Open Voices Interview with Bob Sutor, IBM

In this episode of Open Voices, Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin talks with newly appointed VP of Linux and Open Source at IBM Bob Sutor. They cover IBM‚Äôs current support of Linux, the origin of that support, and the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 10, 2009

Cisco AXP Contest Field Narrowed to Top 10

Article Source Community-cation June 8, 2009, 2:14 pm Companies are growing more comfortable with the concept of open source development, but they don’t always approach it in the same way. Some try to build communities; some try to work...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 8, 2009

The Week of the Linux Desktop

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog June 5, 2009, 11:22 pm We don‚Äôt need to declare the year of the Linux desktop anymore. This week alone was pretty darn good. Having spent the week at Computex, the place where you see all the things that...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 5, 2009

Call it Netbook, Smartbook, or “Low-Cost Small Notebook PC” - It is Great for Linux

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog June 5, 2009, 10:15 pm You say potato I say; are we really talking about this? At Computex this week we saw two new computing ‚Äúcategories‚Äù created. It has long been marketing 101 in the high tech world...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 5, 2009

Canola Project’s GPLv3 Permissions are Worth a Look

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog June 1, 2009, 7:42 am There was an interesting announcement from Eduardo Lima of the Canola project in his speech in Mozilla Maemo Danish Weekend yesterday in Brazil. The Canola project announced that they...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 1, 2009

The Myth of the Freeloading User

Article Source Community-cation June 1, 2009, 1:37 pm A few years back, when I was volunteering at a local hospital’s front desk, a delivery courier came in and asked where the lab was, since he had a rush delivery. As I started to give...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 1, 2009

Memorial Day BBQ

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog May 26, 2009, 4:00 pm I’ve always liked the demotivational posters from despair.com a lot more than those inane motivational ones. And this one obviously hits close to home. So what do our neighbors...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 26, 2009

Gurus: Now with Extra Points Inside

As we approach the Memorial Day holiday weekend here in the US, I didn’t want to leave without mentioning some additions to our Guru Points system. When we started the site, it was clear that there were many untapped opportunities for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 22, 2009

It Starts Small...

Even launching something as big as Linux.com, it’s the little things that mean the most as the site enters its second full week of operation. Late last week, we received the first community contributed article on Linux.com. The article was...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 19, 2009

Moblin v2.0 Beta: Calling Developers to Work on the Next Big Thing

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog May 19, 2009, 9:16 am Today, the Moblin project released Moblin v2.0 for Netbooks and Nettops to beta. If you haven‚Äôt seen the innovation present in Moblin, I urge you to watch this video that showcases...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 19, 2009

Strange Bedfellows: The Linux Foundation and Microsoft

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog May 18, 2009, 7:11 am Today the Linux Foundation issued a joint letter with Microsoft to the American Law Institute regarding a draft of their Principles of the Law of Software Contracts. Who is the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 18, 2009

Defining a New Community

Article Source Community-cation May 14, 2009, 12:45 pm ¬â So far, the response to the new Linux.com has been really positive and, save for a few glitches here and there, we’ve¬â been very happy with how the launch has gone thus far. As...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 14, 2009

The Search for the Ultimate Linux Guru Begins

Article Source News and Thoughts from Inside the Linux Foundation May 13, 2009, 7:35 am I am pleased to announce the launch of the new Linux.com, the fruition of many months of hard work from nearly everyone at the Linux Foundation, but...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 13, 2009

Welcome to the Beginning of the New Linux.com

Article Source Community-cation May 12, 2009, 9:54 pm The relaunching of Linux.com has been, without a doubt, one of the most challenging professional tasks I have ever been a part of. And I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. The...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 12, 2009

More reading...

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog May 11, 2009, 6:07 pm So in between testing -rc5 on all the machines I can find (and in the process being a total PITA when I find just configuration idiocies and a random “my wireless doesn’t work –...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 11, 2009

Linux: the Operating System of the Cloud

Article Source News and Thoughts from Inside the Linux Foundation May 8, 2009, 2:00 pm Some months ago, we received a steady stream of reporter questions asking, ‚ÄúWith the emergence of Cloud computing, what will happen to Linux?‚Äù...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 8, 2009

Linux: the Operating System of the Cloud

Article Source News and Thoughts from Inside the Linux Foundation May 8, 2009, 2:00 pm Some months ago, we received a steady stream of reporter questions asking, ‚ÄúWith the emergence of Cloud computing, what will happen to Linux?‚Äù...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 8, 2009

Peeve of the day

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog May 4, 2009, 9:33 am Ok, so I have lots of pet peeves, and if I wanted to blog them all I’d have no time for anything else (and a lot more blog posts than the occasional one), but this one struck me the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 4, 2009

View Videos from the 09 Collaboration Summit

Article Source angelabianca’s blog May 1, 2009, 9:36 am The 3rd Annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, held this April 8-10 in San Francisco, left me surprised and in high spirits.¬â Why you ask?¬â Because although I am fully...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2009

LinuxCon Keynote Speakers Announced

The conference takes place September 21 ‚Äì 23, 2009 in Portland, Oregon at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront, and is co-located with the Linux Plumbers Conference. The LinuxCon keynotes represent both community and industry in keeping with...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 22, 2009

Mapping Open Source

Article Source Community-cation April 21, 2009, 6:51 am I have a confession to make: I am a map geek. Even my friends may find this a bit of a surprise; it’s not something I generally advertise. Not out of any particular need to keep it...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 21, 2009

What the Oracle Acquisition of Sun Means for Linux

Article Source Zemlin’s Blog April 20, 2009, 11:04 am It‚Äôs no surprise that the executive director of the Linux Foundation would see good news for Linux in the unexpected announcement this morning of Oracle‚Äôs acquisition of Sun...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Apr 20, 2009

On the TomTom settlement: Microsoft Rolls Back its “Open” Promises

Article Source Zemlin’s Blog March 31, 2009, 9:55 am In the last several days Microsoft has shown that despite claims of acquiring a newly found respect for open principles and technology, developers should be cautious in believing...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 31, 2009

Microsoft is cheaper than Apple but it is hard to beat Linux

Article Source Zemlin’s Blog March 27, 2009, 2:35 pm The Wall St. Journal reported today that, “For months, Microsoft has jabbed at Apple with an, at times, baffling advertising campaign for Windows PCs. Now Microsoft may finally land a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 27, 2009

Portraits of Linux

Article Source Brian Proffitt’s Blog March 27, 2009, 8:42 am I was wandering through the mall the other day with my youngest, while her older tween sister was off with a friend in a nearby store, shopping. Going to the mall is a painful...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Mar 27, 2009