Regional Show Highlights Community Strength

As we prepare for the big LinuxCon event in Portland, OR this September 21-23, other notable shows and events are popping up on the radar for the Linux community to attend. One show that gets a big mention for me is the seventh annual Ohio...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 6, 2009

Pathetic

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog July 4, 2009, 2:53 pm It’s the 4th of July, the kids are out playing, Tove’s at the mall, and I’m following my new toy as it crawls across the map of the US towards me, courtesy of UPS tracking and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 4, 2009

LinuxCon Program and Event Details Take Shape

Article Source angelabianca’s blog June 30, 2009, 11:54 am This year is moving by quickly and it seems that LinuxCon is now just a few months away.¬â It has been very exciting watching the event take shape, and I know it will be a success...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 30, 2009

Patient Care Enhanced by Linux Solution

Even as health care costs grow, hospitals and health care centers are constantly looking for ways to cut operating expenses. The cynical would say this is just to increase their profit margins, but that is not always the case. Some...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 30, 2009

Linux as Messenger of Freedom

Article Source Community-cation June 29, 2009, 12:13 pm My weekend was a nice balance of relaxation and thinking–provided by a good book (The Unincorporated Man), a trip to the beach, and a very thought-provoking question from a Linux.com...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 29, 2009

Brockmeier: Addressing Linux Challenges at LinuxCon

Article Source Community-cation June 25, 2009, 9:10 am Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier is a stable fixture in the Linux community, spreading the word about Linux and open source to all who will listen. In his latest role as openSUSE Community...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 25, 2009

Changing the Desktop Metaphor

Article Source Community-cation June 23, 2009, 1:38 pm Let’s talk about windows. No, not Windows. Windows–the kind made out of glass. It’s been raining a lot here in the Midwest these past couple of weeks, so I have been spending some...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 23, 2009

A Conversation with Chris Mason on BTRfs

Article Source News and Thoughts from Inside the Linux Foundation June 22, 2009, 2:00 pm If you run your data center on Linux you have likely heard of BTRfs, the next generation file system that was recently merged into the kernel. If you...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 22, 2009

Outwitting the Fashion Police

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog June 17, 2009, 3:00 pm This is a public service announcement for all geeks. Are you tired of people pointing out that you shouldn’t use socks and sandals? I know, it really annoyed me too. It’s like...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 17, 2009

Happiness is a Warm SCM

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog June 11, 2009, 1:43 pm I’ll have to post this while I’m still happy, because the merge window for Linux 2.6.31 opened a day ago (well, somewhat more, but I don’t take patches immediately after doing a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 11, 2009

Blog Your Way to OSCON

One of the cooler aspects of the new Linux.com site is the ability for any registered user to come in and start their own blog at a coveted spot on the Internet. I have been enjoying many of the entries submitted thus far, and have even...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 10, 2009

LinuxCon Keynote Speaker Bob Sutor Sits Down for Open Voices Podcast Interview

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog June 10, 2009, 10:15 am One of the coolest things I get to do in this job is talk to the developers and business executives who are every day advancing the Linux operating system. Our Open Voices Podcast...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 10, 2009

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