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November 2, 2023
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Comments Off on Heavy metal Linux 6.6 has arrived

Heavy metal Linux 6.6 has arrived

Before Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux 6.6 kernel, he said there’d also been a musical documentary made about it — which was actually Iron Maiden’s music video for ‘The Number Of The Beast’. While there are people … Continue reading →

October 31, 2023
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Comments Off on X unveils new premium subscription plan, including ad-free tier for $16 a month

X unveils new premium subscription plan, including ad-free tier for $16 a month

While Twiter/X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims that the beleaguered social network’s revenue is growing and — not including the cost of servicing debt — that the company is cash flow positive, outside observers see Twitter, aka X, losing money hand … Continue reading →

October 27, 2023
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Comments Off on Microsoft Azure introduces Radius, an open-source development platform for multi-cloud computing

Microsoft Azure introduces Radius, an open-source development platform for multi-cloud computing

Monterrey, California: At the Linux Foundation Members Summit, Microsoft Azure’s CTO, Mark Russinovich, unveiled a groundbreaking open-source project, Radius. This cloud-native, application platform will enable developers and operators to define,…Read More

October 27, 2023
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The battle between open source and ‘sort of’ open source is as old as software

Opinion At the Linux Foundation Members Summit in Monterrey, California, topic number one was artificial intelligence and open source. Number two was about HashiCorp dumping Terraform’s Mozilla Public License (MPL) for the Business Source License…Read More

October 25, 2023
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Comments Off on Linux Foundation Adopting Terraform Fork Provokes Ire of HashiCorp CEO

Linux Foundation Adopting Terraform Fork Provokes Ire of HashiCorp CEO

If open source foundations sponsor open source forks, “There’ll be no more open source companies in Silicon Valley,” HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet recently said. McJannet was referring to how the Linux Foundation had quickly adopted a fork of…Read More