By Jim Lynch Why Linus loves the GPL Linus Torvalds has never been one to mince words when it comes to Linux, or anything else for that matter. At a keynote conversation at LinuxCon …read more Source:: OpenSource
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IDG Contributor Network: Linux kernel 4.7 released
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By Jim Lynch Linux kernel 4.7 released Linus Torvalds has been hard at work on an update to the Linux kernel, and now version 4.7 has been officially released. [ The InfoWorld reviews: Ubuntu …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux 4.6 boosts container security, adds OrangeFS support
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By Fahmida Y. Rashid As promised, Linux boss Linus Torvalds released version 4.6 of the Linux kernel on Sunday. This latest version adds support for the new distributed file system OrangeFS, more …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux version dilemma: Linus Torvalds is "running out of fingers and toes"
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Linus Torvalds, creator and curator of the Linux kernel, has a quandary on his hands: Should he stick to Linux’s long-time tradition of massive, multple-decimal-point version numbers, or should he abandon them in favor of shorter, more easily distinguishable major versions? The problem at hand is the imminent arrival of Linux 3.20. Unlike most major…
Juha Saarinen: Aussies clamp down on dastardly downloaders
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Tech blogger Juha Saarinen takes a look at copyright laws, Linux creator Linus Torvalds and reviews the curved Samsung UHD TV. Source: Tech
The Commercial Case for Open Source Software
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The history of open source has already been written and rewritten a couple of times, so there’s no need to go back to Genesis chapter one and revisit Linus Torvalds’ “just a hobby, won’t be big” comments too often. But open source became more than the sum of its parts and the hobbyists grew successful…
Flashback: "I’m Doing a (Free) Operating System (Just a Hobby)" – Linus Torvalds
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Twenty-two years ago today, a Finnish student by the name of Linus Torvalds sent an email that is now one of the iconic communications of the Internet era. In it, he told the comp.os.inix newsgroup – a newsgroup for all those using minix (from mini-Unix), a Unix-like computer operating system based on a microkernel architecture…