A free distribution of the Linux kernel from Red Hat along with a variety of open source utilities. Technical support is not provided for any of the Fedora distribution, only for Red Hat's full fee-based subscription of Linux. The SELinux security subsystem is also included, starting with Fedora Core 2. Fedora is offered by Red Hat as a community-based project to encourage development of new features. See Linux and Red Hat.
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- Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach
- Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachthis is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!this is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!RE: Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachLOL!! What have I been saying all along? That linux is NOT secure and is NOT suitable for any purpose....
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach
- More than a week after a cryptic note hinted at a security breach at Fedora, the open-source group has finally fessed up to two separate server intrusions that compromised the security of Red Hat's OpenSSH packages. The confirmation follows eight days of media speculation and conjecture over...
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- News to know: IDF; Office 14; Google; Flash flaw; MobileMe; Zoho
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason O'Grady: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is the "killer app" argument dead? More info on USB 3.0 emerges ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Carnegie-Mellon freshman gets first Fedora scholarship
- Carnegie-Mellon freshman gets first Fedora scholarshipHyphenCongratulations, Ricky! Dana, as a proud alumnus, I wanted you to know that the university's official name is "Carnegie Mellon University." The hyphen was removed many years ago.Sorry about thatI've been writing it with the hyphen for years. So Carnegie finally beat Mellon, eh?
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Carnegie-Mellon freshman gets first Fedora scholarship
- Zhou is an active member of the Red Hat Fedora community, working on the group's web site and infrastructure. He has also worked on localizing the project Web site. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Fedora infrastructure breach?
- Fedora infrastructure breach?Denial isn't a river in EgyptRather than deny anything, the Fedora team is just going to try to keep it under wraps. Wonder what OS their servers are running?Updates seemed to be working last nightBut thanks for the heads up.RE: Fedora infrastructure breach?Hopefully they didn't lose the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Fedora infrastructure breach?
- Has there been a security breach in Red Hat Fedora's infrastucture systems? According to a cryptic announcement posted to the Fedora-Announce mailing list, the open-source group is investigating an unspecified "issue in the infrastructure systems" that has resulted in widespread service outages. In the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus
- A new open-source project called OpenVAS has emerged to take the place of Nessus, the popular vulnerability assessment system that closed its source a few years ago. The first stable version of OpenVAS, which is a fork of Nessus 2.2, was released this week featuring a server,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Do it Yourself Mojave
- Do it Yourself MojaveVista security broken - Black Hathttp://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/08/vista-security-rendered-uslessI really don't understandI have a cheap white box machine with a Q6600 processor, 8600GT, 4 Gig Ram, single hard drive, Vista Busines 32 bit. The machine is an absolute dream. Everything is fast. Its the best machine I...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Video: Picking a Linux distribution
- Just in time for Linuxworld: Some argue that Linux distributions are essentially the same, and you should just pick the one with the color scheme you like the best. In reality however, distributions are different and some will suit your company's needs better than others. In this IT Dojo video,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Linux laptop, make or buy?
- Linux laptop, make or buy?The answer may simply be[i]I sort of expected a vendor representative to write and offer a unit, but that did not happen. This may tell more about the state of this market than anything else[/i].Maybe they simply had not read your blog? :)RE: Linux laptop, make...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhere
- Dear OEM: Ditch the crapware, you'll make up the revenue elsewhereSony can afford to.They aren't selling $299.00 desktops or $399.00 laptops. There systems sell for a premium. Other OEMs are forced to subsidize the hardware with these offers.Reactions"First reaction: That's great that Sony is moving the needle on...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare
- Apple may win the battle, but they'll lose the war, eventually. Well, that was predictable, really. A small startup in Florida decides to go make Mac clones, and surprise, surprise, Apple starts legal proceedings and unleashes the might of...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky
- GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share
- Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share.....Not buying less than 1%. 3% yes, 1% no. The problem is there is really no reliable way to count ALL the Linux machines out there, then determine which are server, super computer or desktop or embedded.Linux's strength in diversity creates a near...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Microsoft's Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - the Parallels view
- Here's another take on Microsoft's announcement of Hyper-V. This time, the comments are coming from Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. Surguei appears to be taking a rather pragmatic view of the announcement and all of the surrounding hype. Here's what he had to say: ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us
- What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and an OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers? It's the ProxMox Virtual Environment, a new open source project that has been flying under the hypervisor radar, but may pose a...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop
- Linux kernel developers are getting tougher on Nvidia and a few other holdouts that have refused to release open source drivers. More than 100 Linux kernel developers – including top developer Andrew Morton – issued a letter today condemning closed source modules or drivers for Linux to be "harmful and...
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discovered
- Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discoveredSurprise surpriseSo many of these, they are dime a dozen for all the operating system out there. Just do a little digging on the IRC channels if you want to see for yourself.RE: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
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