Soft-reboot in systemd 254 sounds a lot like Windows' Fast Startup
Where does Agent P work again?
OSes02 Aug 2023 | 128
Open Source
Creator of the Unix Sysadmin Song explains he just wanted to liven up a textbook
When you get to Chapter 15 of a Unix book you're ready for a laugh
Sysadmin Month28 Jul 2023 | 18
OctoX is a radical Rust implementation of a very old OS for RISC-V
There's still life in the wider Version 6 Unix family – and 9front too
OSes28 Jul 2023 | 19
Slackware wasn't the first Linux distro, but it's the oldest still alive and kicking
Who needs a graphical desktop manager anyway?
OSes20 Jul 2023 | 58
Mint 21.2 is desktop Linux without the faff
Nifty new features mostly go to Cinnamon users, though
OSes19 Jul 2023 | 83
Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market
Opinion It would be twice as much if people could stop arguing about who counts and who doesn't
OSes18 Jul 2023 | 239
BROADER TOPICS
NARROWER TOPICS
AlmaLinux project climbs down from being a one-to-one RHEL clone
Comment A worrying concession means that the shape of the marketplace is changing
OSes17 Jul 2023 | 47
Three signs that Wayland is becoming the favored way to get a GUI on Linux
May be about to join systemd as the new tech for graybeards to scorn... but adopt anyway
OSes13 Jul 2023 | 120
China's openKylin 1.0 arrives. Our verdict? Not a bad-looking, er, Ubuntu remix
It's certainly not the country's 'first homegrown open source desktop operating system'
OSes07 Jul 2023 | 19
Red Hat's open source rot took root when IBM walked in
Opinion Big Blue's top brass either don't get it or don't care
OSes07 Jul 2023 | 115
Rocky Linux details the loopholes that will help its RHEL rebuild live on
When you're on the wrong side of Red Hat, these could be subject to change
OSes04 Jul 2023 | 95
Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon
Desktop Ubuntu, but without the nonsense
OSes29 Jun 2023 | 51
Rocky Linux claims to have found 'path forward' from CentOS source purge
Ripples rebounding and reflecting from Red Hat's rebuff of RHEL rebuilds
OSes28 Jun 2023 | 221
Linux 6.4 debuts after literally unremarkable development push
Latest cut of the kernel gets RISC-ier, moves towards Wi-Fi 7, ejects PCMCIA cards
OSes26 Jun 2023 | 9
Open source licenses need to leave the 1980s and evolve to deal with AI
Opinion Time to get with the program... before artificial intelligence does
Sysadmin Month23 Jun 2023 | 92
US government extends software security deadline because vendors aren't ready
This from the Administration that made infosec a priority
Software13 Jun 2023 | 4
Google snubbed JPEG XL so of course Apple now supports it in Safari
Chocolate Factory under pressure to reverse decision to abandon image format
Applications07 Jun 2023 | 54
Oh Snap... Desktop Ubuntu Core to arrive in 2024
Changes are happening in Fedora and openSUSE immutable distros, too
OSes06 Jun 2023 | 65
Debian 12 'Bookworm' is the excitement-free Linux you've been waiting for
If Ubuntu is getting you down, check out its grandad
OSes05 Jun 2023 | 54
This malicious PyPI package mixed source and compiled code to dodge detection
Oh cool, something else to scan for
Security02 Jun 2023 | 11
XFS bug in Linux kernel 6.3.3 coincides with SGI code comeback
G.N.U. Silicon Graphics: a company is not dead while its name is still spoken
Security31 May 2023 | 12
Absolute mad lad renders Doom in teletext
Sure is '90s in here
Offbeat31 May 2023 | 34
The FBI as advanced persistent threat – and what to do about it
Opinion Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you
Personal Tech30 May 2023 | 93
Red Hat promises AI trained on 'curated' and 'domain-specific' data
Opinion Says it'll keep track of what it hoovers up at post-layoff summit
Applications26 May 2023 | 17
Alpine Linux 3.18 fixes DNS over TCP issue, now ready for all the internet's problems
Small but mighty update will help its many users – even the unwitting ones
OSes16 May 2023 | 6
EU's Cyber Resilience Act contains a poison pill for open source developers
Opinion The road to hell is paved with good intentions
OSes12 May 2023 | 82
Ubuntu 23.04 welcomes three more flavors, but hamburger menus leave a bad taste
Official Cinnamon, Edubuntu reborn, and an updated Kylin
OSes11 May 2023 | 48
Open source AI makes modern PCs relevant, and subscriptions seem shabby
Column Why sign up for ChatGPT when LLaMA and a multicore beast can do as well?
AI + ML11 May 2023 | 36
Open source at America's famous Los Alamos Lab: Pragmatism as its nucleus
Its 20,000-node cluster uses outdated MariaDB – for very good reasons
HPC10 May 2023 | 10
India bans open source messaging apps for security reasons. FOSS community says good luck
One banned tool is already working on Android-to-Android meshes that survive internet outages
Software09 May 2023 | 37
Russia tops national leagues in open source downloads
Putin FOSS to work when Microsoft et al abandoned pariah state
OSes05 May 2023 | 28
Red Hat layoffs spark calls to unionize, CEO wades in
Exclusive 'Reject this capitalist logic' urges French legion within Linux slinger
OSes28 Apr 2023 | 47
Trino and dbt open source data tools snuggle closer with integrated SaaS
Managed offerings now work in tandem to crunch data where it resides
Databases28 Apr 2023 |
Microsoft is busy rewriting core Windows code in memory-safe Rust
Now that's a C change we can back
CSO27 Apr 2023 | 115
Menaced by miscreants, critical infrastructure needs a good ETHOS. Ah, here's one
RSA Conference OT firms construct handy early-warning info-sharing system
Spotlight on RSA25 Apr 2023 | 5
If you don't get open source's trademark culture, expect bad language
Opinion Rust never sleeps. Sometimes it dozes at the wheel
Software24 Apr 2023 | 56
QEMU 8.0 hatches more support for Arm and RISC-V
Sapphire Rapids joins the fun, and there's even something for s390x users
Virtualization24 Apr 2023 | 3
Rust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talk
Should have wrapped proposed rules on name and logo use in unsafe {} ?
Software17 Apr 2023 | 35
Sick of GNOME, Snap and Flatpak? You might like Linux Lite, but beware rough edges
6.4 is based on Ubuntu 22.04.2 with a lot of the questionable aspects fixed
OSes17 Apr 2023 | 19
FerretDB 1.0 offers fresh approach to open source document databases
How to PostgreSQL MongoDB out of the equation
Databases14 Apr 2023 | 7
The return of the classic Flying Toasters screensaver
Friday FOSS Fest OK, here's my question: Would you like to have it on x86 Linux?
Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 42
Double BSD birthday bash beckons – or triple, if you count MidnightBSD 3.0
Both FreeBSD 13.2 and OpenBSD 7.3 are here
OSes13 Apr 2023 | 22
Fancy trying the granddaddy of Windows NT for free? Now's your chance
VSI releases OpenVMS 9.2-1 and x86 hobby licenses
Applications13 Apr 2023 | 101
Python head hisses at looming Euro cybersecurity rules
Red-tape vague enough to land open source volunteers in hot water for iffy code
Devops12 Apr 2023 | 63
Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug
Plus: Substack shanked by bitter Twitter?
Research07 Apr 2023 | 14
Cardboard drones running open source flight software take off in Ukraine and beyond
'CORVO' ships with tape and glue, gives defense orgs just-in-time drone capability for a song
Defense Tech Week07 Apr 2023 | 86
Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' beta is here in all its glitchy glory
That means next version of the most popular Linux distro is getting close
OSes04 Apr 2023 | 32
Oh, Snap. openSUSE downloads increasing, and Leap 15.5 is coming soon
Could have something to do with Ubuntu kicking Flatpak. Meanwhile, SUSE may be pulling up closer to rival Red Hat
OSes28 Mar 2023 | 20
ChatGPT, how did you get here? It was a long journey through open source AI
Opinion Without publicly accessible code, there would be no AI chatbot
Software24 Mar 2023 | 29
Curl, the URL fetcher that can, marks 25 years of transfers
Utility began as a personal project, found its way into billions of devices
Software21 Mar 2023 | 12
John Deere urged to surrender source code under GPL
Farmers need a right to repair
Software17 Mar 2023 | 78
After nearly two decades of waiting, GNOME 44 brings you... image thumbnails
The primary desktop in Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38 is getting there
OSes14 Mar 2023 | 46
Musk said Twitter would open source its algorithm – then fired the people who could
Opinion Like so many of his promises, it's probably one he can't keep
Software10 Mar 2023 | 157
How to get the latest Linux kernel on your Ubuntu box
And a choice of ways to get the latest KDE too, if that's your thing
OSes06 Mar 2023 | 35
SBOMs should be a security staple in the software supply chain
SCSW Know the ingredients before mixing the code. Oh and pay open source maintainers for goodness' sake...
Software05 Mar 2023 | 12
Fedora 38 will still support framebuffer X11 and NIS+
Next version of Red Hat's bleeding-edge distro won't drop all the older tech it had hoped to
OSes01 Mar 2023 | 10
Patches to make WINE work on Wayland display server protocol are being merged
Code update will remove the need for translation layer in Linux distros
Software28 Feb 2023 | 16
Linux app depot Flathub may offer paid-for software
Latest twist in long saga of trying to monetize desktop penguinistas
Applications27 Feb 2023 | 25
Who writes Linux and open source software?
Opinion Developers and, more to the point, the companies that employ them
OSes24 Feb 2023 | 111
By order of Canonical: Official Ubuntu flavors must stop including Flatpak by default
You can add Snap's rival cross-distro packaging format back in yourself
OSes23 Feb 2023 | 70
Twitter algorithm to be open sourced 'next week,' says Musk
Pay no attention to that Supreme Court case about Twitter's algorithmic liability
Software22 Feb 2023 | 39
Open source software has its perks, but supply chain risks can't be ignored
Analysis While app development is faster and easier, security is still a concern
Security22 Feb 2023 | 14
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