Angst and Anxiety Over Ubuntu’s Chosen Path
- May
- 30
After all the bold moves Canonical has made regarding Ubuntu in the past few years, it’s not exactly any secret that a significant portion of the Linux community remains unconvinced as to the wisdom of its chosen path. Indeed, it was just a few weeks ago that the project decided to launch its very own package format and installer, resulting in more than a few raised eyebrows among FOSS fans.
US weapons system designs were reportedly viewed by Chinese hackers
- May
- 28
The designs for more than two dozen advanced U.S. weapon systems, including missile defenses, combat aircraft and ships, were reportedly accessed by Chinese hackers.
read moreOne Small Step for NASA, One Giant Leap for Open Source
- May
- 28
“Space: the final frontier.” These may be the opening words of the Star Trek series so loved by geeks far and wide, but lately, they’ve been on the tip of more Linux bloggers’ tongues than ever. Why? Because Linux recently scored a major victory some 230 miles up in the sky. Specifically, Windows got the big heave-ho from the International Space Station.
Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in
- May
- 23
Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.
read moreMidnight Commander Will Whip Your Files Into Shape
- May
- 22
Midnight Commander is one of those original computing tools that keeps getting better with age. It may be old school, but its file managing capabilities keep it at the head of its class. Midnight Commander is a text-mode file manager that runs in a terminal. It uses a two-panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It is reminiscent of the Norton Commander file manager.
Chinese hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets
- May
- 21
More that three years after what came to be known as Operation Aurora, it appears that the cyber marauders were after more than just information on activists.
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Neo Technology’s Emil Eifrem: ‘Cloud Is the New Open Source’
- May
- 21
Graphs are everywhere. You find them on websites adding social capabilities. Telecommunications companies use graphs to personalize customer services. Innovative bioinformatics researchers, and other organizations are adopting graph databases to model and query connected data. Neo Technology has pioneered graph databases since 2000.
Configuring Apache to Redirect All Traffic to One Local URL
- May
- 20
GOAL You want to redirect all requests to your web server to a single page on the server. PROBLEM Note that redirection to an entirely different server is trivial with RedirectMatch. You can redirect all traffic to http://my-server.org to http://other-server.org … Continue reading →
read moreThe Windows Kernel’s Achilles’ Heel
- May
- 20
Life is like a roller coaster, as the popular saying goes, filled with both ups and downs. Here in the Linux blogosphere we’ve certainly experienced our share of downs in recent months — thanks in large part to a frustrating spate of FUD — but lately the clouds have parted and the sun is shining on Linux with full force once again.