The Fedora Project has updated the 'beta' or testing edition of version 10 of its Linux distribution, which is scheduled to be completed and released to the public on 25 November.
A configuration mistake in the new Debian Linux distribution has forced a fix less than 24 hours after the software was released.
Snort, the open-source intrusion-detection software, is vulnerable to hackers, its developers said this week.
GNOME developers released on Thursday version 2.14 of the desktop environment for Linux and Unix, including a new application suite aimed at making it easier to use the open-source desktop in enterprises.
Developers behind the next version of KDE, an open-source Linux desktop environment, are trying to make their software more accessible to people with disabilities, a conference has heard. Accessibility is a major theme at the KDE Community World Summit, currently taking place in Ludwigsburg, Germany. On 22 and 23 August the summit held a Unix Accessibility Forum, bringing together developers and people with disabilities.
Many network administrators new to Linux find it hard to transition from a point-and-click security configuration interface to one based on editing complicated and hard-to-locate text files. Here are seven easy things administrators can and should do to make their Linux server more secure and significantly reduce the risk they face.
Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.
Ten things to prepare the OS for day-to-day use.
The FBI and SANS have released an updated list of the most exploited threats in Linux/Unix systems.
In cooperation with the FBI, SANS has released its annual update to the most exploited Internet security vulnerabilities. We look at the top 10 Linux/Unix vulnerabilities.
Hardy Heron is an incremental set of advances on earlier versions, but all the advances are in the right direction. Unfortunately, a known and unfixed bug means we can't currently recommend it for enterprise use.
Ubuntu is very user-friendly but not right for everyone. Oddly, both casual and advanced users will find this operating system wonderful, while day-to-day users may rail against Ubuntu's incompatibility with certain popular software applications.
SUSE Linux 10 is a full Windows/Microsoft Office replacement on one DVD at a bargain price. Home users could do a lot worse, and even IT managers may learn to love it.
Want to give an old PC a new lease of life? Why not transform it into a Linux server for your home/small business network?
The new desktop environment for Linux adds features designed to rival Mac OS X and Windows XP
Ben Forta: All about Adobe
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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