SUSE is one of the Linux trinity -- which comprises Red Hat, SUSE, and Canonical. SUSE is also one of the leading contributors to many open source projects, including the kernel itself. However, the company went through challenging times as it was acquired by one company after another. It seems that things have stabilized with the Micro Focus acquisition, so I sat down with Michael Miller, SUSE’s Vice President of Global Alliances & Marketing at LinuxCon and talked about topics ranging from acquisition to future plans.

• Google Container Engine is The Product Version of Kubernetes and It’s Now Live

  Still up in the air (if you’ll pardon the metaphor) is the matter of whether a preferred public platform for container deployment will emerge, out of the melee that is today’s market. Wednesday, Google took its next step in its bid to produce “the” container ecosystem, lifting the “beta” tag from its Google Container Engine service.

• The Increasing Rate Of Linux News; Only 39% Of Site Traffic Is From Linux Desktops

  Based on the operating system when Phoronix readers are viewing the site, 39% are from Linux, 32% from Windows, 16% from Android, 6% from OS X, and 5% from iOS.

• Linux 4.2 Released Improving Cryptography Options

• GNU Linux-libre Kernel 4.2 Officially Released with AMDGPU Support, More

• Working with the kernel keyring

  The Linux kernel keyring is effectively a mechanism to allow shoving blobs of data into the kernel and then setting access controls on them.

• Systemd's latest conquest: the 'su' command

  In what appears to be a relentless march to absorb more and more of a Linux/UNIX system, systemd, touted as an init system, has now incorporated the su command.

  This command su is used within a shell to obtain root status for performing administrative tasks on a Linux/UNIX system. It is not a full root login.

• Linux 4.2 released

• Samsung's Exynos DRM Driver Will Go Atomic In Linux 4.3

• Container Myths Debunked at OpenStack Silicon Valley

  Alex Polvi, CEO of CoreOS, has heard a lot of different myths about what containers can't do and in a session at OpenStack Silicon Valley event on August 26. So he set out to debunk them.

• A Linux Driver Is In Development For The Corsair Vengeance K90

  The Corsair Vengeance K90 is a gaming keyboard featuring Cherry MX Red mechanical key switches and a whole lot of other extra functionality suited for gamers and tailored for MMO and RTS titles. A open-source Linux driver is in the works for properly handling this high-end keyboard.

• Architecting Containers Part 1: Why Understanding User Space vs. Kernel Space Matters

• The History of Containers

  Given the recent massive spike in interest in Linux Containers, you could be forgiven for wondering, “Why now?”. It has been argued that the increasingly prevalent cloud computing model more closely resembles hosting providers than traditional enterprise IT, and that containers are a perfect match for this model.

• Concerning Containers' Connections: on Docker Networking

  Containers can be considered the third wave in service provision after physical boxes (the first wave) and virtual machines (the second wave). Instead of working with complete servers (hardware or virtual), you have virtual operating systems, which are far more lightweight. Instead of carrying around complete environments, you just move applications, with their configuration, from one server to another, where it will consume its resources, without any virtual layers. Shipping over projects from development to operations also is simplified—another boon. Of course, you'll face new and different challenges, as with any technology, but the possible risks and problems don't seem to be insurmountable, and the final rewards appear to be great.

• GNU/Linux container internals aka Cgroups and Namespaces

  In this post, I will shed some light on the GNU/Linux container internals. Basically, what is underlying technology driving that. Here we go, without much ado...

• Finding Slowdowns In Linux's Suspend/Resume Process

• AMDGPU SI Machine Schedule For LLVM Showing Much Promise

• NVIDIA reveals GPUs for blade servers, Linux desktop support

  NVIDIA is pitching GRID as a hardware offering tuned to the needs of graphically-demanding desktop virtualisation (VDI) workloads. If that sounds a bit exotic, consider environments like the resources industry, where on-site engineers need CAD and modelling tools, but miners are loathe to deploy desktops in the remote sites where stuff gets dug out of the ground. VDI works a treat in such spots.

• AMD's open source Fury disappointing

  AMD's open source drivers for its Fury platform have proved rather disappointing.

  According to Phoronix, open-source AMD driver code for supporting the Radeon R9 Fury graphics cards is to be merged into the coming Linux 4.3 kernel.

• Linux Power Efficiency Of Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell & Kaveri Compared

  Last week from the new Intel Core i5 6600K "Skylake" processor I posted the initial Linux CPU benchmarks as well as results for the new HD Graphics 530 graphics processor with Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver stack. In this article are some complementary data points for this Core i5 Skylake CPU compared to Haswell and Broadwell processors as well as a AMD A10-7870K Godavari APU.

• Scientific Linux 6.7 Screenshot Tour

• Kubuntu 15.10 Beta 1 Screenshot Tour

• Integration process for openSUSE Tumbleweed, Leap explained

  The SUSE office in Nuremberg, Germany, had a special presentation given by Dominique Leuenberger, last week about the interconnecting points of the openSUSE project.

  Specifically, Leuenberger covered the integration process of Tumbleweed and Leap and explained the difference between the two.

  “Leap is trying to find the balance between how much SLE (SUSE Linux Enterprise) and how much Tumbleweed,” he said.

• New LibreOffice 5.0.1, and VLC 2.2.1 / tigervnc 1.5.0 rebuilds for slackware-current

  After slackware-current was treated to a massive update last weekend, it could be expected that some 3rd-party software packages needed to be recompiled – especially due to linkage to gnutls but also icu4c libraries. One by one I am working on the big or complex packages in my own SlackBuild repository, and below you will find the harvest of the week gone by. Note that I am also working on a new KDE Plasma 5 set of packages which is unfortunately quite challenging due to migration of many applications from kdelibs 4 to frameworks 5… lots of compatibility issues to resolve before packages start compiling again. I would have liked to have them ready for release before the end of august but I am afraid that I may not succeed.

• Joining Red Hat

  September the 1st will be my Day 1 at Red Hat. After being around the GNOME community for 6 years...

• Fedora Linux Moves Ahead With Effectively Demoting 32-bit x86 Support

• Report from the MicroDebconf Brasília 2015

  This was an event organized due to a coincidental meeting of a few DD’s in the city of Brasilia on May 31st 2015. What a good thing when we can mix vacations, friends and Debian

• Rescuing a Windows 10 failed install using GParted Live on CD

  Using GParted live .iso - itself based on Debian Live - allowed me to resize the System partition from 100MiB to 200MiB by moving the Windows partition but Windows became unbootable.

• A Word of Caution About LLVM/Clang 3.8 SVN On Ubuntu

• Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Beta 1 Released

• Building Mesa 11.0 With OpenGL 4.1 On Ubuntu Linux

• Ubuntu Developer Proposes "Non-Windowing Display Server" For Wayland

• Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Update Will Bring A Lot Of Bug-Fixes

• Food processing panel-PCs boast IP69K ingress protection

  Adlink’s latest 15-, 17-, and 19-inch resistive touchscreen panel-PCs for food processing run Linux on a dual-core Atom, and offer IP69K ingress protection.

• SteamOS Brewmaster 2.32 Brings AMD Catalyst 15.7 and Nvidia 352.30

  Valve released a new update for SteamOS Brewmaster branch of the operating system, bringing the version number up to 2.32. It's an important release since it brings all the latest drivers for AMD and Nvidia.

• Last Chance to Get DG2: Defense Grid 2 with 75% Discount on Linux

  DG2: Defense Grid 2 is one of the best tower defense games ever made and it can be purchased right now with a 75% discount that is about to expire in just a few hours.

• The Best And Worst Of Linux Gaming

  Gaming for a long time was the Achilles heel of Linux with at best amateurish home brew games. In the past there have been some good games written natively for Linux but the trouble is that some people have confused the Tux logo with being a good character for a game in the same way that Mario is overused by Nintendo.

• 5 best open source board games to play online

  I have always had a fascination with board games, in part because they are a device of social interaction, they challenge the mind and, most importantly, they are great fun to play. In my misspent youth, myself and a group of friends gathered together to escape the horrors of the classroom, and indulge in a little escapism. The time provided an outlet for tension and rivalry. Board games help teach diplomacy, how to make and break alliances, bring families and friends together, and learn valuable lessons.

• BlazeRush Is A Fantastic Combat Racer On Linux, It’s Actually Hilarious

  After the utter disgrace that MadOut was, I was in the market for something new to play and I already owned BlazeRush from a sale. I mentioned the release of BlazeRush, but never actually got around to trying it—until now.

• The Bug Butcher, A Fun Early Access 2D Shoot Em Up

  With all the big titles coming to Linux, it is easy to miss the smaller ones. You do not always want to invest hours of your life building an empire or engaging in epic quests. Sometimes you just want to blast some alien bugs for a few minutes while your coffee is brewing. The game I am looking into today lets you do exactly that.

• Company Of Heroes 2 Is Coming To Linux Today

• Company of Heroes 2 Launches For Linux, Currently On Sale For $10

• A Company of Heroes 2 Linux Test Profile

• Company of Heroes 2 Is The Latest Linux Game Showcasing AMD's Performance Wreck With Catalyst

  When trying out the game myself on an Ubuntu 15.04 box with the Catalyst 15.7 driver, this game was just the latest showing what bad shape the Catalyst Linux driver is in for OpenGL gaming... Like with the Shadow of Mordor Linux port, even when launching the game from Steam on Linux with the AMD Catalyst driver loaded, there is immediately a warning:

• Feral Interactive Appears To Be Stepping Up Its AMD Linux Game

• Arma 3 Linux Beta Due Out Very Soon, But Will It Last?

• Experimental Unity Editor Now Available For Linux

• Game Developer Who Ported To Linux: "I Don't Think It Was Worthwhile"

• Obsidian on what’s next for Pillars of Eternity: 'We own something now'

  But even outside of the stresses of developing for operating systems as native to PCs as Linux, the team faced some interesting challenges in bringing their vision for a golden age role-playing game to life.

• The History Of Android

  Android becomes a giant brand in communication industry. Android, Inc. was established in Palo Alto, California. There were 4 persons in October 2003 who had the idea to develop this smart phone. Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Chris White, and Nick Sears developed the idea said by Rubin,

• Which Android phone Will Take The Crown For The Best Smartphone Of 2015?

• The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 is like the Android iPad Air you always wanted

• Student faces prison for creating Android malware

• How to get thousands of Android apps for FREE: Amazon Underground offers paid-for games without any in-app purchases

• Can the new BlackBerry Android slider change the game?

• Qualcomm Steps Up To Fight Android Malware And App Privacy Violations

• IFA 2015 preview: Android Wear takes over Berlin

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow vs. Android 5.0 Lollipop – Top Improvements and Features

• Android Wear smartwatches come to the iPhone

• Google Play Upgrade Leaks Android Pay Hint

• Cheap Airfare Finder Hopper Hits Android, Now Books Tickets With Just A Few Taps

• Android M Update Ruled Out For LG G2?

• No Android M Update For Samsung Galaxy S5?

• Best new Android widgets (August 2015) #3

• Your (Next) Android Wear Watch Will Connect To The iPhone