TechSpot

JULY 4, 2024

The Linux kernel, used by most Raspberry Pi-compatible operating systems including the official Raspberry Pi OS, was recently updated with. Read Entire Article

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Network World

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Skyport offers SkySecure Server, a remotely deployable platform for Windows and/or Linux virtual machines in a fortress-like environment. It comes pre-built and ready to host and secure either their list or your qualified list of popular host operating systems as VMs. Skyport does one thing, and it does it well.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Linux distro was established by Ian A. Read Entire Article On August 16, the Debian blog announced that the project is now officially 30 years old. Murdock in 1993, with a message sent to the comp.os.linux.development newsgroup.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Canonical recently announced a significant policy change regarding Linux adoption in the Ubuntu operating system. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Valve has used Arch Linux as the basis for its gaming-focused SteamOS platform since 2022. The company, co-founded by Gabe Newell, has now decided to offer developers something tangible in return: a "generous" yet unspecified initiative to fund two important aspects of the free, open-source operating system.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 21, 2024

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for August 2024 includes a fix for a security vulnerability in the Grub2 boot loader, which is used by many Linux operating systems. Read Entire Article Tracked as CVE-2022-2601, this flaw, discovered in 2022, could lead to an out-of-bounds write with a potential bypass of Secure Boot protection.

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TechSpot

MARCH 7, 2024

The milestone comes almost a year after desktop Linux surpassed three percent market share in June 2023 amid fierce competition from other operating systems. Back then, Linux enthusiasts welcomed the news with gusto, and many even went so far as to claim that the so-called "Year of the Desktop Linux".

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TechSpot

JUNE 14, 2024

The DC-Roma RISC-V Laptop II expands the hardware capabilities offered by the previous generation and is touted as the world's first RISC-V laptop capable of running the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MARCH 3, 2023

Some influential people in the open-source community are pushing for the adoption of a one-stop app store for Linux-based operating systems. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Developer Respawn Entertainment and publisher EA recently shared some harsh insights about Linux as a gaming platform. Operating systems based on the open-source kernel aren't as reliable as Windows for anti-cheat systems, forcing Apex Legends to abandon official support for the platform. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The latest version of systemd, a software suite that provides backend services for Linux operating systems, has introduced the capability to display a BSOD upon boot failure. Read Entire Article The update also incorporates numerous other changes.

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IT Toolbox

MARCH 19, 2024

Android is an open-source Linux-based operating system for mobile devices, home appliances, and enterprise handhelds. In this article, learn more about the operating system, its features, versions, and benefits. The post What Is Android OS?

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TechSpot

AUGUST 23, 2023

Users who want to experience Valve's Steam Deck operating system on a desktop, HTPC, or another handheld device can now install Bazzite, which has recently received a full 1.0 This Linux-based system includes all the functionalities of SteamOS along with some significant additions. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

AUGUST 7, 2024

VMware Workstation lets you run Windows, Linux, and a host of other operating systems side-by-side on the same PC. Read Entire Article Switch between OS instantly, share files between VMs with drag-and-drop functionality, create clones and more.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Operating Systems: Become fluent in securing Windows and Linux systems. This article originally appeared on LinkedIn here. Tools like Wireshark, Nmap, and tcpdump aren't just nice to knowthey're essential for analyzing traffic, identifying vulnerabilities, and securing networks. The result?

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The recently unveiled doomgpu project aims to run the forefather of modern shooters "almost" entirely on the GPU, requiring a somewhat complex software setup and a Linux operating system to get the job done. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MAY 19, 2023

When Windows experiences a critical, unrecoverable error state, the operating system crashes and displays the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Read Entire Article Typically, the only solution to a BSOD is to reboot the machine and hope no critical data is lost. It has been an annoying quirk of Windows for over.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

GB of RAM and 15 GB of storage, making it ideal for reviving old PCs or for those looking to try a lightweight operating system. release is powered by Linux Kernel 6.8. Read Entire Article Zorin OS requires only 1.5 The most recent 17.2

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TechSpot

JANUARY 11, 2024

Chinese manufacturer Ayaneo is bringing the first non-Valve handheld system based on SteamOS to market. The Linux-based operating system has so far been used to power the Steam Deck and the now-defunct Steam Machine hardware platform, but Ayaneo wants to provide a novel solution to gamers looking for a portable.

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TechSpot

JULY 21, 2024

Friday's events were not the first time CrowdStrike, a popular cybersecurity service provider, caused significant disruptions to multiple operating systems. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

AUGUST 23, 2023

Cameyo recently introduced ChromeOS Virtual App Delivery (VAD), a novel virtualization service that empowers ChromeOS users to operate "all" of their applications directly within a Chrome browser window. Read Entire Article

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2024

The year seems to be flying by—much in the same way that all these technical articles keep flying by my Inbox, occasionally getting caught and included here! In this Technology Short Take, I have links on things ranging from physical network designs to running retro operating systems as virtual machines.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host. Rob McBryde shares his story of reviving a 2012 MacBook Pro with Linux. Security In early February a vulnerability was uncovered in a key component of the Linux boot process. Think Linux doesn’t have malware? TL;DR: It’s not as easy as it might seem.)

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 19, 2023

Its commitment to Linux turned what might have been a Windows Server-based cloud computing backwater into the Microsoft Azure powerhouse, the only public cloud to give the AWS juggernaut a serious run for its money. Intellyx retains final editorial control of this article. No AI was used to write this article.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This is the next installation in my semi-regular series that shares links and articles from around the interwebs on various technology areas of interest. A UEFI flaw , affecting both Windows and Linux, that leverages malicious images? This article from Amrutha Chennepalli hits all my favorite haunts: Kubernetes, Kuma Mesh, and Pulumi.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

For your reading pleasure, I’ve collected links on topics ranging from Kubernetes Gateway API to recent AWS attack techniques to some geeky Linux and Git topics. Read this article on his response to someone wanting to use NSX to create availability zones. Career/Soft Skills I think this article speaks for itself.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 28, 2024

I’m back with another set of links to articles on various data center- and IT-related topics. Hat tip to Ivan Pepelnjak, who shared a link to Roman Pomazanov’s article on various network lab tools. Welcome to Technology Short Take #179! I haven’t yet read all of them, but they’re on my list to read.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here’s your weekend reading—a collection of links and articles from around the internet on a variety of data center- and cloud-related topics. The Linux kernel project has become a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA); Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote a blog post that discusses this in more depth. Welcome to Technology Short Take #175!

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

’s lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI over their use of its articles in GPT-4 and other AI models. A great analogy here is what we’ve seen in operating systems. But we also had Linux, which the open-source movement championed. So I hope that we will have a Linux of language models, a Linux of AI.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

I have a slightly bulkier list of links for you today, bolstered by some recent additions to my RSS feeds and supplemented by some articles I found through social media. This is an older article from 2020, but still useful: Nathan Taber “demystifies” cluster networking for Amazon EKS worker nodes. Great ideas here!

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 10, 2025

I’m excited for the opportunity to continue to bring readers articles and links of interest across data center- and cloud-related technologies (along with some original content along the way). Security Brian Krebs’ article on the operations of a prolific voice phishing crew was both enlightening and frightening.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 4, 2024

I first learned of Kmesh via this article by Jimmy Song. Security This article is a fascinating look into a series of misconfigurations and security flaws that culminates with full cluster admin privileges and access to internal software repositories. Thinking of trying Arch Linux? A botnet of up to a quarter million devices ?

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. This particular Technology Short Take is a tad heavy on cloud computing, but there’s a decent mix of other articles as well.

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