http://www.cio.com/article/3112582/linux/linus-torvalds-says-gpl-was-defining-factor-in-linuxs-success.html Linux tells why GPL was better license choice for Limux than what BSD or MIT would have been. →
http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/50-essential-linux-applications →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-on-linuxs-25th-birthday/ This interview reveals details on Linux’s origins. →
Linux kernel could be considered to be officially 25 years old today (25 August 2016) as it was publicly announced in in 25 August 1991. I started using Linux actively sometimes in late 1990′s. Happy birthday Linux kernel! What is Linux? article tells that Linux means different things to different people: Purist considers it to →
The history of Linux began in 1991 with the commencement of a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. Happy Birthday! Linux turns 25 article tells that that Linus’ initially glot his project off the ground in April 1991 and announced in in 25 August 1991. Linus →
http://m.sputniknews.com/world/20160821/1044487409/kali-linux-daesh-hackers.html Kali Linux has free tools to test cyber security of networked systems. When you have used tests to find vulnerabilities, it will be much harder for hackers and terrorists to attack our critical infrastructure. →
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/powershell-is-open-sourced-and-is-available-on-linux/ First they bring Bash to Windows, and now port PowerShell to Linux. →
Google is working on a new operating system named Fuchsia: ‘Pink + Purple == Fuchsia (a new Operating System).’ At LinuxCon last year, Linus Torvalds said that the Linux kernel has grown so big that if someone wants a really tiny kernel they would have to look elsewhere. Maybe for this reason Google is developing →
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vulnerability-assessment-without-scanner-alexander-leonov?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like Vulnerability analysis based on data collected by IT system management software. →
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/linux-bug-leaves-usa-today-other-top-sites-vulnerable-to-serious-hijacking-attacks/ There is a serious problem in new TCP feature designed to prevent hacking: it makes possible to make easily man-in-the-middle type attacks from anywhere. Feature is built into Linux kernel 3.6-4.7 (patch on newest version available). https://www.rt.com/usa/355558-linux-vulnerability-websites-attacks/ At the symposium, the researchers demonstrated the exploit by injecting code into a live USA Today page →