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A 12-year-old security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Linux’s system utility Polkit that grants attackers root privileges. You should obtain and apply a patch ASAP.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Brave Browser on elementary OS 6.

Ksplice allows our customers to stay up to date without downtime, by live patching code fixes at runtime for the Linux kernel, Xen, Openssl and Glibc. Live patching the kernel whilst it's running is akin to fixing a plane engine while it is flying.

Security researchers from Qualys have disclosed a flaw in the Polkit (formerly PolicyKit) component present in all GNU/Linux distributions for controlling system-wide privileges.

Quarkus is a foundation for building Java based applications; whether for the desktop, server or cloud. An excellent write up on usage can be found at https://fedoramagazine.org/using-the-quarkus-framework-on-fe... This article is primer for coding asynchronous processes using Quarkus and Mutiny.

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the LAMP stack (Apache, MariaDB/MySQL, PHP) on Rocky Linux 8 Workstation or Server.

It seems everyone is rushing to get their software on the cloud. The rapid growth of cloud computing has empowered hyperscaler cloud providers to market various technologies to feed the growing demand. Hyperscalers are now providing full-stack capabilities to increase their footprint and further lock-in customers, making the cloud seem more like a threat than an open communal space.

JMP (pronounced “jump”) is a suite of computer programs for statistical analysis. JMP software combines interactive visualization with powerful statistics.

Linux Kernel 5.17 RC1 (release candidate 1) is now available for download and testing. In this quick summary post, we bring you the major additions in this new Kernel release.

When visiting a website, we might ever see an Error 404 Page Not Found message in the web browser. The issue is usually on the webserver, on the server level, or on the application level.

A serious memory corruption vulnerability in polkit (formerly PolicyKit) has finally been discovered after 12+ years. This program is found in essentially all modern Linux distributions.

The following tutorial will teach you how to install the latest bleeding-edge 510 Nvidia Graphic Card Drivers for Debian 11 Bullseye.

Brian Kernighan shares his inspiration and research behind the latest edition of his book, Understanding the Digital World.

Ansible is a simple and powerful open source automation tool that can streamline many of your IT infrastructure operations. You can automate simple tasks like installing packages, or complex workflows such as deploying a clustered solution with multiple nodes or patching your operating system with many steps. Whether the workflows are simple or complex, you need to integrate appropriate optimization techniques into the Ansible playbook content.

Gamebuntu, the app that promised to make gaming on Ubuntu painless for Linux newcomers by installing all that a gamer needs, has reached maturity with version 1.0 and boasts a new design.

antiX Linux is a lightweight desktop Linux distribution based on Debian for 32 and 64 bit Intel-AMD x86 compatible architectures and is fully systemd-free. The project releases its latest bug-fix, updated version antiX 19.5 based on stable Debian 10 "Buster".

The Electronic Frontiers Foundation is attempting to have some DMCA provisions declared unconstitutional by the courts on First Amendment grounds.

There is a very preliminary FOSS Start menu replacement for Windows 11 – but it's not quite there yet.

We can use multiple tools to monitor system statistics, but if you are looking for virtual memory, use vmstat, which support numerous options and parameters.

Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news—a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered root privileges on machines running any major distribution of the open source operating system.