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How CERN Is Using Linux and Open Source — Linux.com

CERN relies on open source technology to handle huge amounts of data generated by the Large Hadron Collider. The ATLAS (shown here) is a general-purpose detector that probes for fundamental particles. (Image courtesy: CERN) Used with permission CERN

The future of blockchain — how will the distributed ledger technology change financial services?

The pervasive adoption of digital technology for financial transactions has spawned new markets within the financial services industry, and blockchain applications represent one of the more transformational technologies to emerge — one that has the potential to change how financial institutions manage their data, applications, transactions, and business processes.

Canonical Livepatch Service Apply critical kernel patches without rebooting.

Canonical Livepatch Service Apply critical kernel patches without rebooting

Linux Family reached 99.4 % as Super Computer Operating System — Top500.org

According to https://www.top500.org/  in June 2016 Linux family has gained the usage up to 99.4 % as Operating System for Super Computing platform or HPCC.

Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock — very sad news

With a heavy heart Debian  mourns the passing of Ian Murdock, stalwart proponent of Free Open Source Software, Father, Son, and the ‘ian’ in Debian.

Clip Bucket Open Source Video hosting solution by Pakistani IT Experts

Clip Bucket A way to broadcast yourself  is a comprehensive video hosting solution very well coded by young Pakistani Open Source experts. Famous Video hosting portal http://tune.pk/ is using Clip Bucket. This code is being used in more than ten thousand video sharing  portals to host / share video content.

How to get systems administrators and developers to agree with Docker — opensource.com

The use of Docker as an application container management system has become standard practice for developers and systems engineers in the space of just two years. Some like to say that haven’t seen such a technological advance since OpenSSH. Docker is now a major player and is widely used in cloud systems architectures. But more…
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Open Source OS meant for “Privacy for anyone anywhere” Tails based on Debian GNU/Linux — Free Software

Tails an Open Source Operating system based on famous GNU/Linux OS Debian which is meant for “Privacy for anyone anywhere”  has been launched. Tails is new Operating System in the list of Operating Systems which provides anonymity online; It is meant to provide  “Privacy for anyone anywhere”  Tails is Live Operating System which can be downloaded…
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The GHOST Vulnerability Bug discovered by researchers at Qualys Inc. in Linux glibc library

  Courtesy: https://community.qualys.com/blogs/laws-of-vulnerabilities/2015/01/27/the-ghost-vulnerability The GHOST vulnerability is a serious weakness in the Linux glibc library. It allows attackers to remotely take complete control of the victim system without having any prior knowledge of system credentials. CVE-2015-0235 has been assigned to this issue.

Open Creativity !!! Fedora Design Suite Spin

Looking for a ready-to-go desktop environment brimming with free and open source multimedia production and publishing tools? Try the Design Suite, a Fedora Spin created by designers, for designers.