By Paul Krill As part of a road map for its open source .Net Core runtime, Microsoft is planning more APIs, an upgrade to the F# language, and expanded processor and Linux support. .Net …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: July 2016
IDG Contributor Network: Make Ubuntu 16.04 look like MacOS
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•By Jim Lynch Make Ubuntu 16.04 look like MacOS Linux users often love customizing their desktop interfaces, and now you can make Ubuntu 16.04 look like MacOS with the MacBuntu 16.04 Transformation Pack. Noobs Lab …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Does Android need a new app store?
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•By Jim Lynch Does Android need a new App Store? The Google Play store is arguably one of the best app stores available on any platform. But no store is perfect, and the Play …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft lays off remaining handful of Microsoft Press staff
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•Microsoft has laid off almost all of the company’s remaining Microsoft Press publishing staff. But Pearson is expected to keep the brand alive. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Ubuntu forum breach traced to neglected plugin
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Updating software is important, but it’s the third-party add-ons that get servers pwned. No component — theme, plugin, or module — is too small. Canonical, the commercial vendor behind Ubuntu Linux, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Spark-powered Splice Machine goes open source
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Splice Machine, the relational SQL database system that uses Hadoop and Spark to provide high-speed results, is now available in an open source edition. Version 2.0 of …read more Source:: OpenSource
Digital disruptor: now keywords in enterprise architects’ job descriptions
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•Enterprise architecture proponents say it’s time to fill a gaping void in digital enterprises. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Python for .Net rises from the dead
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Development on IronPython, a Python implementation that runs on the .Net framework’s Common Language Runtime (CLR), is getting a shot in the arm thanks to the project recently changing hands …read more Source:: OpenSource
Prometheus unbound: Open source cloud monitoring
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Prometheus, an open source system for monitoring and alerting a wide spectrum of enterprise IT events, including containers, released its 1.0 revision this week. It’s also the second product in what …read more Source:: OpenSource
Pyston and PyPy chart different courses to a faster Python
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•By Serdar Yegulalp What’s the best way to achieve the dream of a fast and fleet Python implementation? Depends on whom you’re asking. If you’re Dropbox, creators of the burgeoning Pyston project, you …read more Source:: OpenSource