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Linux Ransomware Poses Significant Threat to Critical Infrastructure
Organizations running Linux distributions need to prepare to defend their systems against ransomware attacks. Steps to ensure resiliency and basics such as access control reduce major disruptions. Linux systems run many of the most critical operations behind the scenes, including a good deal of our nation’s critical infrastructure, and now more ransomware groups are introducing…
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Linux Foundation Creates Ultra Ethernet Consortium with Cisco, Microsoft, AMD and More
Earlier today (July 19, 2023), the Linux Foundation shared a new press release detailing plans for the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC). This effort involves several prominent industry leaders, including AMD, Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, Eviden, HPE, Intel, Meta, and Microsoft. The consortium intends to optimize Ethernet standards for high-performance networking. As more advancements are made in…
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Install a Cloud Service at Home in an Hour or Less
This instructional, written by Jack Wallen, contributing writer for ZDNet, shows how Linux belongs on your home network, and setting up an on-premises cloud is simpler than you’d think. If you’re worried your documents might at some point be used by the likes of Google, Apple, or Microsoft to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models,…
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A Month on Chimera Linux
Chimera Linux is a unique from-scratch Linux distribution created in 2021 by Czech Republic Software Engineer q66 that combines the Linux kernel, musl libc, FreeBSD userland, apk package manager, and dinit binary init system. The whole system is built with the LLVM toolchain. The homepage says: “… It aims to be clean and usable while…
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New Turing Test Would See If AI Can Make $1 Million
Mustafa Suleyman is the co-founder and CEO of Inflection AI and a venture partner at Greylock, a venture capital firm. Before that, he co-founded DeepMind, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies. AI systems are increasingly everywhere and are becoming more powerful almost by the day. But how can we know if a machine…
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Linux Hits All-Time High of 3% on desktop PCs
While Linux has several advantages over Apple’s Mac and Microsoft’s Windows, it has never really gained any traction in PCs. After 30 years on the market, the open-source operating system has achieved 3% of desktop PC OS market share, reports Linuxiac citing StatCounter, marking an all-time high. Currently, Windows commands 68.15% of the PC market…
