Vancouver Linux Users Group
-
Not Linux or BSD: SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ’90s
Although it’s nowhere near ready for prime time, there’s a lot to love here. Today, I test-drove an in-development operating system project that seems almost disturbingly tailored to me specifically: SerenityOS. I cannot possibly introduce SerenityOS more accurately than its own website does: Every word of this introduction is almost surgically accurate. To someone in…
-
Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor
SprySOCKS borrows from open source Windows malware and adds new tricks. Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen backdoor for Linux that’s being used by a threat actor linked to the Chinese government. The new backdoor originates from a Windows backdoor named Trochilus, which was first seen in 2015 by researchers from Arbor Networks, now known as…
-
Generative AI: A CIO and CTO guide
Hardly a day goes by without some new business-busting development related to generative AI surfacing in the media. The excitement is well deserved—McKinsey research estimates that generative AI could add the equivalent of $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion of value annually. CIOs and chief technology officers (CTOs) have a critical role in capturing that value,…
-
Open Source for Sustainability: Linux and UN
Helping to solve global challenges through shared investment in open source technologies is a large part of the work we do at the Linux Foundation, and describing the impact of our project communities in this capacity – what progress is made, by whom, where, and how, and identifying what the obstacles are to furthering progress…
-
Real-time Ubuntu is now on AWS Marketplace
Austin, TX, 12 September 2023: Canonical is thrilled to announce the listing of Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS with real-time kernel in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Canonical is…
-
Linux Foundation Announces Sched for Summit
The annual Linux Foundation Member Summit unites projects and organizations helping to advance open source technologies. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the schedule for The Linux Foundation Member Summit, taking place October 24-26 in Monterey, California. The Linux Foundation…
Need to ask us a question? Got any book recommendations? Do you use Linux and want to present something?
