By Jim Lynch Is Debian the gold standard for Linux security? Security is an important priority for all users, even those who run Linux as their preferred operating system. One redditor wondered in a …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: September 2016
Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls
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•By Eric Geier Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP …read more Source:: OpenSource
M2M market bounces back in Brazil
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•Revenue growth picks up again after a period of intense competition and aggressive pricing — but there are challenges ahead, says research. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Why Kubernetes is winning the container war
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•By Matt Asay The tech world is increasingly awash in containers, and despite stiff competition, the industry seems to be settling on Kubernetes as the default container orchestration engine. Given the options, including …read more Source:: OpenSource
Eclipse, NetBeans, or IntelliJ? Choose your Java IDE
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•By Martin Heller Every Java developer needs a programming editor or IDE that can assist with the grungier parts of writing Java and using class libraries and frameworks. Deciding which editor or IDE …read more Source:: OpenSource
What’s the organizing principle of today’s digital workplace?
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•As companies increasingly seek to update and modernize their digital workplace, along with the supporting skills their workers, they frequently struggle to determine what an effective organizing principle should be. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Intel’s Python distribution turbocharges data science
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•By Serdar Yegulalp The conventional wisdom about Python is that it makes your job easier, not necessarily faster. If your job includes data science, though, Intel is working on a way to make …read more Source:: OpenSource
What should you do with your .NET apps?
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•By Mary Branscombe As web and mobile development have become increasingly important, .NET has faced an increasing amount of competition from open source platforms, as well as some confusion over its direction. To …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Remembering Loki’s Linux games from the ’90s
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•By Jim Lynch Remembering Loki’s Linux games Linux gamers who go back as far as the 90s might remember Loki Software. The company was responsible for porting some great games to Linux …read more Source:: OpenSource
OCaml compiler brings type safety to JavaScript
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•By Paul Krill Web developers can use the OCaml language to write JavaScript code through the BuckleScript compiler, which has now gone to a 1.0 release. Open-sourced by news services provider Bloomberg, BuckleScript …read more Source:: OpenSource