Open Source

Foundation exec slams Microsoft for ‘meaningless’ security pledge

Free Software Foundation executive director compares proprietary software to 'a jail.'

Oracle integrates DTrace debugger into its Linux distribution

Oracle Linux administrators can finally take advantage of the powerful DTrace debugging tool, first designed for Solaris

Linux gaming may advance as Valve joins open-source association

Valve becoming a Linux Foundation member could lead to innovative new gaming, the foundation said

APT: The security attack everyone loves to hate

Beyond the hype, APT defense is required.

Get ready for TX: Tester Experience

Proposing a new concept for the software testing process.

Containers: The new Hypervisors

Will Containers do for PaaS what Hypervisors did for IaaS?

Cisco has this SDN thing covered

Opportunity in automated IT provisioning vs. threat of cheap hardware; Threat will be from SDN competition, IT administration

Why openSUSE, Arch, and elementary each need a mobile distro

My reasons may be selfish, but that doesn't mean more options for mobile Linux wouldn't be good for everybody.

Red Hat OpenShift delivers rapid app deployment, collaboration

Unix: Sorting information that isn’t quite numeric

Sorting data numerically and alphanumerically isn't generally much of a challenge on Unix systems, but sometimes .5 is smaller than .11.