Open Source

A collection of 533 posts

Bad Voltage

Bad Voltage Episode 69 Has Been Released: Bill and Ted and Jeremy and Bryan and Jono and Stuart’s Excellent Adventure

Jono Bacon, Bryan Lunduke, Stuart Langridge and myself bring you Bad Voltage, in which none of us like each other's books, this is actually a real actual show, and also: * 00:03:00 The Nextcloud project has been formed by people leaving the Owncloud company and forking the

Firefox

My Frustration with Mozilla

I recently decided to stop using Firefox as my main Browser. I'm not alone there. While browser statistics are notoriously difficult to track and hotly debated, all sources seem to point toward a downward trend for Firefox. At LQ, they actually aren't doing too badly. In

FSF

The New Yorker: The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty

I think it's indicative of how pervasive Open Source has become when a traditional non-technical mainstream publication such as The New Yorker writes an in-depth article about the GNU manifesto turning thirty. A well done, fair, factually accurate, and balanced article at that. You should read the article,

community

SCALE 10x Musings

I'm currently on a flight home after attending SCALE 10x, which seemed like an opportune time to reflect on the event. SCALE was once again an amazing event. Kudos go out to Ilan, Gareth, Phil and the entire SCALE team; the tracks were excellent, the event well managed

Android

Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2010

First, I’d like to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of the entire LQ team.  2010 has been another great year for LQ and we have quite a bit of exciting developments in store for 2011, including a major code update. I've posted to this

Android

My First Android Experience: intriguing, extremely encouraging but a bit disappointing

I recently got my hands on a Nexus One, which believe it or not is my first Android-based phone.  I've been trying to acquire an N1 for quite some time now, so after finally tracking an AT&T version down it quite simply couldn't ship

Linux

Microsoft: 'We love open source'

A couple comments on this NetworkWorld Article: Everyone in the Linux world remembers Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's famous comment that Linux is a "cancer" that threatened Microsoft's intellectual property. Ballmer is still CEO of Microsoft, but that comment occurred in 2001, a lifetime ago

Android

Oracle, Google and Java - Oh My

A follow-up to this post, now that some additional information is coming out. James Gosling has made another interesting post with some historical information, including the fact that as a result of an IBM lawsuit some Sun engineers made an unofficial game out of seeing how ridicuouls of a patent

Android

Oracle Sues Google For Patent And Copyright Infringement

In one of its first big moves with the assets it's acquired as part of the Sun acquisition, Oracle has just announce that it's Suing Google for patent and copyright infringement.  From the press release: "In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle&

Android

Google Android outsells Apple iPhone in Q1 of 2010

From the article: Smartphones based on Google’s Android mobile operating system have outsold Apple’s iPhone in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by research firm The NPD Group. The data places Android, with 28 percent of the smartphone market, in second

Linux

New Site Launch: LinuxExchange.org

I'm happy to announce that I just launched a new site: LinuxExchange LinuxExchange is "StackOverflow for Linux and Open Source" and is built on the StackExchange platform.  That means it's a collaboratively edited question and answer site about Linux and Open Source with a

Open Source

The Post-Oracle Sun Exodus

It appears Oracle is starting to experience some high profile departures from ex-Sun employees now that the acquisition has been finalized. First came Tim Bray: Today I resigned from Sun/Oracle — the official integration date here in Canada is March 1st, so I won’t ever have actually been an

Linux

Amazon Sells GNU/Linux down the River

From @glynmoody: Here's a particularly stupid move by Amazon: Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has signed a patent cross-license agreement with Amazon.com Inc. The agreement provides each company with access to the other’s patent portfolio and covers a broad range of products and technology, including

LinuxQuestions.org

2009 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners

The polls are closed and the results are in. You can view the detailed results here, but I'll include a list of winners at the end of this post for convenience. This was the ninth annual LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards and we've set a record

MySQL

Oracle Sun Merger Closes

As I'm sure you've heard by now, the Oracle acquisition of Sun has closed. From MySQL and Java to OpenSolaris, OpenOffice.org and more; it's difficult to understate the potential impact this will have on the Open Source community.  Many people are skeptical of

Linux

75% of Linux code now written by paid developers

In what should come as no surprise to those who have been watching, 75% of Linux code is now written by paid developers.  From the article: Forget lofty ideals about the open-source community: most Linux kernel code is written by paid developers at major corporations. The Linux world makes much

Open Source

OpenSource.com Launches

Red Hat has recently launched OpenSource.com.  This isn't a site where Red Hat will simply extol the virtues of its products, but about Open Source in general... even outside the technology context.  We already know that Open Source has the ability to definitively produce better software.  Red

Linux

Happy New Year & Browser and OS stats for 2009

First, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year.  2009 was another great year for LQ and we have a ton in store for 2010.  You may have noticed this blog has been quiescent lately. While I have been twittering regularly, the terse and off the cuff

Linux Foundation

LinuxCon: Let's Get Together: Coordinated Software Releases, The Linux Ecosystem and the Impact on the Global Marketplace (liveblog)

Keynote - Mark Shuttleworth * Open Source has the power to "end up defining the experience that the average person has when they turn on their computer" * For every 1 Ubuntu alpha user there are about 10 beta users and then about 100 final release users. * There's

Linux

LinuxCon: Beyond the Hype: The True Cost of Linux and Open Source (liveblog)

Moderator: Matt Asay Panel: Noah Broadwater (Sesame Workshop), David Buckholtz (Sony Pictures), Anthony Roby (Accenture) * Open Source was the number one answer for what kind of software executives are planning to implement in the next year * roughly 4 of  every 5 programmers have used some kind of Open Source.  Even

Android

Introducing the Google Chrome OS

After years of speculation, Google has officially announced its intentions for a "Google OS".  From the press release: It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who

Linux

LinuxQuestions.org Turns 9

It was nine years ago today that I made my very first post at LQ.  3,578,611 posts and 407,152 members (note: we prune inactive members - more than 480,000 members have signed up) later, I continue to be astounded by what LQ has become.  As I&

Linux

Red Hat: Bad economy is good for Open Source

From a post by Matt Asay: Well, on Wednesday Red Hat announced fiscal first-quarter revenue of $174 million, up 11 percent from the prior year. Subscription revenue was up 14 percent year over year to $148.8 million. The company's total deferred revenue balance is now $567.3

LinuxQuestions.org

Win a Gratis OSCON Pass from LQ

I'm happy to announce that we're able to give one full "Sessions Only" pass to OSCON away absolutely free.  For those of you who've never attended OSCON, it's always a great event.  While the event is in San Jose and

Android

Intel to Acquire Wind River Systems

From the official press release (via AndriodGuys): Intel Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems Inc, under which Intel will acquire all outstanding Wind River common stock for $11.50 per share in cash, or approximately $884 million in the aggregate. Wind River is a