Submission + - Ubuntu Aquaris 4.5 Smartphone Ships Feb. 9 from Canonical and BQ (thevarguy.com)

Submitted by Mcusanelli on Monday February 09, 2015 @12:46PM

Mcusanelli writes: Canonical has announced that the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition, the first Ubuntu-based smartphone, is going on sale from manufacturer BQ on Feb. 9 in Europe.

Submission + - Open Source GNOME 3 Desktop Environment Wins Back Fans (thevarguy.com)

Submitted by Mcusanelli on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @10:18AM

Mcusanelli writes: GNOME 3, the open source desktop environment for Linux systems that once earned a lot of ire, is receiving newfound praise for the maturity of GNOME Shell and other improvements.

Submission + - Automotive Grade Linux Released for Open Source Cars (thevarguy.com) 1

Submitted by Mcusanelli on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @09:39AM

Mcusanelli writes: The Linux Foundation and its partners have released the first version of Automotive Grade Linux, the open source platform for use inside connected cars.

Submission + - Rackspace, Cumulus Networks and CoreOS Join Linux Foundation (thevarguy.com)

Submitted by Mcusanelli on Monday May 19, 2014 @10:12AM

Mcusanelli writes: Rackspace, Cumulus Networks and CoreOS have become members of the Linux Foundation to support open source networking, virtualization and cloud computing.

Submission + - HP Joins OpenDaylight Open Source SDN Project (thevarguy.com)

Submitted by Mcusanelli on Monday May 12, 2014 @11:15AM

Mcusanelli writes: HP has become the most recent platinum member of OpenDaylight, the open source software-defined networking (SDN) project sponsored by the Linux Foundation.

Submission + - Open Core Initiative Promises Millions of Dollars for Open Source Security (thevarguy.com)

Submitted by Mcusanelli on Monday April 28, 2014 @09:51AM

Mcusanelli writes: The Linux Foundation, along with channel partners, have launched the Open Core Initiative to improve the security of open source projects such as OpenSSL.