Update your edge devices with this open source bootloader
Update your edge devices with this open source bootloader nicolas_rabault_luos Tue, 01/24/2023 – 03:00 Making updates to edge and embedded systems has historically been a painful process. Often, this involves working with multiple microcontrollers from different brands with different capabilities. Usually, each has its own custom bootloader, so it can be updated each board, one by one, with a specific firmware. Another common...
What you need to know about software bills of materials
What you need to know about software bills of materials zvr Tue, 01/24/2023 – 03:00 Modern software development is incredibly complex. Software nowadays is always comprised of a combination of components. These components are typically modules and libraries called by other code or even standalone programs that are used in conjunction with other programs. Until a few years ago, the 80/20 rule was valid: in any significant piece...
Create your own website with Joomla!, an open source CMS
Create your own website with Joomla!, an open source CMS Shane Barker Mon, 01/23/2023 – 03:00 Joomla! is among the leading open source content management systems (CMS) for publishing web content. It’s user friendly, accessible, extensible, responsive, and multilingual. What’s more, it’s also search engine optimized. No wonder Joomla! has a 3.5% share of the content management system market. In this article,...
3 predictions for open source in confidential computing
3 predictions for open source in confidential computing Dpal Mon, 01/23/2023 – 03:00 It’s a new year, which means it’s time to predict what the next year will bring regarding future tech trends. After guessing the World Cup champion, I feel confident sharing my personal perspective on the confidential computing market in the near future. What is confidential computing? Confidential computing is the practice of...
How Linux rescued precious audio files with FFmpeg
How Linux rescued precious audio files with FFmpeg Don Watkins Sun, 01/22/2023 – 03:00 Recently I was asked by a customer to create compact discs of priceless family recordings. My client insisted that the media be delivered as compact discs and not as digital files in an MP3 player or other similar device. One of the source recordings was on a compact disc and in AIFF format. As such my client could not play this media that...
Reflecting on my first Linux conference
Reflecting on my first Linux conference skuchere Sat, 01/21/2023 – 03:00 I was left in awe when I first became aware of Linux and other open source software in 2007. Could it be that there is software that people lovingly contribute to, update, and document, and it remains free? I attended the Ohio Linux Fest in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2008 (now called Open Libre Fest) and was absolutely astounded. I was not only an attendee of the...
