Articles by The Linux Foundation

Mikko Hypponen: Open Source Software Will Make the World More Secure

Open source software can be one answer to combating the global surveillance of innocent citizens, said security expert Mikko Hypponen in his keynote last week at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh. Advances in computing and the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 28, 2013

LinuxCon/CloudOpen Goose Chase Ends in Tie for Grand Prize

Editor’s Note: This blog has been corrected. We made a mistake in announcing our winners. Madalina tied for the grand prize and Daniel took second place. Sorry for the error and congrats again to our winners. Hundreds of people raced to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 25, 2013

10 Best Quotes from Linus Torvalds' Keynote at LinuxCon Europe

Linux creator Linus Torvalds took the stage today at LinuxCon Europe in Edinburgh with Intel’s Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist Dirk Hohndel to discuss the present and future of Linux and answer questions from the community. They...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 23, 2013

LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe Live Blog Day 3: Linus Torvalds, Dirk Hohndel and Mikko Hypponen

We’re live blogging from LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh at 9:30 a.m. GMT, Oct. 21-23. See yesterday’s coverage and follow today’s keynotes here and on the live video stream. Today, see live updates from keynotes by Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 23, 2013

IBM: API and “Cloud-First” Approach Key to Business Success in the App Economy

We live in a new generation that is always asking “Is there an app for that?” said Mac Devine, CTO of IBM Cloud Services in his Tuesday morning keynote at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh. Consumers want easy access to data and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 22, 2013

LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe Live Blog Day 2: IBM, Samsung and Next-Gen Cloud Panel

We’re live blogging from LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh at 9:30 a.m. GMT, Oct. 21-23. See yesterday’s coverage and follow today’s keynotes here and on the live video stream. Today’s keynote schedule: 9:30 a.m. “Gain the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 22, 2013

Live From LinuxCon Europe: Linux Kernel Developers Panel

Executive Editor of LWN.net Jon Corbet will moderate the Linux kernel developer panel with Greg Kroah-Hartman, Will Deacon, Sebastian Hasselbarth, and Peter Zijlstra at 2:30 p.m. GMT on Tuesday, Oct. 22.  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 22, 2013

Competition Among Open Source Projects Delivers Better Technology Faster

Today we’re pleased to announce that The Linux Foundation will host the Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA), the organization dedicated to education and advocacy for KVM. KVM is growing in popularity among businesses and open source...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 21, 2013

A New Open Cloud Directory: Free Whitepaper

As the Foundation for the operating system for the cloud and organizer of the CloudOpen conferences, we frequently get requests from members, investors and analysts for a guidebook for the open cloud: something detailing who are the top...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 21, 2013

LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe Live Blog Day 1: Twitter, Citrix and The Linux Foundation

Welcome to our live coverage of the keynote presentations at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh at 9:30 a.m. GMT, Oct. 21-23. Today we’ll be hearing from Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of The Linux Foundation; Mark Hinkle, Director...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 20, 2013

Yocto Project Adds Mac and Windows Cross-Compiler for Intel’s Linux-Based Galileo Board

Intel last week announced its Arduino-compatible Galileo board, a Raspberry Pi competitor aimed at enticing the DIY and maker set that’s also robust enough for embedded pros. The board specs alone are impressive. Based on a 400 MHz Quark...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 16, 2013

LinuxCon Europe Next Week Hosts 14 Co-located Events with First-Ever CloudOpen Europe

The Linux Foundation is preparing to host its third LinuxCon Europe and this year for the first time will also host CloudOpen in Europe. The combination of the two events along with a variety of other co-located events taking place next...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 15, 2013

Training Scholarship Winner Nam Pho Uses Linux for Science

As a first-generation Vietnamese-American, Nam Pho says he learned to make the most of limited resources and opportunities in many facets of his life. When it came to computing, this meant dealing with secondhand hardware. He built his...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 15, 2013

Three Ways to Follow LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe Live From Edinburgh

LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe will kick off next Monday morning in Edinburgh Scotland. How do you plan to follow the action? The Linux Foundation will offer live coverage of the event on Oct. 21-23 with streaming video, Twitter and a live...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 15, 2013

3 Embedded Linux Projects Built With the Yocto Project

In August Intel launched the Yocto Project Innovation Challenge to help showcase developers who are building – or simply imagining — Yocto-based embedded Linux applications and devices. They’ve asked embedded developers to share how they...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 9, 2013

"The Code Warrior" Confirmed to Discuss NSA and PRISM at LinuxCon Europe

Dubbed “The Code Warrior” byVanity Fair, Mikko Hypponen has been involved in addressing some of the most high-profile computer viruses in history. He has assisted law enforcement in the United States, Europe and Asia on cybercrime cases...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 8, 2013

"The Code Warrior" Confirmed to Discuss NSA and PRISM at LinuxCon Europe

Dubbed “The Code Warrior” byVanity Fair, Mikko Hypponen has been involved in addressing some of the most high-profile computer viruses in history. He has assisted law enforcement in the United States, Europe and Asia on cybercrime cases...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 8, 2013

Congratulations to Nobel Prize Winners, and a Nod to Mass Collaboration

The Nobel Prize for physics was announced today, which went to François Englert and Peter Higgs for the Higgs boson discovery of the subatomic particle that helps define the fabric of the universe, known to many as “the God particle.” This...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 8, 2013

What's Next for SUSE Cloud and OpenStack

Last month SUSE released Cloud 2.0, the latest version of its OpenStack-based enterprise private cloud product. Notable new features include OpenStack Grizzly block storage and networking capabilities, a more robust installation process,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 7, 2013

Scholarship Winner Sarah Kiden Will Use Linux Training to Help Others

One of the things that our Linux training team looks forward to every year is reading through the submissions that come in for our Linux training scholarship program, which we recently announced the winners of. Weâre aware that when we...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 7, 2013

Training Scholarship Winner Andrew Dahl is an Aspiring Kernel Guru

Linux Foundation Training scholarship winner Andrew Dahl is relatively new to the Linux community but he’s already jumped in to help on the XFS file system, fixing bugs and reviewing a small number of patches. As a file system engineer at...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 4, 2013

Reality Check: Supercomputers Still Rule… and Linux Still Rules Them

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series by SUSE community marketing manager Brian Proffitt for Linux.com called “Reality Check” that looks at Linux in the real world. Earlier this summer, The Linux Foundation released the report 20 years...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 4, 2013

Two Weeks to Complete New Goose Chase Missions, Win $500

We’ve added 10 new missions to the Great LinuxCon Wild Goose Chase. Here’s your chance to boost your score and vie for the top three spots as we head into the final few weeks before LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe. The grand prize is a $500...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 4, 2013

Why Do You Use Linux?

In anticipation of reaching 100,000 followers on Twitter (and I’m happy to report we did last week!), the Linux Foundation asked our fellow Linux users, “Why do you use Linux?” Here are some of the great responses we received. Why do you...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 3, 2013

New Paper Available: Economic Value of Long-Term Support Initiative

The Linux Foundation today is releasing a new paper that reports on the value of the Long-Term Support Initiative (LTSI), which is a common Linux kernel base for embedded products and is maintained by the Consumer Electronics Working Group...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Oct 3, 2013