It’s only really been two years since Docker came onto the scene, but in that time, the technology has leapfrogged other methods of deployment to become the hottest new thing in software development. Companies like CoreOS, IBM, Red Hat and massive telecom CenturyLink have all jumped on board the Docker bandwagon. CoreOS, for example, acquired … continue reading
Facebook plans Linux network upgrade to rival FreeBSD Facebook has designs on drastically improving the Linux kernel network stack, and is hiring a software engineer specifically for that purpose. A recent Facebook job listing seeks a software engineer for Facebook’s kernel team with a primary focus on the networking subsystem. The goal over the next … continue reading
Docker announced today that it has acquired Orchard Laboratories, the company behind the Fig. The acquisition will bring Orchard’s CEO Ben Firshman and cofounder Aanand Prasad in-house to work on other projects. Fig will be brought into Docker as well, where it will now grow and evolve as a Docker project. The Orchard hosting service … continue reading
Chef Software today announced a number of improvements to the configuration management software of the same name. Top on the list of updates is the inclusion of support for Docker. Over the course of the past year, the platform has expanded its capabilities around Linux Containers, and today, Chef now supports the building and deploying … continue reading
News from Linux’s automotive project, as well as Microsoft API and anti-malware efforts … continue reading
At DockerCon, Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 7, and a host of new vendors line up to support of movement … continue reading
Mirantis is one of Red Hat’s main targets, according to The Wall Street Journal … continue reading
Without Linus Torvalds’ tough but benevolent dictatorship, Linux would not be nearly as strong as it is … continue reading
Advisory board uses Linux as its model; Google, IBM and Red Hat are frontrunners to join … continue reading
2014 should be a breakout year for the company that made Linux containers easier to create, run and share … continue reading
Move to bring CentOS developers in-house signals that Red Hat’s future is about a lot more than Linux … continue reading
With Hadoop pulling away from everything else, all eyes were on OpenStack, and the competition between Mirantis and Red Hat … continue reading
