Linus Torvalds released the fourth release candidate (RC4) for Linux Kernel version 6.19. Learn what's new in Kernel 6.19-rc4 ...

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Mohammad Shuaib Siddique knows his way around the guts of modern computers. He’s a senior systems software architect who lives where silicon, firmware, operating systems, and networks all come ...

The China-linked Mustang Panda APT has been using a kernel-mode rootkit in attacks leading to ToneShell backdoor deployments.

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It's true: not all of the thousands of distros out there are worth your time.

Anyone who uses certain older Radeon graphics cards from AMD can be happy. Because Linux 6.19 brings up to 30 percent more performance for hardware that is sometimes up to 13 years old by changing the ...

PCWorld’s guide helps users navigate the overwhelming choice of approximately 250 Linux distributions by focusing on five main strains: Debian, Red Hat/Fedora, Arch, Slackware, and Gentoo.

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.18 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), which will likely become the next LTS kernel [update: it’s now official]: So I’ll have to admit ...

CISA confirmed on Thursday that a high-severity privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel is now being exploited in ransomware attacks. Successful exploitation enables attackers with local access ...

Microsoft’s move to the cloud-native world means it’s now the custodian of several quite different Linux distributions. Some are internal tools that run deep parts of Azure’s networking infrastructure ...