Linux Foundation creates research division to study open source impact
Venture Beast
APRIL 14, 2021
The Linux Foundation is creating a new research unit to provide greater insight into open source technology and the people creating it. Read More.
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Salesforce IT injects generative AI to ease its massive datacenter migration
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 6, 2023
When you’re tasked with migrating 200,000 servers to a new operating system, a helping hand is very welcome indeed. With CentOS now part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux beta stream chain, RHEL was a logical choice for Salesforce, which conducted a rigorous selection process, deciding on RHEL last December.
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019
Linux Academy
APRIL 30, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Linux Study Group in May. Cloud Security Fundamentals — The cloud has brought about tons of innovation and features.
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Red Hat touts safety in future Linux OS for cars
Venture Beast
APRIL 27, 2021
Red Hat is set to launch a new Linux-based operating system for road vehicles, with a focus squarely on safety and certification. Read More.
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Scott Lowe
MARCH 15, 2024
Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host. Rob McBryde shares his story of reviving a 2012 MacBook Pro with Linux. Security In early February a vulnerability was uncovered in a key component of the Linux boot process. Think Linux doesn’t have malware? TL;DR: It’s not as easy as it might seem.)
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Free Courses at Linux Academy – November 2019
Linux Academy
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.
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Four Attributes of Openness in Modern Communications
CTOvision
DECEMBER 17, 2013
By Prayson Pate Openness is one of the most-cited advantages of cloud-based applications, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). In this context, what does open really mean? A Milestone – Open Source. Again, Linux is a prime example.
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Free Cloud Courses at Linux Academy — July 2019
Linux Academy
JUNE 25, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students can develop their Linux and Cloud skills even further. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Principal Systems Engineer from Symantec Corporation and Ell Marquez for a Threat Report Rundown.
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What’s Free At Linux Academy June 2019
Linux Academy
MAY 28, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. This is an introductory course that is designed to give you a solid foundation in the basics of network routing.
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Technology Short Take 175
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Here’s your weekend reading—a collection of links and articles from around the internet on a variety of data center- and cloud-related topics. Networking The good folks over at Packet Pushers have compiled a list of open source networking projects. Michael Levan insists that cloud-native is in shambles.
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — March 2019
Linux Academy
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and cloud skills further. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Are you a non-technical person just wanting to know what this “Linux” thing is? Then this course is for you.
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019
Linux Academy
APRIL 29, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Linux Study Group in May. Cloud Security Fundamentals — The cloud has brought about tons of innovation and features.
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Modernizing the mainframe for the digital era
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 24, 2022
After all, entry-level pricing for mainframes in the z15 family running IBM Z operating systems is $250,000. IBM LinuxONE III systems run only Linux at prices starting at $135,000. The program enables customers to pay only for what they use of Z system hardware and software. Z upgrades and open source.
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What’s Free At Linux Academy February 2019
Linux Academy
JANUARY 29, 2019
By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Git is a source control tool developed by none-other-than the guy who wrote the Linux Kernel himself.
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60 Linux Training Courses | New January Releases
Linux Academy
JANUARY 27, 2019
Dive into our latest Linux training courses and Hands-On Labs, and let us know which course you’re most excited to start with #ReleaseTheTraining. Don’t miss your chance to win a free year of Linux Academy! New Hands-On Linux Training Courses. Kali Linux Deep Dive. Linux Operating System Fundamentals.
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Weekly Update 6-3-2019
Linux Academy
JUNE 3, 2019
This week, we’re talking all about serverless computing, what it is, why it’s relevant, and the release of a free course that can be enjoyed by everyone on the Linux Academy platform, including Community Edition account members. You have to launch the virtual servers, which means you need to: Choose an operating system.
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1Password targets enterprise DevOps with Linux desktop app
Venture Beast
MAY 18, 2021
1Password has launched a desktop app for Linux. The company introduced the app in beta last October, but now it's available for one and all. Read More.
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An Edge Vision for the Metaverse
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 25, 2022
Operating Systems for the edge. Separating system and application spaces is already gaining followers for immutable Linux operating systems – even in consumer devices. Technology partners such as SUSE provide innovative open-source solutions to satisfy such edge computing requirements.
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. The open source ko project has applied to become a CNCF Sandbox project. William Lam writes about the beta for VMware Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI). Operating Systems/Applications. Mike McQuaid talks about entitlement in open source. Virtualization.
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You ever think about how Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC”
The Verge
APRIL 16, 2021
It originally ran a custom Linux operating system that reviewers loved ( Laptop Mag ’s Mark Spoonauer said it was “ten times simpler to use than any Windows notebook”) and was generally heralded as a new kind of computer with tremendous mass appeal. We hadn’t invented the phrase “cloud services” yet.).
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Free Courses at Linux Academy- January 2020
Linux Academy
JANUARY 1, 2020
To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we encourage you to try these free courses and resources for developing and advancing your Cloud skills. Azure Cloud Services and Infrastructure. How to Get a Linux Job. This course helps prepare you for applying for and successfully obtaining a Linux Job.
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Going Serverless: Where to Start
Linux Academy
JUNE 4, 2019
The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. It’s all taken care of by the cloud provider. Cloud Functions : FaaS. What is serverless framework? Why use it?
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Free Courses at Linux Academy- February 2020
Linux Academy
JANUARY 30, 2020
To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we encourage you to try these free courses and resources for developing and advancing your Cloud skills. AWS Cloud Services and Infrastructure – Cost Optimization Deep Dive. How to Get a Linux Job. This course dives into LXC (Linux Containers) and its container manager, LXD.
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Scott Lowe
JANUARY 21, 2022
Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. And, speaking of Arm processor architectures in the public cloud, here’s another look at Amazon’s Graviton2 and Graviton3 chips, as discussed in a pair of re:Invent talks. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.
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Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. ” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking?” Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy – December 2019
Linux Academy
DECEMBER 1, 2019
To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.
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Technology Short Take 164
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 27, 2023
I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164!
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Free Courses at Linux Academy — August 2019
Linux Academy
JULY 30, 2019
Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. August Study Group: Whether you need the Cloud Practitioner certification for work or a personal goal, studying and staying on track is hard. How to Get a Linux Job. If you are able to attend we’d love to meet you!
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Technology Short Take 136
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 15, 2021
The popular open source cryptography library known as Bouncy Castle has uncovered a severe authentication bypass vulnerability. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Ryan Blunden has authored a fairly comprehensive piece on environment variables in Linux and macOS.
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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half
SecureWorld News
JUNE 13, 2023
The Critical Start Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team analyzed a range of intelligence sources, such as customer data, open-source intelligence, vulnerability research, social media monitoring, and Dark Web monitoring to identify the most pressing cybersecurity threats of the first half of 2023.
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Top 8 eBook Creation Software for Windows
Kitaboo
APRIL 29, 2021
The rise in popularity of eBooks has also led to an explosion of new eBook creation software for Windows, Android and other operating systems that make it super convenient to create a full-fledged eBook. KITABOO is a cloud-based digital publishing platform that allows you to create and publish DRM-protected content.
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Scott Lowe
MAY 17, 2019
Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware.
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Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
So, here you go—here’s your latest collection of links from around the internet focused on data center and cloud-related technologies. This is a slightly older article (from January of this year) in which Josh Saul of Hedgehog pays homage to the achievements of Cumulus Networks in the open networking movement.
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Technology Short Take 165
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. This particular Technology Short Take is a tad heavy on cloud computing, but there’s a decent mix of other articles as well.
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Scott Lowe
APRIL 15, 2022
Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Career/Soft Skills.
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Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. I recently stumbled across Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source news and updates” posts. Operating Systems/Applications. Congrats, Isovalent team! Good stuff!
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Scott Lowe
MARCH 20, 2020
Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. William Lam provides a sneak peek at deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS. Networking.
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60 Free Courses at Linux Academy — October 2019
Linux Academy
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. How to Get a Linux Job. Included with Community Membership. Free Mastery Courses.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy — September 2019
Linux Academy
AUGUST 29, 2019
To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and free resources to begin developing your Linux and Cloud skills. Courses Free in September: Microsoft SQL Server On Linux Quick Start. Linux Networking and Trouble Shooting. Network Routing Fundamentals. Git Quick Start.
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Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 27, 2019
Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service. Operating Systems/Applications. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool. Operating Systems/Applications.
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Technology Short Take 156
Scott Lowe
JUNE 24, 2022
BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Check out this write-up. Think PDF files are safe?
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Scott Lowe
JUNE 18, 2021
The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I was pointed to Jon Langemak’s in-depth discussion of working with Linux VRFs. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Networking. Check this out.
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Technology Short Take #60
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 28, 2016
The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement. Networking.
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems
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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