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The Linux Foundation and its partners are working on cryptography for the post-quantum world
Linux Foundation Forms Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance
The PQCA endeavors to serve as a pivotal resource for organizations and open-source projects in search of production-ready libraries and packages, fostering cryptographic agility in anticipation of future quantum computing capabilities. Founding members include AWS, Cisco, Google, IBM, IntellectEU, Keyfactor, Kudelski IoT, NVIDIA, QuSecure, SandboxAQ, and the University of Waterloo. […] [T]he PQCA plans to launch the PQ Code Package Project aimed at creating high-assurance, production-ready software implementations of upcoming post-quantum cryptography standards, beginning with the ML-KEM algorithm. By inviting organizations and individuals to participate, the PQCA is poised to play a critical role in the transition to and standardization of post-quantum cryptography, ensuring enhanced security measures in the face of advancing quantum computing technology. You can learn more about the PQCA on its website or GitHub.
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Linux security: What is sudo and why is it so important?
How to permanently mount a drive in Linux (and why you should)
Despite Layoffs, Open Source and Linux Skills are Still in Demand
But then Zemlin added that “open source is countercyclical to these trends. The Linux Foundation itself, for instance, had its best first quarter ever.”
As Hilary Carter, SVP of research and communications at the Linux Foundation, said in her keynote speech at Open Source Summit North America in Vancouver, Canada: “In spite of what the headlines are saying, the facts are 57% of organizations are adding workers this year.” Carter was quoting figures from the Linux Foundation’s latest job survey, which was released at the event.
Other research also points to brighter signs in tech employment trends. CompTIA’s recent analysis of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data suggests the tech unemployment rate climbed by just 2.3% in April. In fact, more organizations plan to increase their technical staff levels rather than decrease.
The demand for skilled tech talent remains strong, particularly in fast-developing areas, such as cloud and containers, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. So, what do these all areas of technology have in common? The answer is they’re all heavily dependent on open source and Linux technologies.
While layoffs are happening at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, and even Red Hat, “the Linux Foundation found senior technical roles are seeing the biggest cuts,” the article points out. “New hiring is focused on developers and IT managers.” And companies are also spending more on training for existing technical staff, “driven by the fact that there aren’t enough experts in hot technologies, such as Kubernetes and generative AI, to go around.”
Interestingly, a college degree is no longer seen as such a huge benefit. Businesses responding to the Linux Foundation’s research felt upskilling (91%) and certifications (77%) are more important than a university education (58%) when it comes to addressing technology needs.
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Goodbye To Roblox On Linux With Their New Anti-Cheat and Wine Blocking
From a personal perspective, a lot of people at Roblox would love to support Linux (including me). Practically speaking, there’s just no way for us to justify it. If we release a client, we have to support it, which means QA, CS, documentation, etc., all of which is much more difficult on a fragmented platform. We release weekly on a half-dozen platforms. Adding in the time to test, debug, and release a Linux client would be expensive, which means time taken away from improving Roblox on our current platforms.
Even Wine support is difficult because of anti-cheat. As wonderful as it would be to allow Roblox under Wine, the number of users who would take advantage of that is minuscule compared with our other platforms, and it’s not worthwhile if it makes it easy for exploiters to cheat.
I’m sorry to be such a downer about this, but it’s the reality. We have to spend our time porting to and supporting the platforms that will grow our community.
Again, I’m personally sorry to have to say this. Way back in 2000 I had a few patches accepted into the kernel, and I led the port of Roblox game servers from Windows to Linux several years ago. From a technical and philosophical perspective, it would be a wonderful thing to do. But our first responsibility is to our overall community, and the opportunity cost of supporting a Linux client is far, far too high to justify.
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Raspberry Pi OS now runs on Linux kernel 6.1 LTS
Linus Torvalds Cleaned Up the Intel LAM Code for Linux 6.4
Back during the Linux 6.2 days at the end of last year, Linus rejected the Intel LAM code at the time for various technical issues. Intel then reworked it for Linux 6.4. This time around Linus merged Intel LAM into Linux 6.4 as this new CPU feature for letting user-space store metadata within some bits of pointers without masking it out before use. Intel LAM — like Arm TBI — can be of use to virtual machines, profiling / sanitizers / tagging, and other applications. But this time around there were some less than ideal code that he personally took to sprucing up…
Torvalds reworked around one hundred lines of code for cleaning it up.
It’s fun to read Torvalds’ commit messages (included in both Phoronix articles). Torvalds begins by writing that the LAM updates “made me unhappy about how ‘access_ok()’ was done, and it actually turned out to have a couple of small bugs in it too…”
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Linux Foundation Announces DentOS 3.0, an Open Source Network OS for Disaggregated Networks
Or, as the Linux Foundation, the operating system provides “a flexible and customizable platform for network administrators to manage their networks.”
DENT provides access to open source-based switches at a lower cost and with more flexibility compared to proprietary switches with locked ecosystems. Network wiring closets in many facilities–including retail stores, warehousing, remote locations, enterprises, and small and mid-sized businesses–are often small, requiring a compact solution for network management. Additionally, staff expertise may be limited, and branch-office switches from leading suppliers can require costly contracts. DENT can be easily deployed on white-box hardware in small spaces, providing an efficient and cost-effective solution for network management. As a result, DENT deployment can significantly enhance network management in a wide range of environments, providing greater efficiency, reliability, and scalability…
DentOS enables Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology to connect and manage thousands of devices like cameras, sensors, entry and exit gates, and access points on the network edge.
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