Unix News and Articles

The complexity of modern distributions offers many potential attack vectors for malware. Lynis lets you find these vulnerabilities before an attacker does.

Veteran Linux users and administrators are likely to have heard of the BSD family of operating systems. However, the BSDs remain a mystery to many in the Linux community. With the upcoming release of OpenBSD 7.0, it is time to throw some light on this little gem.

It might seem surprising today, but before Linux arrived on the scene, Microsoft was a leading player in the Unix world. We look at XENIX, Microsoft's lost Unix distro, and show how you can boot up XENIX in a virtual machine.

As the FreeBSD Foundation approaches its 20th anniversary, we talk to its top brass about the project's growing visibility in the open source ecosystem.

• RHEV 3.2 released
• FreeBSD 8.4 Released
• Cisco Introduces New Backbone Routers
• AMD Chips, Strategies, and Roadmap
• Java Enterprise Edition 7 Released
• Crafter Studio 2.2

Zorin OS 6.1 and FreeBSD 9.1

The Zorin operating system was created for Windows users who want to transition easily to Linux. Zorin includes a Look Changer program that allows you to change the user interface between the look and feel of Windows 7, XP, and Vista, or even Mac OS X, Ubuntu Unity, or Gnome 2. With Zorin, you can operate in a familiar environment without worrying about malware, viruses, and other security threats.

OpenSSH VPN technology, installed by default on most Linux, BSD, and Unix systems, lets you mix and match different clients and servers easily.