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Keeping Bread Fresh With POWERLINK And Linux
De la Ballina specializes in packaging industrially produced baked goods. When developing its latest generation of machines, the French company decided to implement an integrated automation solution. POWERLINK was the only network protocol that was up to the task. [...] Read More »
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Kids on Computers Establishes Computer Labs in Five Countries
Linux and open source software are not just fueling charities, they are gifting the freedom of education and knowledge to the people the charities are helping because of the low cost, yes, but also the exceptional technology. This sentiment is proven when you look at the work the Linux Foundation does supporting a variety of community initiatives and organizations that are using Linux and open source software. While attending LinuxCon NA 2016 in Toronto I learned of Kids on Computers, one such organization...
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Kitware and NREL Collaborate Over Implementation of Software Process Support for the Radiance Project
Kitware, provider of open-source software and state-of-the-art technology solutions, announced that it will be collaborating with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), facility of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), for the deployment and delivery of software processes support for the Radiance (News - Alert) Project. Read More »
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Kitware Unleashes Brand-New Rendering Backend in ParaView 5.0
On behalf of the ParaView community, Kitware announces the release of ParaView 5.0. The release follows closely on the heels of ParaView 4.4, building on its features while presenting a rewrite of ParaView’s rendering backend to leverage newer OpenGL features. This major milestone in ParaView’s life cycle ensures that the open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application gets the most out of modern graphics cards and rendering systems for large data sets...
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Koneki Open-Source Development Tools Simplify M2M Development
As the first pillar in the M2M IWG effort and the initiative that spawned the entire project, Koneki aims to solve one of the biggest problems for M2M developers: a lack of effective tools for developing embedded applications. Read More »
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Lessons From AWS Part II: Is Open Source Lock-In Better?
In Part I, I drew comparisons between AWS and Walmart, and emphasized differentiation as the key component to compete with the 800-pound cloud gorilla. For over a decade, I have held that open source is the antidote to vendor lock-in and dis-innovation. In Part II, I maintain that advocacy, but with a caveat... Read More »
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Lessons To Be Learned From The Scariest Recent Open Source Vulnerabilities
Tis the season for spooks and frights, but the last thing any enterprise wants to experience is the terror of security vulnerabilities. In the past six months, we’ve seen three damaging open source security bugs; two of which have potentially exposed hundreds of thousands of websites and hundreds of millions of computers, servers, and devices...
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Let’s Build A More Secure Internet
[...] In the wake of the disclosures about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs, considerable attention has been focused on the agency’s collaboration with companies like Microsoft, Apple and Google, which according to leaked documents appear to have programmed “back door” encryption weaknesses into popular consumer products and services like Hotmail, iPhones and Android phones. Read More »
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LibreOffice 4.0 And The Power Of Brands
LibreOffice 4.0 was launched last week, and the news reports and activity on social media were massive, more than any release of LibreOffice or OpenOffice before, with better coverage than many of Microsoft’s well-funded introductions... Read More »
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Linus Torvalds: Linux Succeeded Thanks to Selfishness and Trust
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has won the Millennium Technology Prize and an accompanying cheque for 600,000 euros ($756,000; £486,000) from the Technology Academy of Finland. He was nominated for the award in recognition of the fact he had created the original Linux operating system and has continued to decide what modifications should be made to the Linux kernel - the code that lets software and hardware work together.
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Linux 2017: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
In 2016, Linux turned 25. When it began, it was a student project. Today, Linux runs everything. From smartphones to supercomputers to web servers to clouds to the car, it's all Linux, all the time. Even the one exception, the end-user, is moving to Linux. Android is now the most popular end-user opearating system. In addition, Chromebooks are becoming more popular. Indeed, even traditional Linux desktops such as Fedora, openSUSE, Mint, and Ubuntu are finally gaining traction. Heck, my TechRepublic Linux buddy Jack Wallen even predicts that "Linux [desktop] market share will finally breach the 5-percent mark"...
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Linux Adoption Trends 2012: A Closer Look
Linux is growing, even as spending forecasts remain bleak
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Linux Continues To Rule Supercomputers
The June 2013 Top500 supercomputer list is in, and 476 of the top 500 fastest supercomputers in the world run Linux. Read More »
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Linux Development Report: Mobile Vendors Storm The Linux Bazaar
Linux kernel development is more mobile and more commercial every day. Cause for concern... or celebration? Read More »
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Linux ETC
Linux ETC is a Linux training and Open Source consulting firm. We are the one-stop for stable, secure, and cost-effective information technology solutions. At The Linux ETC Company, we strive for a common balance between our trainers and our consultants. Our trainers consult, and our consultants train. By using this balanced business philosophy, our consultants are continuing to learn and educate themselves to keep in the cutting edge with today’s fast-changing computer world. This is enhanced by real-time practical experience of putting their knowledge and skills to use for our clients, and in turn, bringing those experiences back to our training students.
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