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Short Bytes: At the Connect(); conference, Microsoft surprised the Linux community by announcing that the company is joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. In the recent years, Microsoft has been sincere about the development of various open source projects and it’s another step in the same direction. Microsoft–considered as a rival to the […]
Short Bytes: Due to a flaw in the Cryptsetup encryption utility, a hacker can get access to the root shell by holding down the Enter key for 70 seconds on a Linux system. While the attacker can’t access the encrypted files directly, he/she can copy, destroy, or modify the contents of the hard disk. This loophole can be fixed by applying patches or […]
Short Bytes: Many of you might be using sudo and su in terminal every day to accomplish different tasks. While sudo runs a single command with root privileges, su launches another shell instance with the privileges of the intended user. Both, sudo and su, are use to grant root privileges to the users in different manners. A Linux user […]
Short Bytes: Top500 has released its latest list of the world’s faster supercomputers. Linux has once again emerged as a winner, establishing its authority on 498 out of the top 500 machines. The remaining 2 are running IBM AIX, a Unix variant. Both China and the US claim 171 machines each in the latest list. The […]
Short Bytes: In a surprising turn of events, Brazil has decided to ditch its open source model and adopt Microsoft software in government departments. The government has asked the departments to express their needs of Microsoft software until November 11. The lack of skilled developers to develop specific open source software for the government is […]
Short Bytes: New Apple MacBooks always cause some troubles when an enthusiast tries to install some Linux distro. Apparently, the same has happened with a Reddit user who tried installing Ubuntu Linux on his new MacBook Pro. While it might seem surprising to some, the open source community needs to reverse engineer some drivers after every new […]
Short Bytes: Last week, we read about the release of different Linux distributions, including RHEL 7.3, Manjaro 16.10, and Ubuntu Core 16. In other news, popular text editor Vim completed its 25 years and the developers of Mythbuntu Linux distribution announced the end of Mythbuntu. To know more, read our Linux & Open Source Weekly Roundup and stay […]
Short Bytes: Ubuntu Core 16 is a minimalistic Linux-based operating system developed by Canonical Ltd. Primarily intended for IoT devices. The latest Snappy Ubuntu borrows core features from the Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak and takes advantage of the Snaps. Canonical has also assured timely updates and a dedicated app store. Canonical Ltd. has announced its much-awaited Ubuntu […]
GNU/Linux developer Arne Exton is always ahead of time, and it looks like he has just released a new build of his MeX GNU/Linux distribution that ships with the Refracta tools pre-installed. MeX Build 161030 arrived a couple of days ago, based on the Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 “Jessie” and Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating […]
The Linux Plumbers Conference’s internet has been slowed to a crawl. SANTA FE, NM — If you can’t reach your favorite Linux developer by IM or e-mail today, it’s because they’re under a denial of service (DoS) attack. The top programmers are all at the Linux Plumbers conference, which is being hammered by an Internet […]
Short Bytes: Software man pages and documentation can be thick and difficult enough for any beginner without the cryptic conventions laced with every kind of bracket and parenthesis. Here, we’ll try to tone down the complexity of Linux man pages and make it easier to understand. Man pages are typically broken down into a series of […]
Short Bytes: Apart from the Apple and Microsoft event buzz, this week we also read about some big updates from Linux and open source world. Microsoft released its open source machine learning toolkit, Mozilla announced a new browser engine for Firefox, and we also got to know about the next Linux Mint release. To know more, read […]
Short Bytes: The second release in the Linux Mint 18.x series, i.e., Linux Mint 18.1, will be released later this year in November and December. Derived from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS operating system, this Mint release will be supported until 2021. Over the years, Linux Mint has established itself as a Linux desktop operating system that […]
My article will tell you how to accept 10 million packets per second without using such libraries as Netmap, PF_RING, DPDK and other. We are going to do this with Linux kernel version 3.16 and some code in C and C++. To begin with, I would like to say a few words on how pcap […]
Short Bytes: The next Linux kernel release, i.e., Linux 4.9, could be the biggest ever Linux release in terms of the commits. Linus Torvalds shared this news in the release announcement of Linux 4.9-rc2. He also hinted at the possibility of turning 4.9 into an LTS release. The final build of the kernel is expected […]
Short Bytes: This week in Linux and open source news, we read about the availability of Fedora on Raspberry Pi, formation of JavaScript Foundation, and Live kernel patching in Ubuntu. Other developments include the release of open source Nomulus TLD registry platform by Google and new Linux distro releases. Read our Linux & Open Source Weekly Roundup […]
For the Past 9 Years, Linux Kernel has been Plagued with Dirty Cow – A Privilege-Escalation Bug Red Hat, the leading open source software development firm, has revealed that Linux Kernel has been infected with a serious bug for the past 9 years. The bug has been dubbed as Dirty Cow. It is deemed dangerous […]
Short Bytes: A serious nine-year-old bug in Linux kernel has been recently revealed. Named Dirty COW, this flaw can help an attacker to gain write access to read-only memory. Linux kernel maintainers have released the patch and users are advised to install it as soon as possible. Open source software leader Red Hat has told the world […]
Lurking in the kernel for nine years, flaw gives untrusted users unfettered root access. A serious vulnerability that has been present for nine years in virtually all versions of the Linux operating system is under active exploit, according to researchers who are advising users to install a patch as soon as possible. While CVE-2016-5195, as the […]
Short Bytes: Frozenbox Network has released the latest version of its ethical hacking Linux distro, i.e., Parrot Security 3.2. Dubbed CyberSloop, it arrives with Linux kernel 4.7 and MATE 1.16 desktop environment. Parrot Security 3.2 also comes with new tools for testing automotive security. Earlier this year, I prepared a list of the top operating systems […]
Short Bytes: After the recent Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak release, the Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced the name of the next major Ubuntu release. Ubuntu 17.04 will be called Zesty Zapus which is named after a jumping mouse found in the North American region. It’s almost a week since the Yakkety Yak was parked in […]