Open Source

Experimental JavaScript compiler shakes up ideas about speed, simplicity

Higgs demonstrates how lazy code generation and other techniques improve compiler performance

Should Windows 9 steal more features from Linux?

In today's open source roundup: Can features found in Linux make Windows 9 better? Plus: Multiple desktops in Linux are still better than in Windows 9, and the future of Linux games might not be a bright one

Four ways Docker fundamentally changes application development

One of the most popular open source projects in history, Docker fundamentally shifts the way we think about building applications

Red Hat ventures into mobile app dev with FeedHenry buy

Red Hat ventures into mobile app dev with FeedHenry buy

FeedHenry's Node.js- and MongoDB-powered MBaaS and mobile dev platform will augment Red Hat's open hybrid cloud strategy

4 ways Docker fundamentally changes application development

How Docker containers streamline development and deployment, encourage best practices, and enable a new breed of micro-services based applications

Alice is killing the trolls — but expect patent lawyers to strike back

The wheels of justice spin slowly, but they seem finally to be running software patents out of town

Is ChromeOS a threat to desktop Linux?

In today's open source roundup: Linux versus ChromeOS on the desktop. Plus: Should you use Linux or Windows for your business? And KDE developer Aaron Seigo attacks community managers

Google Dart does Docker, but will developers follow?

Google Dart adopts Docker images, but the language's biggest problem remains: Developer uptake, not ease of deployment

Are the Linux Mint developers using sexist codenames?

In today's open source roundup: Have the Linux Mint developers picked a sexist codename for version 17.1? Plus: A review of PCLinuxOS 2014.08, and is Microsoft copying features from Linux in Windows 9?