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Never-before-seen Worm Attacking Linux Devices
Based on Mirai malware, self-replicating NoaBot installs cryptomining app on infected devices. For the past year, previously unknown self-replicating malware has been compromising Linux devices around the world and installing cryptomining malware that takes unusual steps to conceal its inner workings, researchers said. The worm is a customized version of Mirai, the botnet malware that…
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Canonical wants better Snap support outside Ubuntu
Snaps, the self-contained application packages that Ubuntu has long seen as a simpler app store and a potential solution to dependency hell, could be getting better support outside Ubuntu itself, based on one recent hire and potentially more. As spotted by the Phoronix blog, developer Zygmunt Krynicki, who worked at Ubuntu distributor Canonical from 2012…
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ZD Net’s Crowned Coolest Distro: Rhino
From ZD Net: There’s a new coolest Linux distribution ready to wow you in 2024If you’re looking to start off the New Year with a new operating system that is not only cool-looking but also has a lot to offer users of just about every type, Rhino Linux is sure to impress. Happy New Year…
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What is ‘immutable’ Linux?
In the beginning, there was the source code. And, Linus Torvalds shaped it and called it Linux, and it was good. Now the operating system was formless and hard to use, so Owen Le Blanc of the Manchester Computing Centre (MCC) said, “Let there be a Linux distribution,” and there was light. And from then…
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Linux bug with AMD Ryzen + Firewire
Linux Could Experience Unexpected System Reboots When Pairing AMD Ryzen With FirewireWritten by Michael Larabel in AMD on 5 January 2024 at 04:15 PM EST. In the land of odd hardware bugs and interesting Linux kernel behavior, a fix was merged today for Linux 6.7 and to be back-ported to existing stable kernel series for…
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8 Exciting New Open Source Apps
We have been covering applications, distributions, and plenty of other interesting open-source projects throughout 2023. Of course, as an open-source enthusiast or a Linux user, our readers loved trying out the applications we curated. So, now that the year is coming to an end, I do not want you to miss some of those nifty…
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