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Cloud security issues IT leaders need to consider and be able to explain to others in the organization. As with any significant IT change, adopting a hybrid cloud model requires revisiting your security practices. Done right, hybrid cloud should help improve security.

SolidRun unveiled a 47 x 30mm “i.MX8 SOM” module that runs Linux or Android on an NXP i.MX8M, and is available as part of a dual-GbE HummingBoard Pulse SBC and 50mm CuBox Pulse mini-PC. SolidRun has opened pre-orders for an i.MX8 SOM compute module with industrial temperature support, as well a new commercial temperature HummingBoard ........

We’ll show you, how to rename multiple files on Linux . Every operating system in the modern world comes with several ways to interact with its file system. Whether it’s creating files, renaming them, copying them, or deleting them, they all come with functionality to efficiently carry out all of these tasks. However, one operation that most operating systems fall short with is renaming several files at the same time. Whether you need a pattern that the files need to follow, or if you just want to rename many files at one time, renaming files can be quite tedious.

The 1Tbps-plus memcached amplification attacks that hammered GitHub and other networks over the past week can be disarmed with a "practical kill switch", according to DDoS protection firm Corero.

Apache ActiveMQ is a free and open source message broker software written in Java that can serve as a central point for communication between distributed processes. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Apache ActiveMQ on Debian 9 server.

The openSUSE Project announced today that it released several snapshots for its rolling openSUSE Tumbleweed distro during the past week, which brought numerous updated packages and the latest GNU/Linux technologies.

Technologic’s “TS-7800-V2” drop-in replacement for its venerable ARM9-based V1 board advances to a dual-core -A9 Armada 385 and a Cyclone V FPGA, plus new features like eMMC, USB 3.0, CAN, mini-PCIe, and a -40 to 85°C range. Technologic has upgraded its popular TS-7800 SBC, which debuted in 2007......

With today's release, users of DC/OS will be be able to not only treat multiple machines as one -- but will be able to bring devices at the edge as well as multiple clouds to the platform's pane of glass.

I like to work on small projects at home, so this year I picked up a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, a great model for home hobbyists like me. With built-in wireless on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, I can connect the Pi to my home network without a cable. This makes it really easy to put the Raspberry Pi to use right where it is needed. read more

Here’s something you can do for International Women’s Day: Get all the software engineers in your life to download and use a new Firefox extension called Blind Reviews Experiment. It gives programmers a way to combat bias by anonymizing pull requests. Read more The post Eliminate bias in code reviews with free browser add-on appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

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Caddy or Caddy web server is an open source HTTP/2 enabled web server written in Go. In this tutorial, I will show you step by step how to install and configure the Caddy web server with PHP-FPM 7.x on Ubuntu 16.04.

At the simplest level, open source programming is merely writing code that other people can freely use and modify. But you've heard the old chestnut about playing Go, right? "So simple it only takes a minute to learn the rules, but so complex it requires a lifetime to master." Writing open source code is a pretty similar experience. It's easy to chuck a few lines of code up on GitHub, Bitbucket, SourceForge, or your own blog or site. But doing it right requires some personal investment, effort, and forethought. read more

Anarchy Linux is a newcomer to the Linux world. Is it worth using, and where does it fit into the ecosystem of distributions? Find out more in this article.

Microsoft announced today that it brought the famous and acclaimed Kali Linux (formerly BackTrack Linux) open-source ethical hacking and penetration testing GNU/Linux distribution on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

News briefs for March 6, 2018.

InnoComm announced a 50 x 50mm “WB10” module with an NXP i.MX8M Quad SoC, 8GB eMMC, WiFi-ac, BT 4.2, GbE, HDMI 2.0 with 4K HDR, and audio I/O including SAI, SPDIF, and DSD512.

In February, we announced the release of the 2017 Open Source Yearbook. We also celebrated 20 years of open source with an article by Christine Peterson, the person who coined the term "open source software."

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Google has released Chrome 65 for Android, Linux, Mac, and Windows, bringing security enhancements and 45 fixes for security flaws.