Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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Open Source Linux Automotive Operating Systems 60

Cloud Musings

JUNE 29, 2017

Did you know that the reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialized IBM operating system known as Transaction Processing Facility (TPF). With all the major technologies changes since then, it’s clear that IBM has already accomplished a herculean task by keeping an application viable for over 50 years!

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Airlines Cloud IBM Agile 123

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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Operating Systems System Open Source Applications 40

Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Apple and Google are a month away from launching a series of updates to their smartphone operating systems that will use Bluetooth signals to track potential coronavirus cases. That it involved changes to mobile operating systems actually made it seem more likely that it would be a permanent fixture.

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Apple Google Tools Operating Systems 85

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Travel is keeping me pretty busy this fall (so much for things slowing down after VMworld EMEA), and this has made it a bit more difficult to stick to my self-imposed biweekly schedule for the Technology Short Takes (heck, I couldn’t even get this one published on Friday!). Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

My travel schedule in Europe is also why it didn’t get published until Saturday instead of the typical Friday.) Most folks have probably heard about 12 Factor Applications (see here if you haven’t or if you need a refresher); this article talks about 12 basic rules and good practices for using Kubernetes optimally.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

With regard to calendaring, I set aside my preference for a dedicated calendar application and tried to leverage the calendaring inside Thunderbird and Evolution (GNOME Calendar was just too unstable). I prefer not to have to fight to use Linux as a primary desktop operating system.”

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Linux Google Applications Open Source 60