By Jim Lynch DuckDuckGo’s 2016 open source donations A couple of months ago DuckDuckGo asked for nominations for open source donations from its community, based on the theme of raising the standard …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: May 2016
Admins: Don’t wait for ImageMagick patch
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid Attackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in the popular open source image processing tool ImageMagick to remotely execute code on Web servers and take over websites. ImageMagick is currently working …read more Source:: OpenSource
4 projects ripe for a Rust rewrite
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Mozilla’s Rust language has all the hallmarks of a winning software project. It has a quickly evolving toolchain, a supportive community, and an expanding roster of libraries. But …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Could Android eventually reach 100 percent market share?
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•By Jim Lynch Could Android eventually reach 100% market share? Android has long held the lion’s share of the smartphone market with estimates of 80% market share around the world. But could Google push …read more Source:: OpenSource
Why Redis beats Memcached for caching
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•By Itamar Haber Memcached or Redis? It’s a question that nearly always arises in any discussion about squeezing more performance out of a modern, database-driven Web application. When performance needs to be improved, …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Avoiding the ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ problem of software releases
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•By Anders Wallgren One of my favorite scenes from Disney’s film Fantasia is that of the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (originally, a poem by Goethe). Mickey Mouse, as the apprentice, is being trampled by an …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: 12 Linux geeks worth following on social media
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•By Jim Lynch 12 Linux geeks worth following on social media Social media isn’t my cup of tea, but many Linux users like it and use it. And there are certainly Linux …read more Source:: OpenSource
6 colleges turning out open source talent
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•By Sandra Gittlen Most IT departments have project road maps that will require open source skills, but finding recent college grads with open source talent can be challenging. Whether your company is planning an …read more Source:: OpenSource
6 Splunk alternatives for log analysis
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Quick! Name a log analysis service. If the first word that popped out of your mouth was “Splunk,” you’re far from alone. But Splunk’s success has spurred many others to up …read more Source:: OpenSource