Practical Technology

Rocky Linux’s governing board, the RESF, includes former Google director of engineering for open source, Chris DiBona, and Linux stable kernel maintainer, Greg Kroah-Hartman. The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) was established in early…Read More

When Microsoft announced it would be spending $10 billion on the next stage of its OpenAI partnership, everyone knew it was big news. The real question was: “What, exactly, would this mean?” Now we know. Today, during a surprise Microsoft in-person…Read More

In 2022, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and Linux Foundation Research surveyed the cloud developer world. They found, to no surprise for anyone in the business, that cloud-native technologies are dominating the cloud application world.…Read More

At long last, we know the winners of the NFC and AFC conferences. The Philadelphia Eagles beat the San Francisco 49ers, and the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals. The winning teams will go on to compete for the Lombardi Trophy at…Read More

Dell was an early desktop Linux pioneer and the company’s still at it today. Back in 2006, Michael Dell told me that Dell was going to be the first major PC vendor to release and support desktop Linux. Six years after that, Dell went further. The…Read More

Wi-Fi on planes has always been slow and often a little klutzy. Now, Delta and T-Mobile have partnered up to offer faster, smoother, and — oh yes — free Wi-Fi to its SkyMiles customers. As a Delta Platinum Medallion SkyMiles member and journalist,…Read More