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Suspected Weekend Hacker Attack on Ubuntu
Unfortunately three significant pieces of information seem to add up and point to a hacker attack on Ubuntu this weekend.
SECURITY: Easy Rootkit Crontab Exploit Found
This rootkit affects kernels 2.6.17.4 or earlier. On the Solution tab: The vendor has released kernel version 2.6.17.4 to address this issue.
Linux Still Has No Barcode Inventory?
All these years with Linux and the stable LAMP platform and still no one has invented a barcode inventory web app for IT departments?
Linux Needs An Advertising Platform
We need to put freedom and the protection of privacy back into web advertising and web searches. We could utilize such a movement to fund GNU/Linux projects.
The Internet Has No Geography
The Internet has no geography. It is like electricity. It will seek the path of least resistance. Efforts to control it are self-defeating. And that is why sales tax enforcement of online purchases is a really bad idea...
The Fake Pretense of the Port 25 Project
Don't fall for the Port 25 Project trick from Microsoft. It's like Lucy with the fake football hold, hoping that GNU/Linux, like Charlie Brown, will come running.
Open Source Moonlighters Need A Boost
What FLOSS moonlighters with separate day jobs need are more friendly companies willing to help them bridge the gap by sharing tech support services. Recently, this can be done more cheaply than ever...
Microsoft Hired Ex-EU Judges for Mock Trial
Microsoft is going to major extremes, as expected, to fend off the EU's antitrust case. Unfortunately they've decided to coerce ex-EU judges to assist them.