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The German state, Schleswig-Holstein, has decided to move away from proprietary software, such as Windows and Office, to open-source alternatives , including Linux and LibreOffice . The move is motivated by the need to "ensure that their data is kept safe with us, and we must ensure that we are always in control of the IT solutions we use and that we can act independently as a state," as stated by Dirk Schr¶dter, the digitalization minister for Schleswig-Holstein.

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Why? Schleswig-Holstein cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty - though not necessarily in that order.

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'Complete digital sovereignty' ... sounds familiar. Schleswig-Holstein, Germany's most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions.…

A recent data breach incident disclosed by the OWASP Foundation due to a wiki misconfiguration highlights a critical concern for security practitioners, specifically Linux admins and infosec professionals. The breach exposed personal information from members who joined the foundation between 2006 and 2014.

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Recent enhancements have been made to GitHub Actions , a feature of GitHub that enables automation and CI/CD processes for developer teams. The updates focus on boosting security and power for GitHub-hosted runners, virtual machines that execute workflows.

Follows the vendor's decision to overhaul licensing of the popular cache database. Cloud giants AWS, Google, and Oracle have come out in support of a Linux Foundation open source fork of Redis, the popular in-memory database frequently used as a cache, following changes to its licensing.…

Ransomware targeting Linux systems is a growing threat, particularly in IoT ecosystems. Cybersecurity analysts are presenting live forensic techniques to detect ransomware infections on Linux machines. Let's examine Linux ransomware's unique challenges and its potential impact on the IoT industry.

The importance of prioritizing memory-safe programming languages has never been greater. Using memory-safe programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, Go, Rust, and Swift offers significant security advantages for admins and programmers, while avoiding the vulnerabilities associated with memory-unsafe languages like C++.

Is Developer Cloud enough to steal Nvidia's thunder? Interview Intel is attempting to woo developers to its cloud with early access to unreleased hardware and a born-again attitude to open source in a bid to differentiate itself from competitors.…

This guide delves deep into the world of Dockerizing applications on Linux, covering best practices, deployment strategies, and much more to empower developers and DevOps professionals alike.

This guide delves into the intricacies of Disk Partitioning and Logical Volume Management (LVM), equipping you with the knowledge to optimize your Linux system's storage.

Fedora 40 beta , the newest version of the Fedora operating system, is an efficient and lightning-fast release with various new and useful features. Compared to its previous releases, Fedora 40 is lightning-fast and offers maximum efficiency to users.

This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution. Please read “Getting started with Flatpak“. In order to enable flathub as your flatpak provider, use the instructions […]

In the world of open-source software , security vulnerabilities can have widespread consequences. The recent publication of a Linux privilege-escalation proof-of-concept exploit has sent shockwaves through the Linux community, demanding the immediate attention of Linux admins, infosec professionals, internet security enthusiasts, and sysadmins.