An Open Source Community for Internet of Everything Interoperability

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July 8, 2014

Today a small group of companies announced an effort to address IoT interoperability. We are happy to see our industry peers affirming the goals and objectives the AllSeen Alliance made six months ago about needing a common interoperable language for the Internet of Everything. The opportunities and complexities inherent in this major industry transformation are great, and it will take all of us to build the future of ubiquitously connected devices.

The AllSeen Alliance was formed to overcome the interoperability challenges impeding the Internet of Things. One of the greatest things about open source is the ability to collaborate across company lines and industries, and this initiative has really demonstrated the power of open source to advance technologies and enable change. The initial contributions of the AllJoyn open source project to the Alliance just 6 months ago have already undergone many transformations and improvements thanks to various members of the Alliance and the open source community. And there are many more features and advancements on the roadmap that Alliance members are actively working on. From QEO’s Data-driven APIs and security enhancements contributed by Technicolor, to new lighting service APIs and connected lighting framework from LIFX, to a new gateway agent from Affinegy, software update services from Red Bend and upcoming smart home gateway from Haier, the AllSeen Alliance’s hosted open source project is evolving at unprecedented speeds.

Our Alliance has quickly evolved to total more than 50 organizations from all over the world representing a broad stroke of industries. We joined forces under a shared belief that a common, universal framework created through collaborative development was the only way to move this market forward. And we all share a vision that working together we can do more and be more successful than working on our own.

—Liat Ben-Zur, Chairman of the AllSeen Alliance

Odroid Hacker Board Jumps to Faster Octacore SoC

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LinuxGizmos

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July 8, 2014

The Odroid project launched an “Odroid-XU3″ open source SBC based on Samsung’s HMP-ready Exynos5422, which mixes four Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 cores. Hardkernel’s Odroid project announced pre-orders for the Odroid-XU3 at $179, with shipments starting on Aug. 18. The open-spec single board computer is the fastest of over a dozen other Samsung-based Odroid siblings, including […]

The Future of Realtime Linux in Doubt

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LWN

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July 8, 2014

In a message about the release of the 3.14.10-rt7 realtime Linux kernel, Thomas Gleixner reiterated that the funding problems that have plagued realtime Linux (which he raised, again, at last year’s Real Time Linux Workshop) have only gotten worse. Efforts were made to find funding for the project, but “nothing has materialized“. Assuming that doesn’t change, Gleixner plans to cut back on development and on plans to get the code upstream. “After my last talk about the state of preempt-RT at LinuxCon Japan, Linus told me: ‘That was far more depressing than I feared’. The mainline kernel has seen a lot of benefit from the preempt-RT efforts in the past 10 years and there is a lot more stuff which needs to be done upstream in order to get preempt-RT fully integrated, which certainly would improve the general state of the Linux kernel again.“

Python is Now the Most Popular Introductory Teaching Language at Top U.S. Universities

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The Linux Foundation

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July 8, 2014

At the time of writing (July 2014), Python is currently the most popular language for teaching introductory computer science courses at top-ranked U.S. departments. Specifically, eight of the top 10 CS departments (80%), and 27 of the top 39 (69%), teach Python in introductory CS0 or CS1 courses.

It narrowly surpassed Java, which has been the dominant introductory teaching language over the past decade. Some schools have fully switched over to Python, while others take a hybrid approach, offering Python in CS0 and keeping Java in CS1. However, at the high school level, Java is still used in the AP (Advanced Placement) curriculum.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 Released

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Phoronix

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July 8, 2014

Just shy of one month since releasing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 (and one day past CentOS 7), Red Hat has announced today their latest major software launch: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5…

Global Hunt Begins for #HiddenTux: Find Tux and Win

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Jennifer Cloer

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July 8, 2014

At least 10 stuffed penguins are hidden around the world and are waiting to be found and adopted by you. hidden tux photo 400x400

As the Linux mascot, the Tux penguins represent freedom, collaboration and innovation and are what hundreds of thousands of people from every region in the world use to identify themselves as supporters of Linux . Now, you can show your support by finding tux and tweeting your “selfie” with the Linux mascot to @linuxfoundation with hashtag #hiddentux. Nearly one million Linux developers, sysadmins and enthusiasts will witness these pictures and inspiration across The Linux Foundation social channels and web properties.

Follow @linuxfoundation on Twitter and watch for clues that will help you find one of these 10 #hiddentux plush animals. When you tweet your picture with the #hiddentux hashtag you will receive two free tickets to the LinuxCon and CloudOpen event nearest you and be featured in a video later this year or in early 2015 that compiles all the pictures taken by people around the world with their #hiddentux. Plus, you get to keep your new furry friend and add it to your Tux collection.

HiddenTux Toronto The first #hiddentux was located just 15 hours ago in Toronto, Canada and the first picture has been tweeted. Compeition is going to be fierce! We’ll be in touch, @topherbreezy, with your prize.

This global treasure hunt is inspired by the recent #hiddencash craze that started in San Francisco in Mayand has spread to other cities like San Diego, New York, London, Fresno, Baltimore, D.C, and more.

The #hiddentux campaign aims to bring together the Linux community in celebration of the operating system that is helping to solving the world’s most complex problems, from One Laptop Per Child to CERN, the Human Genome Project, the Open Prosthetic Project, Local Motors and much, much more. We also hope it will help shine a light on Linux fans and supporters in different places all over the world.

Confirmed locations where Tux will be hiding include Japan, the U.S., the South Pacific, Europe and South Korea.

The first city and location of #hiddentux for which we’ll be sharing clues today on Twitter is New York. So all of you New York Linux fans be looking out, or if you happen to be in the Big Apple over the next couple of weeks, keep an eye on @linuxfoundaton and you could clinch the win from the NY locals!

Linux 3.16 Is Looking Good For ARM Hardware Support

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Phoronix

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July 8, 2014

The Linux 3.16 kernel is set to debut with a fair amount of new ARM hardware / SoC enablement, which in turn will soon benefit Fedora ARM users seeing as they are likely to lock onto this new version for the Fedora 21 release…

Samsung: Does it Need a Mobile Makeover?

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ZDNet

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July 8, 2014

The big question is whether Samsung can duke it out with lower-cost players and compete at the low-end of the market. At the high-end of the market there are also concerns. The Galaxy S5 has a design that is too similar to the S4 to warrant a big upgrade cycles. Tablet growth is slowing so that’ll hurt Samsung too. When Apple comes out with a larger iPhone, Samsung will also have issues. Smartwatches aren’t likely to save the day either.

Bottom line: Samsung, Android’s lead dog, has a multi-front war in the smartphone market. It will have to develop different tactics going forward.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

The Impact of the Changing Datacenter

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ZDNet

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July 8, 2014

We all recognize that the tech industry is moving away from physical systems and the software they run. We’re now looking at a world in which processing, storage, and networking are seen as resources to be provisioned, orchestrated and then re-provisioned for the next task automatically.

After speaking with a number of industry luminaries, such as Andrew Hillier, CTO of CiRBA, and Boris Renski, Vice President and Co-Founder of Mirantis, it’s clear that the tech industry has begun to think about IT resources in a different and far more flexible way.

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit

Ubuntu Touch Passes 100k App Downloads Despite No Handsets on Sale

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The Linux Foundation

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July 8, 2014

More than 100,000 apps have been downloaded from the Ubuntu for devices software store, despite physical hardware running the OS yet to go on sale.

Canonical say that number â€œrepresents new app installs and updatesâ€, making the 100k figure the cumulative total of applications downloaded, installed and subsequently updated.