The Embedded and Mobile Linux Trends Shaping 2012

We’re preparing for our weeklong extravaganza of mobile and embedded development next week. Android Builders Summit kicks off Monday and ELC follows on Wednesday, taking place February 15-17, 2012. For the really hard-core, we’ve even...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 7, 2012

Zuckerberg is Spot on with “Hacker Way” (but The Linux Community Already Knew That)

Facebook filed its IPO last week , which is big news in and of itself. However, what struck me most was the letter from Mark Zuckerberg to potential investors that puts an exclamation point on something that the Linux community has been...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 6, 2012

A Short Q&A with New Linux Foundation Fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman

The Linux Foundation announced this week that Greg Kroah-Hartman would be joining as a fellow. Kroah-Hartman is joining a small group of developers that work with the foundation on Linux and open source projects. We conducted a short Q&A...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 2, 2012

Get Your Embedded Linux On: Join Me at Yocto Project Developer Day

Building an embedded Linux distribution can be a daunting task. From the Board Support Package (BSP) to Kernel configuration, root file system setup and the selection many additional software package there are many choices to make and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 1, 2012

The Ever-Changing Linux Filesystems: Merging Directoris into /usr

If you don’t like change, working in IT has to be a harrowing experience. That’s particularly true in open source, where few stand on tradition and things move at breakneck pace. The latest change that has a few folks excited? Fedora’s...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 30, 2012

A Very Short Rant About "Copyrighted" Code

This morning I was reading a site that regularly covers free and open source software. To protect the guilty party (because I suspect the error was one of rushed writing rather than ignorance), I’ll leave out the publication and author....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 26, 2012

A Very Short Rant About "Copyrighted" Code

This morning I was reading a site that regularly covers free and open source software. To protect the guilty party (because I suspect the error was one of rushed writing rather than ignorance), I’ll leave out the publication and author....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 26, 2012

Free Embedded Linux Training at Yocto Developer Day on February 14th

Use of Linux in the mobile/embedded space is exploding, and we find many companies are adopting the open source Yocto project to build custom embedded Linux systems. The project is hosting a free day of training on Yocto on Feb 14th as...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 26, 2012

HP Releases More Details on the Open Sourcing of webOS

This morning, HP gave further details of its contribution of the webOs platform to the open source community. I find these details and the timeline associated with the release to be positive developments, both for Linux and for the wider...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 25, 2012

Looking Back on SCALE 10x

A lot of things change in 10 years. Many of the Linux conferences we were going to in 2002 are no longer around, but the Southern California Linux Expo has not only survived – it’s grown into a major event for anybody interested in Linux....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 24, 2012

Linux Adopton Trends 2012: A Closer Look

Toyota, Google, Facebook, New York Stock Exchange, Burlington Coat Factory, Amazon. These names represent just a handful of the thousands of large companies using Linux today. As early adopters of Linux (some having used the OS well over a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 19, 2012

From CES: Will HTML5 Threaten the Closed World of the App Store?

Last week I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. A few years ago CES was not on my calendar as a “must-attend” show. While there has been Linux in play in consumer devices for many years, only in the last few years...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 18, 2012

The Best Linux Events of 2012

Gallery View Gallery (11) The Linux Foundation today announced its 2012 Linux events and onsite training schedule. Some highlights include a triple-header in San Diego in August: LinuxCon North America, Linux Plumbers Conference and Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 12, 2012

Updates on the Stable and Longterm Kernel Trees

On Monday, January 9th, Greg Kroah-Hartman published an update on the status of the longterm/stable kernel trees that he’s maintaining. It’s worth a notice if you’re interested in the state of the longterm kernels. We last checked in on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 11, 2012

Stable kernel release candidates

I thought it would be easier to do a round of stable kernel releases in the middle of the larger kernel merge window, to prevent the next round from being so big (given that there are a lot of patches usually applying during the -rc1 merge...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 10, 2012

Stable kernel tree status, January 9, 2012

As 3.2 is now out, here’s a note as to the current status of the different stable/longterm kernel trees. First off, please everyone remember to mark any patch that you want to have applied to the stable kernel trees with a simple: Cc:...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 10, 2012

Linux Training for Your New Year’s Resolutions

We’ve scheduled several training classes to help you ring in the New Year. Immediately on the horizon is our LF331 Developing Linux Device Drivers class on January 16-20, 2012. LF331 introduces programmers to the Linux kernel and the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 9, 2012

13-Year Software Veteran Learns New Tricks with Embedded Linux Course

Derald Woods is a 13-year engineering veteran who today works in software development, designing and supporting electronic vehicle controls for heavy equipment and trucks. Lately, his time is being used to work on an ARM9-based embedded...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 4, 2012

How Can We Help You? LinkedIn Linux Poll.

We are always considering different ways to serve the Linux community. We use a variety of social networks to share information about Linux that we hope is useful. We would like to learn from you how we can be even more useful to our...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 29, 2011

Breaking the Billion Barrier: Why Red Hat's Results Matter

Few software companies reach $1 billion in annual revenue. No company has done it with a portfolio that consists entirely of open source software. But if Red Hat delivers the expected results in early 2012, it will prove that a company can...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 22, 2011

Linux Kernel Milestones in 2011

It’s been a busy, busy year for the Linux kernel. A big version bump, 20th anniversary, and countless improvements may make 2011 the best year yet for Linux. The Big 3.0 and 20th Anniversary Granted, the jump to 3.0 wasn’t a technical...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 20, 2011

Is Your Company New to Open Source? Here's Where to Start

Over the past year, we’ve been working on a number of projects to help those who want to more closely participate in the Linux community, but don’t know where to start. First, there’s the Linux Foundation Training program. We’ve continued...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 14, 2011

The 10 Most Important Open Source Projects of 2011

Well, here we are, another year almost done for. Time to look back and take stock of the year that was. You know what? It turns out that 2011 was a banner year for open source projects. So much so, that picking the 10 most important was...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 12, 2011

Linux Job Opportunities: A Snapshot

Jobs today are like good, new television shows: hard to come by. But we’re finding that there are some very bright spots in the areas of IT management and software development, especially related to Linux jobs. We just finished analyzing...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 7, 2011

Feeling Adventurous? Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 Released

If you’re feeling a little adventurous this weekend, the first alpha is out for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 release. Code-named Precise Pangolin, the alpha release contains software updates and (likely) some exciting bugs that you can help...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 2, 2011