By Matt Asay Much of the “open source sustainability” discussion has focused on the one thing that really needs no help being sustained: software. As Tobie Langel rightly points out, “Open …read more Source:: OpenSource
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The fixes to the Linux BootHole fixes are in
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•The first release of patches to the Linux BootHole came with a show-stopping problem. The fixed machines wouldn’t boot. For the most part, that problem has been solved. …read more Source:: Linux
Lenovo improves ThinkPads running Linux but issues with problem machines remain
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•If Lenovo is serious about having its entire ThinkPad line certified for working with Linux, it’ll need to remove the pain points for all its machines from the get go. …read more Source:: Linux
Check Point released an open-source fix for common Linux memory corruption security hole
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•For years, there’s been a security problem with how the GNU C Library dealt with single-linked-lists. Now, Check Point has released a patch, which will fix the problem once and …read more Source:: Linux
Nasty Linux, macOS sudo bug found and fixed
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•Who’da thought hiding passwords behind asterisks as you entered the characters could be a security problem? …read more Source:: Linux
Kubernetes autoscaling for event-driven workloads
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•By Simon Bisson Kubernetes, in all its many forms, is a powerful tool for building distributed systems. There’s one big problem though: Out of the box it’s only designed to offer resource-based scaling. …read more Source:: OpenSource
Achieving quantum supremacy
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•Researchers have made good on their claim to quantum supremacy. Using 53 entangled quantum bits (‘qubits’), their Sycamore computer has taken on — and solved — a problem considered intractable …read more Source:: Science
GNOME and KDE work together on the Linux desktop
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•Fragmentation has long been a problem for the Linux desktop, but now the two biggest open-source desktop foundations are joining forces. …read more Source:: Linux
Using antibiotics without a prescription is a prevalent public health problem
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•People using antibiotics without a prescription seems to be a prevalent public health problem. Antibiotics were obtained through various means, including saving leftover prescriptions for later use, getting them from …read more Source:: Science
Sedimentary, my dear Johnson: Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?
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•While volcanic, igneous rock predominates on Mars, virtually the entire Earth fossil record comes from sedimentary rocks. Addressing the problem, Swedish scientists have begun compiling evidence of fossilized microbes in …read more Source:: Science