The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, recently announced that Texas Memory Systems has become its newest member.

‘Just go update already’ The Linux kernel has finally been purged of a privilege-escalation vulnerability that for at least half a decade allowed untrusted local users to gain unfettered rights to the operating system’s most secure locations. Free On-Demand Webcast – Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

Linux User and Developer: “Intelligent backup of your Linux machine’s valuable data doesn’t have to be complicated. Linux User & Developer’s Sukrit Dhandhania shows you quite how easy and effective rsync tool-based luckyBackup can make the process…”

Linux patent defense organization Open Invention Network (OIN) announced a partnership with Arizona State University’s Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) office, focused on mobile device identity management research.

Datamation: “Kernel-based Virtual Machine, or KVM, is a growing Linux technology for virtualization. Speaking at LinuxCon this week, Red Hat Senior Engineer Chris Wright noted that the open source project is on track to meet some very lofty goals.”

Organizations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux got two new options this week for running the open source OS remotely.

The Open Compliance Program announced by the Linux Foundation on Tuesday is a response to the surging growth in the use of open source technologies. Open source – Linux Foundation – Articles – Operating Systems – Linux

Organizations that are interested in using open source in their own products but are wary of intellectual property issues might want to examine a new, mostly free, assistance program just launched by the non-profit Linux Foundation. The Open Compliance… Open source – Linux Foundation – Intellectual property – Articles – Linux