Telco providers collaborate on universal cloud software framework
Five major telecom providers will collaborate on interoperable cloud solutions for the telecom industry.
The initiative was dubbed Project Sylva. The project will be hosted by the Linux Foundation. Project Sylva consists of a collaboration among five major European telecom providers: Telefonica... Read more
GitHub proposal for Sigstore adoption faces backlash from developers
Developers object to GitHub's suggestion to use Sigstore to enhance network security by connecting npm packages to their inputs.
GitHub, which runs the npm package management system, is offering to incorporate new security features to npm because npm is regularly used by many JavaScript and Typ... Read more
Linux kernel 5.18 is officially available
Version 5.18 of the Linux kernel has officially been released. The final release followed after eight release candidates. In the meantime, preparations for version 5.19 have started.
According to Linux chief Linus Torvalds, the final release of version 5.18 hasn't undergone significant changes o... Read more
Linux Foundation publishes list of most popular open source libraries
The Linux Foundation and the Lab for Innovation Science at Harvard University published an overview of the most frequently used open source software. The overview provides insight into top open source software in order to discuss and improve security.
Open source software is being developed and ... Read more
The Open Source Security Foundation gains support from Huawei, Spotify, and 23 new organizations
Multinational giants such as Huawei, Spotify, Alibaba, and more have joined Linux Foundation’s pan-industry effort “Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF).”
The “Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF)” – a pan-industry endeavor by the Linux Foundation – has acquired mor... Read more
Linux Foundation launches certification program for software development
The Linux Foundation has created a certification program for open source software development on Linux and Git.
The Linux Foundation has announced the immediate availability of three new training courses on the edX platform. The first of these is Open Source Software Development: Linux for Devel... Read more
Linux Foundation spent 20% more in 2021 on the LFX platform
The new platform is Linux’s digital toolkit that promises to find and fix insensitive language and provide insights into code.
Linux believes that the LFX platform is a good investment with the numbers to back it. So it’s no wonder that they recently reported spending over $180 million on th... Read more
The Linux Foundation welcomes Cloud Hypervisor
The cloud-based VMM is the latest in open source software, and the Linux Foundation has taken it up for hosting.
Cloud Hypervisor is the latest open-source software released for organizations looking to improve their cloud computing and storage practices. The Linux Foundation is hosting this sof... Read more
New Linux Foundation initiatives for cloud and AI collaboration
The Linux Foundation has launched two new open source initiatives, NetxArch Foundation and Project OpenBytes. These initiatives focus on greater convergence between various microservices developments and collaboration on open standards and formats for AI datasets.
According to the Linux Foundati... Read more
Google tops prize pool of security bounty program SOS with $1 million
On the 1st of October, the Linux Foundation introduced a bounty program (Secure Open Source) to strengthen the security of widely used open source projects. Today, Google has funded the prize pot with an additional $1 million, to be awarded to developers that successfully contribute to the program.... Read more