Best Linux distros for beginners 2022: You can do this!
Some people still insist that using Linux is hard. Sure, it was difficult — when I started with the Linux desktop back in the 1990s. But that was a long time ago. Today, the easiest desktop of all,...
View ArticleBest desktop Linux for pros 2022: Our top 5 choices
I get so, so tired of explaining that Linux isn’t that hard. Indeed, if you’re reading this on an Android phone or on a Chromebook, congratulations! You’re using Linux, and you very well might not have...
View ArticleBest Linux distros for beginners 2022: You can do this!
Some people still insist that using Linux is hard. Sure, it was difficult — when I started with the Linux desktop back in the 1990s. But that was a long time ago. Today, the easiest desktop of all,...
View ArticleThe bill comes due: Securing open-source software isn’t going to be cheap
Open-source software has always been more secure than proprietary software, but that doesn’t mean it’s “secure.” To lock it down, we need to invest serious cash in developers and maintainers. You may...
View ArticleVMware Finds Linux Malware on the Rise
Linux is largely secure. Sure, it has security problems like any other operating system, but they tend to get fixed quickly and completely. Unfortunately, if you don’t install Linux correctly on your...
View ArticleTigera Tightens Cloud Native Container Security
Tigera claims you can catnap about your container security with its new cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for its Calico Cloud. If the name sounds familiar, there’s a reason. Gartner...
View ArticleLinux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google...
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 Zero, Google’s security...
View ArticleNasty Linux Kernel Stack Overflow Flaw Found and Patched
Here we go again. Another obnoxious security bug, CVE-2022-0435: A Remote Stack Overflow in The Linux Kernel was found by Appgate senior exploit developer Samuel Page while he was poking around at a...
View ArticleDirty Pipeline Is an Awful Linux Mess
As I write this, there’s already a nasty exploit out there using the latest Linux kernel vulnerability, Dirty Pipeline, for any J. Random Luser to overwrite root’s password field in /etc/passwd. The...
View ArticleHP and System76 partner to release high-end Linux laptop
Linux laptop player System76 is joining forces with HP to release a high-powered Pop!_OS-powered developer laptop. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor Steven Vaughan-Nichols...
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