Windows Server 2019 comes with security, storage and other changes
Today, Microsoft unveiled new features of Windows Server 2019. The new features are based on four themes—hybrid, security, application platform, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI).
General...
Key trends in software infrastructure in 2019: observability, chaos, and cloud complexity
Software infrastructure has, over the last decade or so, become a key concern for developers of all stripes. Long gone are narrowly defined job...
OpenSSH, now a part of the Windows Server 2019
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that the OpenSSH client and server are available as a supported feature-on-Demand in Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 1809.
OpenSSH is...
FreeBSD 12.0 is now out!
Yesterday, the FreeBSD release engineering team announced the availability of FreeBSD 12.0, which marks the first release of the stable/12 branch. This version is...
The Linux and RISC-V foundations team up to drive open source development and adoption...
Yesterday, the Linux Foundation announced that they are joining hands with the RISC-V Foundation to drive the open source development and adoption of the...
Linux is reverting the STIBP support due to major slowdowns in Linux 4.20
Linux 4.20 has shown major performance issues and the reason behind this regression was Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors (STIBP), as shared by Phoronix yesterday. This support is being reverted from the...
It’s Black Friday: But what’s the business (and developer) cost of downtime?
Black Friday is back, and, as you've probably already noticed, with a considerable vengeance. According to Adobe Analytics data, online spending is predicted to...
Linux 4.20 kernel slower than its previous stable releases, Spectre flaw to be blamed,...
On the 4th of November, Linux 4.20 rc-1 was released with a host of notable changes right from AMD Vega 20 support getting squared...
Red Hat releases Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 beta; deprecates Btrfs filesystem
Earlier this month, Red Hat released RHEL 7.6. Now, Red Hata Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 beta version is available with more container friendliness than...
Uber becomes a Gold member of the Linux Foundation
Yesterday, at Uber Open Summit 2018, the company announced that it is joining the Linux Foundation as a Gold Member with a promise to...