This Week in Open Source News: Hyperledger’s Growth Surges, OSS Networking Pro Joins The Linux Foundation & More

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This week in Linux and OSS news, The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Project continues to grow rapidly as its membership hits 100, Arpit Joshipura comes aboard The Linux Foundation’s staff as an OSS networking specialist, and more! Read up on the latest industry news with this weekly digest

1) The blockchain project continues to grow at an unprecedented speed.

Linux Foundation’s Blockchain Collective Hyperledger Hits 100 Members– Blockchain News

2) Arpit Joshipura, veteran tech exec who has worked at Dell, Ericsson and Nortel joins The Linux Foundation.

Linux Foundation Adds an Open Source Networking Specialist to the Team– NetworkWorld

3) A new Google program aimed at continuously fuzzing open source software has already detected over 150 bugs.

Google Debuts Continuous Fuzzer for Open Source Software– ThreatPost

4) AMD is bringing FreeSync support to Linux

AMD strengthens gaming and VR on Linux with graphics improvements– PC World

5) Bryan Lunduke makes his annual open source predictions for the upcoming year.

7 Linux Predictions for 2017– NetworkWorld