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In presenting the results of its survey of 4,300 cloud developers, DigitalOcean seemed surprised that only 55 percent of respondents contribute to open source projects. Yet to tech outsiders -- or old-timers -- it may be more surprising that more than half of developers do contribute. There are relatively few professions in which companies and their employers regularly offer pro bono services for the greater good of the industry.

[This message comes directly from the desk of the Fedora Project Leader.  — Ed.]  In just one week, it will be fifteen years since we announced the release of Fedora Core 1. Now, we’re announcing the release of Fedora 29 — now not just “core”, but Workstation, Server, Atomic Host, a whole collection of desktop Spins […]

Podman uses a traditional fork/exec model (vs. a client/server model) for running containers.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and configure the TIG Stack (Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana) using a single Ubuntu 18.04 Server. We will be using the TIG Stack for monitoring the system loads such as Network, RAM Memory, Uptime etc.

Who needs a custom NAS OS or a web-based GUI when command-line NAS software is so easy to configure?

Ibase’s fanless, Linux-ready “IPPC1x05-RE” industrial panel PCs are available in 15-, 17-, and 19-inch sizes with 6th Gen Core EQ/E CPUs, IP65 front-side protection, dual SATA bays, 2x GbE, and 2x PCIe. Ibase’s 15-inch (IPPC1505-RE), 17-inch (IPPC1705-RE), and 19-inch (IPPC1905-RE) industrial touch-panel PCs are designed for factory automation, machine automation and other harsh indoor applications. […]

Video: Red Hat and IBM explain how Red Hat, its people and open-source technology, will work as part of IBM. Red Hat employees, up-stream developers, and customers have nothing to worry about.

RS Components has launched UrsaLeo’s “UrsaLeo Pi” kit, which combines a Raspberry Pi 3 and a 2.4GHz radio equipped Silicon Labs Thunderboard 2 sensor board that connects to Google Cloud. UK-based distributor RS Components announced the availability of San Francisco based UrsaLeo’s UrsaLeo Pi IoT development kit. UrsaLeo’s kit, which was recently introduced by Mouser […]

Even though members of the younger generations are trying to bury email as "communication for old people," the reality is email isn't anywhere near its deathbed. While collaboration tools, social media, and texting are important, they aren't ready to replace email as an essential business (and social) communications tool. read more

So IBM is buying Red Hat (home of the largest Enterprise Linux distribution) for $34 billion and readers want to know what I think of the deal. Well, if I made a list of acquisitions and things to do to save IBM, buying Red Hat would have been very close to the top of that list...

The Neo-Babylonian regent Belshazzar did not heed the writing on the wall that magically appeared during his great feast. However, if he had had a laptop and a good internet connection in 539 BC, he might have staved off those pesky Persians by reading the SVG on the browser. read more

This year, the first-ever Fedora Appreciation Week will run from Monday, November 5th to Sunday, November 11th. Fedora Appreciation Week is an annual event organized by the Fedora Community Operations (CommOps) team. It’s a week-long event to celebrate efforts of Fedora Project contributors and to say “thank you” to each other. This year, the Appreciation […]

Log files are most important for Linux system security. the logrotate tool is specially designed to simplify the administration of log files on a Linux system that allows automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use logrotate to manage logs on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

It's never been easier to get started with machine learning. In addition to structured massive open online courses (MOOCs), there are a huge number of incredible, free resources available around the web. Here are a few that have helped me. read more

Video: Linux, open-source, and cloud power Red Hat's executives love the IBM deal, but the company's workers are nervious.

VIDEO: This deal is the biggest Linux and open-source acquisition ever.

IBM has struck a deal to acquire Red Hat for $34 billion. IBM will pay $190 per share for the software company, a more than 60% premium to Red Hat's closing stock price on Friday. IBM will remain committed to Red Hat's open governance, open source contributions, participation in the open source community and development model, and fostering its widespread developer ecosystem.

Earlier this week the Opensource.com editorial team had the pleasure of spending time with our community moderators at our annual meeting prior to All Things Open in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at GitHub and its efforts to protect open source in the EU, a novel idea for sustainable open source, the next FIDO2 security key being open source, and more.

Welcome back to this series of articles on designing faster web pages. Part 1 and part 2 of this series covered how to lose browser fat through optimizing and replacing images. This part looks at how to lose additional fat in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and fonts. Tweaking CSS First things first: let’s look at where […]