Legacy support—it’s a big challenge for every software developer, and although Bash and the Linux command-line world hasn’t changed that much in the past few years, it’s still something to consider before you ship your own software (even if it’s free software).
Jailhouse v0.1 Released As A Basic Hypervisor For Linux
Nearly one year ago we wrote about the announcement of Jailhouse as a new Linux hypervisor and after being in development all of this time they have announced their first release that comes with the necessary features to properly support Intel x86 CPUs…
Google’s Chromebook “Samus” Now Supported By Coreboot
As of today Google’s upcoming “Samus” Chromebook is supported by Coreboot…
Nike+ App Launches for the Tizen Samsung Gear S
Samsung in Partnership with Nike have announced the Nike+ Running App for the newly announced Tizen Samsung Gear S, which fully utilises its Bluetooth, 3G and GPS connectivity features to bring Nike’s running experience to your wrist.
“We are very excited to welcome the Nike+ Running App to Samsung’s Gear portfolio,†said Chan Woo Park, Vice President of Product Strategy Team in Mobile Division at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung Gear S with its ergonomically fit design, empowered by multi-sensors, GPS and IP67, is a perfect health and fitness companion. With the Nike+ Running App, it will be even more attractive and fun for users to enjoy their running, while tracking runs, reaching goals and sharing with friends, all on their wrist.†​
Read more at Tizen Experts
MIPS Tempts Hackers with Raspbery Pi-Like Dev Board
Hard to choose between Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black, and MinnowBoard Max? Now there’s another choice: the open source MIPS-based “Creator C120″ dev board. In a bid to harness some of the energy and enthusiasm swirling around today’s open, hackable single board computers Imagination Technologies, licensor of the MIPS ISA, has unveiled the ISA’s counter to […]
Linux Training Scholarship Application Deadline is Next Tuesday, Sept. 2
Next Tuesday, Sept. 2, is the deadline to apply for The Linux Foundation’s Training Scholarship Program. Don’t miss this opportunity for free tuition on a Linux Foundation training course.
The program will award five scholarships to individuals who demonstrate the greatest need and who have already displayed some knowledge of Linux and open source software. The Linux Foundation is offering one scholarship in each of the following five categories:
- Whiz Kids
- Women in Linux
- SysAdmin Super Stars
- Developer Do-Gooders
- Linux Kernel Gurus.
For more details on the criteria for each category, please visit the Linux Training Scholarship website.
Each application will be reviewed by a panel at The Linux Foundation. Recipients will be notified early- to mid-October and will be publicly announced shortly thereafter at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe.
Each Linux Training Scholarship will cover the registration fees for one course. Travel, Internet connection fees and other expenses are not included. The classes eligible for Linux Training Scholarships this year include:
- Embedded Linux Development
- Embedded Linux Development with Yocto Project/OpenEmbedded
- Developing Device Drivers
- Linux Kernel Internals and Debugging
- Developing Applications for Linux
- Linux System Administration
- Linux Network Management
- Linux Performance Tuning
- OpenStack Cloud Architecture and Deployment
- Linux KVM Virtualization.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. PT on September 2, 2014 and can be submitted at http://training.linuxfoundation.org/free-linux-training/linux-training-scholarship-program
Beginners can also, of course, always sign up for the Linux Foundation’s free Intro to Linux online course through edX.
Good luck!
New Vault Conference to Promote Open Source Cloud Storage
The Linux Foundationthinks open source storage deserves a conference all its own, and has announced plans to host an event toward that end in March 2015 in the form of a new conference called Vault.
The Linux Foundation, a non-profit consortium that promotes Linux and open source software, announced Vault on Thursday. The purpose of the conference, according to the group, is to help guide the direction of open source storage development as organizations increasingly move data to the cloud, creating new types of security and privacy challenges.
Read more at The VAR Guy.
DNF Makes It A Step Closer To Replacing Yum On Fedora
DNF 0.6.1 was released today and this updated open-source package manager picked up a few more features as it’s still in pursuit of replacing Yum on Fedora systems…
HP Unveils Next-Gen ProLiant Servers for Data Center Transformation
Company officials say the ProLiant Gen 9 servers are part of a larger server strategy that includes it Moonshot and Apollo efforts.
Considering Legacy UNIX/Linux Issues
Gah, so frustrating! Ten years ago I wrote a rather popular book called Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, and I’m working on a new edition—a Tenth Anniversary release. There are lots of new scripts, entirely new chapters and updates to the older stuff. more>>
