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Canonical has released an update that patches four bugs that, including one that could cause an attacker to execute code. Ubuntu users have been notified of a reasonably pressing update to install that addresses four security issues, though none are remotely exploitable. The bugs affect Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support (LTS), which gets five years of coverage.

Hackers are using malware which targets Linux to build botnets to launch distributed denial of service (DDoS attacks) security researchers have warned.

The newest Windows 10 Fast Ring release, 14316, includes Ubuntu and Bash. It may not have a Linux foundation, but this is close as a Windows PC has ever come to also being a Linux computer.

Switching from Windows to Linux is easier than ever. There was a time when running Linux required a lot of CLI know-how and confidence, but today's graphical environments are extremely user-friendly and responsive.

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a CentOS 7 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it contains a virus or malware.

This year at the Percona Live Data Performance Conference, I'll be discussing Vitess. Vitess is an open source storage platform for scaling MySQL databases, which is optimized for use in both the cloud and on dedicated hardware. Vitess was created by YouTube in 2011, and is a distributed, cloud-based storage solution that exhibits some of the best properties of a relational database. read more

The workday is winding down. You and your significant other have a dinner reservation, so you're eager to get home. And that's when the email arrives. "I need to include one more report in my meeting with the execs tomorrow," it says. "I've attached some spreadsheets. Can you write me something to calculate the [irrelevant, obscure business term]?" You start thinking about what you'll need to get this done. If you only know a compiled language like C# or Java, the list probably goes something like this: read more

Gumstix added a customizable carrier board for Toradex’s Colibri i.MX6 COM to its drag-and-drop online Geppetto quick-turn PCB design and manufacturing service. The Gumstix Colibri i.MX6 Development Kit for the Toradex Colibri i.MX6 computer-on-module follows a string of customizable baseboards for third-party computer-on-modules that can be developed and manufactured using Gumstix’s online Geppetto DIY design […]

NoScript, Firebug, and other popular Firefox add-on extensions are opening millions of end users to a new type of attack that can surreptitiously execute malicious code and steal sensitive data, a team of researchers reported.

If you pick up a Samsung Smart TV this year, you'll be certain to find "Linux Inside" in many ways. Samsung continues to build on its Tizen-powered Smart TV UI, which this year it will enhance with integrated SmartThings IoT hub technology, enabling the TV as the control center for a smart home.

Zoe Landon describes herself as a front-end web developer, entrepreneur, and general oddball. When she's not doing design and research for Marketo, she works on the music discovery project RCRDList, plays drums, and writes stories. Her first novel, The Latte Segment, was released in February. read more

In this tutorial, I will guide you trough the installation of a MariaDB Galera cluster on CentOS 7 which has an HAProxy load balancer in front. The total setup consists of 4 servers. I will use 3 CentOS 7 servers for the database nodes, 2 nodes will be active and 1 acts as the backup node. The fourth server will be used for the HAProxy load balancer. For the balance algorithm, we use leastconn (but you can use other algorithms).

What does open source software mean? When you are explaining it to someone else, how do you convey the value and essense of open source without reinventing it? There have been many hard won lessons in open source since the phrase was first coined in 1997, and we should not forget those lessons. To help with that, I've collected 12 memes that are meaningful to me to help share the history, set the stage, and provide context for what open source software is and what it means to the software industry at large. read more

Welcome back to our mini-series of articles on the Files app, also known as Nautilus. Files is part of the GNOME desktop, which ships in the Fedora Workstation edition. Previously we covered sorting to show your recent work at the top... Continue Reading →

A few months ago Google announced a new open source project called Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) that promised to "dramatically improve the performance of the mobile Web," and now Google features AMP content at the top of mobile search results. read more

Under the hood of the HPC, AI workhorse ... which'll be coming to a desk near you GTC16 So there it is: the long-awaited Nvidia Pascal architecture GPU. It's the GP100, and it will debut in the Tesla P100, which is aimed at high-performance computing (think supercomputers simulating the weather and nuke fuel) and deep-learning artificial intelligence systems.…

Adlink announced the “AmITX-BW-I” SBC, featuring Intel’s Braswell SoCs, a slim, embeddable “thin Mini-ITX” profile, dual GbE, and 4K triple-display video. Adlink’s “Thin Mini-ITX” form-factor AmITX-BW-1 SBC features a low profile design, consumption in the range of 4 to 6 Watts, and is offered with a range of dual- and quad-core, 14nm Intel Pentium, Atom, […]

An important but often underestimated part of software development is testing. Testing is, by definition, challenging. If bugs were easy to find, they wouldn't be there in the first place. A tester has to think outside the box to find the bugs that others have missed. In many cases, understanding the business domain of an application is more crucial for effective testing, as is detailed knowledge of the application itself. read more

The person who has a big hand in building the MongoDB developer community over the past six years is Meghan Gill. She was the open source NoSQL database's first marketing hire, and will be speaking at this year's OSCON about creating and nurturing open source advocates.

Microsoft says Windows 10 is on 270m devices. Just a billion to go, then! In a falling market. Microsoft last week updated its Windows 10 usage data, claiming 270 million devices now run its newest operating system.…