A couple weeks ago, the Linux Foundation released a podcast interview with Linus Torvalds that, among other topics, touched on if or when Linux would "upgrade" from the GPLv2 license to the new GPLv3 ...

In today's open source roundup: Is OS X a better choice than Linux? Plus: Mozilla blocks Flash in Firefox. And how to disable Flash in Chrome, Safari and Firefox OS X and Linux users share a similar ...

Linus Torvalds, the creator and lead maintainer of the Linux kernel, officially confirmed that the next version after Linux 6.19 will be dubbed Linux 7.0. In the announcement, he made clear that the ...

For a limited time, the Practical Linux Security Cookbook by Packt is available for free. This book provides code-intensive discussions with detailed recipes that help you to create and administer a ...

This month's column is about ruthlessly practical Linux desktop security—what to do to harden your system proactively and, even more important, what to avoid doing in order to keep it out of harm's ...