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Developers take Linux attacks to heart
News A handful of recent online attacks on free and open-source software servers has open-source developers looking over their shoulders.
F-Secure warns of archive protocol danger
News The security vendor has warned of multiple critical vulnerabilities that affect its products as well as various iterations of Linux-archiving software.
Tags: Antivirus software
Last week in open source
News Can new partnerships make LAMP a more serious contender to Java and Microsoft's .NET? Also: Sun releases Solaris code.
Tags: Open source
Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
News The open source Debian operating system has gained support for the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to run the same OS on two different software cores.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Gentoo, AMD64, kFreeBSD, Kernel, operating system, Debian, Linux Kernel, BSD, Hardware
Get started with the yum package manager
Techguide In this introduction to the yum package manager, you can find out about its basic configuration and some common commands.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Data Management, Gentoo, Fedora Project, Package, Red Hat Inc., Yum, Debian, Grep
Gentoo finalizes 2008 release
News Developers have released the final version of 2008.0 of the Linux 'meta-distribution', moving to a newer version of the Linux kernel that brings in additional hardware drivers.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Linux, Open source, Gentoo, Linux Kernel, Mozilla Firefox, disk, desktop, GNU
Linux file management alternatives
Techguide Tools such as Gentoo, Krusader and Midnight Commander, offer something different--here's a look at the basics.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Business applications, Gentoo, KDE, Management Tool, Norton Co., File System, GNOME, Vincent Danen
Create an OpenVZ container
Techguide OpenVZ is an OS-level virtualization system that allows you to virtualize Linux-on-Linux, but it works on the principle of containers, not virtual machines. Here's how to create an OpenVZ container.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Virtualization, Gentoo, Fedora Project, CPU, Debian, Grep, DNS, Canada
Microsoft issues Patch Tuesday DNS fix
News The company has released four security bulletins for July, including one that addresses a potentially serious DNS spoofing flaw affecting multiple vendors' products.
Tags: Security, Gentoo, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Database, Bulletin, Ubuntu, Flaw
Gentoo Linux founder to 'educate' Microsoft
News Software giant hires a key figure behind the popular Linux distribution to teach its in-house developers about open source.
Gentoo Linux server hacked
News A Gentoo Linux project server has been compromised by attackers and subsequently pulled offline for a full forensic analysis.
Alert goes out on Sun patch
News Vulnerability, deemed "highly critical", found in open-source program for loading and rendering images in XPM format.
Tags: Operating systems
Linux groups patch image flaw
News Common code used to process graphics has a flaw that could allow an attacker to issue commands as the user.
Run a secure Linux server with Annvix
Techguide Annvix 1.0-RELEASE is a server-oriented Linux OS. Take a look at some of the features of this secure Linux distribution.
Tags: Security, Software, Operating systems, Linux, Open source
Vulnerability found in open-source audio player
News The mpg123 MPEG audio player has a "highly critical" vulnerability to buffer overrun attacks, a security firm announces.
Tags: Viruses and worms
