The attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”.
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Linux is gaining ground on the desktop as it becomes easier to use and as Microsoft’s attention shifts towards cloud services.
Open-source software may well be the greatest “public good” the market economy has ever produced.
China has released its first homegrown open-source desktop operating system, named OpenKylin.
In episode 3 of season 2 of Everything PC, hosts Duncan McLeod and Gerhard Pretorius have a look at the world of open-source software and Linux.
Linux, the free operating system that brought professional-grade computing to the lowly PC, has come a long way since doing something as simple as switching off meant performing secret handshakes or offering arcane prayers to the computer gods such as computername ~ # shutdown -h now. Today, practically all Linux distributions
For people who don’t use Windows, the day that Microsoft’s grip on the desktop is broken can’t come soon enough. The reason is simple: the technical divide created by the dominance of one operating system means that people who choose to use something different face constant discrimination