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The Linux Foundation this week announced the formation of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, a consortium dedicated to developing a new set of common container technologies and driving their adoption CNCF aims to make it easier for businesses to build and deploy containerized cloud applications oriented to microservices. The goal is to develop ...
The Solus Project is a rebranded and rereleased Linux distro trying to regain its former popularity.In a field of Linux distributions cluttered with look-alike offerings, Solus brings something simple and something new. This third time could be the charm. Solus has impressive potential for being uncomplicated and different....
Suse Linux this week announced a partnership to extend support for 64-bit ARM server processors. The goal is to give Suse Linux Enterprise 12 users greater flexibility and cost efficiencies with respect to their infrastructures This expansion makes available to seven partners a version of Suse Linux Enterprise 12 that lets them develop, test and de...
Mangaka is a not-so-traditional Linux distro with a gorgeous look.After gaining some traction among fans of the manga and anime communities, Mangaka fell dormant in December 2009. However, developer Animesoft International regrouped and issued a new release June 6. The latest Release Candidate version came out on June 20....
The results of a recent survey on container usage trends suggest that a deployment surge is likely within the next two years -- but also that companies have serious concerns about container security, certification and skills The survey, commissioned by Red Hat and conducted by TechValidate, assessed enterprise adoption plans for application contain...
Information stored on an Android smartphone or tablet is vulnerable to almost 4,900 new malware files each day, according to a report G Data SecurityLabs released Wednesday Cybercriminals' interest in the Android operating system has grown, the firm's Q1 2015 Mobile Malware Report revealed....
The special release of Makulu 9 Aero edition might seem like one flexible Linux offering too many. However, anyone hankering for a Windows-like operating system and the best of what is easy about using Linux could not make a better choice.The Linux OS is notorious for its great variety of distros. Linux is also infamous for having far too many cho...
Red Hat and Samsung Business Services on Tuesday announced a strategic alliance to deliver the next generation of mobile solutions for the enterprise The alliance, announced at the Red Hat Summit 2015, combines the strengths of each company -- Samsung's mobile device portfolio and Red Hat's open source middleware, mobile and cloud technologies....
Docker and CoreOS on Monday announced the formation of a coalition of 21 industry leaders to create the Open Container Project, a nonprofit organization seeking minimal common standards for software containers for cloud storage The two companies made the announcement on the opening day of Dockercon, a two-day conference covering all aspects of the ...
Antergos is an Arch-based Linux distribution that offers six desktop choices. This is a distro that Linux tinkerers might well embrace, but it comes with a few more stumbling blocks than other Linux options, which could make it a less welcome alternative Its developers created a cute logo that espouses the notion that Antergos is a distro "for ever...
The Linux Foundation on Wednesday announced that it was more than doubling the number of scholarships to be awarded this year for Linux training The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development....
Linbit on Tuesday announced the release of DRBD9, its new distributed replicated block device product. DRBD9 provides enterprise Linux users with synchronous server storage replication including support for native remote direct memory access, or RDMA, and OpenStack integration....
The antiX distro is both something old and something new. It is a handy and innovative approach to keeping aging computers fast and active. It is also an energy infuser for new computers I started playing around with antiX when looking for something different to keep some older computers out of the trash heap. antiX is a fast, lightweight distro th...
Nutanix on Wednesday announced its Xtreme Computing Platform, challenging VMware's virtual machine software dominance Nutanix's XCP comes about one year after VMware introduced its own hyperconverged storage software, which offered customers an alternative to Nutanix's offering at the time....
ConnochaetOS is a nice entry into a pure, free Linux experience.Of course, Linux is open source. Most people mistakenly equate open source with "free," as in pay nothing. Experienced Linux users know, however, that the open source concept separates the price of the software from the cost of obtaining enterprise-level modifications and support....
Automotive Grade Linux on Monday announced the industry's first open in-vehicle infotainment, or IVI, software specification requirements The release of AGL Requirements Specification 1.0 is a major milestone. It moves the auto industry toward adoption of a de facto platform that uses open source development methodologies to create a safe and relia...
Chromixium is a new Linux distro that goes one big step further than the few existing distros catering to the Chrome OS. It one-ups Google's semi-proprietary Chrome OS locked into the popular Chromebook hardware.Chromixium sole developer Rich Jack's innovative version 1.0, released last month, is a Chrome OS clone that runs on nearly any aging or ...
Internet security researchers at Eset on Tuesday published a security research paper on Linux/Moose, a major threat to social networks that turns routers into conduits for grabbing users' log-in credentials, employing them for network fraud and to further spread malware to client devices that connect through them to the Internet The paper, "Dissect...
Russia wants to develop alternatives to proprietary or partly closed mobile operating systems by using open source tools as a foundation, Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications Nikolay Nikiforov said last week Russia's BRICS partners -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- are expected to support the plan, he said....
Makulu Linux now is one of the first major distros to integrate the Unity desktop. It was more than worth the wait!The Unity desktop is Ubuntu's flagship desktop environment. Parent company Canonical pushed through its development several years ago as a way of introducing users to its "unifying" computing platform for all devices.
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