Decade-old bug in Linux world's sudo can be abused by any logged-in user to gain root privileges
Sudo, make me a heap overflow! Done, this system is now yours
26 Jan 2021
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Must 'completely free' mean 'hard to install'? Newbie gripe sparks some soul-searching among Debian community
Project members discuss conflict between principles and pragmatism because of need for non-free drivers
22 Jan 2021
We turn away for a second and Corellium is already showing off Ubuntu on Apple Silicon
Groovy Gorilla 'completely usable' but some of the hardware remains off-limits
21 Jan 2021
Barbs exchanged over Linux for M1 Silicon ... lest Apple's lawyers lie in wait
Updated DMs at dawn
19 Jan 2021
Debian 'Bullseye' enters final phase before release as team debates whether it will be last to work on i386 architecture
Security, lack of suitable hardware for testing makes full 32-bit support hard
14 Jan 2021
Microsoft's beefed-up take on Linux server security has hit general availability
Endpoint Detection and Response added. For servers, not standalone Linux desktops, mind
12 Jan 2021
Linux developers get ready to wield the secateurs against elderly microprocessors
Use it or lose it
11 Jan 2021
Linux Mint sticks by Snap decision – meaning store is still disabled by default in 20.1
A few improvements and a handy web app utility, but older kernel causes problems for some hardware
11 Jan 2021
Linus Torvalds rates his own words 'incoherent ramblings of a crazy old man'
Defying expectations, kernel devs roared back to work
11 Jan 2021
Crowdfunded Asahi project aims for 'polished' Linux experience on Apple Silicon
Project wins sponsorship, and Torvalds is interested, but can it succeed without the mothership's cooperation?
07 Jan 2021
New year, new rant: Linus Torvalds rails at Intel for 'killing' the ECC industry
Updated Why do most PCs not support error-correcting code? Chipzilla is to blame, says Linux don
04 Jan 2021
Linux 5.11 dominated by descriptors for new AMD silicon
Linus Torvalds has been back at work for a week and already has a second release candidate ready. What’s your excuse?
04 Jan 2021
Why make games for Linux if they don't sell? Because the nerds are just grateful to get something that works
Feature And when nerds are your audience, everything is easier
26 Dec 2020
Rocky has competition as more CentOS alternatives step into the ring: Project Lenix, Oracle Linux vie for attention
Big Red: This is not some gimmick so that you buy support from us
15 Dec 2020
The first point release for Linux 5.10 came out barely a day later because storage bugs broke RAID5* partitions
Updated We're not taking cues from Windows now, are we?
15 Dec 2020
Linus Torvalds launches Linux kernel 5.10, warns devs not to send 5.11 code too close to Christmas
New long-term support edition of Linux knocks off year 2038 bug, ends support for Power PC 601, and much more
14 Dec 2020
Rocky Linux is go: CentOS founder's new project aims to be 100% compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rocking the Red Hat boat with an alternative distro designed for production use
10 Dec 2020
CentOS project changes focus, no more rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux – you'll have to flow with the Stream
Founder talks of plans for independent distro 'rebuild'
09 Dec 2020
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