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Twenty years ago this month, RFC 1883 was published: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. So what's an Internet Protocol, and what's wrong with the previous five versions? And if version 6 is so great, why has it only been adopted by half a percent of the Internet's users each year over the past two decades?

HA-1 does still matter as Mozilla backtracks on support. However, don't expect the company to support SHA-1 for the long term.

Intel unveiled five new Compute Sticks with more USB ports and faster WiFi and CPUs, including Atom x5 and 6th Gen “Skylake” Core m3 and m5 chips. With its relatively high, $89 (Linux) to $149 (Windows) price, middling Bay Trail processor, and one lonely USB port, the Intel Compute Stick was clearly in need of some improvements.

The update mechanism of the popular Drupal content management system is insecure in several ways, allowing attackers to trick administrators into installing malicious updates.

Linksys has just revealed at CES 2016 that all the WRT routers now have DD-WRT support, making this the first company of its type to fully embrace an open source solution.

Remix OS is a new operating system based on the famous Android-x86 that aims to bring the Android system to the PC platform.

Red Naga has publicly posted its training materials on GitHub, including the steps the group used to find mobile device vulnerabilities. At a high level, the approach is all about looking for items that appear to be misconfigured in some way.

With the start of the new year, many people take this time to resolve to get a better handle on their personal finances. Whether this means making and sticking to a budget, reducing unnecessary expenses, or simply getting a better understanding of their financial situation, pretty much any approach to person finance is dependent on having a good idea of the numbers inside their bank accounts, where they come, and where they go. read more

I first installed Debian sixteen years ago. Since then, I have tried countless other Linux distributions, and even used one or two regularly for several months, but my main distribution has always been Debian, or at least one of its many derivatives.

Darktable is an open source RAW photo developing software that has just recently released its second major version, bringing new features, and a renovated GTK+ 3.0 user interface. On this quick guide, we will take a look on how we can use Darktable to perform basic image editing, advanced editing, and apply effects.

When Randi Harper decided to bail on participation in FreeBSD as she outlined in her blog, it raises the question, “Where have we seen this before?” Taking a step back, it raises the question, “Why does this keep happening in FOSS communities?”

The Mycroft team has released the Adapt Intent Parser as open source, which is a piece of code that converts natural language into instructions that can be understood by a machine.

Recently the Office of Educational Technology of the United States Department of Education stated that it believes "creating an open education ecosystem involves making learning materials, data, and educational opportunities available without restrictions imposed by copyright laws, access barriers, or exclusive proprietary systems that lack interoperability and limit the free exchange of information." What's more, according to the FCC, "the U.S. spends more than $7 billion per year on K-12 textbooks, but too many students are still using books that are 7-10 years old, with outdated material." read more

Robert Shingledecker announced the release and immediate availability for download of the first Beta build of the upcoming Tiny Core Linux 7.0 computer operating system. Tiny Core Linux 7.0 Beta 1 brings some of the latest software packages, including BusyBox 1.24.1, GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 5.2.0, Glibc 2.22, e2fsprogs 1.42.13, and util-linux 2.27. Additionally, the distribution finally switches to a more recent kernel, Linux 4.2.7, which, unfortunately, is no longer supported (but still maintained by Canonical).

One of my New Year’s resolutions this year is to only use cloud services when absolutely necessary. Web apps are great tools when you need to collaborate at a distance, but other than that you’re better off keeping your work on your own machines, for privacy reasons if nothing else.

This article can help administrators who need to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on an IBM® POWER8™ processor-based system in bare metal mode by comparing the process of installation on an x86 system.

If you've been following Opensource.com and the Open Organization Ambassadors there, then you'll know that I've been working to help Greenpeace internalize the principles of an open ethos. But to do this, we've had to distill this ethos into a few concrete principles, actionable items the organization can more easily grasp. On its journey to becoming an open organization, Greenpeace has set seven cultural "waypoints," some guideposts for its transition to an open organization. In this article, I'd like to explain them.

Adlink unveiled a “Smart Touch Computer” family offered in three sizes, and with Intel or ARM CPUs, two touch options, and Linux or Windows embedded OSes. The Adlink “Smart Touch Computer” (STC) family is debuting this month with three Intel-based models running Windows, to be followed by three ARM-based Linux models in February and support […]

The upgrade path from Linux Mint 17, 17.1 and 17.2 to Linux Mint 17.3 is now open for all editions (Cinnamon, MATE, KDE and Xfce).

Many Ubuntu Phone users have asked Canonical to implement VPN (Virtual Private Network) support on the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system, and initial OpenVPN support landed on Christmas Eve last year.