The recently revealed Boothole bug in Grub2, a bootloader used by almost all Linux distributions, has been fixed. But while it’s getting headlines, it can only successfully attack a handful …read more Source:: Linux
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Debian, Kali Linux distributions now available in the Microsoft Store
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•Microsoft is making good on its promise from a year ago to make more Linux distributions available from the Microsoft Store for use on Windows 10’s subsystem for Linux. …read more Source:: Linux
Hands-On: Installing five different Linux distributions on my new HP laptop
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•This HP laptop comes with both a 256GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. I’m going to load it with a variety of Linux distributions and see how it …read more Source:: Linux
Major Linux distros have Meltdown patches, but that’s only part of the fix
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•All the major Linux distributions have now released their Intel chip meltdown patches. But, someone must retune all those servers to get their performance up to speed and replace network …read more Source:: Linux
Red Hat’s Boltron snaps together a modular Linux server
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Red Hat’s ongoing experiments with making its Linux distributions more modular and flexible have yielded a new sub-distribution of Fedora. Dubbed Fedora Boltron Server, the new prototype server project uses the …read more Source:: OpenSource
Debian 9 ‘Stretch’ Linux has arrived
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•Debian, one of the main Linux distributions, has just released its latest major update. …read more Source:: Linux
IDG Contributor Network: Why do Linux distributions have software bugs?
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•By Jim Lynch Linux distros and software bugs Linux is one of the best operating systems around, but no OS is perfect. All operating systems end up having bugs of one kind or another, …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Has Ubuntu Linux become boring?
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•By Jim Lynch Has Ubuntu become boring? Ubuntu has long been one of the best known and most popular Linux distributions. But has it become too boring and predictable to retain the interest of …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux distributions: Rolling releases vs point releases, which should you choose?
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•A brief discussion and illustration of the pros and cons of Linux release models, using hardware device support and the current kernel version as examples. …read more Source:: Linux
What’s the fastest Linux web browser?
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•Firefox is the default web browser for most Linux distributions, but is it the fastest choice? …read more Source:: Linux