The Linux Foundation is strengthening the walls around the Linux kernel's source code Git repositories.

As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, and the bad guys who break into computers.

SCO Group says copyrighted code has made its way into Linux, the popular open-source OS. If true, the open-source community could find its hard-won gains threatened.

SCO Group says copyrighted code has made its way into Linux, the popular open-source OS. If true, the open-source community could find its hard-won gains threatened.

Defect densities below 0.7 Particularly interesting for fans of Linux, however, is that the free and open source operating system “remains a benchmark for quality,” in Coverity’s estimation.

The Unix source code has been licensed to universities for the past 30 years, and most good college computer science departments made use of a copy until the publicly available Linux came along.

Rikomagic MK802 IV The folks at Rikomagic UK got their hands on some Linux source code for the RK3188 chipset, and they’ve posted the source to Github.

This is one of the reasons Linux is more secure than other operating systems and why open-source software overall is a safer than closed software. The transparency of the code ensures it’s secure.

The Linux open source controversy was kicked off in late June when Red Hat announced changes in access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code. We discussed this in an earlier episode of this ...

Also, enterprises interested in open source should realize that the OSDL’s process for code verification only applies to Linux – other open source packages are not yet covered.

From Linux to Android The first public Linux source code was released on September 17, 1991, but Android’s modern journey didn’t begin until much later, in October 2003.

An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code ...