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Real-world Open Networking. Part 3 – Interoperability: Problems with Standards

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In our last post we unpacked Interoperability, including Open Standards. Continuing this theme, we will look at how solution developers implement standards compliance and the problems that arise. Mandating that vendors (and internal systems) comply with Open Standards is a strategy used by organisations to drive interoperability. The assumption is that Open Standards compliant components […]

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Real-world Open Networking. Part 2 – Interoperability: The Holy Grail

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In our last post we described the attributes of an Open Network Solution. In this post we unpack what surely is the “Holy Grail” of Open Networks: Interoperability. Interoperability is defined as: Bottom line, interoperability means that I can freely substitute components, i.e. If I have Component X in my Open Networking solution, then in

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6 Ways You Can Contribute to Linux

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Advertisement Linux isn’t like commercial operating systems. The name is as much a shorthand for a particular community as it is a specific piece of code. In the free software world, you’re not limited to being a consumer of your favorite apps and interfaces. You can take part in creating them and you don’t have

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Real World Open Networking. Part 1 – Unpacking Openness

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In our last post in this series, we completed our coverage of the third domain of Open Networking, that of Open Network Integration. To wrap up our overall Open Networking series, we begin a set of posts that address the practical reality of delivering Open Network solutions in the current marketplace, and particularly focusing on

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Hackaday Links: September 22, 2019

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Of all the stories we’d expect to hit our little corner of the world, we never thought that the seedy doings of a now-deceased accused pedophile billionaire would have impacted the intellectual home of the open-source software movement. But it did, and this week Richard Stallman resigned from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab

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Oracle Autonomous Linux Is The World’s First Autonomous OS

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Oracle Autonomous Linux OS has been announced to simplify cloud computing needs for server-side computers. It is the world’s first autonomous operating system and comes with Oracle OS management services. Oracle Autonomous Linux OS will mainly be used as a server-side solution on an enterprise scale. This Linux OS will provide a great deal of

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GNOME 3.34 ‘Thessaloniki’ Linux desktop environment is finally here

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There are many Linux desktop environments from which to choose — some are good, others are bad, but only one can be best — GNOME. Whether you choose Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro, or some other different Linux distribution, GNOME will provide you with a superior user experience. Not only is it ideal for productivity, but GNOME

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Debian-based MX Linux 19 Beta 2.1 now available for download

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MX Linux is apparently becoming increasingly more popular these days, and I am not really sure why. Lately, I have been testing out the open source operating system, and I simply don’t understand the hype. Xfce, which MX uses, remains one of the worst desktop environment for end users — it is lightweight, but that

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Thousands Of Linux Servers Infected By Lilu (Lilocked) Ransomware

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A new strain of ransomware named Lilocked or Lilu has affected thousands of Linux-based servers all over the world. The ransomware started infecting servers back in mid-July but in the last two weeks, the attacks have become more frequent. The very first case of Lilocked ransomware came to light when a user uploaded a ransomware

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Librem 5 Linux Phone’s Iterative Shipping Schedule Is Finally Here

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Just earlier this year in July, we gave you the latest update on the much-anticipated Libre 5 Linux smartphone that has been under development for quite some time. Back then, Purism announced the final specifications of its open source, Linux-based smartphone. Powered by a 1.5GHz i.MX8M Quad-Core processor, the smartphone will ship with 3GB RAM

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