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Fleet is an open-source osquery manager that can be used to maintain secure workstations and servers and keep an accurate inventory of all your devices. In this tutorial, you will deploy Fleet Osquery Manager to an Ubuntu 22.04 server.

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting platform. This guide will show you how to install Prometheus and Node Exporter on the Debian 12 server.

This month’s newsletter will be one of our biggest ever! In October, our communities met in person at the Open Source Summit Europe in Bilbao and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OSS in Shanghai, China.  At OpenSSF’s Secure Open Source Summit in Washington, DC, we continued advancing important conversations to improve the security of software supply […]

This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution. Please read “Getting started with Flatpak“. In order to enable flathub as your flatpak provider, use the instructions […]

Kickstarter recently showcased Pickup, a compact and rugged data logger designed for a wide range of applications. This user-friendly device is equipped with multiple sensors and uses standard web protocols for communication. The product page indicates that Pickup simplifies data recording from built-in and plug-in sensors, seamlessly integrating the collected data into the Pickup web […]

It's not easy, but it can be done by pulling largely from the CentOS Stream codebase.

In the world of computing, Linux stands as a paragon of flexibility and power. Yet, much like a musical instrument, it requires regular tuning to produce its best performance. Through this article, we'll embark on a journey exploring the intricacies of Linux system performance, emphasizing the importance of monitoring and proactive tuning.

Indie C++ Unix-like OS project now has an indie Javascript-capable browser, too. A small project with a hobby of defying expectations found a new one to defy, by making its home-grown browser cross-platform.…

If your Linux plans include industrial infrastructure, power grids, and factories, the Linux Foundation's Civil Infrastructure Platform has a Linux kernel just for you with decade-long support.

The suggested change is the first step in desktop environment becoming Wayland-only The two changes are just proposals at present, but GNOME's Wayland-only future is on the horizon. Whether that's a good or bad sign is less clear.…

The bull has escaped Minos' labyrinth, and El Reg follows the thread. The last interim Ubuntu release before next spring's LTS is out. Some editions are seeing big changes, others very small ones.…

Dnsmasq is a small and lightweight DNS server for your local environment. It can be used to provide a DNS Server, DHCP Server, and a TFTP Server. This tutorial will cover installing and setting up a local DNS Server with Dnsmasq on a Rocky Linux 9 server.

Ubuntu Server is a highly sought-after, open source operating system that serves as the backbone of many infrastructure setups across the globe. The efficiency and user-friendly nature of Ubuntu Server make it a go-to choice for organizations. However, just like any other system, Ubuntu servers are susceptible to various security threats that can have devastating impacts on an organization's operations and data integrity. This article seeks to shed light on some of the best practices in securing an Ubuntu Server environment against common security threats.

Fedora Project and Slimbook are working together to provide users with Slimbook hardware featuring pre-installed Fedora software!

With the latest Ubuntu Linux release, it's clear that Canonical is taking the Linux desktop seriously.

Protecting user privacy is a core element of Mozilla’s vision for the web and the internet at large. In pursuit of this vision, we’re pleased to announce new partnerships with Fastly and Divvi Up to deploy privacy-preserving technology in Firefox. Mozilla builds a number of tools that help people defend their privacy online, but the […]

Mozilla’s Reclaim the Internet event at the Alte Münze in Berlin, happening Oct. 12 to 16, features an immersive journey that invites people to act, build and choose to reimagine our digital future. The journey includes three art installations where visitors can explore how reclaiming the internet will help us take back expression, inspiration and […]

Email is just so 20th century. Comment Red Hat has closed its security advisories mailing list. It will still share the information, just via an RSS feed, with access free for all… at least for now.…

You may need it – Windows 10 is no longer a free upgrade. Microsoft has published guidance on how to download and install Linux. In other news, Hell freezes over and pigs fly south to their winter feeding grounds.…

Curl is built into and silently used in numerous Linux distributions. A nasty security hole within it has been revealed and patched.