Doghouse: Flourish with FOSS FOSS on the front lines of business

Nov 26, 2012

Start-ups, resource-poor enterprises, and nimble organizations turn to Free and Open Source Software to help solve their business problems.

more »

Welcome Editorial

Nov 26, 2012

Let’s see. I need to write something for the Welcome column. I guess eventually it might get posted online, which means I’m writing something for the new web.

more »

Kernel News Zack’s Kernel News

Nov 26, 2012

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

more »

Linux News

Nov 26, 2012
  • Linux Foundation reports Secure Boot solution
  • Ubuntu 12.10
  • Plasma Active 3
  • Android OS Tops
  • Linaro Enterprise
  • Group formed for ARM architecture
  • Android installed on 3 of 4 smartphones
more »

Tech Tools

Nov 26, 2012
  • Community Edition of ownCloud Released
  • Phusion Releases Passenger Enterprise 4
  • VMware Announces Micro Cloud Foundry Changes
more »

Welcome Editorial

Oct 26, 2012

I’m looking at another crop of press releases and marveling at the ever-expanding market for products that fall under the ubiquitous heading of Big Data. Big Data is everywhere. (Or is it Big Data are everywhere – to reprise that classic quandary?) Gigantic file storage appliances from vendors like Oracle and HP and software tools like Apache Hadoop continually add new building blocks to the data infrastructure. And the goal of all this? Apart from more conventional uses for scientific modeling and analysis, one of the reasons for this huge interest in accumulating data is a phenomenon known as data mining, which Wikipedia defines as a process that “attempts to discover patterns in large data sets.”

more »

Event Report: LinuxCon North America 2012

Oct 26, 2012

Security and the Open Cloud were featured at the most recent LinuxCon event.

more »

Doghouse: Rio Adventure Free software favors the favela

Oct 26, 2012

With Free Software, some ingenuity, and a lot of drive, a friend brings knowledge, technology, and hope to a “disadvantaged” corner of his world.

more »
Subscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters

Support Our Work

Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.

Learn More

News