Linux Stories for 2016

OpenELEC 7.0 Linux Distribution Now Available For PC and Raspberry Pi 28
Is Your Internet Connection Free From Bufferbloat? 147
Raspberry Pi's Linux-Based PIXEL Desktop Now Available For PC and Mac 50
Adobe Releases Flash Player 24 For Linux Four Years After the Last Major Update 88
The Linux Foundation Offers 50% Discounts On Training 39
McAfee Takes Six Months To Patch Remote Code Exploit In Linux VirusScan Enterprise 45
GoboLinux 016 Released With Its Own Filesystem Virtualization Tool 47
Linux Mint 18.1 'Serena' Is Here For Christmas 62
Zero-Days Hitting Fedora and Ubuntu Open Desktops To a World of Hurt 164
First Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Available 28
Linux Kernel 4.9 Officially Released 80
Fedora-based Linux Distro Korora (Version 25) Now Available For Download 31
5-Year-Old Critical Linux Vulnerability Patched 68
Doyodo RetroEngine Sigma Is a Linux-Powered Classic Video Game Emulation Console 91
Linux Mint 18.1 'Serena' BETA Ubuntu-based Operating System Now Available For Download 137
Devuan's Systemd-Free Linux Hits Beta 2 338
Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Linux Laptop? 288
Taking a Stand Against Unofficial Ubuntu Images 103
Microsoft Exec Urges Linux Developers To Try Windows 10 403
Newest Skype For Linux Enables SMS Text Messages From The Desktop 177
Fedora 25 Now Available -- Makes It Easier To Switch From Windows 10 Or Mac 154
A Windows 10 Alternative: Ubuntu-Based Zorin OS Linux Distro 191
Red Hat CEO Predicts Open Source Infrastructures With Proprietary Business Functionality 53
Antivirus Firm Kaspersky Launches Its Own Hackproof OS, Based On Microkernel 108
Microsoft Joins the Linux Foundation 202
Cryptsetup Vulnerability Grants Root Shell Access On Some Linux Systems 89
SteamVR To Get Linux and Mac OSX Support Within 'a Few Months' 64
Debian GNU/Linux 9 'Stretch' Installer Gets GNU Screen, Linux Kernel 4.7 Support 58
Red Hat Announces Fedora Will Support MP3 Playback 140
Spotify Is Writing Massive Amounts of Junk Data To Storage Drives 196
Open Source Pioneer Munich Debates Report That Suggests Abandoning Linux for Windows 10 176
Ubuntu Budgie Is Now An Official Ubuntu Flavor 49
After Protest, Lenovo Releases BIOS For Loading Linux on Yoga 900, IdeaPad 710S 74
How I Freed My Android Tablet: A Journey in Reverse Engineering 79
Mythbuntu Linux Has Been Discontinued 49
The NES Classic is a $60 Single Board Computer Running Linux 121
Meet VoCore2 Lite, a $4 Coin-Sized, Open Source Linux Computer 106
AWS Releases Amazon Linux Container Image For Use in On-Premises Data Centers 33
New, More-Powerful IoT Botnet Infects 3,500 Devices In 5 Days 56
MacBook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalists To Ubuntu Linux 535
Red Hat CEO: Linux Is Now The 'Default Choice' For The Cloud 89
How Linux Saved A School's Failing Windows Laptop Program 255
Ask Slashdot: What's The Best Cheap Linux-Friendly Netbook? 187
NetBSD Project Releases NetBSD 7.0.2 22
Linux Marketshare is Above 2-Percent For Third Month in a Row 205
Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices 100
Linux Kernel 4.7 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged To Move To Linux 4.8 77
Fedora 25 Beta Linux Distro Now Available For Raspberry Pi 52
Canonical Names Ubuntu Linux 17.04 'Zesty Zapus' 67
Rust Implements An IDE Protocol From Red Hat's Collaboration With Microsoft and Codenvy 49
Mirai and Bashlight Join Forces Against DNS Provider Dyn 56
'Most Serious' Linux Privilege-Escalation Bug Ever Is Under Active Exploit 109
Researchers Bypass ASLR Protection On Intel Haswell CPUs 72
OMGUbuntu: 'Why Use Linux?' Answered in 3 Short Words 269
'Cultlike' Devotion: Apple Once Refused To Join Open Compute Project, So Their Entire Networking Team Quit 239
The Linux Foundation Helps Launch the JS Foundation 34
There's Bugs In The Windows 10 Implementation of Bash 163
KDE Turns 20, Happy Birthday! 127
You Can Now Claim Your Cash In the PS3 'Other PS3' Settlement 85
Ubuntu 16.10 Released, Ready to Download 78
Chrome 54 Arrives With YouTube Flash Embed Rewriting To HTML5 76
Fedora 25 Beta Released With GNOME 3.22 and Linux Kernel 4.8.1 37
Skype For Linux Adds 'Experimental' Video Calls, Disables Some Alpha Versions 42
Why Linus Torvalds Prefers x86 Over ARM 150
Linux Foundation Shares LinuxCon Highlights 50
Unity 8 Desktop Session Arrives in Ubuntu 16.10 56
Linus Torvalds Says 'Buggy Crap' Made It Into Linux 4.8 294
New Project Lets You Install Arch Linux In the Windows Subsystem For Linux 77
KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS Desktop Officially Released 72
Ubuntu 16.04 Available in Latest Insider Update To Windows 10 127
Linus Torvalds Officially Announces the Release of Linux Kernel 4.8 95
Multiple Linux Distributions Affected By Crippling Bug In Systemd 508
Linux Mint Unveils New 'Mintbox Mini Pro' Desktop 70
Raspberry Pi Foundation Unveils New LXDE-Based Desktop For Raspbian Called PIXEL 47
Boot Linux (or OpenBSD Or Oberon Or FreeDOS) In Your Browser 92
SolidRun x86 Braswell MicroSoM Runs Linux and Full Windows 10, Destroys Raspberry Pi 205
Lenovo Denies Claims It Plotted With Microsoft To Block Linux Installs 181
GNOME 3.22 Desktop Environment Officially Released 121
Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation: Reports 491
Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 234
Microsoft Fixes Bugs in Skype for Linux 89
Linux Kernel 3.14 Series Has Reached End of Life 99
Ubuntu-Based Elementary OS 0.4 'Loki' Achieves Stable Release 72
IoT Devices With Default Telnet Passwords Used As Botnet 57
LinuxScreenshots.org Closes. All Screenshot Tours Released For Downloading 46
Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available 54
IBM Launches New Linux, Power8, OpenPower Systems 61
Raspberry Pi Passes 10M Sales Mark 102
Pokemon-Themed Umbreon Rootkit Targets Linux Systems On ARM and x86 96
Adobe Resurrects Flash Player On Linux 153
Penetration-Testing Distro Kali Linux 2016.2 Released 54
Florida Man Arrested For Hacking Linux Kernel Organization In 2011 37
PC-BSD Follows a Rolling Release Model, Gets Renamed To TrueOS 132
OpenBSD 6.0 Released 94
Fedora 25 Alpha Linux Distro Now Available 35
How Security Experts Are Protecting Their Own Data 217
Linus Loves GPL, But Hates GPL Lawsuits 238
Ubuntu Linux 16.10 'Yakkety Yak' Beta 1 Now Available For Download 92
Linus on Linux's 25th Birthday 110
Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever 316
Systemd Rolls Out Its Own Mount Tool 541
KDE Edition Beta Released For Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' 36
Intel Demos A New Robotics Controller Running Ubuntu 21
New Linux Trojan Is A DDoS Tool, a Bitcoin Miner, and Web Ransomware 63
Ask Slashdot: Is KDE Dying? 515
Fedora 25 To Run Wayland By Default Instead Of X.Org Server 151
Google Will Kill Chrome Apps For Windows, Mac, and Linux In Early 2018 102
Microsoft PowerShell Goes Open Source and Lands On Linux and Mac 400
Linux Kernel 4.6 Has Reached End of Life, Users Urged To Move To Linux 4.7.1 67
FalseCONNECT Vulnerability Affects Software From Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, More 32
Linux Traffic Hijack Flaw Also Affects Most Android Phones, Tablets 39
Linux Developer Loses GPL Suit Against VMware 162
New RancherOS Offers Lean Linux Functionality Within Docker Containers 49
New FreeBSD 11.0 Release Candidate Tested By Phoronix 61
Researchers Warn Linux Vendors About Cloud-Memory Hacking Trick 73
Google Working On New 'Fuchsia' OS 146
Linux 4.9 Will Be the Next LTS Kernel Branch, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman 30
Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.14 For Ubuntu With New Rust Plugin, Improvements 44
Arch Linux Is Now Officially Powered by Linux Kernel 4.7, Update Your Systems 54
Linux Trojan Mines For Cryptocurrency Using Misconfigured Redis Servers 62
Linux Bug Leaves USA Today, Other Top Sites Vulnerable To Serious Hijacking Attacks 115
Chrome Is Nearly Ready To Talk To Your Bluetooth Devices 151
Linux Kernel 4.8 Adds Microsoft Surface 3 Support 133
Linux on Windows Exposes a New Attack Surface 228
LibreOffice 5.2 Officially Released 103
Windows 10 Anniversary Update Borks Dual-Boot Partitions 281
Microsoft Brings ChakraCore to Linux and OS X 106
Onion Debian Services Are Now Available 40
New Crowdfunding Campaign Offers Modular EOMA68 Computing Devices 122
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: the Best New Features 375
Linux Kernel 4.7 Officially Released 60
Slashdot Asks: What's Your Computer Set-Up Look Like? 326
Microsoft 'Patch' Blocks Linux Installs On Locked-Down Windows RT Computers 141
A Smaller Version of Raspberry Pi 3 Is Coming Soon 89
Microsoft Finally Releases New Skype App For Linux 164
Linus Torvalds In Sweary Rant About Punctuation In Kernel Comments 523
Ubuntu's Unity desktop environment can run in Windows 170
Mesa 12.0 Released With OpenGL 4.3 Support, Intel Vulkan and More 24
Debian Founder's 2015 Death Ruled A Suicide 160
KDE Plasma 5.7 Released 111
Linux Letting Go: 32-bit Builds On the Way Out 378
Linux Mint 18 'Sarah' Released, Supports Generic GTK X-Apps 98
Linux Grabs More Than 2% of Desktop Market Share 249
Red Hat Exec Marries A Couple At Red Hat Summit 62
Slackware 14.2 Released, Still Systemd-Free 179
.NET Core 1.0 Released, Now Officially Supported By Red Hat 123
'Linux vs Windows' Challenge: Phoronix Tests Popular Games 141
Ubuntu-Based Peppermint 7 Released 74
Sony Agrees To Pay Millions To Gamers To Settle PS3 Linux Debacle 232
Severe Flaws Found In Libarchive Open Source Library 82
Microsoft: Nearly One In Three Azure Virtual Machines Now Are Running Linux 52
Fedora 24 Featuring GNOME 3.20, Tons Of Improvements Released 174
Red Hat Launches Ansible-Native Container Workflow Project 35
Fedora QA Lead Pans Canonical 'Propaganda' On Snap Apps 170
Adios Apt and Yum? Ubuntu's Snap Apps Are Coming To Distros Everywhere 274
Maru OS Exits Private Beta, Lets You Use an Android Phone As a Linux Desktop 60
Ubuntu 16.10 To Be Powered By Linux Kernel 4.8 58
Firefox 47 Arrives With Synced Tabs Sidebar, Better YouTube Playback 129
Security Updates Released for Debian 8 and 7 76
Python/Unix Hybrid Demoed at PyCon 181
Linux Kernel 4.6.1 Released; Some Users Report Boot Issue 161
Systemd Starts Killing Your Background Processes By Default 924
NetBSD 7.0.1 Released 41
CentOS Linux 6.8 Released 91
Google To Bring Official Android Support To the Raspberry Pi 3 59
Linux Advocate Suggests Using More Closed-Source Software 268
Symantec Antivirus Products Vulnerable To Horrid Overflow Bug 79
Linux Kernel 4.6 Officially Released 149
ZFS For Linux Finally Lands In Debian GNU/Linux Repos 150
Raspbian Linux OS Gets Major Update, Adds Bluetooth Support to Pi 3 87
Linux Is the Largest Software Development Project On the Planet: Greg K-H 178
Fedora Project Releases Fedora 24 Beta; Stable Version Comes Next Month 78
Debian Dropping Support For Older CPUs 319
Linux Mint 18 Will Ship Without Multimedia Support 75
Unity 8 And Snaps Are Conquering The Ubuntu Desktop After Ubuntu 16.10 78
DuckDuckGo Is Giving Away $225,000 To Support Open Source Projects 62
Ubuntu Founder Pledges No Back Doors In Linux 107
Ubuntu Quietly Raises Install Image Size to 2GB 154
New Chip Offers Artificial Intelligence On A USB Stick 81
Humble Bundle Announces 'Hacker' Pay-What-You-Want Sale 52
Devuan Releases Beta of Systemd-Free 'Debian Fork' Base System 293
Turns Out That Snaps Are Not Secure In Ubuntu With X11 133
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Available To Download; Mozilla To Offer 0-Day Firefox Releases Via Snaps 74
Canonical To Release Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS 'Xenial Xerus' Tomorrow 207
Data Center Management Darling Mesosphere Embraces Open Source 19
Ubuntu Linux Continues To Dominate OpenStack and Other Clouds 23
Microsoft Releases CentOS-Based 'Linux Data Science Virtual Machine' For Azure 23
Chrome 50 Updates Push Notifications, Drops Support For Old Windows and OS X Versions 168
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Will Bring Snap Packages For Up-To-Date, More Secure Apps 127
Badlock Vulnerability Falls Flat Against Hype 21
Researchers Help Shut Down Spam Botnet That Enslaved 4,000 Linux Machines 47
Infographic: Ubuntu Linux Is Everywhere 185
Torvalds Hasn't Given Up On Linux Desktop Domination, Will 'Wear Them Down' 565
New Windows 10 Preview For PCs With Bash, Cross-Device Cortana Released 160
Opera's Ex-CEO Launches Vivaldi 1.0 For Power Users 135
Ubuntu Budgie Could Be The New Flavor of Ubuntu Linux 116
Head of Oracle Linux Moves To Microsoft 95
Mozilla Co-Founder's Ad-blocking Brave Browser Will Pay You Bitcoin To See Ads 159
Red Hat Expands Red Hat Developer Program With No-Cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux 50
Skype For Linux: Dead? Or Just Resting? 259
13-Year-Old Linux Dispute Returns As SCO Files New Appeal 233
Confirmed: Microsoft and Canonical Partner To Bring Ubuntu To Windows 10 492
Torvalds' Secret Sauce For Linux: Willing To Be Wrong 273
Git 2.8 Officially Released 87
Popular Transmission BitTorrent Client Released For Windows 85
Ubuntu Tablet Now Available For Pre-Order 81
Linux 4.6 Brings NVIDIA GTX 900 Support, OrangeFS, Better Power Management 129
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Final Beta Released 69
AMD Releases Open-Source Driver Support For Next-Gen Polaris GPUs 38
GNOME 3.20 Officially Released 193
Red Hat Becomes First $2 Billion Open-Source Company 116
Wine Makes It Possible To Run Vulkan Windows Programs On Linux 52
NVIDIA's Proprietary Linux Driver Adds Support For Wayland, Mir 83
Rust-Based Redox OS Devs Slam Linux, Unix, GPL 354
Meet UbuntuBSD, UNIX For Human Beings 219
Snowden: What Happened In 2013 Couldn't Have Happened Without Free Software 120
Canonical Finally Lets Users Move The Unity Launcher To Bottom In Ubuntu 16.04 176
Building A Global Network Of Open Source SDR Receivers 68
AMD Publishes Preview Linux Hybrid Driver With Vulkan, OpenGL 4.5 Support 51
More Devs Now Use OS X Than Linux, Says Survey 532
Reports: NVIDIA Launching a Distro of Its Own 149
Odroid C2 Challenges Raspberry Pi 3 On Hardware But Not Ecosystem 78
Linux Kernel 4.5 Officially Released 88
Linux Kernel 2.6.32 LTS Has Reached End of Life 76
Dell's Next Rev for Project Sputnik: Ubuntu 14.04 On XPS 13 Developer Edition 55
Free Software Supporter and Canadian MP David Graham Talks OSS In Government 25
One Solution to MITRE's Overworked CVE System: Build a New One 47
Tor Users Can Be Tracked Based On Their Mouse Movements 109
9 Open Source Alternatives To Picasa 86
Ubuntu Drops Support For AMD's Catalyst GPU Driver 155
Microsoft Releases First Public Preview of RTVS Under MIT and GPLv2 Licenses 57
KeRanger Mac Ransomware Based On Linux Forebear, Not Windows 77
OwnCloud Server 9.0 Officially Released 82
Using Kexec Allows Starting Linux In PlayStation 4 70
Microsoft Brings SQL Server To Linux 314
BorgBackup 1.0.0 Released 64
Wayland Isn't Ready For the Fedora 24 Desktop 120
Dell Bringing Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Support To Linux 37
Guix Gets Grafts: Timely Delivery of Security Updates 13
OpenSource.com Releases First Ever Open Source Yearbook 48
As of Tonight, 1900 Steam Games For Linux 179
Red Hat And FCC CIOs On the Future Of Tech 25
Valve's SteamOS Now Supports Vulkan, The Cross-Platform Alternative To DirectX 12 119
Raspberry Pi 3 Brings Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 97
Ubuntu 15.10 Kernel Regression That Broke Graphics Displays In VMWare Patched 76
Released: First PC Based On Russia's Homegrown "Baikal" Processor 115
Software Freedom Conservancy: Distributing Linux With ZFS Is Illegal 379
Linux Mint Hack Is an Indicator of a Larger Problem 254
Multimedia Powerhouse FFmpeg Hits 3.0 67
Linux's Open Mainframe Project Announces Areas of Focus 47

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