FOSS Project Spotlight: Mender.io, an Open-Source Over-the-Air Software...
by Ralph NguyenMender is an open-source (Apache 2.0) project to address over-the-air (OTA) software update management for Linux-based IoT devices. When we researched this five years ago, there were no...
View ArticleIndie Makers Using Single-Board Computers
by Bryan LundukePossibly the most amazing thing, to me, about single board computers (SBCs) is that they allow small teams of people (and even lone individuals) to create new gadgets using not much...
View ArticleWhy We Need Our Nonprofits
by Doc SearlsA confession: before I heard Bradley Kuhn's talk at Freenode.live last November, I didn't know that HDMI was a proprietary interface. I just assumed that HDMI was like VGA, USB and dozens...
View ArticleDownsides to Raspberry Pi Alternatives
by Kyle RankinLearn about some of the risks when choosing an alternative to a Raspberry Pi for your project. I have a lot of low-cost single-board computers (SBCs) at my house. And, I've written a...
View ArticleBringing the Benefits of Linux Containers to Operational Technology
by Pavan SinghLinux container technology was introduced more than a decade ago and has recently jumped in adoption in IT environments. However, the OT (operational technology) environments, typically...
View ArticleLinux IoT Development: Adjusting from a Binary OS to the Yocto Project Workflow
by Mirza KrakIntroducing the Yocto Project and the benefits of using it in embedded Linux development. In embedded Linux development, there are two approaches when it comes to what operating system to...
View ArticleArduino from the Command Line: Break Free from the GUI with Git and Vim!
by Matthew HoskinsLove Arduino but hate the GUI? Try arduino-cli. In this article, I explore a new tool released by the Arduino team that can free you from the existing Java-based Arduino graphical...
View ArticleWhen Choosing Your Commercial Linux, Choose Wisely!
by Vince Calandra“Linux is Linux is Linux,” is a direct quote I heard in a meeting I had recently with a major multi-national, critical-infrastructure company. Surprisingly and correctly, there was one...
View ArticleOracle Linux on Btrfs for the Raspberry Pi
by Charles FisherEnterprise comes to the micro server.Oracle Linux 7 has been released for the Raspberry Pi 3. The release packages Btrfs as the root filesystem on the UEK-branded Linux 4.14 Long Term...
View ArticleWhat Does It Take to Make a Kernel?
by Petros KoutoupisThe kernel this. The kernel that. People often refer to one operating system's kernel or another without truly knowing what it does or how it works or what it takes to make one. What...
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