Tag: developers
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Torvalds Draws The Line
Linus Torvalds Clearly Lays Out Linux Maintainer Roles – Or Not – Around Rust Code The Linux kernel mailing list drama around the Rust programming language use within the kernel continues… Linus Torvalds has largely refrained from the ongoing LKML discussions around a Rust policy for the Linux kernel and in-fighting between kernel developers and…
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OSS: 86% “Contributions” are Labor
The Linux Foundation partnered with GitHub and Harvard’s Laboratory for Innovation Science to research organization-driven investments in open source software — the how and the why — surveying over 500 organizations around the world. So what are the highlights from the published report?The median responding organization invests $520,600 (2023 USD) of annual value to OSS. Responding organizations annually invest $1.7…
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Open Source Usage Trends and Security Report
SAN FRANCISCO – December 4, 2024 — The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the release of “Census III of Free and Open Source Software – Application Libraries” (Census III) in collaboration with the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. The study identifies the most widely-used free and…
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Rust haters, unite! Fil-C aims to Make C Great Again
Developers looking to continue working in the C and C++ programming languages amid the global push to promote memory-safe programming now have another option that doesn’t involve learning Rust. Filip Pizlo, senior director of language engineering at Epic Games, has created his own memory-safe flavor of C and – because why not? – named it…
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Open Source Challenger to VS Code Appears
Open Source ‘Eclipse Theia IDE’ Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code. Some seven years in the making, the Eclipse Foundation’s Theia IDE project is now generally available, emerging from beta to challenge Microsoft’s similar Visual Studio Code editor, with which it shares much tech. The Eclipse Theia IDE, part of the Eclipse Cloud DevTools…
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Navigating the Growing Diversity Challenges in OSS
Linux Foundation: May 3, 2024 : Navigating the Growing Diversity Challenges in OSS – Zixuan Feng, Oregon State University & Diane Mueller, Bitergia (18 mins) Open source software (OSS) thrives on diversity, inclusivity, and a global community of contributors. However, beneath this ideal lies a complex reality of challenges in maintaining a truly diverse and…
