Verona's University Migrates 4000 PCs to Linux
Aug 10, 2009Verona is about to become famous for more than just Romeo and Juliet and opera: the university of the romantic Italian city is migrating 4000 of its desktops to Linux and open source.
more »Security Lessons Make off-site backups or you will lose your data
Jul 31, 2009Who needs attackers when you have system administrators? Learn why copying your data doesn't mean you've backed it up.
more »Workspace: Tonido Serves you right
Jul 31, 2009This cloud-in-a-box serves up shared space for a jukebox, photos, blogs, file sharing, workspace apps, and more.
more »Samba 3.4 and 4 Merge into Franky
Jul 06, 2009Developers of the free Samba server have packed the newest version 4 into the 3.4 tarball to form Franky.
more »Ubuntu 9.04 Server Certified on HP ProLiant G6
Jun 18, 2009Hewlett-Packard and the Canonical Linux firm have announced certification of the Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on HP's ProLiant G6 server family.
more »Data Center Intro Smart tools for the cloud and rack
May 31, 2009The server space is changing, bringing new opportunities for the agile admin. If you plan on taking up residence in the new data center, you'd better get your toolkit ready. This month we explore tools and techniques for data center and server room environments.
more »Multithreaded Mail Carrier: Postfix 2.6.0
May 19, 2009Mail transfer agent (MTA) Postfix is now available in version 2.6.0. Managing multiple Postfix instances on a single host is now possible for the first time.
more »Samba4Wins Replicating WINS servers on Linux with Samba4Wins
Apr 30, 2009Samba4Wins lets you set up a WINS server for NetBIOS name resolution in Linux.
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China Switching from Windows to Linux
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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
Unless a kernel patch is a valid security fix, it will be rejected if it was created using AI.
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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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