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OpenStack Gets Core Infrastructure Initiative Green Light
OpenStack earns CII best practices badge for security, quality, and stability
Ubuntu Forums Breach Affects Two Million Users
The breach resulted from an unpatched bug, Canonical admits
Microsoft Launches Brand New Skype For Linux Alpha
But Skype warns Linux users it's far from ready, as it needs feedback to help develop a better client
IBM SoftLayer Now Ubuntu Certified Cloud Partner
SoftLayer customers can now use certified Ubuntu Linux images in latest move from ongoing IBM Canonical partnerships
Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Looks To Ditch 32-Bit
Canonical is the latest software maker looking to end support for Intel's once-great 32-bit platform
Red Hat Doubles Down on Containers, Takes a Swipe at CloudFoundry
On the first day of the Red Hat Summit, Linux vendor Red Hat makes some incremental container announcements and belittles its competitors
How Fuzzing Can Make A Large Open Source Project More Secure
Emily Ratliff of the Linux Foundation explains the considerations to take when planning to fuzz your open source project
How Linux Kernel Development Impacts Security
At CoreOS Fest, Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel, declares that almost all bugs can be security issues
Linux Foundation Advances Security Efforts Via Badging Program
The Linux Foundation Core Infrastructure Initiative's badging program matures, as the first projects to achieve security badges are announced
Canonical Offers Up LTS Release With Ubuntu 16.04
Businesses running open source Ubuntu offered new long term support (LTS) release 16.04
Windows 10 Preview Adds Native Bash Support
Windows 10 insiders can test out new Linux development tools, with a few caveats
Mumblehard Linux Spamming Botnet Finally Taken Offline
Thousands of servers running Linux and BSD had been affected by one of world's most damaging botnets
Microsoft ‘Poaches’ Top Linux Executive From Oracle
Oracle loses Linux VP Wim Coekaerts to Redmond as Nadella prioritises open source
Microsoft Is Bringing The Linux Command Line To Windows 10
Microsoft is launching a Windows Subsystem on Linux and has partnered with Canonical to deliver ‘Ubuntu on Windows’ for Windows 10
Red Hat Crowns Itself First Ever $2bn Open Source Company
Full year earnings for Red Hat hit $2.05bn (£1.4bn), boosted by cloud offerings
Google Updates Android For Linux Kernel Flaw
Google issued an emergency patch for an Android vulnerability. An unrelated Stagefright flaw is also raising concern
Google Shares Details Of Its Software-Defined Load Balancer
The Maglev software-defined load balancer, which runs on commodity Linux servers, has been critical to Google Cloud Platform for eight years, company says
Steve Ballmer: Linux Is No Longer ‘A Cancer’
Feisty ex boss of Microsoft ends hostility to Linux operating system and praises Satya Nadella's open source commitments
Microsoft Previews SQL Server For Linux
The move is Microsoft's latest to accommodate the popular open source platform
Raspberry Pi 3 Targets IoT With Integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Raspberry Pi 3 adds integrated connectivity and more processing power in bid to become an 'IoT hub'
Hackers Breach Linux Mint Distribution, Forums
Attackers manage to breach Linux Mint's security, adding a backdoor to the distribution and even stealing information from user forums.
How Linux Kernel Cgroups And Namespaces Made Modern Containers Possible
Computer service provider ElasticHosts offers insight into the underlying Linux Kernel technologies used by Docker, LXC and lmctfy
‘Catastrophic’ Glibc Flaw Threatens Linux And IoT Devices
Patch now. GlibC DNS vulnerability could have serious reach amongst Internet-connected devices
IBM Boosts Hybrid Cloud Capabilities On LinuxONE
IBM expands LinuxONE ecosystem with optimised Cloudant NoSQL database and StrongLoop API development technologies
A Look At Linux, Android Zero-Days And The Perils Of Patches
BLOG: A zero-day vulnerability is reported against Linux and Android, but the real risk lies in known issues that users have not yet patched
Major Linux Kernel 4.5 Update Released For Testing
The new kernel, version 4.5, includes major driver improvements, including better 3D graphics support for the Raspberry Pi
Dell OS10 Promises Open Network Freedom For Data Centre, Cloud Providers
'Disaggregated' Dell OS10 promises greater choice of equipment and application modules and development freedom
Linux Trojan Takes Screenshots And Captures Audio
Linux.Ekoms.1 takes a screenshot every 30 seconds but audio capture function remains dormant for now
Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Found
Security researchers urge Android users to manually patch a vulnerability that's existed for at least three years