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The glibc DNS client side resolver is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when the getaddrinfo() library function is used. Software using this function may be exploited with attacker-controlled domain names, attacker-controlled DNS servers, or through a man-in-the-middle attack.

In my last article, Configuring Linux for music recording and production, I covered the basics of configuring your Linux system for music making. This is an extention of that—five tools for getting started making music on Linux. read more

Autofs is a service in Linux like operating system which automatically mounts the file system and remote shares when it is accessed.

If you've never been to a technical conference, you might be tempted to think it's the time out of the office and the free lunches that get people excited. Not that I'm opposed to a free lunch, but that's not even remotely why technical conferences are amazing. In fact, sometimes the lunch food is the worst part. But the conversation over lunch? Well, it could easily turn out to be the most important conversation you've had all year. A chance to learn new tricks The first and foremost reason to go to technical conferences is to learn new technical tricks. read more

Don’t leave your Raspberry Pi behind – incorporate it into mobile projects by powering it with AA batteries

The FFmpeg developers revealed earlier today the massive FFmpeg 3.0 release of the popular and powerful open-source multimedia framework for GNU/Linux operating systems.

In the past five years, I've contributed more than 300 clip art graphics to Openclipart.org. There were some works I liked more than others, of course, but I believe sticking with it is important. All of the clip art on the site is public domain, so there are no rights reserved. And, you can use the images however you want—even for commercial purposes—with no need to acknowledge the original creator (though I always appreciate it when someone does that for me). read more

A cyberespionage group of Russian origin known as Pawn Storm is infecting Linux systems with the Fysbis Trojan, which runs without root and has an extensible, modular architecture.

European cybersecurity agency ENISA has come down firmly against backdoors and encryption restrictions, arguing they only help criminals and terrorists while harming industry and society.

Also in today’s open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews XStream Desktop 153, and Street Fighter V is coming to Linux and SteamOS in the spring.

The recent news of the Opera buyout by a Chinese consortium has left many users wondering what's going to happen next. The company reached out to explain to users that nothing will change with the Norwegian Internet browser and services.

Black Lab Software announced Black Lab Linux 7.0.3 GNOME Edition computer operating system.

From small footprint distros to one built by U.S Department of Defence, Linux moves forward.

Here's a novel use for February 29th: ending security updates for Debian “squeeze” 2016 is a leap year so we're all blessed with an extra day to use. And the folks behind Debian Linux are using it to end support for the sixth version of the distro.…

Interested in keeping track of what is happening in the open source cloud? Opensource.com is your source for news in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project. read more

The guys over at Chromium OS for Raspberry Pi 2 that they are planning an awesome new release this coming Friday, especially for those of you who stick to the project.

Hardkernel’s Odroid-C0 is a stripped-down, IoT focused version of the $35 Odroid C1+ hacker SBC, with a quad-core Cortex-A5 SoC and a battery circuit. The Odroid-C0 fills the same lightweight niche in the community-backed Odroid SBC product line that was briefly filled by the Odroid-W, according to a blog announcement from Hardkernel’s Odroid project. The […]

Joomla is a very popular and user friendly free and open source content management system, based on PHP that allows you to easily create and manage a dynamic web site. It is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal web sites to complex corporate web applications.

A group of three French associations free software advocacy groups wants to cancel software licence agreement signed between the French Ministry of Education and Microsoft France.

The development of Fedora continues, nearly each 6 months a new release. With a new release of Fedora just on the horizon, it also means it’s time to start submitting and voting on new supplemental wallpapers for Fedora 24. What... Continue Reading →