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Most of the developers are familiar with the popular Javascript style guide library called Standard — which also serves as a linter and automatic code fixer. However, in a move which is now being questioned by many developers, Standard has begun to show ads when installed through NPM. In a GitHub post published last week […]
Yesterday, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launched the worlds largest integrated Free and Open Source IT facility in the government sector, ‘Swatantra.’ As reported by Indian Web 2, the facility was developed by the International Center for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), which was set up by the Kerala government in 2009. The organization has a […]
Over the course of past two years, we’ve been telling you how Microsoft is trying hard to earn the appreciation of open source developers by either contributing to open source software or sharing its own code on GitHub. These moves have faced skepticism from us as well. Just yesterday, at its Ignite conference, Microsoft launched SQL […]
Short Bytes: Kerala adopted Free and Open Source Software in 2005 in a phased manner and went on to replace proprietary software. As a result, Kerala annually saves $58 million (Rs 300 crore). Thanks to the Free Software license, people are able to freely copy and distribute the software. At Fossbytes, we strive to tell you the […]
We, the people at fossBytes, have always been supportive of the Open Source Movement (so much that even the name of our site has ‘FOSS’ embodied in it *chuckles*). And at its core, there is Linux Kernel (pun intended). Be it the smallest Android smartphone or the biggest of servers, Linux has become the very […]
Short Bytes: Since the beginning of the free and open source software movement, a lot has changed. Today, open technologies are being used by millions of individuals and companies to make their products better. Open source software development also brings numerous benefits to a developer and here we are going to talk more about the same. […]
Short Bytes: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is known to be a long-time advocate of free and open source software. Speaking at an event via video conferencing, he said that transparency of free software convinced him to use TOR, Tails, and Debian, that helped him to expose the secrets of American government. At the Free Software […]
Short Bytes: OpenFace, the open source face recognition technology developed by the researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University, has been rolled out. The OpenFace holds ground against the much-advanced proprietary face-recognition technologies by private endeavours. Open-source technology is usually at par with the proprietary technology but in certain cases such as the face-recognition, the open-source lags far […]
Short Bytes: Today, we are sharing an interactive Linux Kernel map that will teach you the basics and understand the various subsystems. Take a look. The internet runs on Linux, everybody knows this fact. The Linux Kernel is one of the most complex and popular open source projects. If you wish to learn the basics, […]
Short Bytes: Qubes OS is a free and open-source software (FOSS) that takes the security standards to a new level. It makes use of Xen Hypervisor and works on the Principle of least privileges. While building an operating system, stability and functionality is one of the top preferences of the team. Another big aspect of an […]
Short Bytes: Canonical is organizing India’s first ever Ubuntu Hackathon in Bangalore between October 15-16, 2015. Know about different categories, great prizes and how to register. Ubuntu Linux is the world’s most popular free and open source operating system. Canonical, the company behind the OS, is the platinum sponsor of the upcoming Mobile Developer Summit 2015 […]
Short Bytes: FOSS (Free And Open Software) is the modern day result of the free software movement that draws its philosophies from the 1970s hacker culture of the love of programming and excellence. It hasn’t changed much since then. Read the article to know more about FOSS. Apart from being an important part of the […]
Short Bytes: Linus Torvalds is the creator of Linux and he still decides what will happen in the world of Linux. Read more and watch an amazing video in which Linux talks to Bloomberg about his first line of code. Linus Torvalds is the king of all geeks. You instantly know that he thinks in […]
ShortBytes: Linux kernel is one of the most popular and powerful platforms to work upon, but do you know all the facts about Linux? Read the article to know more. Little did Linus Torvald know that his personal project of a new free operating system kernel would become a cult someday. Linux kernel, in the primitive form, […]
Short Bytes: The Linux Foundation is giving away one free Chromebook to those who will enroll in its one-month training courses. This offer begins on September 1 and runs until September 30. Hurry up! The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to the growth of open source, is giving away one free Chromebook to those […]
Short Bytes: Lockheed Martin has decided to open source its secret cyber threat detection tool Laika BOSS at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas. FossBytes has always warned you about the levels to which the hackers and cyber attackers have reached. In the recent Black Hat Conference at Las Vegas, it has been brought […]
Short Bytes: Technology pioneer IBM has open sourced 50 tools and apps. These tools cover a large interest area varying from Cloud, Analytics, IoT, Mobile, Security, Social, Watson and more. The company has also launched developerWorks Open, a community to empower open source and IBM’s homegrown technologies. As the voice to make the web a more open […]
Microsoft Azure cloud platform is very popular among Linux users and now Microsoft has announced that it will be offering limited support to selected Linux distros and open source platforms. If you are finding it too had to believe, the exact words from Microsoft are: “limited support for major Linux distributions, third party and open […]
If you are Linux enthusiast, you would be aware of the fact that a new Ubuntu release is soon followed by the announcement of the codename of next release. Earlier this week, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announced the codename of the Ubuntu 15.10 release and it’s ‘Wily Werewolf.’ Ubuntu codenames its versions with two words […]
Finally, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet has arrived. One of the world’s best Linux-based operating systems, Ubuntu, is witnessing a final and stable release of Ubuntu 15.04. This version is codenamed Vivid Vervet – it’s a type of monkey. Ubuntu 15.04 has been launched with some new features that make it a necessary update. Visit this […]
In an important policy change, the Government of India announced that it will adopt the open source software and make it mandatory for all the government software services and applications. Narendra Modi led government said that as a part if its Digital India campaign, all the e-governance projects will use the free and open source […]