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Consortium Driving OpenStack to Become Arm of The Linux Foundation

DevOps.com

The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra), which oversees the development of the open source OpenStack cloud computing framework, this week agreed to become an arm of The Linux Foundation as part of an effort to foster more collaboration with maintainers of projects such as Kubernetes and the Linux operating system.

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Three Reasons DevOps Should Consider Rocky Linux 9.4

DevOps.com

The new version of Rocky Linux includes security improvements, better cloud images, and the latest developer tools. All those features should interest any DevOps pro.

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Free Courses at Linux Academy — August 2019

Linux Academy

Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. Visit the Linux Academy Booth at Black Hat or find Ell at any of the other Hacker Summer Camp events! Kali Linux Deep Dive – In this course, you will learn how to find the vulnerabilities in frameworks like Metasploit, BeEF, SET, etc.

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OpenSSF warns of Open Source Social Engineering Threats

DevOps.com

Linux dodged a bullet the other day. If the XZ exploit had gone undiscovered for only a few more weeks, millions of Linux systems would have been compromised with a backdoor. The XZ attack wasn’t the first, nor will it be the last. We were lucky. But, can we stay lucky? The Open Source Security […]

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Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth’s pre-seed funding

TechCrunch

Mammoth, a recently launched Mastodon app that’s trying to make it easier on users who want to join the decentralized social web, has a notable financial backer. In ’99, Decrem worked on a Linux startup called Eazel which aimed to make Linux easier to use. “This is like a digitally native social system.

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Linux Foundation Report Spotlights Open Source Software Package Challenges

DevOps.com

The Linux Foundation in collaboration with multiple providers of software composition analysis (SCA) published a study this week, that in addition to identifying the most widely used software packages, also shined a light on fundamental challenges the open source community needs to address.

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Radar Trends to Watch: November 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Microsoft has begun a project that will make Linux’s eBPF available on Windows. In the Linux world, eBPF has proven invaluable for observability, security, and compliance tools. Windows eBPF will be bytecode compatible with Linux. Want to run Linux on an Intel 4004 , a CPU from 1971? Python 3.13 has been released.