Containers or virtual machines: Which is more secure? The answer will surprise you

VIDEO: IBM Research has created a new way to measure software security, Horizontal Attack Profile, and it[he]#039[/he]s found a properly secured container can be almost as secure as a virtual machine.

openSUSE Tumbleweed Users Get LibreOffice 6.1, Mozilla Firefox 61, and FFmpeg 4.0

The month of July 2018 was pretty busy for the openSUSE Tumbleweed development team, and the first two weeks of the month already delivered dozens of updates and security fixes.

How To Install Ruby on Ubuntu 18.04

This tutorial covers how to install Ruby on a Ubuntu 18.04 system. Ruby is one of the most popular languages today. It has an elegant syntax and it is the language behind the Ruby on Rails framework.

DistroWatch The Best Website For Distro Hoppers

DistroWatch is a well-known website in the open-source community as a dedicated place to get up-to-date information predominantly about open source operating systems. This article will cover details about what the DistroWatch website offers to open source community including its much-hyped ranking system for Linux distros.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 & CentOS 6 Patched Against Spectre V4, Lazy FPU Flaws

Users of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and CentOS Linux 6 operating system series received important kernel security updates that patch some recently discovered vulnerabilities.

How to create a custom Ubuntu ISO with Cubic

If you're looking to build a custom Linux disk image that's based on Ubuntu, Cubic makes it easy. Here's what you need to know.

Debian GNU/Linux 9.5 "Stretch" Is Now Available with 100 Security Updates

The Debian Project announced today the release of the fifth maintenance update to the stable Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system series.

Killer tools for sysadmins, Skype alternatives, improving Linux skills, 6 must-read RFCs, and more

Try as you might, you can[he]#039[/he]t read everything on the internet, but here are our top 10 must-read articles from last week.

How developers can get involved with open source networking

There have always been integration challenges with open source software, whether in pulling together Linux distributions or in mating program subsystems developed by geographically distributed communities. However, today we're seeing those challenges writ large with the rise of large ecosystems of projects in areas such as networking and cloud-native computing.read more

An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs

Here’s a surprising fact: It costs money to watch video online, even on free sites like YouTube. That’s because roughly 80% of video files rely on a patented video codec to compress and transmit media quickly over the internet...