Open Source
GitHub Enterprise 2.14 brings unified search of cloud and local
The first big announcement post Microsoft takeover is here
Python boss Guido van Rossum steps down after 30 years
Guido fawkes off
Canonical 'unlikely' to fix bug that allows hackers to bypass Ubuntu's lock screen
Hackers can gain access to a machine if they have access to its hard drive
Micro Focus flogs SUSE Linux biz to private equity firm for $2.5bn
Offloading comes less than four years after original acqusition
Google boosts its Linux Foundation membership to Platinum level
The search giant is pretty committed to open source
Canonical: Two-thirds of Ubuntu 18.04 users agreed to data collection
Either there are a lot of US users or ones that can't change time zones
Canonical issues Spectre v2 fix for all Ubuntu systems with AMD chips
Says users must update their systems immediately
GitHub devs warn Microsoft 'ditch that contract with ICE or lose us'
Microsoft's big spend is pushing back on ethical issues
OpenBSD snubs Intel's hyper-threading over 'Spectre-class' security concerns
Users of the open source OS will have the option to disable Hyperthreading
Mozilla 'Scout' leaks as a voice-controlled version of Firefox
Mozilla says it's 'too early to say' (so there may well be something to say soon)
Developer claims Google is trying to patent software that he open sourced in 2014
And he's not happy about it
GitHub's Nat Friedman confirms no ads, no Microsoft logins, no worries
No doubt we'll revisit this article to see how much of this he's kept to
Mozilla brings Colour and Side View to its Firefox pilot programme
Your friends will be green with envy. As will your wallpaper
Microsoft has snapped up GitHub and the internet has feelings
Ranging from joy to suspicion to bewilderment
Linus Torvalds doesn't release Linux kernel 5.0 (yet)
As we look at the launch of 4.17, we ask 'Where is Kernel Kitten'?
It's official: Microsoft gobbles up GitHub for $7.5bn
But some users are very unhappy
Dell stuffs Coffee Lake CPUs and Ubuntu Linux into latest Precision workstations
Nvidia and AMD graphics options are also on point for power-hungry devs
Eudora saved thanks to open sourcing
Qualcomm has relinquished its claim on the venerable email client
Mozilla and Widmer Brothers brew beer based on open-sourced data
OpenSourcery Tropical IPA made with open-source mindset and ancient art of brewing
Tesla open sources some of its Autopilot source code
Elon Musk's firm had been dragging its heels on open source commitment
Canonical brings Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Microsoft's Windows Store
The FrankenOS strikes again
Softmaker FreeOffice 2018 offers seamless Microsoft compatibility
It's available now for Windows, Linux and Mac
Google is bringing full integrated Linux app support to Chromebooks
Pixelbook first. Others follow shortly
Microsoft issues a fix for Notepad that it's been working on since 1985
All that's missing is a beepy rendition of Axel F
Google looks set to offer Linux on Chromebooks in the next few months
Worlds are colliding
Microsoft's new Linux distro wants IoT developers to sit on their Sphere
It's a tactic for dealing with their insecurities
Google's Fuchsia documentation was hidden in plain sight
Stem subjects point to future blossoming for the flower of power
Happy 10th birthday GitHub, it's been eventful
The biggest code repository in the world comes of age
Firefox Reality is the first open source cross-platform mixed reality browser
And if Mozilla is to be believed, it's ruddy fast too
Linux 4.16 is once again focused on Meltdown and Spectre
They're the vulnerabilities that keep on giving
GitHub helped to resolve almost 500,000 bugs in one month
GitHub helped to resolve almost 500,000 bugs in one month
Samba rushes out fix for flaw that lets anyone change admin passwords
Firm urges Samba 4 users to update ASAP
Microsoft will make Ubuntu 18.04 a 'first-class guest' in Hyper-V
Firm continues its Linux love-in with Canonical partnership
Buggy update to JavaScript package manager npm is crashing Linux systems
Changes ownership of crucial Linux system folders without users' permission
Nintendo Switch has been hacked to run full-fat Linux
Thanks to a hard-coded Nvidia Tegra X1 flaw
Ubuntu wants to know if you'd mind giving up all the privacy
Also, Pope to be sponsored by Durex
Meltdown fix could kill your Linux experience by 800 per cent, says Netflix
Streaming giant opens sores
Hackers get the Nintendo Switch to run Linux thanks to Tegra X1 flaw
The bug can't be squashed due to the boot ROM hardcoded onto Nvidia's chip
Mozilla launches Raspberry Pi-powered 'Project Things' to unite smart home kit
Hopefully now, your things will work properly with your other things
Open source turns 20
Free's a jolly good fellow
Canonical announces Skype 'Snap' for Linux
Ensures users will always get the latest edition
LibreOffice 6.0 arrives as the open source Office alternative turns seven
A major update that makes the end result even slicker
Red Hat acquires CoreOS for $250m in Kubernetes push
Firm claims buy will help it double-down on hybrid cloud
Want Windows apps on your Android phone? Wine is the answer
Wine 3.0 brings support for Windows apps to Google's mobe OS
Meltdown and Spectre fallout leads to first RC9 of a Linux Kernel since 2011
4.15 follows shortly
Slack has arrived on Linux thanks to Canonical Snap
And it's not just on Ubuntu, neither
Google ditches Ubuntu for Debian for internal engineering environment
Switches commercial model for contribution to open source