Linux Stories for 2017

FSF Adds PureOS To List of Endorsed GNU/Linux Distributions 46
Could 2018 Be The Year of the Linux Desktop? 383
Fleeing Google's Apps and iOS, Mandrake Linux Creator Launches 'eelo' Project 122
Court Throws Out Grsecurity Libel Lawsuit Against Bruce Perens 48
PSA: Spotify Now Available As a Snap For Linux 66
Ubuntu 17.10 Temporarily Pulled Due To A BIOS Corrupting Problem 167
Can Intel's 'Management Engine' Be Repurposed? 139
Why Linux HDCP Isn't the End of the World 136
AMD Is Open-Sourcing Their Official Vulkan Linux Driver 75
Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? 751
Updated Debian Linux 9.3 and 8.10 Released 49
Google Wants Progressive Web Apps To Replace Chrome Apps 154
Understanding the New Red Hat-IBM-Google-Facebook GPL Enforcement Announcement 96
Linux Journal Ceases Publication 123
System76 Will Disable Intel Management Engine On Its Linux Laptops 149
Clear Linux Beats CentOS, openSUSE, and Ubuntu in (Enterprise) Benchmark Tests 136
Linux Pioneer Munich Confirms Switch To Windows 10 336
Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Greatest Successes and Weaknesses With Wine (Software)? 252
Google Is Working On Fuchsia OS Support For Apple's Swift Programming Language 54
Microsoft and GitHub Team Up To Take Git Virtual File System To MacOS, Linux 150
All 500 of the World's Top 500 Supercomputers Are Running Linux 288
Fedora 27 Released 65
Firefox 57 Brings Better Sandboxing on Linux 124
New Samsung Video Demos Linux on Galaxy Smartphones 100
Linux 4.14 Has Been Released 89
Google Working To Remove MINIX-Based ME From Intel Platforms 181
Linux Has a USB Driver Security Problem 156
No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity 187
Appeals Court Rules: SCO v. IBM Case Can Continue 131
Interviews: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Answers Your Questions 133
Open Source Data Sets? Linux Foundation Introduces 'Community Data License Agreements' 31
Linux Mint Is Killing the KDE Edition 141
Oracle Engineer Talks of ZFS File System Possibly Still Being Upstreamed On Linux 131
Why Did Ubuntu Drop Unity? Mark Shuttleworth Explains 215
Friendlier GPL-Enforcement Permission Proposed By Linux Kernel Developers 94
Targeted Fuzzing Is Improving Linux Security, Linus Torvalds Says 62
Samsung To Let Proper Linux Distros Run on Galaxy Smartphones 226
Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark Released 134
Munich Plans New Vote on Dumping Linux For Windows 10 412
SUSE Shares Linux-Themed Music Video Parodies 28
Security, Privacy Focused Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Successfully Crowdfunded 82
OpenBSD 6.2 Released 114
Linux Now Has its First Open Source RISC-V Processor 161
Microsoft Releases 'Next Generation' Preview of Skype For Linux 92
Linux LTS Kernels To Now Be Maintained For Six Years 79
Ask Slashdot: Whatever Happened To the 'Year of Linux on Desktop'? 417
Ubuntu To Stop Offering 32-Bit ISO Images, Joining Many Other Linux Distros 133
System76 Pop!_OS Beta Ubuntu-based Linux Distribution Now Available To Download 67
Analyst: Enterprises Trust Red Hat Because It 'Makes Open Source Boring' 105
Richard Stallman vs. Canonical's CEO: 'Will Microsoft Love Linux to Death?' 269
Microsoft and Canonical Make Custom Linux Kernel 121
Red Hat Pledges Patent Protection For 99 Percent of FOSS-ware 65
GNOME Partners With Purism On Librem 5 Linux-based Privacy-focused Smartphone 100
Linux Foundation President Used MacOS For Presentation at Open Source Summit 284
'Bashware' Attacks Exploit Windows 10's Subsystem for Linux 80
Will Linux Innovation Be Driven By Microsoft? 335
KDE Plasma 5.11 Beta Released 59
GNOME 3.26 Released 176
BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Impact Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices 121
Torvalds Wants Attackers To Join Linux Before They Turn To the "Dark Side" 112
Linux Pioneer SUSE Marks 25 Years In the Field 54
Linux.com Raves About New Snap-Centric 'Nitrux' Distro 137
Chrome 61 Arrives With JavaScript Modules, WebUSB Support 115
Linux Kernel 4.13 Officially Released 43
With Android Oreo, Google Is Introducing Linux Kernel Requirements 120
Is Apple Copying Palm's WebOS? 188
Linux Desktop Market Share Crosses 3% 285
New Ryzen Running Stable On Linux, Threadripper Builds Kernel In 36 Seconds 186
How Open Source Advocates Celebrated The 26th Anniversary of Linux 99
You Can Help Purism Build the Secure Open Source Linux-based Librem 5 Smartphone 109
Microsoft .NET Core 2.0 For Linux Released; Redhat Will Bundle Microsoft's .NET 185
Red Hat Gives Ceylon To The Eclipse Foundation 97
postmarketOS Pursues A Linux-Based, LTS OS For Android Phones 111
In Defense of the Popular Framework Electron 138
OpenSource.com Test-Drives Linux Distros From 1993 To 2003 80
Canonical Needs Your Help Transitioning Ubuntu Linux From Unity To GNOME 111
AMD Confirms Linux 'Performance Marginality Problem' On Ryzen 120
OpenSSL Support In Debian Unstable Drops TLS 1.0/1.1 Support 76
Red Hat Acquires Data-Cleaning Company Permabit 85
Linux Kernel Hardeners Grsecurity Sue Open Source's Bruce Perens 307
Ubuntu Will Revert Window Controls To the Right-Hand Side in Next Release 171
It Will Take Fedora More Releases To Switch Off Python 2 94
Microsoft Further Pledges Linux Loyalty, Joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation 109
Systemd Named 'Lamest Vendor' At Pwnie Security Awards 436
Microsoft's 'Windows Subsystem For Linux' Finally Leaves Beta 163
OpenMoko: Ten Years After 48
FreeBSD 11.1 Released 219
DNS Lib Underscore Bug Bites Everyone's Favorite Init Tool, Blanks Netflix 292
Debian 'Stretch' Updated With 9.1 Release 40
Debian, Gnome Patched 'Bad Taste' VBScript-Injection Vulnerabilities 72
Linus Torvalds Now Reviews Gadgets On Google+ 51
Slackware, Oldest Linux Distro Still In Active Development, Turns 24 70
Ask Slashdot: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey 298
In Which Linus Torvalds Makes An 'Init' Joke 359
Fedora 26 Linux Distro Released 66
Bruce Perens Warns Grsecurity Breaches the Linux Kernel's GPL License 474
Survey Finds Most Popular Linux Laptop Distros: Ubuntu and Arch 141
WikiLeaks Unveils CIA Implants That Steal SSH Credentials From Windows, Linux PCs 140
OpenBSD Will Get Unique Kernels On Each Reboot 162
Linux Is Not As Safe As You Think 237
'Severe' Systemd Bug Allowed Remote Code Execution For Two Years 551
Linux Kernel 4.12 Officially Released 55
Ubuntu Disputes 'Ads In MOTD' Claims 110
System76 Unveils Its Own Ubuntu-Based Linux Distribution Called 'Pop!_OS' 117
Vulnerability Discovered In Latest Ubuntu Distributions, Users Advised To Update 159
Linus Explains What Surprises Him After 25 Years Of Linux 181
Survey Says: Raspberry Pi Still Rules, But X86 SBCs Have Made Gains 82
'Stack Clash' Linux Flaw Enables Root Access. Patch Now 126
Phoronix Announces '2017 Linux Laptop Survey' 66
Linus Torvalds Says Linux Still Surprises and Motivates Him 78
Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Isolate a Network And Allow Data Transfer? 237
Opus 1.2 Released 22
Linux Kernel 4.14 Will Be An LTS Release 46
Debian 9 (Stretch) Will Be Released Today 196
Green Party Leaders Don't Want Windows In Munich 139
Linux Malware Infects Raspberry Pi Devices And Makes Them Mine Cryptocurrency 84
Docker's LinuxKit Launches Kernel Security Efforts, Including Next-Generation VPN 44
Ubuntu Works With GNOME To Improve HiDPI Support On Linux Desktop 85
Google Releases Chrome 59 72
OpenELEC 8.0.4 Kodi-Focused Linux Distro Now Available 43
Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS Now Maintained By UBports 22
Technology Is Making the World More Unequal; Only Technology Can Fix This 145
Alpine Linux 3.6.0 Released 59
Wormable Code-Execution Bug Lurked In Samba For 7 Years 83
Devuan Jessie 1.0 Officially Released 237
Privacy-Focused Debian-Based Tails 3.0 Reaches RC Status 32
Linux 4.10 Kernel Reaches End of Life 58
Endless OS Now Ships With Steam And Slack FlatPak Applications 95
Linux Distros Won't Run On Microsoft's Education-Focused Windows 10 S OS 115
'WannaCry Makes an Easy Case For Linux' 411
Ubuntu Arrives in the Windows Store, Suse and Fedora Are Coming To the Windows Subsystem For Linux 212
Canonical Founder Says Recent Changes In Ubuntu Were Necessary To Prepare the Company For an IPO 128
Google's Upcoming 'Fuchsia' Smartphone OS Dumps Linux, Has a Wild New UI 219
How Psychology Today Sees Richard Stallman 247
Debian 8.8 Released 65
Red Hat And IBM Will Vote Against Java's Next Release 57
Fedora Will Get Full Mp3 Support, As IIS Fraunhofer Terminates Mp3 Licensing Program 133
Systemd-Free Devuan Linux Announces A Second Release Candidate 122
Linux Mint 18.2 Ubuntu-based OS is Named 'Sonya' 34
UEFI Secure Boot Booted From Debian 9 'Stretch' 168
Linux Kernel 4.11 Officially Released 55
Debian Developer Imprisoned In Russia Over Alleged Role In Riots 93
Open Ports Create Backdoors In Millions of Smartphones 122
Linux 4.11 Delayed For a Week 48
The Linux Foundation Launches IoT-focused Open Source EdgeX Foundry 33
Linux PC Maker System76 Plans To Design And Manufacture Its Own Hardware 103
Systemd-Free Devuan Announces Its First Stable Release Candidate 'Jessie' 1.0.0 372
Red Hat Suffers Massive Data Center Network Outage 85
File System Improvements To the Windows Subsystem for Linux 110
Ubuntu Is Switching to Wayland 227
Nintendo Discontinues the NES Classic Edition 104
Ubuntu 17.04 'Zesty Zapus', Featuring Unity, Now Available To Download 83
Dozens Of Canonical Employees Resign As Ubuntu Switches To GNOME, Shuttleworth Returns As CEO 191
OpenELEC 8.0 Linux Distro Released For PC, Raspberry Pi, WeTek Hub 50
Canonical Founder Criticizes Free Software Developers Who 'Hate On Whatever's Mainstream' 374
Canonical Founder Talks About Ubuntu Desktop Switching From Unity To GNOME, And Focus On Cloud 80
GNOME Dev Schaller Assures Ubuntu Users the Move To Step Away From Unity Will Bring Consistency Across Linux Distros 104
Canonical Killing Unity For Ubuntu Linux, Will Switch To the Superior GNOME 386
Ask Slashdot: Can Linux Run a GPU-Computing Application Written For Windows? 117
USB Canary Sends An SMS When Someone Tinkers With Your USB Ports 40
AT&T Joins The Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member 40
Ask Slashdot: What's The Easiest Linux Distro For A Newbie? 510
Microsoft's OneDrive Web App Crippled With Performance Issues On Linux and Chrome OS 114
GNOME 3.24 Released 118
Firefox for Linux is Now Netflix Compatible 71
IBM Unveils Blockchain As a Service Based On Open Source Hyperledger Fabric Technology 42
Popular Open-Source Audio Editor Audacity Adds Windows 10 Support, More Improvements 102
Canonical Helps Launch A Snap Store For The Orange Pi Community 55
Firefox Goes PulseAudio Only, Leaves ALSA Users With No Sound 322
NetBSD 7.1 Released 45
Canonical Preps Security Lifeboat, Yells: Ubuntu 12.04 Hold-Outs, Get In 88
Debian Update: Stretch Frozen, Bug-Squashing Parties Planned 55
Linux Foundation Chief: Businesses 'Will Fail' If They Don't Use Open Source Code 109
Munich's IT Lead: 'No Compelling Reason' To Switch Back To Windows From Linux 203
Microsoft Continues Porting Visual C++ To Linux 159
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Best Protect Client Files From Wireless Hacking? 140
Dell Doubles Down On High-End Ubuntu Linux Laptops 128
VMware Affirms Open Source Commitment By Becoming Gold Linux Foundation Member 32
Litebook Launches A $249 Linux Laptop 157
The City of Munich Might Stick With Linux 117
Which Linux Browser Is The Fastest? 160
Microsoft Finally Releases A Beta Version of Skype For Linux 66
Razer Wants To Build the Best Linux Laptop, And It Needs Your Help 220
Valve Releases SteamVR For Linux 61
ZDNet: Linux 'Takes The World' While Windows Dominates The Desktop 224
Linux Kernel 4.10 Officially Released With Virtual GPU Support 90
Mozilla Thunderbird Finally Makes Its Way Back Into Debian's Repos 47
Linus Torvalds: Talk of Tech Innovation is Bullshit. Shut Up and Get the Work Done 361
LinuxQuestions Users Choose Their Favorite Distro: Slackware 145
The City Of Munich Now Wants To Abandon Linux And Switch Back to Windows 557
Linux Kernel 3.18 Reaches End of Life 101
RethinkDB Gets Acquired By the Cloud Native Compute Foundation; Joins the Linux Foundation 21
Privacy-Centric Linux Distro Tails 3.0 Will Drop 32-Bit Processor Support 97
OPNsense 17.1 Released, Based On FreeBSD 11 39
KDE Plasma 5.9 Released 89
Wine 2.0 Released 202
Pwn2Own 2017 Offers Big Bounties For Linux, Browser, and Apache Exploits 56
Oracle Scraps Plans For Solaris 12 127
Microsoft Adds Intel's Clear Linux Open-Source OS To Azure Market 24
Malwarebytes Discovers 'First Mac Malware of 2017' 60
Windows 10 Gets A New Linux: openSUSE 189
Debian 8.7 Released 124
Interviews: Ask Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst A Question 167
Linux.com Announces The Best Linux Distros for 2017 224
Linus Torvalds Announces Ridiculously Small Second Linux 4.10 Release Candidate 43