterprise End User Summit kicked off yesterday in New York. The event this year is hosted at the NYSE Technologies’ offices. It brings together Linux kernel developers and the world’s largest users of Linux to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2012

Quotes From The Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit

For the past two days, we’ve held our annual Enterprise End User Summit at the New York Stock Exchange. Besides the fun of ringing the bell during our evening reception, it’s been an incredibly valuable event, fueling collaboration between...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2012

Open Source Cloud Roundup: Top Stories of the Week

Not to over-inflate the horse race nature of the cloud computing space right now, but this is an exciting time to watch the action as open source projects seek to compete with giants such as Amazon and the telcos. This week’s Open Cloud...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 26, 2012

Introducing CloudOpen: Why Now and Why The Linux Foundation?

I am pleased to announce CloudOpen, our new conference celebrating and exploring the open source projects, technologies and companies who make up the cloud. CloudOpen will bring together the open source projects, products and companies...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 25, 2012

New data points to demand for Linux skills, training in Asia

With the Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit coming up on April 30, we revisited the data collected for our Linux Adoption Trends report to find some of the global trends among enterprise Linux users. While the report published in...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 19, 2012

Open cloud top stories of the week

With the OpenStack Folsom Design Summit happening this week, much of the open cloud news has revolved around OpenStack’s growing list of partners and analysis of the open source platform’s role in the overall cloud ecosystem. Here are six...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 18, 2012

Linux Mint Debian: Now with Cinnamon!

There’s a new Linux Mint in town, and something new has been added. Specifically, Mint’s Cinnamon desktop is now part of Linux Mint’s Debian Edition (LMDE). Mint giveth, and Mint taketh away. The 201204 LMDE release also says goodbye to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 17, 2012

Miss our Collaboration or Legal Summits? Here are some resources

Last week, we had our biggest turn-out ever for our Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and our Legal Summit held immediately before. Collab has come a long way since the first meeting in 2007 at the Googleplex. While some of the issues...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 13, 2012

Microsoft fields tough questions about open culture at the company

A flurry of press coverage came with the news two weeks ago that for the first time Microsoft had made the top-20 list in the Linux Foundation’s annual development report on top contributors to the Linux kernel. The announcement generated...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 13, 2012

Five ways to rev up Linux for the car industry

Linux is already being adopted by an increasing number of car makers such as GM and Jaguar predominantly for in-vehicle infotainment systems. But much work remains to ensure that Linux is automotive-grade. In this article we will discuss...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 11, 2012

Tizen Developer Conference Agenda Announced

HTML5 app developers and device makers, this conference is for you! The Tizen project just posted the schedule of events for the first Tizen Developer Conference, which will be held in San Francisco on May 7-9, 2012. The agenda includes...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 10, 2012