Linux 5.10 LTS arrives with major performance improvements

Linux 5.10 LTS arrives with major performance improvements

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of a new version of Linux. The kernel version 5.10 is LTS (Long Term Support), which means that it will be maintained for at least five years. Among all the changes introduced in this new release, there are a lot of performance improvements. Regarding processors, performance support for AMD Zen 3 is included with other Linux performance additions and mremap performance is much more snappy on ARM64 hardware.

Webinar recording: Hybrid Education with UDS Enterprise & Azure

Webinar recording: Hybrid Education with UDS Enterprise & Azure

The health situation has accelerated the technological transformation of educational organizations. This sector is immersed in a period of innovation that requires adapting hybrid and digital models that allow to continue learning from any location and using any device. Likewise, teachers, administrative and service staff should have the necessary tools to work remotely whenever necessary.

To guide the IT managers of these organizations to adopt a strategy that solves these challenges in the most efficient way, the UDS Enterprise and Azure Education teams organized last October an interesting webinar in Spanish. Under the title “Solve the challenges of hybrid Education with Microsoft Azure and UDS Enterprise“, specialists from both companies revealed how the cloud VDI is the ideal solution for these scenarios.

In 2020, over 150 Open Source communities joined Linux Foundation

In 2020, over 150 Open Source communities joined Linux Foundation

As every year around this time, The Linux Foundation (LF) has published its annual report, in which they review their most important milestones of 2020. They point out that this year more than 150 new communities have joined, related to open technology projects, open standards, open data and open hardware. Among them, the FINOS Foundation stands out. It is made up of specialists who create Open Source solutions for financial services.

As a result of the collaboration of its members, a total of more than a billion lines of code and 11,520 repositories have been generated. Each week around 12.5 million lines of code have been added and about 10.8 million removed. Among all contributors, they have detected 263,499 vulnerabilities .

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