A public exploit is available for a nine-year old vulnerability that affects the Linux kernel, paving the way for root privilege escalation. The flaw, which actually is two vulnerabilities chained ...

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

Canonical is adding AI features to Ubuntu soon, but says users can remove any of the ones they don’t want. Canonical is adding AI features to Ubuntu soon, but says users can remove any of the ones ...

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further ...

Looking ahead: For years, Linux gaming has lived in the shadow of Windows. But recent benchmarks suggest that balance may be shifting. In a comparison spanning more than 10 blockbuster titles, the ...

Your phone is the guardian of your digital life. It has that video of your child’s first words, the heart warming message from your significant other that never fails to cheer you up, and the latest ...

But Oracle has promised to make development of the Community Edition of the database more transparent and inclusive, and to roll in features previously limited to commercial versions of the database.

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As of October 2025, Linux has broken a new record among PC gamers. It's gaining new users... almost as fast as Windows is losing them. It’s finally happening! The year of the Linux… PC gaming handheld ...

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Microsoft announced this week the general availability of Windows Backup for Organizations, a new enterprise-grade backup tool that helps simplify backups and makes the transition to Windows 11 easier ...

Many homeowners are surprised to learn that most solar systems stop working during an outage — even on sunny days. That’s why many people add a backup generator (or solar batteries) to make sure their ...