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Fedora 24 review: The year’s best Linux distro is puzzlingly hard to recommend
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-08-30 21:00
Fedora 24 is very near the best Linux distro release I've used, and certainly the best release I have tested this year. Considering 2016 has welcomed new offerings like Mint 18 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, that says a great deal about the Fedora project's latest work. But like many Fedora releases before it, even Fedora 24 got off to a rocky start.
Linux bug leaves 1.4 billion Android users vulnerable to hijacking attacks
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2016-08-15 23:19
An estimated 80 percent of Android phones contain a recently discovered vulnerability that allows attackers to terminate connections and, if the connections aren't encrypted, inject malicious code or content into the parties' communications, researchers from mobile security firm Lookout said Monday.
How To Remain (Mostly) Anonymous Online Using Linux
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2016-08-08 23:26
Living in the Age of Information that we live in today brings great convenience and benefit along with great risks. On the one hand, humanity has access to basically the entirety of information and knowledge known in existence at the mere few clicks of a button; but on the other hand, this great power in the hands of a nefarious few can cause great destruction and misery if taken too far. In this article, I'll guide you through the possible steps to secure your private information online.
An Insider Scoop on Ubuntu 16.10 – Major Expectations
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-06-14 05:54
The Ubuntu Online Summit which went underway during the first week of May saw a lot of discussions and planning for Ubuntu 16.10. The three-day long event showed us some glimpses on what to expect from “Yakkety Yak“.
So to all those who missed out the event or eager to know more about the Ubuntu 16.10, here’s some sneak peek on the major expectations that is bound to come bundles with Ubuntu 16.10.
SELinux vs Systemd: What's Safer for Linux Servers?
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2016-05-13 13:47
Among the most disruptive changes in Linux over the last decade has been in the introduction and broad integration of the systemd init system into Linux.
In a keynote session at the CoreOS Fest in Berlin this week, Lennart Poettering, one of the lead developers of systemd, delivered a detailed technical keynote on some of the key parameters in systemd and how they can be used to secure Linux servers.
