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Microsoft To Take .NET Cross-Platform To Linux, Mac
By taking .NET cross-platform and open-sourcing the technology, Microsoft wants to be all things to all developers
Smaller, Cheaper Raspberry Pi A+ Model Is Released
Raspberry Pi A model is refreshed with many of the B+'s features
Graduates Launch ‘Pi-Top’, The World’s First 3D-Printed Laptop
The Raspberry Pi-based Pi-Top is designed to teach users to design and assemble their own devices
Canonical Releases Ubuntu Server 14.10
Ubuntu 14.10 aims to simplify large-scale cloud deployments with improved container, hypervisor and bare metal support
Ubuntu 14.10 Desktop Targets Developers As PC Market ‘Stabilises’
Canonical adds developer tools and support for latest graphics and processors with Ubuntu 14.10 for desktop
Docker Docks With Windows Server
The hot virtualisation technology isn't just for Linux anymore as support for Docker extends to Windows servers
New Linux Certification Exam To Meet Skills Demand
The Linux Foundation wants to expand global talent pool of Linux professionals with new certification and exam
SanDisk, Seagate And Western Digital Join The Linux Foundation
The new members will help Linux developers with money, expertise
Munich Looks To Switch Back To Windows
Fresh from the completion of its Linux migration, the City of Munich, under a new mayor, is now considering scrapping its open source programme
CoreOS Linux Distribution Pushed To Stable Release
The new Linux version CoreOS is now production ready after being released to the stable release channel
Samsung Delays Launch Of First Tizen Smartphone
Fresh doubts about the future of Tizen are raised by latest delay, which Samsung says is to allow for the development of the operating system's ecosystem
Secure Linux Distribution Found To Contain A Privacy-Busting Flaw
TAILS Linux, used by Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, is patching holes in one of its network overlays
Raspberry Pi Gets More USB Ports With The Release Of Model B+
The new board doubles the number of USBs, adds more GPIO pins and support for external hard drives
Red Hat Launches Enterprise Linux 7
The new open source OS adopts XFS as the default file system, introduces application container support
Google Previews Docker Support On Compute Engine
Google is testing support for containers on its cloud infrastructure service, as interest in the Docker project grows
No More Windows 8 For The Chinese Government
Chinese authorities ban Windows 8 in government offices, to avoid the ‘end of support’ dilemma they are facing with Windows XP
Five Year Old Flaw Fixed In Linux Kernel
A high severity bug in the Linux kernel remained undetected since 2009
Docker-Based CoreOS Linux Distribution Beta Launches
New Linux version CoreOS uses the Docker container system for apps
Anonymous Linux Distribution TAILS Reaches Release Version 1.0
The OS that helped Edward Snowden communicate with journalists is ready for prime time
AMD Shows Off x86 APU Server Running Fedora Linux
AMD demonstrates its upcoming next-generation Opteron X APU server running Fedora Linux
Open Source Code Has Fewer Defects Than Proprietary Software
The latest Coverity Scan Open Source Report suggests that the quality of programming in free C and C++ projects is improving
ElasticHosts To Charge Linux Cloud Customers By Consumption, Not Capacity
ElasticHosts' container service promises to make it cheaper and easier for businesses to move to the cloud
Windows XP Is Dead – Long Live Linux!
Windows XP machines could have a new lease of life running Linux, says Sean Michael Kerner - but only if users are aware of it
Even Smaller Raspberry Pi Compute Module Targets Businesses And Industry
Raspberry Pi Foundation makes a unit with fewer connectors in a dinky DIMM package, for commercial users to build into embedded systems
Open Source Collaboration Is A Top-Down Decision
Collaboration might seem to come naturally to open source developers, but the Linux Foundation tell Sean Michael Kerner that it's also a business decision
Linux 3.14 Upgrades ZRAM, Buffer Features
The latest Linux kernel adds enhanced memory compression, scheduling and networking features
Operation Windigo Infects 25,000 Linux Servers Over Two Years
An unidentified hacker group possesses the capability to send 35,000,000 spam messages and redirect half a million visitors to malicious websites every day
Canonical: Ubuntu Mobile Probably Won’t Appeal To iPhone Users – CeBIT 2014
Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth says developers and Android enthusiasts are likely to be tempted by converged computing - not iPhone users
Canonical Secures First Two Ubuntu Mobile Manufacturing Partners
Canonical signs up bq and Meizu to make Ubuntu Mobile handsets, while CEO Mark Shuttleworth dismisses Tizen as a threat