Monthly Archives: October 2016
GitHub open sources Puppet development and testing tool
GitHub has released the code of its Puppet development and testing tool called Octacatalog-diff. This new piece of software is already powering GitHub.com, which...
Red Hat, Ericsson partner to build next-gen communication solutions
Red Hat and Ericsson have announced their collaboration to leverage open source for building next-generation communication solutions. The new tie-up is aimed to deliver...
Mozilla’s Rust gets real-time information from dedicated server
Mozilla has expanded its Rust programming language by launching a dedicated server. The new offering, called the Rust Langauge Server (RLS), provides a service...
Red Hat reports ‘Dirty Cow’ Linux kernel bug
Red Hat has reported a serious bug in Linux kernel. Oddly named Dirty Cow, the issue was detected and fixed by Linux Creator Linus...
Canonical launches Livepatch Service for Ubuntu users
Canonical has announced the launch of its anticipated Livepatch Service to let Ubuntu users instantly download and install kernel patches on their systems. The...
Latest RaspEX build for Raspberry Pi brings Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)
The latest Ubuntu OS for Raspberry Pi is now available. Linux developer Arne Exton was prompt in developing a new RaspEX version based on...
Choosing right open source programming language
Selecting a programming language is often a daunting task as the choices are vast. In this article, novices attempting to learn coding get a...
A few fundamentals of Ruby programming
Ruby is an open source, general programming language that has been influenced by Perl, Smalltalk, Eiffel, Ada and Lisp. It has an elegant syntax,...
Facebook develops open source technology to enable 100G
Facebook is all set to bring its projected 100-gigabit data access a reality through a new open source technology. Called Wedge 100, the latest...
Microsoft launches new Raspberry Pi-powered IoT kits
Microsoft has expressed an expansion in its love for Raspberry Pi and the developer community by launching new Internet of Things (IoT) kits. The...