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The schedule is now live for Embedded Linux Conference + OpenIoT Summit North America 2018.

Linus Torvalds released the next version of the Linux kernel and, while are things are better with the chip security problems Meltdown and Spectre, more work needs to be done.

Chocolate Factory gives more ways to blast banners. Google says it will allow netizens to block nuisance "reminder" adverts that follow them around across websites.…

Today is Data Privacy Day, ("Data Protection Day" in Europe), and you might think that those of us in the open source world should think that all data should be free, as information supposedly wants to be, but life's not that simple. That's for two main reasons: read more

In a previous article, I wrote about how to prepare for a vacation so you aren't disturbed by a work emergency. As part of that article, I described how to prepare your computer:

Lime Microsystems has launched a Raspberry Pi compatible “Grove Starter Kit” option for its LimeSDR Mini radio hacker board with a GrovePi+ board, 15 Grove sensor and actuator modules, dual antennas for 433/868/915MHz bands, a base plate, and cables.

News briefs for January 26, 2018.

Introducing an app that allows DSLR cameras to function as an image or video capture device in Linux.

One of the more-prominent members of the Perl community is Matt Trout, technical director at Shadowcat Systems. He's been building core tools for Perl applications for years, including being a co-maintaner of the Catalyst MVC (Model, View, Controller) web framework, creator of the DBIx::Class object-management system, and much more. read more

Security is always changing and failure always exists. This toxic scenario requires a fresh perspective on how we think about operational security. We must understand that we are often the primary cause of our own security flaws. The industry typically looks at cybersecurity and failure in isolation or as separate matters. We believe that our lack of insight and operational intelligence into our own security control failures is one of the most common causes of security incidents and, subsequently, data breaches.

Are you using Linux or Mac OS? If you think your system is not prone to viruses, then you should read this. Wide-range of cybercriminals are now using a new piece of 'undetectable' spying malware that targets Windows, macOS, Solaris and Linux systems.

Though open source is thoroughly mainstream, new software technologies and old technologies that get newly popularized sometimes inspire hand-wringing about open source licenses. Most often the concern is about the GNU General Public License (GPL), and specifically the scope of its copyleft requirement, which is often described (somewhat misleadingly) as the GPL’s derivative work issue.

This week in open source/Linux news, The Linux Foundation announced a restructuring of their networking projects under one umbrella, Slack launches on Linux, and more!

This article shows how to use curses functions to read the keyboard and manipulate the screen. My previous article introduced the ncurses library and provided a simple program that demonstrated a few curses functions to put text on the screen. In this follow-up article, I illustrate how to use a few other curses functions.

I recently got my hands on a SparkFun micro:arcade kit and micro:bit single-board computer. It's a great combination of hardware for adults and kids who want to build and program their own arcade console and games.

By design, Linux is a very secure operating system. In fact, after 20 years of usage, I have personally experienced only one instance where a Linux machine was compromised. That instance was a server hit with a rootkit. On the desktop side, I’ve yet to experience an attack of any kind.

Sometimes, while working on a Linux machine, you'll see that an application or a command line process gets stuck (becomes unresponsive). Then in those cases, terminating it is the only way out. Linux command line offers a utility that you can use in these scenarios. It's called kill.

In this week's top 5, we take a look at the top 6 desktop email clients, the cp command, a DeLorean that runs Perl, and more.

Mycroft has Kickstarted an open source “Mycroft Mark II” smart speaker and voice assistant that runs Linux on a quad-core Xilinx SoC, and offers a 6-mic beamforming array, 10W speaker, 4-inch touchscreen, and a promise of user privacy. Mycroft launched its Kickstarter campaign for the original, voice-activated Mycroft home automation hub back in Aug...

The more secure Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 is now out in beta.