Nothing is quite as vexing as a security hole in a security program. Xiaochen Zou, a graduate student at the University of California, Riverside, went looking for bugs in Linux
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Leading supply-chain company Maersk joins the Open Invention Network
When you’re a technologist, and you hear “containers” and “supply-chain,” your mind immediately turns to Docker containers and supply-chain software. Most people, however, think of container ships and the physical
Some developers are fouling up open-source software
Getty Images One of the most amazing things about open-source isn’t that it produces great software. It’s that so many developers put their egos aside to create great programs with
OpenShift 4.10: Red Hat teams with Nvidia to add AI and machine learning
Getty Images You can run Kubernetes straight from the code, but few companies have the nerves to do it. Instead, they turn to programs such as Red Hat‘s OpenShift. These
Corrupted open-source software enters the Russian battlefield
It started as an innocent protest. Npm, JavaScript’s package manager maintainer RIAEvangelist, Brandon Nozaki Miller, wrote and published an open-code npm source-code package called peacenotwar. It did little except add
Nasty Linux netfilter firewall security hole found
Behind almost all Linux firewalls tools such as iptables; its newer version, nftables; firewalld; and ufw, is netfilter, which controls access to and from Linux’s network stack. It’s an essential
GitHub vs GitLab: The key differences
Many people ask me: “Which distributed version control system should I use for my programming project, GitHub or GitLab?” It’s not that simple a question. Let’s break it down, shall
Red Hat moves out of Russia
The wave of companies cutting ties to the Russian government and companies now includes two top Linux and open-source powers: Red Hat and SUSE. SUSE moved first. SUSE CEO Melissa
Open Source Zone grinds away at patent trolls
Patent trolls, aka Patent Assertion Entities (PAE)s, have plagued open-source software for ages. Over the years though, other groups have risen up to keep them from stealing from the companies
The top 1,000 open-source libraries
When you think of important open-source projects you almost certainly recall Linux, the Apache Web Server, LibreOffice, and so on. And, that’s true. These are vital, but beneath these are
Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C
We all know Linux is written in C. What you may not know is that it’s written in a long-outdated C dialect: The 1989 version of the C language standard,
Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google Project Zero
There’s a lot of FUD about how Linux is being shown recently to be less secure than proprietary systems. That’s nonsense. But, now there are hard facts from Google’s Project
Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google Project Zero
There’s a lot of FUD about how Linux is being shown recently to be less secure than proprietary systems. That’s nonsense. But, now there are hard facts from Google’s Project
Best Linux distros for beginners 2022: You can do this!
View now at Google Chrome View now at Linux Mint View now at Ubuntu View now at Zorin View now at MX Linux Some people still insist that using Linux
Intel invests in open-source RISC-V processors, creates billion-dollar fund
RISC-V International, the global open hardware standards organization, has announced that Intel has joined RISC-V at the Premier membership level. Let that sink in for a minute. Intel, which has
