June 3, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The Linux Foundation introduces Cloud Engineer Bootcamp for cloud job seekers
Back when I was going to tech shows every few weeks, no matter what the show was about — Linux, networking, open-source software development — I could always count on one thing: Every, and I mean every, company was looking … Continue reading
June 3, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on From Earth to orbit with Linux and SpaceX
In a terrible year, it was a great moment. On May 30, SpaceX‘s Crew Dragon, the first private-manned spacecraft ever and the first US-manned spaceflight in nine years, successfully delivered NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into orbit. Taking them was SpaceX’s … Continue reading
May 28, 2020
by sjvn01
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
by sjvn01
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
by sjvn01
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