Linux and Open Source
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols & Paula RooneyZDNet Must Read
-
First LibreOffice Release arrives
LibreOffice 3.3, the first version of the OpenOffice fork, is now available for your office work pleasure.
Blogger Info
Paula Rooney
Biography
Paula Rooney
Paula Rooney has covered the software and technology industry for more than 20 years, starting with semiconductor design and mini-computer systems at EDN News and later focused on PC software companies including Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, Red Hat, Novell and other open source and commercial software companies for CRN and PCWeek. She received a silver award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2005 for her profile on Linus Torvalds and edited and co-authored "Partnering With Microsoft," a book about Microsoft's channel published by CMP Publishing in 2004. Rooney graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1997. In her off time, she enjoys scuba diving, sailing, sun worshipping, running, reading, surfing (the net) and hanging out with her family. She resides on the shores of Scituate, Massachusetts.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Biography
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
His work has been published in everything from highly technical publications (IEEE Computer, ACM NetWorker, Byte) to business publications (eWEEK, InformationWeek, ZDNet) to popular technology (Computer Shopper, PC Magazine, PC World) to the mainstream press (Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, BusinessWeek).
About Linux and Open Source
-
Five ways to avoid Windows 8
By year’s end, Windows 8 is going to be on every new PC around. You won’t have to use it though. Here are five ways to skip getting trapped on the Windows 8 Metro.
-
Google to centralize Android development and sales
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Google is going to radically shift how it works with its partners in developing and selling Android.
-
Linux at 21: A new Linux Foundation t-shirt contest
Got design chops? Love Linux? Want to go to LinuxCon in San Diego or Barcelona, Spain later this year on the Linux Foundation’s dime? Read on.
-
Red Hat celebrates 10 years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ten years ago, Red Hat was just another Linux distributor, then they got serious about the business market and everything changed.
-
Execs: Red Hat to debut EL7 in late 2013, take lead in cloud era
Red Hat held a press conference today to predict its ascendancy as the top dog in the cloud era, driven by its open source subscription model, open source community driven development model and...
-
Fedora 17 & GNOME 3.4: Return to a useful Linux desktop (Review)
Fedora 16, thanks in large part to GNOME 3.2, was an awful Linux distribution. With this new version, and GNOME 3.4, Fedora 17 is back to being a useful Linux distribution.
-
Richard M. Stallman, free software leader falls ill at conference
Richard M. Stallman, creator of the concept of the free software and president and founder of the Free Software Foundation fell sick at a technology conference in Spain.
-
Red Hat to debut OpenShift PaaS solutions for on-premise enterprise use soon
As it prepares for battle against VMware on the cloud front, Red Hat announced today that it will launch later this year its fee-based PaaS service with support and will begin shipping this summer...
-
Dell readies Ubuntu Linux laptop for developers
Dell is working on an Ubuntu Linux-powered laptop that will be just for developers.
-
Copyrights, APIs, and Oracle vs Google
Can application programming interfaces be copyrighted? The Oracle vs Google jury was instructed to rule as if they could be copyrighted, but the final call, and the fate of programming as we know...
-
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 makes official debut; LibreOffice makes its case
Let the games begin. Tuesday, the Apache Software Foundation announced the first official release of Apache OpenOffice, version 3.4, since Oracle donated it to the ASF in mid 2011.
-
The muddled mess of the Oracle vs. Google trial
There were no winners in Oracle vs. Google. Only losers, including all programmers, and perhaps everyone else as well.
-
Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 8: Five points of comparison
The leading Linux desktop and the number one desktop of all, Windows, are both undergoing radical transformations, but which will be the better for it?
-
Linus Torvalds likes the Google Chrome OS Linux desktop
Torvalds, still annoyed at the direction that GNOME 3 has taken, has some nice things to say about Google’s new Chrome Aura Linux desktop interface.
-
Red Hat debuts OpenShift Origin project, takes swipe at VMware's Cloud Foundry
Red Hat has announced an open source project called OpenShift Origin that will provide upstream code and improvements for its year-old OpenShift PaaS. The open source Origin components are being...
-
What's what with Barnes & Noble and Microsoft
In an unexpected twist, Microsoft buried its Barnes & Noble lawsuit hatchet, and formed a partnership. Why did the two make a deal and what comes next? Here’s my take.
-
Is Apache overextending itself as rivals devour its core web server share?
Has the Apache Software Foundation overextended itself by taking open source projects like OpenOffice and Cloudstack off the hands of proprietary giants while its famed HTTP web server continues...
-
VMware, Piston partner on OpenStack layer for Cloud Foundry
VMware has partnered with enterprise cloud computing vendor Piston Cloud Computing to develop an OpenStack interface to VMware’s Bosh developer toolchain for its open source Cloud Foundry...
-
Oracle vs. Google: Dead lawsuit walking
Oracle’s case is as dead now as when it began. Like SCO with its insane attacks against IBM and Linux, Oracle doesn’t have a leg to stand on in its Google litigation.
-
Ubuntu 12.04 arrives and it's great
Canonical’s latest Linux distribution, Ubuntu 12.04, is now available for your home and office and it’s a winner.
The best of ZDNet, delivered
ZDNet Newsletters
Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox
Vendor Showcase
Facebook Activity
Blog Roll
- All About Microsoft
- The Apple Core
- Between the Lines
- Big on Data
- BriefingsDirect
- Collaboration 2.0
- Consumerization: BYOD
- Dev Connection
- Digital Cameras & Camcorders
- DIY-IT
- The Ed Bott Report
- Emerging Tech
- Enterprise Web 2.0
- Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter
- Forrester Research
- Friending Facebook
- Gamification
- Googling Google
- GreenTech Pastures
- Hardware 2.0
- Home Theater
- Identity Matters
- iGeneration
- India IT
- Irregular Enterprise
- IT Project Failures
- Laptops & Desktops
- Linux and Open Source
- London Calling
- The Mobile Gadgeteer
- Mobile News
- Networking
- Pulp Tech
- Reference Desk
- SEO Whistleblower
- Service Oriented
- Small Business Matters
- Smartphones and Cell Phones
- Social Business
- Social CRM: The Conversation
- Software & Services Safari
- Software as Services
- Storage Bits
- Tech Broiler
- Tom Foremski: IMHO
- The ToyBox
- View from China
- Virtually Speaking
- ZDNet Education
- ZDNet Government
- ZDNet Health
- Zero Day
White Papers, Webcasts, & Resources
- 10 Critical Requirements for Cloud ApplicationsGrowing interest in cloud computing has prompted almost every enterprise ... (Workday)Download Now
-
Quest Migration Assessment Tool (QMAT)Get a Free Migration Assessment
Considering a migration? The ... (Quest Software)Download Now - Workforce VisibilityDo you know as much about your employees as you know about your customers ... (Workday)Download Now
