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7 hours agoCurrent Event sjvn
It's baaack! Microsoft and IBM open source MS-DOS 4.0
How did the operating system so bad it likely steered users to Linux 35 years ago come to be open-sourced now? Here's what happened.
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8 hours agoCurrent Event sjvn
Ubuntu 24.04: This great new Linux distro isn't just fast - it's a fortress
I'm running Canonical's latest release - aka 'Noble Numbat' - and find this distro's performance and security improvements make it an outstanding OS for everyone and every job.
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1 day agoCurrent Event sjvn
FCC restores net neutrality- here's what it means for the internet
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate rules ensuring equal treatment for all internet traffic. But that doesn't mean the issue is settled.
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1 day agoExpression sjvn
The end of non-compete agreements is a tech job earthquake
The FTC ruled this week that companies can no longer use non-compete agreements to stop workers from moving from one job to another — and businesses are having fits.
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2 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
IBM Confirms: It's Buying HashiCorp
Everyone knew HashiCorp was attempting to find a buyer. Few suspected it would be IBM.
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4 days agoAnalysis sjvn
If all kernel bugs are security bugs, how do you keep your Linux safe?
Since February, there've been 800 newly assigned CVEs. Your job? Update your main Linux distro more often.
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4 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Canonical Unveils 12 Years of Support for Ubuntu LTS
Want to keep running Ubuntu Linux for over a decade? Canonical can help.
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7 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Valkey is Rapidly Overtaking Redis
Redis is taking it in the chops, as both maintainers and customers move to the Valkey Redis fork.
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7 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Linus Torvalds takes on evil developers, hardware errors and 'hilarious' AI hype
While all is 'calm and steady and boring' with the next kernel, Linux creator Torvalds tells an Open Source Summit crowd exactly how he feels about almost everything else.
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9 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
OpenSSF warns of Open Source Social Engineering Threats
What are the trust best practices? We honestly don't know yet. But, if we're to trust our open source projects, we must figure it out.
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10 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
Meet the System Package Data Exchange: SPDX 3.0, with Profiles
The latest version of the newly renamed System Package Data Exchange (SPDX) was announced Tuesday at Open Source Summit North America.
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10 days agoAnalysis sjvn
You're not really still using Windows XP, are you?
Return with me to the Glory Days of Windows XP, which apparently some people, somehow, are still using even though support for it ended in...2014.
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11 days agoCurrent Event sjvn
The Commonhaus Way to Manage Open Source Projects
Commonhaus is taking a laissez-faire approach to open source group management.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis sjvn
Linux Foundation leads the fight against fauxpen source
Shifts its transmission from vendor neutral into open source gear
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Locking down container security once and for all with Rust-based Edera
This new open-source project built on the Xen hypervisor will bring a new level of security to containers.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
OpenTofu Denies Hashicorp's Code-Stealing Accusations
The legal battle between the faux-open-source HashiCorp and the open source OpenTofu heats up.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Securing Open Source Software, the Cyber Resilience Act Way
The Eclipse Foundation is spearheading an effort to create a unified framework for secure software development.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Tetrate Enterprise Gateway for Envoy Graduates
With this release, Envoy is ready to replace Kubernetes Ingress controllers.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Hashicorp Versus OpenTofu Gets Ugly - DevOps.com
Hashicorp is accusing the open source OpenTofu Project of swiping some of its BSL-licensed Terraform code. Enter the lawyers.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Hashicorp Versus OpenTofu Gets Ugly
Hashicorp is accusing the open source OpenTofu Project of swiping some of its BSL-licensed Terraform code. Enter the lawyers.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Scientists hit a 301 Tbps speed over existing fiber networks
And, you thought a gigabit per second was fast!
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3 weeks agoAnalysis sjvn
This backdoor almost infected Linux everywhere: The XZ Utils close call
For the first time, an open-source maintainer put malware into a key Linux utility. We're still not sure who or why - but here's what you can do about it.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
Why? Schleswig-Holstein cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty - though not necessarily in that order.
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3 weeks agoAnalysis sjvn
Is AI driving tech layoffs?
Tech stocks go ever higher, but how much of that is due to real gains and how much is because of layoffs done in the foolish hope that generative AI tools can replace workers?
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event sjvn
Malicious Code in Linux xz Libraries Endangers SSH
Most users won't be affected by this malware, but if it had gone undetected for a few more months, everyone using Linux would have faced their biggest security disaster ever.