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Intel has fulfilled a promise made in April to open-source a Linux driver for its SGX technology.

Here’s how it’s done: Using a computer algorithm, the team encrypts a message into a sequence of DNA. They then chemically synthesize the DNA. The DNA is read via DNA sequencing and translated and decoded using the same computer algorithm.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and configure Percona XtraDB Cluster on a CentOS 7 server. We will use Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6 that is fully compatible to MySQL and the Percona Server.

Microsoft has blocked a flaw in Windows RT which allowed the users to install non-Redmond approved operating systems on Windows RT tablets. Microsoft has closed a backdoor left open in Windows RT even though the OS is pretty much dead in the water as Vole can’t be bothered with it any more.

Also in today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Linux Lite 3.0, and fake Pokemon GO apps have been found on the Google Play Store.

The true value of crowdsourced security lies in the diversity of knowledge, experience, and bug-hunting methods employed by security researchers. Additional value is oftentimes further defined by differing cultures, perspectives and backgrounds depending on geographic location.

Sometimes the best tutorials come not from experts, but from proficient newcomers who are up to date on the latest entry-level technologies and can remember what it’s like to be a newbie. It also helps if, like Grant Likely, the teacher is a major figure in embedded Linux who understands how hardware is ignited by software.

Looking for ways to draw meaningful conclusions from big data? In his lightning talk at Great Wide Open 2016, Rommel Garcia gives us quick takeaways for three open source tools that help Hadoop users do just that: read more

Ubuntu support forums users should be on the lookout for dodgy emails after the website's database of 2 million email addresses was stolen. Canonical announced the security breach on Friday after being notified that someone was claiming to have a copy of the UbuntuForums.org database. An investigation revealed that an attacker did get access to the website's user records through a vulnerability.

Issue-tracking systems are important for many open source projects, and there are many open source tools that provide this functionality but many projects opt to use GitHub's built-in issue tracker. Its simple structure makes it easy for others to weigh in, but issues are really only as good as you make them. read more

In today’s article we will install Sails.js on a CentOS 7 VPS with Apache configured as a reverse proxy.

Now it is time to learn how to create your own Git repository, and how to add files and make commits. In the previous installments in this series, you learned how to interact with Git as an end user; you were the aimless wanderer who stumbled upon an open source project's website, cloned a repository, and moved on with your life. You learned that interacting with Git wasn't as confusing as you may have thought it would be, and maybe you've been convinced that it's time to start leveraging Git for your own work. read more

A roundup of "This Week in Open Source News: AGL Releases Unified Code Base 2.0, Enterprise Software Uses Flawed Code............

The Linux kernel maintainers have managed to upgrade the operating system's stable kernel to the recently released Linux 4.6.4 version.

We know Arch Linux Comes without GUI & No additional software’s so we have to install everything manually also We have to tweak & adjust some settings to make your Desktop easier as well as better performance for more user friendly.

Toyota and other car companies have joined the Open Invention Network patent non-aggression community.

Weaponisation of European companies for the sake of artificial elevation of prices (patent taxes) a growing issue for Free/Open Source software (FOSS) and those behind it are circulating money among themselves not for betterment of products but for the crippling of FOSS contenders

What a difference 15 years makes. A little over 15 years ago to this month, Microsoft's then-CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux a "cancer" due to intellectual property concerns at the time. It's a commonly-held belief that Microsoft was at war with Linux as a result of the threat Linux posed to Windows Server.

People keep asking me to highlight this issue, so I will. There is a growing number of games that have at some point said a Linux port will happen and then we wait and nothing happens.

Providing web services for the government of one of the most populous U.S. states (Georgia) is no small task, but it's made a bit easier thanks to Drupal, open source software, and the work of Kendra Skeene and the GeorgiaGov Interactive team. read more