May 28, 2020
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Comments Off on First new Docker release under Mirantis appears
After years of failing to turn its exceptional technology, Docker containers, into a viable business, Docker, the company, sold its Docker Enterprise product line to Mirantis, a top OpenStack and Kubernetes cloud company, in November 2019. Now, Mirantis is improving Docker Enterprise with its first major release: Docker … Continue reading
May 27, 2020
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Comments Off on You can build Linus Torvalds’ PC: Here’s all the hardware and where to buy it
Linus Torvalds is the most famous programmer in the world, father of the Linux operating system, and maker of the near-universal Git distributed version control system. He also builds his own developer workstation and recently upgraded his PC to a … Continue reading
May 27, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Look what’s inside Linus Torvalds’ latest Linux development PC
In a Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), Linus Torvalds, Linux’s top developer, talked about the latest progress in the next version of Linux: Linux 5.7-rc7. Along the way, he mentioned, “for the first time in about 15 years, my desktop isn’t Intel-based.” … Continue reading
May 22, 2020
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Comments Off on GNOME gets big open-source patent win
In 2019, the GNOME Foundation was sued by Rothschild Patent Imaging (RPI) for violating its “wireless image distribution system and method patent” (US Patent No. 9,936,086).” Rothschild, a Non-Practicing Entity (aka a patent troll), had filed 714 lawsuits over the past six years. Now, in … Continue reading
May 22, 2020
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Comments Off on Keeping open-source groups alive: FOSS Responders
Thanks to the coronavirus, technology events have been canceled left and right. This, in turn, is damaging the finances of companies and groups that depend on these events. Some open-source groups, such as The Linux Foundation, can deal with it. Others aren’t so fortunate. … Continue reading
May 21, 2020
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Comments Off on Check Point released an open-source fix for common Linux memory corruption security hole
For years, there’s been a known security vulnerability hiding in the GNU C Library (glibc). This library, which is critical for Linux and many other operating systems and programs, had a dynamic memory management security hole that could be used for … Continue reading