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The cracking of kernel.org

By Linux Foundation - September 1, 2011 - 7:31午前

As has recently been announced on the main kernel.org page, the main kernel.org server (known as “hera”) was recently compromised by an unknown intruder. This person was able to gain “root” access, meaning they had the full run of the system. Speaking as just one of many members of the kernel development community, I can say that this episode is disturbing and embarrassing. But I can also say that there is no need to worry about the integrity of the kernel source or of any other software hosted on the kernel.org systems.

As Linux Moves Into a New Decade, Companies Look for Linux Talent

By Linux Foundation - August 30, 2011 - 10:47午前

The Linux community has been united around the globe over the last few weeks in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Linux. As we head into a new decade, many of The Linux Foundation's members are looking for Linux talent to help advance the OS into the future.
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Rapid Releases: How Are They Working for Firefox and Thunderbird 6?

By Linux Foundation - August 30, 2011 - 9:04午前

The Firefox 6 browser and Thunderbird 6 email app are both out now, and if it seems like just yesterday that you were reading about Firefox 5 — no, it's not your imagination. Both releases are part of Mozilla's new rapid release strategy, which means there are fewer new features in each version, but hopefully less breakage as well. In this case, Web developers get some new tools on the browser front, but Mozilla still has major problems to iron out of the new release approach.

How Free Software Contributed to the Success of Steve Jobs and Apple

By Linux Foundation - August 30, 2011 - 6:00午前

"We all have to celebrate the career of Steve Jobs and thank him for the tremendous improvements he has brought to computer interfaces and hardware. "
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An LLVM backend for Sparse

By Linux Foundation - August 30, 2011 - 1:44午前

The sparse C parser has long been used to run certain types of static analysis checks on the kernel source. It has been a slow-moving project for some time. Now, however, Pekka Enberg and Jeff Garzik have announced a project to couple sparse and the LLVM backend to produce a working C compiler. The eventual goal is to compile the kernel; for now, they seem to be reasonably happy with a working "hello world" example.
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The Mozilla Public License - Almost 2.0 (Part 1)

By Linux Foundation - August 29, 2011 - 11:30午後

Over the past 18 months, the Mozilla community has been revising the Mozilla Public License. See earlier post. We recently announced, in true community development fashion, a release candidate--the text that we hope will become MPL 2.0 after one last set of eyes review it.
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Mandriva 2011 released

By Linux Foundation - August 29, 2011 - 10:48午後

The Mandriva 2011 "Hydrogen" release has been announced. There are lots of changes in this release, including the switch to RPM5...
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Linus Ditches KDE and Gnome (So What?)

By Linux Foundation - August 26, 2011 - 11:16午後

Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’s only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective of a wider disenchantment amongst long-term...
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What We Know For Sure on Linux’s 20th Anniversary

By Linux Foundation - August 25, 2011 - 11:41午後

Twenty years ago today Linux creator Linus Torvalds posted a message online that would change the world:
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DevOps: What It Is, Why It Exists and Why It's Indispensable

By Linux Foundation - August 24, 2011 - 3:00午前

In my experience in operations there's always been a difference in perspective between Dev and Ops, but it's always been more of an impediment than a benefit.
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