Resin.io – Makes Linux Software Development and Deployment a breeze

#Resin.io Makes #Linux Software Deployment a breeze

Just a git push your project and resin.io will compile its code and dependencies for your device’s architecture and send the result to your device(s). No more cross-compilation toolchains to set up!

Linux Light Bulbs – Connectivity for Light Bulb Networks by Disney Research

#Linux #Light Bulbs – Connectivity for Light Bulb Networks by Disney Research

Modern light bulbs based on Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) can be used to create smart indoor environments: LED light bulbs provide a foundation for networking using visible light as communication medium.

#Debian 8.2 released, and update to v8

#Debian 8.2 released, and update to v8

#Linux #Timeline of 24 years

#Linux #Timeline of 24 years

Linux has recently celebrating it’s 24 years, here is timeline of 24 yeas Linux adventure.

If you are new and don’t know what is Linux, checkout this quick intro video

1990s

• 1991: This year saw the annoucement and release of the very first Linux kernel as well as the release of version 2 of the GPL, though Linux would not adopt the GPL until the following year.
• 1992: In the now-famous Torvalds-Tannenbaum debate over microkernel versus monolithic architecture, Minix author and renowned computer scientist Andrew Tannenbaum proclaims “Linux is obsolete.”
• 1993: Ian Murdock begins his work on the Debian, and Patrick Volkerding begins the Slackware distribution.
• 1994: The Linux kernel hits 1.0, and Mark Ewing puts out the “Halloween release” of Red Hat Linux.
• 1995: The Apache HTTP server, which would drive millions of Linux installations in coming years, begins development.
• 1996: Linux version 2.0 is released, KDE is founded, and Linux finally gets a mascot in the form of Tux, created by Larry Ewing.
• 1997: Eric S. Raymond’s The Cathedral and the Bazaar is first released at Linux Kongress1998: Netscape announces its browser will be released under an open source license, LWN opens shop to provide coverage of Linux development, the Open Source Initiative is founded, and the KDE project puts out its 1.0 release.
• 1999: The Linux kernel hits version 2.2, and the 1.0 release of the GNOME desktop becomes available.

2000s

• 2000: Sun announces that it is making the source code of StarOffice available for download, marking the beginning of OpenOffice.org, and SELinux is first released as open source.
• 2001: The 2.4 Linux kernel is released, and the first Linux Kernel Developers Summit takes place.
• 2002: Mozilla 1.0 is released, and Linus Torvalds begins using BitKeeper to manage the Linux source code repository.
• 2003: Linux kernel 2.6 is released, and stays the current branch for an astounding eight years. Red Hat splits its flagship Linux into Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• 2004: Ubuntu, a Debian derivative, makes its first release.
• 2005: The Free Software Foundation begins work on version 3 of the GPL, though Linux itself would ultimately stick to version 2. Git is created as an open source alternative to BitKeeper for managing the kernel source.
• 2006: The first working prototype of the One Laptop Per Child project becomes available.
• 2007: The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group merge to form The Linux Foundation.
• 2008: Android, a mobile operating system based on the Linux kernel, sees its initial release.
• 2009: The first LinuxCon takes place in Portland, Oregon.

2010s

• 2010: LibreOffice forks from OpenOffice.org.
• 2011: Linux 3.0 is released, though the changes from the 2.6 line are mostly incremental.
• 2012: The Wayland project begins, and Red Hat becomes the first billion-dollar Linux company.
• 2013: The first release of Firefox OS, based on the Linux kernel, is made available.
• 2014: Linux is now in everything, including cars, heralding the creation of Automotive Grade Linux.
• 2015: Linux 4.0 is released, and the year of Linux on the desktop finally arrives. (If my search engine says so, it must be true, right?)

Also checkout this big documentary on Linux

Source: Celebrating 24 years since Linus Torvalds announced Linux | Opensource.com

#UbuntuCore now Supports #GPIO and #I2C on the #RaspberryPi

#UbuntuCore now Supports #GPIO and #I2C on the #RaspberryPi

Canonical has implement support for the I2C communications protocol and General-purpose input/output (GPIO) on the Raspberry Pi 2 device for Ubuntu Core.

Therefore, the Snappy Scope has now extra functionality, such as support for listing installed and stored snaps (.snap packages), as well as support for installing and uninstalling snaps.

Read more : https://rainveiltech.com/posts/snappy-scope-progress-update

IBM Teams With Canonical To Put Ubuntu Linux On Mainframes

IBM and Canonical announced that the two companies were teaming up to build one running Ubuntu Linux. The new unit is called the LinuxOne.

You may have thought that mainframes went the way of the dinosaur, but they are still alive and well and running in large institutions throughout the world. IBM as part of its broader strategy to promote the cloud, analytics and security is hoping to expand the potential market for mainframes by running  Ubuntu Linux and supporting a range of popular open source enterprise software such as Apache Spark, Node.js, MongoDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and Chef.

Read More IBM Teams With Canonical To Put Ubuntu Linux On Mainframes | TechCrunch.

#OpenMainframe Project #Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development, today announced the Open Mainframe Project. This initiative brings together industry experts to drive innovation and development of Linux on the mainframe.

Open collaboration among academia, government and corporate partners to advance an enterprise-grade platform for Linux

Founding Platinum members of the Open Mainframe Project include ADP, CA Technologies, IBM and SUSE. Founding Silver members include BMC, Compuware, LC3, RSM Partners and Vicom Infinity. The first academic institutions participating in the effort include Marist College, University of Bedfordshire and The Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at University of Washington. The announcement comes as the industry marks 15 years of Linux on the mainframe.

Read More: Linux Foundation Brings Together Industry Heavyweights to Advance Linux on the Mainframe.

Raspberry Pi Switches To Linux 4.1 as default kernel

Raspberry Pi default firmware upgraded to Linux 4.1 as the latest stable kernel.

Linux 4.1 brings many new features and improvements and is now served as the kernel for the Pi’s default firmware. The source had been available for a while already with some RPi-focused Linux distributions like OpenELEC already having opted to utilize it for the newest Linux kernel capabilities.

The default source tree on https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux is now rpi-4.1.y. This tree is now considered the stable kernel source tree and will merge in minor bumps to the kernel version, rather than rebase.
There is now a 4.2 kernel tree where more experimental kernel commits may go (in general moving closer to upstream).

More details on the kernel upgrade via this RaspberryPi.org forum thread.