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Developers can create many useful services using Github’s webhooks. From triggering a CI job on a Jenkins instance to provisioning machines in the cloud, the possibilities are almost limitless. This tutorial shows how to use Python and the Flask framework... Continue Reading →

The full name of SELinux is Security-Enhanced Linux. It is a security feature of Linux built into the Linux kernel. It is used to control access to users, files, network resources and applications of a Linux system. SELinux provides extended file system permissions on top of the traditional Linux filesystem permission known as Discretionary Access Control (DAC). SELinux is a good security feature. But it is hard to understand and maintain. That is why small companies and startups often don’t bother with SELinux. CentOS 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7) comes with SELinux pre-installed. In this article, I will show you how to disable SELinux on CentOS 7. Let’s get started.

While we're not yet done with the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws that put billions of devices at risk of attacks, security researchers have discovered a new wave of attacks called BranchScope.

Xiaomi unveiled on Tuesday during a live event straight from Shanghai, China, its latest flagship Android smartphone, the Mi MIX S2, promising a premium mobile experience.

First major release of 2018 for the open-source Kubernetes container orchestration is now available, including a patch for a critical vulnerability that could have enable an attacker to access the host filesystem.

While the release of Monster Crown may be a while away, this monster catching and breeding game is confirmed for Linux.

While Linux, OpenStack and middleware are still important core element of Red Hat's business, it is the company's Kubernetes based platform that is leading the way.

WSL blueprint open-sourced to tempt distro makers. Microsoft quietly open-sourced a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) sample last night in an effort to persuade Linux distribution maintainers to add their distros to the Windows Store.…

Linux systems can provide more help with your schedule than just reminding you what day today is. You have a lot of options for displaying calendars — some that are likely to prove helpful and others that just might boggle your mind.

You thought this was over? You thought wrong, laughs Larry. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington DC has revived Oracle's bid to bill Google for billions over its use of copyrighted Java APIs in its Android mobile operating system.…

The Linux Foundation announced new support for its “Akraino Edge Stack” project for creating open source cloud services for edge computing, including Intel’s promise to open source parts of its Wind River Titanium Cloud and Network Edge Virtualization SDK.

The fact that Red Hat is well on it's way to being a $3 billion company bodes well for open source businesses.

For those in need of a good RPG to play on Linux you're in luck, as Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition is now officially available with day-1 Linux support.

?Zorin OS is another Linux distro for general use purposes as well as for deploying in business workplaces. It is a great free alternative operating system (OS) for Windows users seeking to try out Linux for the first time. Zorin OS provides, by default, the look and feel of MS Windows 10 but still customizable to make it look OS X friendly or GNOME-y if one feel otherwise.

Now that you're (hopefully) all patched and safe from the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, how do you figure out how bad the performance hit on your Linux servers was? This is a quick guide to get you up and running with a multi-host collectd performance metrics monitoring system.

Sometimes kernel developers can work in parallel for years without realizing it. It's one of the inefficiencies of a distributed system that tends to work out as a benefit when you have enough contributors to be able to spare the extra labor—it's sort of a "with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" kind of thing.

Do you want to start a blog to share your latest adventures with various software frameworks? Do you love a project that is poorly documented and want to fix that? Or do you just want to create a personal website? read more

GoScanSSH, a new strain of malware written in Golang (Go), has been targeting Linux-based SSH servers exposed to the internet — as long as those systems do not belong to the government or military.

You may have noticed how a lot of your online developer identity is tied to your email address. If someone can gain access to your mailbox, they would be able to do a lot of damage to you personally, and to your reputation as a free software developer. Protecting your email accounts is just as important as protecting your PGP keys.

In a rather helpful move for developers, Valve is about to open source 'GameNetworkingSockets' and it won't require Steam.