Tag: operating-systems

  • Kubecon 2025 backs Inclusion

    Kubecon 2025 backs Inclusion

    KubeCon Showcases the Power of Community-Driven Inclusion. KubeCon 2025 demonstrated that change is possible when communities unite. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 wasn’t just about cutting-edge cloud native technologies; it was a testament to the growing power of community-driven inclusion initiatives within the cloud native community. Attendees were able to see the progress made by…

  • EU OS: Proposal for Public Sector Desktop

    EU OS: Proposal for Public Sector Desktop

    There are many Linux distributions, but now there’s a proposal for one that’s specific to the European Union government and nongovernmental organizations.  There have been thousands of Linux distributions, and at my best estimate, there are still over 250 distros being updated and supported. Now, there’s a proposal for one more: EU OS. This proposed desktop Linux distribution…

  • German State Govt Switches to Linux

    German State Govt Switches to Linux

    German state government ditching MS Windows for Linux, with 30,000 workers migrating. Schleswig-Holstein looks to succeed where Munich failed. Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany’s 16 states, on Wednesday confirmed plans to move tens of thousands of systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The announcement follows previously established plans to migrate the state government off Microsoft Office…

  • OQTOPUS: A Quantum OS?

    OQTOPUS: A Quantum OS?

    OQTOPUS: Japanese Researchers launch open-source quantum computer operating system. The University of Osaka, Fujitsu Limited, Systems Engineering Consultants Co., LTD. (SEC), and TIS Inc. (TIS) today announced the launch of an open-source operating system (OS) for quantum computers on GitHub, in what is one of the largest open-source initiatives of its kind globally. The Open…

  • Linux 6.15 on Apple SoCs

    Linux 6.15 on Apple SoCs

    More Apple Silicon Updates For Linux 6.15 Help M1/M2 Plus iPad / iPod / iPhoneWritten by Michael Larabel Already queued ahead of the Linux 6.15 merge window opening later this month are DeviceTree support for Apple’s T2 SoCs as well as other DeviceTree additions set to be mainlined. A third round of DeviceTree patches were…

  • Fedora supports RISC-V

    Fedora supports RISC-V

    Fedora Linux Now Supports RISC-V Processors The Fedora Linux project is “jumping on the RISC-V train,” joining other Linux distributions in supporting the emerging CPU architecture. RISC-V is an open-standard Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), intended as an alternative to the x86 architecture used in most desktop and laptops, and the ARM architecture used in most…