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OPNFV has released Brahmaputra, the second version of its open source network functions virtualization (NFV) platform.

Following FREAK and Logjam, DROWN is the third attack resulting from encryption algorithms that were deliberately weakened by the government

GNU/Linux software-related issues can be solved or circumvented by using a debugger’s perspective

The idea of making end-to-end encryption breakable is “so misguided as to boggle the mind,” according to Amit Yoran, the president of RSA. He says it will “catastrophically weaken” security for those using it for legitimate purposes without accomplishing the goals for which it is sought – catching terrorists and the worst criminals. “It is solely for the ease and convenience of law enforcement when pursuing petty criminals,” he says, while the toughest adversaries would be unaffected.

There are two kinds of Linux users: the cautious and the adventurous. On one side is the user who almost reflexively tries out ever new option which hits the scene. They’ve tried handfuls of window managers, dozens of distributions, and every new desktop widget they can find. read more

The transparency of open software means that security vulnerabilities are visible and can't be quietly swept under the rug.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Pimcore on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with PHP-FPM and Nginx. Pimcore is an open source, content and product management framework. It is fast, flexible, and designer and developer-friendly. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.

BeagleCore has released design docs for its open-spec, BeagleBone-like COM and carrier board, which are both available for pre-order from Conrad Electronics. Last summer, Iesy funded startup BeagleCore failed to win funding for its eponymous BeagleBone Black COM clone on Kickstarter. Now, however, a slightly tweaked design is available for pre-order from Conrad Electronics, with […]

Current post follows up "Hackery to get going RDO Kilo on Fedora 23" To complete packstack run for two nodes Controller/Network and Compute setup I had to apply as pre-installation following patches, otherwise neutron puppet crashed on Fedora 23 . . .

And it’s starting to make its own phones, pundit reckons. Google is getting serious about building its own handsets after the failure of OEMs to update Android. So says former Nomura (now independent) analyst Richard Windsor, who thinks Google-as-an-OEM has already started.

Fedevel released an open source design for a Linux-ready, i.MX6-based “OpenRex” SBC with a Cortex-M3 MCU, a stackable design, and Arduino and Pi expansion. Most embedded board vendors announce a board for pre-sale, then wait to post whatever documentation they intend to release when they finally ship the board.

In this blog post we will show you how to install Ghost on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with the latest version of Nginx.

KDE Plasma 5.6 Wednesday, 02 March 2016. Today KDE releases a beta update to its desktop software, Plasma 5.6. This release of Plasma brings many improvements to the task manager, KRunner, activities, and Wayland support as well as a much more refined look and feel.

The history of free and open source software, including but not limited to GNU and Linux, can be segmented into three distinct generations of programmers and users.

The the super-fast Thunderbolt 3 connector technology will be featured in a new model of Dell's upcoming XPS 13 Developer Edition, which will have Ubuntu Linux. Thunderbolt 3 will be available via a USB Type-C port.

My phone has now become a more important device than a laptop or desktop computer. It appears to me that the only tasks we really need to perform on computers are specific to a particular niche whether that is video editing, writing books, programming or making music. So why do we obsess about the desktop environment, the menus and how good the audio player is?

Sabayon is a free, open source and Gentoo based Linux distribution. It aims to provide the easy to use, simple and yet powerful Linux operating system. Sabayon team has made the monthly release Sabayon 16.3 available to download with bug fixes and applications updates.

Over dinner a few years ago, Kevin Kelly told me neither of us would be remembered a thousand years from now—nor would our work, even though we both (especially he) enjoyed a measure of celebrity, our bylines on books and magazine mastheads. Death, rot and other forms of change would erase nearly everybody while altering nearly everything.

WordPress is a popular, dynamic, blog-focused content management system. The software is built upon a LAMP or LEMP stack and features an extensive plugin framework and theme system, which allows site owners and developers to deploy easy-to-use and powerful publishing tools. This tutorial will help you how to install and configure WordPress with Apache2, MariaDB and PHP 7 on Arch Linux.

DROWN is the latest major security vulnerability to affect the open source OpenSSL encryption library, but it's not the same as Heartbleed.