March 11, 2020
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Have you ever been in a disaster? I have, and you probably have, too.
One of the worst things about them is that, when you need help, you can’t get it because communication links fall apart. That’s when The Linux Foundation Project OWL‘s IoT device firmware comes in handy.
Linux Foundation open sources disaster-relief IoT firmware: Project OWL. More>
March 9, 2020
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In the next eight weeks, I had five business trips to cover open-source and Linux tradeshows. Now, I have none. Looking farther ahead, I have seven more shows this year. I doubt any of them will be held in real life.
Nevertheless, shows in June onward are largely still happening. But I’d keep a close eye on their websites. Things can change quickly as the COVID-19 coronavirus infection numbers keep growing. It’s the same for security conferences and pretty much all other technology shows.
Linux and open-source conferences: List of what’s canceled or going virtual. More>
March 6, 2020
by sjvn01
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You can’t get the news anywhere now without hearing about how conferences are being cancelled left and right and companies, like Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and many others are telling employees in the Seattle area to work from home. Is the coronavirus really that bad? Do all the shut-downs and community quarantines, when we don’t use these for flu outbreaks, really make sense? Is this all hype and panic? The answers are: Yes, it really is that bad. Yes, staying away from large group gatherings makes sense. And, no, this isn’t hype and panic.
Coronavirus really is that bad and you should work from home. More>
March 6, 2020
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A few years ago, if you’d heard of Docker or containers, you’d thought of shipping containers. My how things have changed! In the latest Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) survey, it found 84% of companies are using containers in production this year — up from 23% in the first survey in 2016. And what are they using to manage them? The vast majority (78%) are using Kubernetes.
March 3, 2020
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Twitter just told all its 5,000 workers to work from home because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. It wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last. Your company may be next. Fortunately, many video-conferencing services are now offering free access to their services for a limited time to help make life easier during the pandemic.
Free video conferencing: Coronavirus spurs special deals from WebEx, Google, others. More>
March 2, 2020
by sjvn01
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For ages, it was almost impossible to get hard data on which were the most popular web browsers. Sure, many companies claimed to have good information, such as NetMarketShare and StatCounter, but their numbers were massaged. The US federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP), however, gives us a running count of the last 90 days of US government website visits. While it doesn’t tell us about global web browser use, it’s the best information we have about American web browser users.