Million Linux Kernels Simulate Botnet
Aug 04, 2009The biggest botnet to date is being virtualized using a network of one million Linux kernels. The virtual machines form an experiment in studying the origins of the malware.
more »ReiserFS Without Big Kernel Lock
Aug 03, 2009Even though reiserfs belongs to the veterans of journaling filesystems and established ext3 and ext4 as standard Linux filesystems, a new patch serves to markedly improve it.
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Jul 31, 2009GNU Emacs 23.1 Provides Anti-Aliasing
Jul 30, 2009Emacs, the extensible editor of the GNU project, is available in version 23.1. The release adds countless modernizations to the traditional program, such as font anti-alising and support for D-Bus and zeroconf.
more »GPL Violation: Microsoft's Code Generosity with Strange Taste
Jul 24, 2009Microsoft made headlines on July 20 with their release of a Hyper-V driver to the Linux kernel under GPL. Now it turns out that the driver violates the GPL free code stipulation by having a mix of proprietary and open source code.
more »Microsoft Releases Moodle Plugin under GPL
Jul 22, 2009Microsoft has again released code under GPLv2, this time the Live Services plugin Moodle.
more »Microsoft to Add Hyper-V Drivers to Linux Kernel
Jul 21, 2009What seemed impossible years ago could now become a reality: a Linux driver from Microsoft in the kernel.
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Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices
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The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative Is Coming
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Linux Mint Shares a Possible Kernel Cleanup Solution
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CachyOS Gets an Update
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The Linux Kernel Dev Staging Area Now Rejects AI-Generated Patches
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Linux Surpasses Double-Digit Market Share
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AI Helped Develop a Linux Exploit
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Yet Another Linux Kernel Vulnerability Discovered
Affecting millions of systems, a kernel flaw discovered by Qualys could allow users to gain root privileges.
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Ubuntu 26.10 to Include Ubuntu Certified Hardware Check
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Substantial Update to IPFire Now Available
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