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A series of severe security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the popular runC command line tool. These vulnerabilities, collectively known as Leaky Vessels, allow threat actors to break out of containers and gain unauthorized access to the host operating system.

Time zones are very important for the Linux system because they can affect how the system operates. In this blog post, we will explain how to check and change the time zone on your Linux server.

Agama's 2024 roadmap reveals ambitious milestones, including an architecture overhaul and enhanced unattended installation capabilities. Here's more on that!

The GNOME Project released today GNOME 45.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 45 “Riga” desktop environment series to address more bugs, crashes, and other issues.

Drupal enables clean URLs by default since version 9 to allow its users to more easily read the URLs. In this article, we will show you how to fix Drupal Clean URLs issues.

In this article, you will learn what the NPX is, the difference between NPM and NPX, its usages, and how to install it in major Linux distributions.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a major decision , ruling that laws requiring weakened encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights. In a recent case involving Russia's demand for Telegram to provide encryption assistance, the Court stated that such legislation cannot be considered necessary in a democratic society.

Pinetek Networks is set to launch the IOL HAT on Crowdsupply soon, a versatile solution designed for integrating industrial sensors into single-board computer-based projects, such as the Raspberry Pi. This device facilitates data exchange with smart SDCI sensors and actuators, adhering to the IEC 61131-9 standards, commonly referred to as IO-Link. There will be two […]

The GNOME Project released today the beta version of the upcoming GNOME 46 desktop environment series for public testing ahead of the final release on March 20th, 2024, adding more new features and improvements to various of its core components and apps.

We could be wrong, but the FOSS Force crystal ball tells us we’ll see a production ready version of Cosmic DE released by late April, just in time for this year’s LinuxFest Northwest.

GlassFish is a free and open-source implementation of the Java EE Platform developed by Eclipse. This guide will show you how to install GlassFish on the AlmaLinux 9 server with Nginx reverse proxy.

Project hails from its original motherland of Russia. Russian developer Maxim Dounin has announced a new fork of the Nginx web server and caching proxy, aimed at avoiding the corporate control of owner F5.…

The Desktop/Workstation team is working on final integration for GNOME46. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Desktop x QA teams are organizing a test week from Monday, February 19, 2024 to Monday, Feburary 26, 2023. The wiki page in this article contains links […]

Bluetooth File Exchange is a utility to view the Public folder on the device, retrieve files from the device, and send files to the device.

The lessons of yesteryear's OS are getting lost in translation. FOSDEM 2024 There are vital lessons to be learned from the history of Unix, but they're being forgotten. This is leading to truly vast amounts of wasted effort.…

First install pyenv on Tumbleweed. You may follow for instance http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/337068/index.html. Then install Python3.13-dev (or Python3.13.0a2(3)) via pyenv . It won't affect system-wide Python 3.11.(X) . . . . Same way procedure would work on SparkyLinux2024.2 or Manjaro 23.1 and Manjaro Testing as well .

In this detailed guide, we will explore the process of converting a VirtualBox OVA file to the QCOW2 format, a necessary step for deploying virtual machines in a QEMU/KVM environment. This conversion is essential for users looking to transition from VirtualBox to a more scalable and open-source virtualization option like QEMU/KVM. We’ll cover each step of the process, from exporting your VirtualBox machine to finally deploying it on QEMU/KVM.

In Linux, multiple long commands can be easily replaced with a single short command using the alias command.

Chinese tech giant Huawei has proposed introducing a "SandBox Mode" for the Linux kernel , aimed at bolstering memory security. This mode would create an environment where native kernel code can be executed but with access restricted only to predefined memory addresses.

Canonical put up a call for all artists, graphic designers, and Ubuntu fans everywhere to submit images to the official wallpaper competition for the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” operating system release.