Practical Technology

Every few years, people get excited that maybe this will be the year of the Linux desktop. Now, I can argue, and I have, that happened long ago. But when you’re talking about the traditional PC running a desktop Linux system such as Linux Mint, MX…Read More

Sonatype‘s Repository Firewall, a security code scanner, is now available as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), which can be used to help block malicious code from getting into a supply chain early on. The Repository Firewall, Sonatype claims, scans and…Read More

Today, chances are you’re working on a Windows-powered PC. Tomorrow may be another story. I’ve been watching how Microsoft plans to move you from PC Windows to a cloud-based Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) model for years. Yet more proof has recently…Read More

When Red Hat changed how users and companies access its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code, the North Carolina-based software company likely never expected the move to blow up the way it has. First, the RHEL clone distributors — AlmaLinux…Read More

I’d been waiting for Oracle to throw its hat into the ring for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Linux source-code fight. I knew it was only a matter of time. On July 10, Oracle’s Edward Screven, chief corporate architect, and Wim Coekaerts, head…Read More

I started using social networking in the days of Usenet and online services, such as CompuServe, GEnie, and Prodigy. I’m still a heavy social-network user. Today, besides the usual, I’m also on the newer, would-be Twitter replacements, including…Read More