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In 1991, Linus Torvalds was studying UNIX at university, where he was using a special educational, experimental purpose operating system called Minix. However, Minix had its limitations, and Linus felt he could create something better.
It seems like history is repeating itself with this situation, reminiscent of the United Linux era from many years ago. #Linux #RHEL #Redhat #IBM #OpenSource
Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in many Intel CPUs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-40982, enables a user to access and steal data from other users who share the same computer. More info
Rhino Linux re-invents the Ubuntu experience as a rolling release distribution atop a stable Desktop Environment. Pacstall is at the very heart of the distribution, providing essential packages such as the Linux kernel, Firefox, Rhino Linux specific applications and theming.
My Python script that scans /var/log/mail.log for abnormalities failed in Debian 12. Upon reading the documentation, I come across this from Debian Wiki ๐คก Systemd is truly pain in the butt. Now I have choices here: A) update my script to use systemd journals to scan logs. B) Install rsyslogd and reconfigure old behavior. Three is 3rd choice go back to FreeBSD or Alpine. But that is too much work. LOL.
barco is a project I worked on to learn more about Linux containers and the Linux kernel, based on other guides on the internet. Linux containers are made up by a set of Linux kernel features
Storing your personal data, family photos, and other files in the cloud may be utilized for machine learning and AI purposes by ToS. It doesn't matter if it is a free or paid service. These greedy companies will not stop. Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent this from happening besides discontinuing the use of nearly all cloud services.