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Linux Updates
Thunderbird e-mail client survives Mozilla layoffs
Recently, Mozilla laid off almost a quarter of its staff. That meant bad news for its flagship Firefox web browser. And some people wondered if this also meant that Thunderbird,
Red Hat takes Kubernetes to the cloud’s edge
Arpit Joshipura, The Linux Foundation‘s general manager of networking, predicted “edge computing will overtake cloud computing” by 2025. IBM Services Global CTO and Vice President Bridget Karlin won’t go that
Mirantis acquires popular Kubernetes IDE Lens
Kubernetes, the container orchestration program of choice for most companies is many things, but one thing it’s not is “easy.” It’s famous for being complex and a real pain-in-the-rump to
Open source takes on earthquake early warning project
I think the world’s trying to tell me something. As I got ready to write this story about The Linux Foundation hosting Grillo‘s open-source OpenEEW earthquake early warning system, I
Facebook joins The Linux Foundation as a platinum member
Most web-based companies are built on Linux and open-source software. Two-billion member social network Facebook is no different. For years, Facebook has not only relied on open-source, it’s been an active
Ubuntu Linux 20.04’s first point release arrives
Many users are a wee bit cautious about upgrading to the first new release of an operating system. In Windows circles, the saying used to be that you never upgraded
The fixes to the Linux BootHole fixes are in
The recently revealed BootHole security problem with GRUB2 and Secure Boot can, theoretically, be used to attack Linux systems. In practice, the only vulnerable Linux systems are those that have
LibreOffice 7: Now more Microsoft-compatible — and still free
Given a choice between Office 2019 and the just-released LibreOffice 7.0, your pick should be open-source’s top office suite LibreOffice. After all, as Jared Spataro, then Microsoft’s corporate vice president
Red Hat changes certification rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic
One of the best ways to get a job in tech is to have a certification. Yes, I know, you can do your work better than anyone with a certification,
Uniting for better open-source security: The Open Source Security Foundation
Eric S. Raymond, one of open-source’s founders, famously said, “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow,” which he called “Linus’s Law.” That’s true. It’s one of the reasons why open-source
Red Hat Enterprise Linux runs into Boothole patch trouble
Sometimes the cure really is worse than the disease. The recently revealed Boothole security problem with GRUB2 and Secure Boot can, theoretically, be used to attack Linux systems. In practice,
Linux distros fix new Boothole bug
Secure boot, despite the name, isn’t as secure as we’d like. Security company Eclypsium discovered a security hole in GRUB2: Boothole. Linux users know GRUB2 as one of the most
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 beta released
Every six months Red Hat releases a new minor update to its core Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and it’s almost that time again. So, Red Hat just released the beta
AMD Ryzen 4000-powered KDE Slimbook Linux laptop is ready to run
There’s a new Linux laptop in town. The Spanish PC vendor Slimbook and the Linux desktop non-profit KDE have united their efforts to release a new high-end Linux laptop: The