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5 Tools to Create Your Own Linux Distro
Creating your own Linux distribution can be a challenging task, requiring a strong technical background, knowledge of Linux internals, software packaging, system configuration, and extensive testing. It involves making decisions on default settings, software selection, and hardware compatibility. While resources and tools are available to streamline the process, the level of difficulty depends on one’s…
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AI is Not What’s Driving IT Spending
In the face of continuing economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict, spending on computer software continues at a staggering pace, forecast to grow 13.5 percent in 2023. This is according to the latest figures from Gartner, which said growth would continue into next year: after hitting $912 billion globally in 2023, software spending is expected to…
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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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