2014 Linux and Open source Technology Review Inventory

ZDNet Technology Observer Stevenj.vaughan-nichols a year-end summary of the ups and downs of Linux and open source technology, a year of surprise and misery.

2014Linux of the War

"Bleeding Heart (Heartbleed)"

Heart Bleed (Heartbleed) is a security vulnerability found in OpenSSL that affects billions of of websites. Steven believes that the exposure of this vicious loophole exposes developers ' blind trust in the security of open source technology, and has long never been careful to confirm that they are truly reliable.

The Battle of Systemd

If you are not a real Linux heavy user, you may never hear of systemd. SYSTEMD was originally used to control programs that run during the Linux boot process, although it is compatible with SYSV and linuxstandardbaseinitscripts, but eventually replaces these old programs.

That is, when the systemd can do more and more and more bloated at the same time, the voice of criticism is increasing. Some people think it is contrary to the Linux/unix philosophy of "small but beautiful, special office".

At the same time, its founder Lennartpoetteringhelinux's father, Linustorvalds, sparked a long-standing dispute. All in all, SYSTEMD is a default system management tool that is hated by some developers but used by most Linux branches, and it's far from good enough.

Open source Protocol missing

It is a good thing that the GPL is no longer the dominant open source agreement in the community, but many open source programs do not begin to apply to any open source protocols. 2013 years on GitHub, 77% of the programs are not published under any agreement, which means countless court bookkeeper.

Ubuntutouch and Steammachine's "endless extension"

Beyond the controversial Linux branch of Android, Ubuntutouch and Steammachine, two of the pure Linux bloodlines, have suffered setbacks in consumer-grade products.

Ubuntu's own mobile edge crowdfunding failed, community adaptation projects stalled, the official final version is still unfinished, outside the rumors of the Meizu mobile phone from last year's CES postponed so far. As for Steammachine, the original display of star equipment has chosen to carry Windows8.1 listed sales.

2014Linux of Joy

Linux may be the hottest end-user operating system of the year

The hottest end-user operating system this year is finally probably no longer windows, but Android. Android-based smartphones and tablet devices are a breeze. Although the final statistics for 2014 are uncertain, Steven believes that Microsoft Office will not be so aggressively released or even free on Android if it is not a large-scale Android pandemic.

Open source is a methodology for top-level program writing

According to the results of the questionnaire published by Forresterresearch at the Allthingsopen conference, four-fifths of developers now choose Open Source when releasing their programs. Even Microsoft, once led by Ballmer, who described open source as "cancer", embraced open source and linux:azure to support mainstream Linux distributions and Docker after the new Ceonadella came to power. NET open source, partnering with canonical to bring WindowsServer to OpenStack.

Open source technology dominates the era of cloud computing

OpenStack is supported by almost every major technology company in the world, including Microsoft and VMware. Cloud computing is the future of science and technology, and OpenStack can be a force to be reckoned with.

Redhat and Canonical's Cloud computing competition

Ubuntu is already the most used Linux distribution on OpenStack, and canonical recently released a special edition of how the server introduces Class Docker container management. Although it competes with the traditional giant redhat in the enterprise market, it also shows that Linux has two strong situations in the cloud computing market.

Docker emergence

A year ago Docker was not known to most people, and the word "container" was the same. However, one year later, Docker is supported by most mainstream cloud services, becoming the future of Linux application deployment and management.

Docker is a container technology that allows developers to easily package, deliver, and run any application, which is lightweight and easy to carry and forward. In addition, Docker technology allows enterprise servers to run twice as many applications as virtual machines.

Summarize

The battle between security and faction and maturity is always the subject of Linux and open source technology, but the dual success of the enterprise and consumer markets makes Linux a more important part of the operating system, and it also allows open source to be accepted by more and more commercial companies. 2015, how the two-phase technology of Linux and open source will evolve, is still worth looking forward to.

[This article was compiled from: zdnet.com]

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2014 Linux and Open source Technology Review Inventory