Clik here to view.
An Interview With Linus Torvalds
The Millenium Technology Prize, awarded every two years, is a Finnish award designed “to improve the quality of life and to promote sustainable development-oriented research, development and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Linux Foundation To Host Open Source Cloud Conference “CloudOpen”
It wasn’t that long ago that I complained about cloud fragmentation issues. There were some interesting observations in the comments on that post. Now word comes that the Linux Foundation is hosting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Open Source CEO: Jim Whitehurst
If you read the Red Hat website, you’ll find pages describing their attitude toward open source, collaboration, and more. It reads pretty much like every other marketing spiel from every company...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mark Shuttleworth is Passionate About Canonical, Patents, and Space
Mark Shuttleworth is the founder and former CEO of Canonical, the commercial company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Today he holds the position “Lead Product Design”, a role in which he shapes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Samsung Joins The Linux Foundation
Samsung, the world’s leading producer of mobile phones, on Tuesday became a Platinum member of the Linux Foundation. Just the seventh company to join at the Platinum level, Samsung will now have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Linux on Microsoft Azure Platform-as-a-Service: Big Whoop
As much fun as it is to view the world in a “Linux versus Microsoft” way, the reality is that a technology monoculture is less useful than a heterogenous one. Even Microsoft knows this: they’ve made a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ubuntu Fans: Humble Bundle Games Are Now Available In The Software Center
If you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you might be excused for not knowing about this Humble Bundle thing. As a long-time Linux user, the Humble Bundles have always been of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jon maddog Hall Comes Out In Honor Of Alan Turing’s Birthday
A dozen years ago, when I went from techno-dilettante to technophile, one of my living heroes was Jon “maddog” Hall, the 61-year-old writer for Linux Magazine and an early proponent for free and open...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oracle Spreads FUD About CentOS But Misses The Mark
Oracle is on a bit of a marketing attack against CentOS, the free Linux distribution that derives from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). To see Oracle promote its own Linux distribution and attack a...
View Article
