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A 16-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Januscape, allows attackers to escape a virtual machine and execute ...

How everyone else ranks Linux distros doesn't have to be how you rank them.

Ubuntu is adding AI features this year, and founder Mark Shuttleworth hopes the distro will become the OS for the 'agentic' ...

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The Linux desktop community discussed at the Linux App Summit 2026 how to make Linux systems more secure, robust, and ...

Microsoft recently announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit North America 2026 in Minneapolis. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based, general-purpose server distribution ...

The open-source community is looking for a way out of the wave of new laws requiring operating systems to collect users’ ages. The open-source community is looking for a way out of the wave of new ...

A fix for the previous Linux kernel critical exploit has seemingly introduced another critical local privilege escalation exploit, a third in two weeks. Security professionals are now frustrated with ...

Facepalm: The open-source community is once again facing a major security incident tied to an "unprecedented" vulnerability. The new flaw could give attackers a reliable way to escalate user ...

A public exploit is available for a nine-year old vulnerability that affects the Linux kernel, paving the way for root privilege escalation. The flaw, which actually is two vulnerabilities chained ...