Linux

Ubuntu on Windows 10

Could Microsoft’s love for Linux be extending into Windows 10 territory? Microsoft to show Bash on Linux running on Windows 10 article says that newly leaked session title from Microsoft’s upcoming Build 2016 developer conference has us Microsoft watchers speculating that you’ll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. Microsoft and Canonical partner

Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled – IEEE Spectrum

Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled – IEEE Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/linux-at-25-why-it-flourished-while-others-fizzled Linux was started 25 years ago in Finland by Linus Torvalds. Look at the history and reasons why it started revolution. Today linux rules on servers, smart phones and embedded systems. After that you should also read Linux at 25: Q&A With

10 Most Dangerous Commands – You Should Never Execute On Linux

Linux command line is productive, useful and interesting but sometimes it may be very much dangerous specially when you are not sure what you are doing. Read article at http://www.tecmint.com/10-most-dangerous-commands-you-should-never-execute-on-linux/ to be aware of some of the commands which you should think twice before you execute them. Posted from WordPress for Android

Linux Performance Tools

Nice presentation from LinuxCon North America 2014 describing Linux Performance Tools https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/brendangregg/linux-performance-tools Posted from WordPress for Android

Microsoft has released a Debian Linux switch OS. Repeat, a Debian Linux switch operating system • The Register

Microsoft has today released the source code to an open-source operating system, based on Debian GNU/Linux, that runs on network switches. The software is dubbed SONiC, aka Software for Open Networking in the Cloud. It’s a toolkit of code and kernel patches to bend switch hardware to your will. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/09/microsoft_sonic_debian/ Posted from WordPress for Android

Announcing SQL Server on Linux – The Official Microsoft Blog

Today I’m excited to announce our plans to bring SQL Server to Linux as well. This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and cloud. We are bringing the core relational database capabilities to preview today, and are targeting availability in mid-2017. https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/

Software Piracy Hurts Linux Adoption, Research Finds – TorrentFreak

New research suggests that software piracy has a detrimental effect on the adoption of Linux desktop operating systems. Piracy is one of the reasons why Windows has been able to maintain its dominant market position, making open source alternatives “forgotten victims” of copyright infringement. https://torrentfreak.com/software-piracy-hurts-linux-adoption-research-finds-160221/ Posted from WordPress for Android

How To Patch and Protect Linux Glibc Getaddrinfo Stack-based Buffer Overflow Zero Day Vulnerability CVE-2015-7547 and CVE-2015-5229 [ 16/Feb/2016 ]

A stack-based critical buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library (glibc) performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could crash or, potentially, execute code running the library on Linux. How do I patch and protect my server or workstation against the glibc getaddrinfo on Linux operating system? http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-patch-cve-2015-7547-glibc-getaddrinfo-stack-based-buffer-overflow/ Posted from WordPress