How the pandemic is accelerating enterprise open source adoption
Venture Beast
JANUARY 26, 2021
Enterprise IT teams increasingly shifted to open source software solutions in 2020 as they adapted to the pandemic's disruptions. Read More.
Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups
CTOvision
JULY 21, 2015
The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software.
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what every open source project needs
SPF13
MARCH 20, 2015
In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. Open Source Companies • Redhat $13B • Cloudera $3B • MongoDB $1.6B • Docker $.5B
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How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel
The Verge
APRIL 30, 2021
Fifteen days later, the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel. “I I suggest you find a different community to do experiments on,” wrote Linux Foundation fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman in a livid email. But among the other major characters — the Linux developers — there was no such hesitancy.
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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. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
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Your car is about to go open source
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. In Vehicle Infotainment.
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Technology Short Take 176
Scott Lowe
MARCH 15, 2024
Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host. Servers/Hardware Menno Finlay-Smits shares information on reducing fan noise on Intel NUCs. 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.
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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. Each month we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
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UNCOVERING VULNERABILITIES IN OPEN SOURCE LIBRARIES
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 28, 2020
In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. It is packaged in Debian and in derivative Linux distros such as Ubuntu.
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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. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group, allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
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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. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
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Uncovering Vulnerabilities In Open Source Libraries (CVE-2019-13499)
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 28, 2020
In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. It is packaged in Debian and in derivative Linux distros such as Ubuntu.
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Uncovering Vulnerabilities In Open Source Libraries (CVE-2019-13499)
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 28, 2020
In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. It is packaged in Debian and in derivative Linux distros such as Ubuntu.
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Malware and Antivirus Systems for Linux
Galido
JANUARY 12, 2017
Each computer system may have a malware or viruses, including Linux. Fortunately, there are only a few viruses which can affect Linux, but users are usually not installing antivirus software but later on they pray that their OS is not endangered. Thankfully, a low-footprint software exists for Linux. Linux Viruses.
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Open vSwitch Now a Linux Foundation Project
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 8, 2016
News emerged today that Open vSwitch (OVS) has formally moved over to the Linux Foundation. The project can finally shed itself of the (unfair) claims that the governance under Nicira (and later VMware) wasn’t “open enough.” For more information, refer to the official Linux Foundation press release.
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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. Each month we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.
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Deep Insights Into The Future of #Hadoop By @Cutting of @Cloudera
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
Regarding software, in the past decade we have seen remarkable transition towards open source software as platform technologies. Linux and Android are obvious examples of this. It is bad to have your business overly dependent on others in ways that increase risk and this translates to strong pushes for open source technologies.
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Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 19, 2019
Information Technology Blog - - Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Information Technology is constantly changing. Below we share a list of over 50 great must read/must follow Information Technology Blog resources we use to stay on top of things.
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The Linux Migration: Wrap-Up
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 25, 2017
As many readers are probably already aware, I embarked on a journey earlier this year to make Linux my primary laptop OS (see this update from April of this year). I think that my July 2017 update post probably sums it up best: for me, trying to use Linux as my primary laptop OS was like “death from a thousand cuts.”
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The Linux Migration: Other Users’ Stories, Part 4
Scott Lowe
MARCH 21, 2017
This post is part of a series of posts sharing other users’ stories about their migration to Linux as their primary desktop OS. As I mentioned in part 1 of the series , there seemed to be quite a bit of pent-up interest in using Linux as your primary desktop OS. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? is awesome).
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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. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for details! Linux Academy Free Courses in July. Ansible Quick Start.
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Microsoft: Hackers in China, Iran and elsewhere start exploiting widespread Apache Log4j flaws
GeekWire
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Microsoft says groups connected to governments in China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have begun exploiting vulnerabilities in the Apache Software Foundation’s widely used open-source Log4j software library. Hackers can use the software flaws to gain control of compromised computers and systems. ”
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IBM aims at hybrid cloud, enterprise security
Network World
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
IBM is addressing this challenge with its Cloud Pak for Security, which features open-source technology for hunting threats, automation capabilities to speed response to cyberattacks, and the ability integrate customers’ existing point-product security-system information for better operational safekeeping – all under one roof.
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Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure: Intro
Linux Academy
JANUARY 28, 2019
This is the year we take information security to the next level. The idea behind this series is to get you continuously thinking about information security and how you can improve upon it. This is meant to be a discussion as well as an informative outlet. Using Open Source Solutions. Holy cow — it’s 2019!
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60 Best IT Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 19, 2019
Information Technology Blog - - Best IT Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Information Technology is constantly changing. Below we share a list of over 50 great must read/must follow Information Technology Blog resources we use to stay on top of things.
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Google and Hortonworks Team Up: HDP Now Part of Google Cloud
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Azure Machine Learning Aims to Convert Data to Information (technewsworld.com). Microsoft Shows More Love For Linux, HDInsight Now Supports Ubuntu On Azure (microsoft-news.com). An Open Microsoft: Azure HDInsight Available for Linux (windowsitpro.com). IBM makes big data push (channeleye.co.uk).
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Valve surprises with new model of the Steam Deck portable gaming PC
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
based Valve has not offered any information regarding what motivated its decision to give the Steam Deck a hardware refresh. The Steam Deck runs on a custom Linux build and runs games off its user’s Steam library via custom compatibility layers. and Canada. Valve press image) Bellevue, Wash.-based
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China says “no thanks” to Intel and AMD on government devices
Dataconomy
MARCH 25, 2024
In December, the China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center unveiled its premier compilation of endorsed processors and operating systems, categorizing them as secure. Meanwhile, the basis for their operating systems is rooted in the open-source framework of Linux software. and China.
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74 Weekly Update 4-01-19
Linux Academy
APRIL 1, 2019
First, Windows Server for the Linux Academy Playground is waiting for you to jump in and spin up your own Windows Server to learn with. So, while looking through everything new this week, don’t forget to take a look at these awesome additions to Linux Academy. What’s New. So what else do we have for you this week?
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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half
SecureWorld News
JUNE 13, 2023
Two-step phishing attacks are on the rise, with attackers using convincing emails that resemble legitimate vendor communications, often related to electronic signatures, orders, invoices, or tracking information. DarkCloud is an information stealer malware delivered through phishing emails with malicious attachments.
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Hackers Threaten to Release Nvidia Source Code After Breach
SecureWorld News
MARCH 4, 2022
Nvidia has announced a security incident impacting its IT resources, stating that a threat actor was able to steal employee passwords and some Nvidia proprietary information and began leaking the information online. The group is also asking Nvidia to open-source its GPU drivers for macOS, Windows, and Linux devices.
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Technology Short Take 161
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The open source ko project has applied to become a CNCF Sandbox project. Here’s a setup guide that might have some useful information for you. Nicholas Schmidt takes on using cloud-init with vSphere , using openSUSE as the Linux platform. Mike McQuaid talks about entitlement in open source.
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79 Weekly Update 5-13-2019
Linux Academy
MAY 13, 2019
This course goes through the concepts and best practices for Kubernetes security, giving you the knowledge to keep your information safe. While next week is our final week of new content reveals, this time focussing on DevOps, that doesn’t mean we don’t have more exciting information for you. Next Week and Reminders.
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Weekly Update 5-20-2019
Linux Academy
MAY 15, 2019
Great news for all of our Linux Academy students; Red Hat Enterprise is already available to try out in Linux Academy’s Cloud Playground! We have more information on t he release in general and all the new features in our podcast Linux Action News and episode 105.
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Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. This article is chock-full of useful information that, typically, can only be gathered from direct experience (like the note on using istioctl instead of the Istio Operator to avoid an issue when upgrading from 1.6 Congrats, Isovalent team!
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Technology Short Take 132
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 23, 2020
I think a fair number of folks may not be aware that the Nginx ingress controller for Kubernetes—both the community version and the Nginx-maintained open source version—do suffer from timeouts and errors resulting from changes in the back-end application’s list of endpoints (think pods being added or removed).
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Technology Short Take 114
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. This article has good information on safely using /tmp and /var/tmp on systemd-powered Linux distributions. Networking.
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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. Visit the Linux Academy Booth at Black Hat or find Ell at any of the other Hacker Summer Camp events! Kali Linux Deep Dive – In this course, you will learn how to find the vulnerabilities in frameworks like Metasploit, BeEF, SET, etc.
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Wall of Flippers is the way to put a stop to Flipper Zero
Dataconomy
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Wall of Flippers is an open-source Python project offers a beacon of hope. Running on Linux and Windows, Wall of Flippers (WoF) continuously monitors nearby Bluetooth LE activity, alerting users to potential threats and providing valuable information.
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Los Angeles IT secures the vote with open source and the cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 11, 2023
Aman Bhullar, CIO of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, has heeded the call, having led a widespread overhaul of antiquated voting infrastructure just in time for the contentious 2020 presidential election — a transformation rich in open source software to ensure other counties can benefit from his team’s work.
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Scott Lowe
APRIL 15, 2022
This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.
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74 Free Helpdesk Software
Galido
AUGUST 19, 2016
Here’s a list of open source options for your review. Create multiple asset databases containing any information you wish to keep track of. Open source help desk software, designed for use from a Linux/Unix command line. Information Resource Manager – GLPI Edition. SugarCRM Open Source.
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60 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. Your information is sitting out on the internet. The post Going Serverless: Where to Start appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. Why use it?
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6 Years of Docker | Hands-On Docker Training
Linux Academy
MARCH 19, 2019
We just celebrated our 7th birthday at Linux Academy with a trivia challenge! Docker is open source. Which of these commands returns low-level information on Docker objects? The post 6 Years of Docker | Hands-On Docker Training appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. Click here to see why. Docker is fast.
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