Archive for category Open Source

InfoQ: Twitter Shifting More Code to JVM, Citing Performance and Encapsulation As Primary Drivers

Jul 5

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InfoQ: Twitter Shifting More Code to JVM, Citing Performance and Encapsulation As Primary Drivers.

Linux Mint Debian Edition Review | Desktop Linux Reviews

Jun 29

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Linux Mint Debian Edition Review | Desktop Linux Reviews.

ClearFoundation develops ClearOS, a Linux Network, Gateway, Server

Jun 27

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ClearOS Core now based directly off upstream vendor rather than going the CentOS route. ClearOS Enterprise will in future be based of ClearOS Core. ClearFoundation develops ClearOS, a Linux Network, Gateway, Server.

How GitHub Saved OpenSource | eaves.ca

Jun 20

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The irony may be that it has done this by making it easy to do the one thing many people thought would kill open source, more easy: forking. I remember talking to friends who – before Github launched – felt that forking, while a necessary check on any project, was also its biggest threat and [...]

» Linuxaria – Everything about GNU/Linux and Open source Monit – your best employee

Jun 13

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» Linuxaria – Everything about GNU/Linux and Open source Monit – your best employee.

OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software

May 4

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Backed by Rackspace, NASA, Dell, Citrix, Cisco, Canonical and over 50 other organizations, OpenStack has grown to be a global software community of developers, technologists, researchers and corporations collaborating on a standard and massively scalable open source cloud operating system. Our mission is to enable any organization to create and offer cloud computing services running [...]

ShipIt comes to an end « Canonical Blog

Apr 6

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It’s with some regret that we are announcing the end of the ShipIt Programme and the CD distributor programme. When we started ShipIt in 2005 broadband was still a marketing promise even in the most connected parts of the most developed nations. We knew that this represented a significant stumbling block to the adoption of [...]