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Open Source a Threat, Microsoft Admits
In a regular filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Microsoft warned that open source software (OSS) solutions such as Linux pose a threat to the company’s long-term success. Microsoft’s public statements about Linux have evolved over the years, moving from dismissive to cooperative, but this filing is the first time the company has…
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Linux Commands for Malware Analysis
6 Linux Commands I Use for Malware AnalysisVlad Ananin of ANY.RUN shares his favorite Linux commands that help him in analyzing malware. Linux cybersecurity analysts spend countless hours dissecting malicious software to understand its functionality, origin, and impact. Here are six Linux commands that help me in this process, which I believe every professional in…
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BitTorrent Client Released with Various Fixes
Transmission 4.0.6 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Various FixesThis release improves parsing of the HTTP tracker announce response and updates the Flatpak release metainfo. Transmission 4.0.6 open-source, free, and cross-platform BitTorrent client is out today as a bugfix-only release in the 4.0.x series addressing various issues reported by users from previous versions. Coming almost six…
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Kernel 6.8 Reaches End of Life, Upgrade to 6.9
As Linux Kernel 6.8 reaches end of life, users should upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.9. The kernel already landed in the stable repositories of popular distros, including Arch Linux and openSUSE Tumbleweed. This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 6.8 kernel series is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website,…
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Alpine 3.20 supports 64-bit RISC-V
Alpine Linux 3.20.0 is out, with initial support for a whole new CPU architecture: RISC-V. It also includes KDE Plasma 6 and GNOME 46, and due to Redis changing its license, Alpine has the new Valkey key-value database in its place. The Register has looked at several releases of Alpine in recent years: in 2021,…
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Install Linux On An Old Laptop
Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing WriterMay 21, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. PTReviewed by Min Shin If you’re looking to revive that aging laptop, Linux might be your best bet. Find out how easy it can be to make this happen. When I first started using Linux back in 1997, it was not easy. There was…
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