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Understanding Flatcar Container Linux
Kinvolk’s Flatcar is Microsoft’s latest Linux. What is it and what should you use it for?
Will JavaScript containers overtake Linux containers?
Node.js and Deno creator Ryan Dahl believes the majority of web services might be simplified by using JavaScript containers, rather than Linux containers.
What is Git? Version control for collaborative programming
Invented for Linux kernel development, Git version control now powers millions of projects across the globe. You can use it with or without GitHub.
How CentOS changes the cloud Linux game
As Red Hat sunsets CentOS 8 at the end of 2021, users are considering their options.
Microsoft, Google partner on eBPF
The extended Berkeley Packet Filter, which can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel, is moving beyond Linux.
What is Docker? The spark for the container revolution
Docker helps developers build lightweight and portable software containers that simplify application development, testing, and deployment.
Programming the Windows kernel with eBPF
Microsoft brings an important Linux kernel tool to Windows.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux takes aim at edge computing
Forthcoming RHEL 8.4 upgrade adds container deployment and management capabilities geared for edge use cases.
Containers need standard operating environments too
A standard operating environment can reduce the time it takes to deploy, configure, maintain, support, and manage containerized applications. Let’s get SOEs and containers back together.
PinePhone: A Linux smartphone a developer could love
Not only do you get root, but you can use this ‘phone’ as a desktop too. Just don’t expect much from the camera.
Bash 5.1 brings back older behavior
Major update to the Unix and Linux shell returns to Bash 4.4 pathname expansion and fixes a number of crashing bugs.
Red Hat’s crime against CentOS
In the beginning, no one expected to get Red Hat Enterprise Linux for free. The end of CentOS as a free drop-in replacement is no cause for outrage.
Microsoft adds a new Linux: CBL-Mariner
Azure’s container infrastructure Linux host gets a public outing on GitHub.
Microsoft Edge browser previews for Linux
The Microsoft Edge Dev Channel for Linux preview release supports Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and OpenSUSE Linux
How Microsoft went from "Linux is a cancer." to "Microsoft Loves Linux."
It's been a long, strange trip but it's always driven by two motives: Making good products and money.
Linux is still the standard
Linux not only paved the way for open source success, but has shaped how open source communities operate
Review: AWS Bottlerocket vs. Google Container-Optimized OS
Container-Optimized OS offers tremendous advantages for container workloads on Google Cloud Platform, but Bottlerocket is a better choice everywhere else
Linus Torvalds longs for Apple’s ARM-based Mac
Linux founder looks forward to a powerful ARM desktop system that will ease ARM software development
Open source should learn from Linux, not MySQL
When a single vendor owns an open source project, expect the community to look for alternatives
