Practical Technology

Once upon a time, I loaded and ran software from 360-kilobyte floppy disks on my KayPro computer — and I was happy. At the time, I could install software on a huge 10MB hard drive and run from it there. Good times! The years passed, and my hard drive…Read More

High-performance computing (HPC) uses parallel data processing to deliver the speediest possible computing performance. Whether it’s supercomputers, such as the Exabyte fast Frontier HPE Cray supercomputer, or clusters of hundreds or thousands of…Read More

At the Linux Plumbers Conference in Richmond, Virginia, Linux and Rust developer Miguel Ojeda gave the Linux kernel developers an update on the state of Rust in the Linux kernel. In brief, Rust Linux is continuing to mature and is getting strong…Read More

Chicago, IL: Edge computing is a big deal. So, is the Internet of Things (IoT). They also work well together. So, Red Hat, in its newest enterprise offering, Red Hat Device Edge, announced at KubeCon North America, combines its open-source offerings…Read More

Opinion At KubeCon North America, I did a little exercise I’ve done before at major technology shows. I went around the booths in the exhibition hall and asked a very simple question: “Are you hiring?” The answer from two-person startups still…Read More

At Ubuntu Summit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, Canonical product manager Oliver Smith and engineering manager Ken VanDine introduced the Ubuntu Core Desktop. It’s not shipping yet, but it’s getting closer — April 2024 is now the expected launch date. This…Read More