Open Source

AV Linux review: A distro packed with audio and visual applications

In today's open source roundup: A review of AV Linux. Plus: Customize your Bash prompt, and Lenovo releases Chromebooks

Red Hat fortifies OpenStack suite, eases management for enterprise users

Red Hat has updated its OpenStack distro to the latest edition and has partnered with NetApp and eNovance to advance OpenStack

HP pivots, says open sourcing SDNs is right

The company has upped the status of its OpenDaylight membership from Silver to Platinum

Tails 1.0 review: Protect your privacy with a secure Linux distro

In today's open source roundup: A review of Tails 1.0. Plus: Sabayon Linux 14.05 GNOME screenshot tour, and Calibre 1.36 released with new features

Red Hat ramps up OpenStack via collaborations with NetApp, eNovance

Collaboration with NetApp aims to make OpenStack a hybrid framework for interoperating with public clouds, and could set it up for a new level of enterprise usage

Pushing open source to the limit

A young, aggressive online trading firm uses code from over 50 open source projects to become rated as the No. 2 online broker by Barron's

App.net’s open source failure

The company's business model put up too many barriers, and it's hard to compete without flexibility for all

How Joyent debugs Node code

Joyent's built-in DTrace technology lets an application's execution be profiled at runtime

Oracle’s surprise win in Java API case could make it harder for developers

One now, two later: Groovy updates add Java 8 support

Groovy 2.3 is officially compatible with JDK 8, but lambda expression aren't due till Groovy 3.0