Articles by The Linux Foundation

Tulsa’s Community Collaboration Model for Supercomputing

Two weeks ago the Tandy Supercomputing Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma launched as the home to one of the country’s first shared, publicly available supercomputers. The project — born of a collaboration between The University of Tulsa, Oklahoma...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 11, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: Giving a Public System a Web Interface Lift

As an IT manager for the Mt. Lebanon Municipality near Pittsburgh, PA, Nick Schalles recently faced a familiar but difficult problem for those maintaining public infrastructure. How could they update an old system to meet the new demands...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jun 6, 2013

You’re Invited to Contribute to the Future of Linux.com

With nearly 1 million visitors a month, we aim to make Linux.com a hub of information for the Linux community and a platform for advocacy for the Linux operating system. Thank you to our readers and community members for your ongoing...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 31, 2013

Linux Thermal Daemon Monitors and Controls Temperature in Tablets, Laptops

Intel’s Open Source Technology Center has released an open source tool to monitor and control temperature in tablets, ultrabooks and laptops. The Linux Thermal Daemon can use the latest thermal drivers in the Linux kernel, not just the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 30, 2013

What IT Managers Can Learn About Retention From 2013 Linux Job Report

The Linux Foundation recently released the 2013 Linux Jobs Report and in a competitive marketplace where companies are struggling to find new talent and salaries are skyrocketing, the other side of the coin is “love the one you’re with.”...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 30, 2013

Transformers: More Than Meets the Automotive Eye

Cadillac, Ford, Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota. These carmakers are transforming their industry through software. Cars are no longer just about metal. A new car already has 5 to 15 million lines of software code that are reliant on and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 29, 2013

Red Hat Discusses Gluster Roadmap Ahead of LinuxCon Japan Workshop

Fresh on the heels of his talk on achieving total data center victory at Collaboration Summit in April, John Mark Walker, Gluster community leader at Red Hat will show us how to get there at the Gluster Workshop at LinuxCon Japan on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 24, 2013

New Long Term Stable Initiative (LTSI) Linux Kernel Released

LTSI Kernel Maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the latest version of LTSI Kernel (3.0.79-LTSI and 3.4.46-LTSI) on May 21. The followings are the changes that have been merged for each release. 3.0.79-LTSI • Update to 3.0.79 kernel...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 24, 2013

New Paper: How Engineering Leaders Can Use the Yocto Project to Solve Complex Problems

Last month we held the 7th Annual Collaboration Summit and as usual, there was a lot of interest in The Yocto Project. For those who don’t know, The Yocto Project provides a multitude of templates, tools and specific methods you can follow...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 23, 2013

LinkSmart’s Low-Cost, Big Data Plan with Linux and MapR

LinkSmart’s audience and link management platform for publishers was built with big data at its core. So when management decided to migrate the cloud-based application to their own hardware, there was no question it would be completely...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 23, 2013

Samsung Talks About Its Aggressive Linux Talent Recruitment Strategy

I recently spoke to Samsung’s Ibrahim Haddad who is the head of the company’s Open Source Group in Silicon Valley. He is leading efforts to find the best Linux and open source sofware talent to help Samsung maintain its market position and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 22, 2013

Set Up Your Own Git Mirror with New Grokmirror Tool

We know a few things about Git here at the Linux Foundation — after all, we employ Linus Torvalds, who is unquestionably the father of Git. This same Linus once famously said, back in 1996: “Only wimps make backups: real men just upload...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 21, 2013

Is the Instrument Panel the Next Target for Open Source Software in Cars?

The In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) System has received much of the focus from open source software initiatives in the automotive industry so far with the Automotive Grade Linux working group and the GENIVI alliance. But the instrument...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 20, 2013

5 Reasons Infotainment is the First Target for Open Source Software in Cars

The In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) System is the most complex electronic system in the car. It collects data from all of the car’s sensors and integrates functions as diverse as navigation, climate control, media playback, cellphone...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 17, 2013

Reality Check: 5 Linux Features You Want in Your Company

Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a new series by SUSE community marketing manager Brian Proffitt for Linux.com called “Reality Check” that will take a look at Linux in the real world. One of my favorite things to do when I am...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 17, 2013

Updated history of the 2.6.16-stable kernel

A few years ago, I gave a history of the 2.6.32 stable kernel, and mentioned the previous stable kernels as well. I’d like to apologize for not acknowledging the work of Adrian Bunk in maintaining the 2.6.16 stable kernel for 2 years after...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 17, 2013

Open Cloud Take Two: The CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2013

The last year has been a whirlwind of activity for Apache CloudStack. Citrix proposed CloudStack for the Apache Incubator in April of 2012, and just over a year later we’re gearing up for a second collaboration conference – this time in...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 16, 2013

On the Job with a Linux Foundation Systems Administrator

If you’ve ever dreamed of working directly with Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Ted T’so or any of the other Linux luminaries, you could work your way up through the ranks of kernel developers submitting patches and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 16, 2013

New Cloud Training Course: Open Source Cloud Platforms

There are many benefits to the open source model and weâve recently seen a shift taking place in an emerging market: cloud computing  Read more at Dominic Duval’s Training Blog  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 14, 2013

Q&A: ownCloud Provides Secure File Sharing for the Enterprise

File storage and sharing using consumer-oriented cloud services can be a security problem for companies that want to avoid sensitive data leaks. ownCloud aims to solve the issue by offering commercial cloud services installed within a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 14, 2013

The 3.10 Merge Window Closes

Linus Torvalds made a Mother’s Day gift to the world in the form of the 3.10-rc1 kernel prepatch. With this release, the merge window for the 3.10 development cycle has closed, so we know which features to expect this time around. The...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 13, 2013

Video: Open Cloud Conversation Moves Beyond the API

The open source cloud discussion has noticeably shifted over the past year, judging by the Live Linux Q&A video chat held Tuesday on the Linux Foundation’s Google+ page. One big debate at the CloudOpen conference last year, for example,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 9, 2013

Join Us For the KVM End User Technical Summit at the New York Stock Exchange

KVM and open virtualization are being rapidly adopted as end users look for lower-cost, enterprise hypervisors. One the major use cases for KVM is to virtualize and consolidate Linux workloads, and the pre-integration of KVM in major Linux...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 7, 2013

Live Linux Q&A Google Hangout: Open Cloud Infrastructure and Service Portability

Join some of the most prominent leaders in the open source cloud for a Linux Foundation live video chat next Tuesday, May 7 at 10 a.m. PST, via Google Hangouts On Air. Participants will include cloud experts from CloudStack, Eucalyptus,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 2, 2013

Linux Enterprise User Stories: IT Research and Game Development

Linux use in the enterprise is increasing as the Linux Foundation verified last month in its Enterprise End User Survey. In fact, more than 80 percent of respondents plan to increase the number of Linux servers in their organizations over...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 1, 2013