Tag: Linux

September 21, 2022

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has reportedly committed to bringing Rust to the operating system. In an email received by ZDNet(opens in new tab), Torvalds said that the programming language will make it to version 6.1 of the Linux OS “unless […]

September 12, 2022

Microsoft’s CBL-Mariner Linux distribution is becoming more and more important to Azure, both in the cloud and on premises. As well as hosting the GUI features of WSL 2 in Windows 11, it’s the container host in Azure Kubernetes Service […]

September 2, 2022

Targeted ransomware attacks are becoming more common as an increasing number of businesses adopt Linux systems, new research from Trend Micro has found. Overall, it says 63 billion threats were blocked by the company’s systems in the first half of […]

August 16, 2022

Back in the early days of the internet, there weren’t many internet applications. Instead, applications were overwhelmingly written for the Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems. “Software delivery” often meant copying a binary to a server or building a blue-screen […]

August 12, 2022

According to a report by Phoronix,(opens in new tab) AMD has released a new set of Linux patches for supporting a mysterious new processor with the “Pink Sardine” codename. The patches aim to support version 6.2 of AMD’s Audio Coprocessor […]

July 26, 2022

Anyone still considering whether to update to 64-bit Linux kernels(opens in new tab) now has another big motivation after it was revealed 32-bit editions won’t be getting a major security fix. Intel’s Pawan Gupta recently took to the lore.kernel.org mailing […]

July 14, 2022

Rocky Linux 9.0, the latest version of the open source enterprise OS designed to be fully bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), is now generally available. The update includes new security and networking features, and a new open […]

May 26, 2022

Good news for Chrome users: Google is rolling out a new version of its browser that fixes 32 security flaws — and adds a few new features. A stable version of Chrome 102 will arrive on Windows, Mac, and Linux […]

May 23, 2022

Linus Torvalds has released the 5.18 version of the Linux kernel on schedule, but he hardly sounds happy about it Torvalds said “nothing really odd stands out” for users of Linux distros from the latest 5.18 update, dubbing the kernel […]

May 20, 2022

One particular strain of Linux malware has seen tremendous growth in the last six months, Microsoft says, urging Linux device owners to secure their endpoints. The Redmond software giant claims XorDDoS malware’s usage in the last six months rose by […]

May 12, 2022

Google has launched Flutter 3, a major release of the cross-platform development toolkit that adds stable support for building macOS and Linux desktop apps. Flutter already provided stable support for iOS, Android, web, and Windows targets. Unveiled May 11, Flutter […]

May 12, 2022

Nvidia is publishing its Linux GPU kernel modules on an open source basis with a dual GPL/MIT license now available on GitHub. It’s a good day for users of Linux distros as the hardware giant says the move will allow […]

May 10, 2022

Docker is extending its popular Docker Desktop application to integrate with a wider range of developer tools, as well as providing native support for developers working on Linux workstations. Announced today during DockerCon, Docker Extensions is launching with 14 partner […]

April 6, 2022

As one of the leading cloud computing companies, Microsoft uses AMD’s data center GPUs as well as Linux on the servers it uses. Sometimes those GPUs need to be installed into running machines or replaced, but that requires shutting down […]

April 1, 2022

Visual Studio Code 1.66, also identified as the March 2022 release of the code editor, has just been published by Microsoft. The new release brings improvements to JavaScript heap profiles, CSS code formatting, and local history. Visual Studio Code 1.66 […]

April 1, 2022

Git is a software platform mainly used by computer programmers for collaboration. At its core, Git keeps track of changes to files and allows multiple users to coordinate updates to those files. The most common use case for Git is […]

February 16, 2022

An exploitable bug sitting in a popular Linux kernel module, has been found after five years, researchers have claimed. Detailing the findings in a blog post, researcher Samuel Page from cybersecurity firm Appgate said the flaw was a stack buffer […]

December 23, 2021

A flaw in Microsoft’s Azure App Service has been exposing customer source code for years, security researchers have discovered. According to cloud security providers Wiz.io, Microsoft’s platform for building and hosting web apps has contained insecure default behavior in its […]

December 6, 2021

Amidst all the news from AWS re:Invent last week—mainframe modernization, database updates, ARM-based Graviton3, etc.—one thing might have slipped your notice yet deserves the spotlight: Amazon Linux 2022. AWS CEO Adam Selipsky didn’t mention it in his keynote, though it […]

November 12, 2021

Visual Studio Code 1.62, the latest monthly release of Microsoft’s popular code editor, is available with capabilities centering on areas such as the workbench and search icons. Published November 4, Visual Studio Code 1.62, aka the October 2021 release, is […]