Linux

Unix: Pranks that sysadmins play

Unix systems administrators tend to be very serious about their responsibilities -- except when they're not. And, when they're not, the pranks that they play on each other and some of their more annoying users might surprise you.

Linux Foundation to offer introductory Linux MOOC on edX

The online learning platform is now including material from six nonacademic institutions to meet user demand

Red Hat Enterprise Linux now on Amazon’s GovCloud

The base images are managed by Red Hat and cost from $0.084 per hour

Canonical CEO: Ubuntu wants to power everything from smartphones to the cloud

CEO Interview: Canonical's Jane Silber dishes on going your own way, the perils of crowdsourcing and her bold vision for the future of Ubuntu

Wind River outfits VxWorks for ‘Internet of things’

VxWorks features a modular architecture and the option to run a 20KB micro-kernel

Examining the ridiculous names of open source projects

Some open source projects have the most ridiculous names, and even more ridiculous stories behind them.

Why Ford is dumping Microsoft for Blackberry’s QNX OS

The Unix sysadmin’s guide to getting along with co-workers

You might be the sole Unix geek at work or one among many, but there are things we can all do to develop and maintain better relationships with the people lucky enough to work with us.

Demand for Linux skills rises

A shift to cloud computing may be helping with Linux demand

gNewSense 3.1: The FSF-approved Linux distro that’s stuck in 2010

This system sets out with a major goal in mind: to provide a Free Software Foundation-approved Linux distro.