Category: Linux Updates

Getty/NurPhoto Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, and it appears he’s already failing on his promise not to turn Twitter into a ‘free-for-all hellscape.’ But, I’m not here to talk

Intel You can famously run Linux on anything. And, when I say anything, I mean anything, e.g. a Nintendo Wii, an iPod, DeLaval’s robotic system for milking cows, and possibly even a

Everyone depends on OpenSSL. You may not know it, but OpenSSL is what makes it possible to use secure Transport Layer Security (TLS) on Linux, Unix, Windows, and many other

Canonical For business users and developers, Canonical’s recently introduced Ubuntu Pro, Amazon Web Services (AWS) virtual Ubuntu desktops, and, of course, its long-term support (LTS) version Ubuntu 22.04, are what

Red Hat Once upon a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, “desktops” were terminals to mainframes or midrange computers running Unix. Then along came the PC, and everything changed.

suphakit73/iStockphoto/Getty Images You may recall that Linus Torvalds recently added support for Rust in the Linux kernel. One of the big reasons for adding Rust was to put an end

You may never have heard of The Clearing House (TCH), but you use its services every day. Its US payment network clears and settles more than $2 trillion of wire,

ZinetroN/Shutterstock We use containers all the time, but we’re not ready to give up on Virtual Machines (VM) yet. Both have their uses. But, what if we could use the

Kiyoshi Hijiki/Getty Images Linux runs the world, but it doesn’t run the traditional PC desktop — nor does it seem likely it ever will.  But, that doesn’t mean the Linux

Getty Images/iStockphoto In Debian Linux‘s 29-year history, there was one constant: Debian would be made entirely of free software. Debian also defined exactly what free software was in its Open

Image: RedHat Red Hat is the Linux distro security leader. And with its latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) beta releases, RHEL 8.7 and 9.1, the Linux powerhouse company is

Getty Images/iStockphoto There’s at least one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on in the US Senate: the importance of open-source software. Seriously.  As US Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said

Wright Studio — Shutterstock In the beginning, all software was “free software” and “open source.” But, as software became commercialized, almost all software became proprietary. In revolt against this, Richard

iStockphoto/Getty Images Jit, a startup programming security company, dreams of being a top security power. To help make those dreams a reality, Jit recently hired Simon Bennetts, the founder of

Wright Studio/Shutterstock There are many Linux distributions designed expressly for containers. Even Microsoft has one, Common Base Linux (CBL)-Mariner. Others include Alpine Linux, Flatcar Container Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux