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Google Buys Nest Labs, Demonstrates Value of Linux Goes Well Beyond the Kernel

Google this week announced it would acquire Nest Labs, which makes the wildly popular Linux-based, Wi-fi enabled and programmable Nest thermostat and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. A $3.2 billion deal, this acquisition demonstrates... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 15, 2014

What I Saw on the CES Show Floor: Your Work on Display

CES is a beast: hundreds of announcements, overbooked hotels and crowded booths combine to make even the most frequent conference goer’s head spin. But it’s not the beast that’s of note. It’s the silent giant in those crowded booths that... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 14, 2014

8 Innovative Linux-Based Products Demoed at CES

Once again the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week turned into the Mecca of electronic and mobile technology drawing over 150,000 pilgrims looking to experience the latest and greatest what the industry has to offer. If... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 14, 2014

Linux Drives Automotive Innovation into the New Year

With the addition just last week of the Google-led Open Automotive Alliance, nearly every automaker in the world is choosing Linux for technology integration and innovation in the car. This reminds me a lot of the early days of Linux in... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 13, 2014

Linux Video of the Week: Matthew Garrett Argues for Better Security in 2014

In his keynote talk at LinuxConf Australia this week, Linux kernel developer Matthew Garrett argues that the software industry can help improve security at every level of the stack – and that it’s possible to do so without sacrificing user... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 10, 2014

Amahi's Open Source Home Server Software Goes Mobile

Following a recent trend in network attached storage (NAS), Amahi, the open source home server software based on Linux, has added remote network access using its new mobile app for iOS and a forthcoming Android app. The apps are the latest... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 7, 2014

The Most Popular Linux Stories of 2013 on Linux.com

2013 was another great year for Linux, and as usual many of the top trends in the Linux and tech worlds, in general, are evident in the most popular original articles published here on Linux.com. The rise of the low-cost, single-board... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 30, 2013

A Summer Spent on the Linux Kernel Virtual File System

Calvin Owens has learned a lot about bug hunting and fixing just by following the discussion among developers on the Linux kernel mailing list. He’s even contributed a few small driver fixes over the past year. But his first real deep dive... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 20, 2013

Focus on Fedora 20 Features: ARM

It’s been a long time coming, but the Fedora 20 “Heisenbug” release brings ARM to equal status in Fedora with x86 and x86_64 releases. The Fedora 20 release, out just more than a month after the 10th anniversary of the first Fedora... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 19, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: Snowden Revelations Spur Engineer's Open Source Donation

Shocked and chastened by Edward Snowden’s revelation this year of a vast NSA surveillance program, Antonius Kies resolved to better support free and open source software development. Thus Kies, a Linux desktop user and an engineer at Graz... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 18, 2013

2013: The Year of Linux on the...Everything

In the Linux community we love predicting that this is the year of Linux in cars, or in gaming, or yes, even the desktop. But in fact, this was the year of Linux in everything. From smartphones, tablets, consumer appliances and cars, to... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 17, 2013

Win Free Linux Loot: Who Said This?

The Linux Foundation today is premiering its end-of-year video,Linux 2013: Changing the World One Line of Code at a Time. It was a phenomenal year of growth for Linux. It is the fastest-growing operating system in the enterprise where it’s... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 17, 2013

The Top 10 Best Linux Videos of 2013

This list of the best Linux videos of 2013 combines some of the most watched Linux Foundation videos of the year, along with a selection of the most inspiring, compelling, or just plain fun videos produced by others in the Linux community.... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 12, 2013

Focus on Fedora 20 Features: Hadoop in Heisenbug

The Fedora 20 release is tantalizingly close, but even without the final gold seal of approval we have a clear picture of the features that users will be enjoying very soon. One of the additions to Fedora 20 is the inclusion of Apache... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 12, 2013

Open Source Tears Down Walled Gardens to Connect Internet of Everything

The numbers are staggering. Gartner predicts that the Internet of Everything or the Internet of Things — autonomous communication between a wide range of everyday devices, objects and applications – will add $1.9 trillion to the global... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 10, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: PhD Student Powers Big Data with Linux

Open source technologies are powering the current trend toward big data and Michiel Van Herwegen, a PhD student in analytical CRM (customer relationship management) at Ghent University in Belgium, has a front row seat. Van Herwegen works... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 9, 2013

A Summer Spent on OpenPrinting with the Linux Foundation

This past summer marked Moscow-based developer Anton Kirilenko’s third Google Summer of Code internship with The Linux Foundation. That’s three summers, three different projects and mentors, and three totally different experiences with... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 6, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: Starting Over as a Linux SysAdmin

James Hazelwood, a former engineer in the manufacturing industry, is going back to school to pursue a new career in Linux and IT. The Somerset, England resident spent 15 years in manufacturing and 5 years in tech support for fire alarm... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 27, 2013

We're Almost to Goal: 100 Linux Tutorials Campaign

We invited you in January to share your knowledge with users and developers new to Linux. Thanks to your generous support and contributions, the community has uploaded 83 Linux video tutorials. We are almost to goal and need your help to... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 25, 2013

The People Who Support Linux: A Desktop Lover and Photo Editor

Over the years, Lance Spaulding has worked with a medical company, a non-profit foundation, a credit card company, a start-up, a small e-commerce business, and now a large defense contractor. But at least one thing hasn’t changed in that... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 25, 2013

A Summer Spent on the LLVM Clang Static Analyzer for the Linux Kernel

As a kid, and some ten years before he started using Linux, Eduard Bachmakov dreamed of one day being involved in open source software. He didn’t really know how code worked, but thought the idea of collaborative global development, free... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 21, 2013

Automotive Linux Leaves Microsoft and Blackberry QNX in the Dust

Sales of automotive Linux are expected to rise to 53.7 million units in 2020, overtaking Microsoft and Blackberry QNX in the global automotive infotainment market, according to a new report from IHS Automotive. “The auto industry prefers... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 20, 2013

Dice Reports Tech Jobs Increasingly Filled by Women

Dice this week released new data showing that more than half of new tech jobs created in 2013 year-to-date have been filled by women. We’re encouraged to see this trend and believe it will continue. The Linux Foundation is doing what it... Read More

The Linux Foundation | Nov 14, 2013

OSv: The Open Source Cloud Operating System That is Not Linux

For most tech professionals, the words “open source operating system” naturally translate to Linux. And so it’s understandable that those same tech pros would be a bit confused by startup Cloudius Systems’ announcement in September of a... Read More