Program for 2011 End User Summit Announced
Feb 15, 2011The 2011 End User Summit program was announced by the Linux Foundation. The End User Summit which is sponsored by IBM and Softlayer, is invitation only and designed to bring together enterprise Linux end users and kernel developers. Find who should be attending and how individuals can request an invitation.
more »Linux Foundation Responds to Nokia Microsoft Partnership
Feb 11, 2011The Linux Foundation executive director, Jim Zemlin responds to Nokia’s announcement of its partnership with Microsoft.
more »Beyond FUDCON: Meet Fedora Ambassador Larry Cafiero
Feb 11, 2011Launched last week, Beyond FUDCon highlights the Fedora community and project. This week we look at the Fedora Ambassador Program through the eyes and experience of Fedora Ambassador, Larry Cafiero.
more »Ubuntu 11.04 Drops Release Candidate
Feb 11, 2011Kate Stewart, Ubuntu Release Manager at Canonical, announced on the ubuntu-devel announce mailing list there will be no release candidate for the Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwal release.
more »Ubuntu Increasing Its Diversity
Feb 10, 2011Matt Zimmerman, Canonical CTO, with help from Mary Gardiner, Valerie Aurora and Benjamin Mako Hill, leads the effort for Ubuntu to adopt a diversity statement.
more »BitRock Launches BitNami Cloud Hosting
Feb 10, 2011"I love the fact that BitNami is helping to drive adoption of open source and the cloud by making them accessible to users of all skill levels - not just 'hardcore techies' or systems administrators." — Erica Brescia, BitRock CEO
more »Record Breaking Talk Submissions PyCon 2011
Feb 10, 2011"PyCon 2011 has broken all existing PyCon records for content submitted by the Python community." - PyCon Blog
more »Gen. Hugh Shelton to Present 'Open Your World' Webinar
Feb 09, 2011Join Opensource.com and General Hugh Shelton, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and now Chairman of the Board of Directors of Red Hat, for the Open Your World Forum webcast on February 16, 2011.
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