The number of malware infections on Linux-based IoT (internet of things) devices rose by 35% in 2021 compared to the previous year's numbers. The principal goal was recruiting devices to be part of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks.

Linux Mint signed a new partnership with Mozilla.

I'm no longer using Windows as the OS on my primary PC. In fact, it's no longer installed on a secondary drive. Here's why you may want to consider making the switch.

All the same stable channel features are now on Edge Linux.

WSL is finally easy to install—and offers automatic sound/graphics support.

As Ars Technica confirmed in May, two months ahead of its official reveal, Valve is about to re-enter the hardware space with its first portable PC, the Steam Deck. This custom x86 PC resembles an XL version of the Nintendo Switch and will begin shipping to buyers by the end of 2021, starting at $399.

Pretty interesting predictions.

Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) daily builds are now available to download for all supported flavors, for early adopters and public testers.

After bringing support for the systems programming language Rust to Android, Google is now looking to bring it to the Linux kernel to reduce security flaws.

Suit alleges stolen intellectual property in IBM AIX, and collusion with RHEL.

A popular open source alternative to Dropbox is ownCloud. This software provides easy and secure file storage and file sharing, and much more. Here’s how to get it going on CentOS.

This nasty set of bugs can lead to an attacker gaining root access, but the patch is already available.

In upcoming releases, Linux Mint developers may insist that users install some patches.

One step in securing a Linux computer system is identifying which ports are active. Your system’s active ports give you information about which outside applications may be connected to your system. You can also discover if you are unintentionally exposing an application or service to the internet, like a MySQL database. There are several Linux tools that help you discover which ports are in use and identify both ends of active communications. This guide introduces three common tools you can use find the active ports on your Linux server or computer with links to guides that dive deeper into each tool.

Linux mint showcasing 3 desktops.

If all goes well, the first flight on Mars will be made by Perseverance Mars rover's companion drone helicopter, the Linux-powered Ingenuity.

A user spun up an Ubuntu Linux instance on Azure and was extremely annoyed to receive a sales message from a Canonical representative.

AlmaLinux, the open-source enterprise-level Linux distribution created as an alternative to CentOS, has been released in beta with most Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages

Google left a lot of ticked off Linux programmers when it changed its API rules for Chromium. But maybe it's time Chromium stopped being a Google-only open-source project and became a true community open-source program.