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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 beta is now available  ZDNet

The last RHEL 7 version is on its way out the door for enterprise Linux users.

People everywhere are demanding basic consumer protections.

We want our food to be healthy to eat, our water to be clean to drink, and our air to be safe to breathe.

Recovering your root password in a Red Hat OS base Linux  TechGenix

Can't remember your root password in a Red Hat OS base Linux? No worries. Here's how to recover it quickly in a few easy steps.

Chromebook Pixel 2015, 8 more Chrome OS devices to get Linux apps support soon  9to5Google

It seems that nine more devices, including the Google Chromebook Pixel 2015, may soon allow their owners to run Linux apps.

Facebook, Not Microsoft, Is the Main Threat to Open Source  Linux Journal

In the future, Facebook won't be a social-media site. Facebook is under a lot of scrutiny and pressure at the moment. It's accused of helping foreign actors to ...

Recommended Open Source Compliance Practices for the Enterprise

Open source software provides significant economies to be gained through shared and transparent development, which offers access to source code, the ability to customize the source code based on specific needs, results in faster time-to-market for products and services, and provides access to a large pool of innovators. As such, open source software provides major competitive advantages when used appropriately, and when users comply with its licensing terms.

With an incredibly high adoption rate and the increasing rapid adaptation of source code, enterprises are often on the lookout for better ways to maintain proper license compliance for the hundreds and thousands of open source components included in their products and services. This paper offers practical recommendations to help them improve their open source compliance practices.

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The Linux desktop's last, best shot  ZDNet

With Microsoft cutting off support for Windows 7, the Linux desktop may finally get its day in the sun. But are Linux companies ready to take advantage of their ...

Introducing The Arch Linux Summer 2019 Community Challenge  Forbes

Welcome to the Linux Community Challenge that lives up to its name. (BTW, we installed Arch.)

The "From Mac to Linux" Issue  Linux Journal

What you are reading right now is a Linux magazine—with a focus on Apple computers running macOS. (Or MacOS. Or however Apple is doing the ...

New HiddenWasp Linux Malware Focused Solely on Achieving Targeted Remote Control  Security Intelligence

A new threat called HiddenWasp is different from other Linux malware in that it's focused solely on achieving targeted remote control of infected hosts.

Creating a Linux VM in Hyper-V the Easy Way  Redmondmag.com

Hyper-V in Windows 10 has a built-in tool called Quick Create that lets you automate the process of setting up new virtual machines. Here's how to use it.

Red Hat has joined the Business Coalition for the Equality Act, a group of leading U.S. employers supporting U.S. federal legislation that would provide the same basic protections to LGBTQ people as are provided to other protected groups under federal law.  

Mageia 7 Linux distribution reaches release candidate (RC) status -- download it now!  BetaNews

We recently learned that most Windows 10 users aren't even keeping the operating system up to date, choosing to forgo the often buggy feature releases. Yes ...

Clear Linux Moving Ahead With Blocking dmesg Access For Non-Root Users  Phoronix

Most Linux distributions allow unfettered access to dmesg for seeing the kernel log outputs, but seeing as kernel addresses can be dumped to this output and ...

Unity Editor is Now Officially Available for Linux  It's FOSS

Unity Editor for the cross-platform gaming engine Unity is now officially available for Linux. It comes with support for Ubuntu and CentOS.

DragonFlyBSD's Kernel Optimizations Are Paying Off - 3 BSDs & 5 Linux OS Benchmarks On Threadripper  Phoronix

DragonFlyBSD lead developer Matthew Dillon has been working on a big VM rework in the name of performance and other kernel improvements recently.

Undetectable HiddenWasp backdoor malware hits Linux users, allowing for full control of infected systems  BetaNews

Using code from the famous Mirai worm and the Azazel rootkit, HiddenWasp is a newly discovered malware strain targeting Linux systems.

Hello Again, Linux  Linux Journal

My first MacBook was the first computer I really loved, but I wasn't happy about the idea of buying a new one. I decided it's important to live your values and to ...

Dell releases more high-end Ubuntu Linux laptops  ZDNet

Linux PCs are growing in popularity for professional programmers and Dell continues to back them.

How to modify systemd-boot on Linux  TechRepublic

Do you have multiple kernels on your Linux server, but aren't prompted to select which you want to run? The fix for that might lie in systemd-boot configuration.