Two Years in the Making: Foresight Linux 2.5.0

While most of us were taking it easy this weekend, the Foresight Linux folks were pushing out the 2.5.0 release with a whole host of goodies — including updated KDE, Xfce, and GNOME. The latest Foresight release comes nearly two years...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 28, 2011

LF Collaboration Summit Preview: QuIC's Mark Charlebois

When I think back to the first Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, I start to realize how much work the community has gotten done over the last five years. Since meeting at Google’s headquarters in June 2007, we’ve seen real...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 24, 2011

Android kernel wakelock solution

In two separate email threads this week, I have been asked about the status of the Android wakelock issue that has been described in the past. It turns out that people don’t realize that the Linux kernel now supports this type of locking,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 23, 2011

Seats Are Still Available for the Open Compliance Training Class Offered in Conjunction with Collaboration Summit

Did you know that we’re hosting an onsite open compliance training course directly after the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit next month at Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco? It’s important to The Linux Foundation to provide every...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 21, 2011

Crunching the Numbers: Firefox 4.0 Pulls Ahead

After last week’s benchmarking project, I combed through the comments and ran the numbers myself using the latest Firefox 4.0 beta, Chrome 10, and Opera 11. The results? It looks like Firefox 4.0 has the speed crown on Linux, for now. If...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 18, 2011

Open Compliance Focus for April is on Collaboration

Here at The Linux Foundation, we’re preparing for next month’s Collaboration Summit, where we’re going to have a number of sessions dedicated to Open Compliance. We are hosting a FOSS Compliance track with talks reflecting the current...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 9, 2011

Glamorous Pictures?

The event last weekend was a “no cameras” event, and while we’ll have pictures, I don’t have them yet. And I think I’ll keep them private when we get them – no need to embarrass the beautiful people any more than we already did. So to make...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 2, 2011

Ask the Experts: How to Get Involved in the Community

In last month’s Ask the Experts column, we talked to insiders about how to get paid to work on Linux. The experts replied with a variety of useful tips but one piece of advice was common among all of their comments: get involved in the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 28, 2011

Pearls Before Swine (Torvalds Recounts Night at Oscars)

My life isn’t glamorous. I know that comes as a big shock to everybody, since geeks in general are seen as the crème de la crème of society, and the common perception is that we live the life of rock-stars and party all night with all the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 28, 2011

A New White Paper, Two New Training Classes, and Other Compliance Resources

The Open Compliance Program continues its mission of making it ever easier for companies to achieve compliance with FOSS license obligations. I am pleased to announce the publication of our sixth white paper, titled “Keys to Managing a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 21, 2011

Early Results: Linux.com IT Security Poll

Cloud computing has proven to be much more than a buzzword. According to Gartner, the cloud services market is forecast to reach $148.8 billion by 2014. CIOs from a variety of industries are looking to the cloud to increase efficiencies in...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 17, 2011

HP to Put Linux in Printers and PC’s: It’s the End of an Era for Windows

I attended HP’s press conference this morning and Linux again took center stage as a major technology leader revealed the details of its mobile device strategy. HP announced two new WebOS phones and more importantly an impressive new...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 9, 2011

Tuxera Joins Linux Foundation

Provider of interoperable file systems collaborates with semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturers on Linux  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 8, 2011

We Need Your Help on IT Security

Over the last few months, our writers have been able to take a deeper look at IT security and share their reports with the Linux.com community thanks to Centrify. It is the combination of generous sponsorships from companies like Centrify...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 2, 2011

Starting an Open Source Project

Starting an open source software project might seem like a daunting undertaking, but luckily there are plenty of examples of how to do it successfully. Take any number of projects with vibrant communities and it’s easy to see that if you...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 27, 2011

Ask the Experts: How to Get Paid to Work on Linux

Looking for a job? If so, you’re certainly not alone. Millions of people continue to be on the hunt. But it’s looking like there is some light at the end of the tunnel, at least in the industry in which we all work and play. According to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 19, 2011

The People Who Support Linux: Linux Skills Land Job for This Linux Lady

Deborah Wazir says Linux helped her land her current job. She says she was first introduced to Linux in the late 90s in the form of a Knoppix Live CD that she glanced at and put away. Ten years later a recruiter refused to submit her...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 17, 2011

Microsoft’s Tablet Strategy and How Linux Compares

Last week at CES, Microsoft announced their answer to the iPad with their tablet strategy. Computerworld says, “Microsoft has decided not to follow the Apple and Google route of putting its mobile operating system on tablets. Instead,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 14, 2011

Linux.com Gift Card Winners Announced

Before we begin the important business of 2011, we want to share with you the winners of our Individual Membership drive and promotion. In December, we hosted a promotion where past, present and future Linux Foundation members were invited...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 4, 2011

Is Nokia Doomed?

There’s been a lotofdiscussionregarding whether or not Nokia is Doomed or not. The people who say Nokia are doomed basically point out that Nokia doesn’t have any attractive products at the high end, and at the low end the margins are...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 17, 2010

Self-Assessment Checklist: First Impressions After Release

The Linux Foundation’s Open Compliance Program published its compliance self-assessment checklist on November 1 right on schedule. My blog last month, Self-Assessment Checklist: A Measuring Stick for Open Compliance Efforts | The Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 9, 2010

Working on Technology at Startups

Richard Tibbets has called me out for conflating Web 2.0 startups with all startups in my recent blog posting, “Google has a problem retaining great engineers? Bullcrap.”. His complaint was that I was over generalizing from Web 2.0...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 6, 2010

Thank You For ...

The kids all got their black belts in TKD a couple of weeks ago, and what do I find in the mailbox today if it isn’t their “thank you” notes that they apparently wrote as part of that whole experience. (Side note: they put them in the mail...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 6, 2010

Our Annual Kernel Development Report: New (and Old) Faces

Today we are pleased to publish annual report on Linux kernel development, detailing who does the work, who sponsors it and how fast the Linux kernel is growing. The paper documents how hard at work the Linux community has been. There have...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 1, 2010

Google has a problem retaining great engineers? Bullcrap.

Once again, there’s been another story about how Google is having trouble retaining talent. Despite all Eric Schmidt’s attempts to tell folks that Google’s regretted attrition rate has not changed in seven years, this story just doesn’t...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 29, 2010