Universal Package Formats and How They Differ Flatpak and Snap
Jun 13, 2017We talk with Alexander Larsson, the creator of Flatpak, and Thibaut Rouffineau, a member of the Snap team.
more »Canonical Announces Cross-Distro Support for Snaps
Jun 29, 2016Ubuntu Vendor tries to solve app packaging and distribution problem across distributions.
more »Will DNF Replace Yum? Behind the Scenes at Fedora’s Future Package Manager
Jan 14, 2014DNF will soon replace Yum as Fedora’s default package manager, but it still has some hurdles to overcome.
more »RPM Tools Maintaining system integrity with package management helpers
Oct 26, 2012Linux has several convenient package management systems, but they are not entirely free of weaknesses. We show you how to keep the RPM package management system permanently stable and how to get rid of some ballast with just two small programs: rpmorphan and rpmrestore.
more »Security Lessons: Admin Automation Deploying with confidence
Apr 24, 2012Combining Puppet, Foreman, Pulp, Candlepin, and Katello lets you deploy software and servers automatically and securely.
more »WANdisco Acquires SVNForum.org
Jan 17, 2011WANdisco, makers of Enterprise Subversion, announced its acquisition of SVNForum.org, an 20,000+ Subversion user community, today.
more »What is Upstart?
Jan 06, 2011Originally created for use in Ubuntu, Upstart is suitable for deployment in all Linux distributions as an alternative to the System-V init.
more »Command Line: Yum Yummy, yummy, yummy
Nov 30, 2009The RPM package manager Yum has its own advantages over other tools.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Released
The latest release is focused on hybrid cloud.
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Microsoft Releases a Linux-Based OS
The company is building a new IoT environment powered by Linux.
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Solomon Hykes Leaves Docker
In a surprise move, Solomon Hykes, the creator of Docker has left the company.
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Red Hat Celebrates 25th Anniversary with a New Code Portal
The company announces a GitHub page with links to source code for all its projects
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Gnome 3.28 Released
The latest GNOME rolls out with better contact management and new features for handling virtual machines.
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Install Firefox in a Snap on Linux
Mozilla has picked the Snap package system to deliver its application to Linux users.
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OpenStack Queens Released
The new release comes with new features for mission critical workloads.
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Kali Linux Comes to Windows
The Kali Linux developers even managed to run full blown XFCE desktop via WSL.
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Ubuntu to Start Collecting Some Data with Ubuntu 18.04
It will be an ‘opt-out’ feature.
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CNCF Illuminates Serverless Vision
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announces a paper describing their model for a serverless ecosystem.