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Data center energy consumption concept image showing a digitized server room with racks on either side with servers glowing blue. — Scientists say they can cut data center energy use by changing just a few lines of code Changes to the Linux kernel bring significant performance improvements by streamlining network traffic processing

Confident young woman using computer against dark background — Warning issued over open source developer account security The security of individual developer accounts poses a serious threat to open source ecosystem, according to a new report from the Linux Foundation

A close-up of web coding on a black background — What is open source? Open source is in the news a lot thanks to AI and LLMs – we take a look at what open source is, the benefits and drawbacks, and key software vendors

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Linux Foundation unveils ‘World of Open Source’ research initiative

By Praharsha Anand published 16 May 22

News The timely research series is targeted at the European open source community

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Intel CTO: Open source ecosystem is “poorly written”

By Adam Shepherd published 11 May 22

News Chipmaker calls on industry to improve contributions

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Linux on Mars: 17 flights later

By James O'Malley published 23 March 22

In-depth We catch up with the team who’ve successfully piloted a Linux-powered drone on Mars

In-depth

Visual representation of an active botnet, with several black nodes connected with white strands

Linux botnet spreads using Log4Shell flaw

By Danny Bradbury published 16 March 22

News The malware uses DNS tunnelling to communicate with its C2 control server

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A Raspberry Pi 4 board in front of a red brick wall

Raspberry Pi OS finally gets a 64-bit release

By Connor Jones published 4 February 22

News After nearly two years in development and beta testing, the 64-bit version unlocks the Raspberry Pi's full 8GB memory

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Ubuntu Security Guide to simplify DISA-STIG compliance

By Praharsha Anand published 18 January 22

News The automated configuration tooling is specific to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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Red Hat launches Enterprise Linux 9 beta

By Rene Millman published 3 November 21

News Changes will require less work from admins and IT Ops

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Linux 5.14 offers new security protections

By Danny Bradbury published 30 August 21

News The operating system's 30th birthday release helps protect against side-channel attacks

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Linux on Mars!

By James O'Malley published 18 August 21

Case Studies Open-source software on the Perseverance mission is helping NASA explore a GNU world

Case Studies

Image of Raspberry Pi running Raspberry Pi OS

A complete guide to Raspberry Pi OS

By Connor Jones last updated 30 July 21

In-depth Everything you need to know about the software, formerly known as Raspbian, powering the world’s favourite tiny computer

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