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We gave away four NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nanos at Open Source Summit. Here's what people plan to build.
At Open Source Summit 2026 in Minneapolis, we had four NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nanos to give away. Instead of a raffle, we asked for something in return: a 60-second pitch on what you would actually build…
While you were innovating, we were watching the kernel
The best thing CIQ can do for a customer is give them back their attention. Not just uptime. Attention. The cognitive space that disappears when infrastructure becomes a source of worry instead of a…
RLC Pro AI and RLC Pro Hardened: Which variant fits your infrastructure?
When you're choosing an operating system for your enterprise organization, the decision often starts with which distribution to use: RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, or RLC. If you're serious about your business…
Fuzzball HPC workflows now run natively on Microsoft Azure
Fuzzball now deploys natively on Microsoft Azure, joining AWS, GCP, OCI, and on-prem bare metal as a first-class deployment target. A computational chemist can move a GROMACS simulation from AWS to…
No, your Secure Boot certificate is not expiring in June
If you manage Linux infrastructure with Secure Boot enabled, you have probably seen the headlines. The Microsoft UEFI CA certificate that underpins Secure Boot signing for Linux has a June 2026 expiry…
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Another local privilege escalation. This one has been hiding since 2007.
In my Dirty Frag post, I wrote that we expected vulnerabilities to come in waves. In Fragnesia, we proved it by going out and finding one ourselves. What I didn't predict was that the next wave would…
Why RLC Pro
The operating system underneath your workloads sets the ceiling for everything above it. Compliance posture, AI performance, long-term security coverage, and the pace at which engineering teams can…
Open Source Summit 2026: Minneapolis delivered
Minneapolis in May is a good place to be. The weather cooperated, the venue was spacious and well-run, and the people who showed up to Open Source Summit 2026 were exactly the kind of crowd you hope…
Where your data actually goes when you send it to a commercial AI API
Series: 10 reasons to own your AI infrastructure, Post 3: Data sovereignty for sensitive workloads In April 2023, Samsung Electronics became one of the first major enterprises to recognize a problem…
What trading infrastructure teams actually need from Enterprise Linux
Four requirements consistently appear in trading infrastructure OS standards, written independently by firms that have never compared notes: a validated kernel that holds under custom engineering, a…
Why OS hardening is no longer enough: the case for infrastructure-level supply chain security
The attack surface your auditors ask about is not the one attackers use. Enterprise Linux security has matured significantly. Organizations run hardened operating systems, enforce FIPS 140-3 validated…