Because there is a lot of "compatibility glue" in the Linux kernel – is what Ingo Molnar calls it –, the prominent developer now wants to get rid of some of it: Support for x86 processors of ...

Three security bypasses have been discovered in Ubuntu Linux’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, which could be enable a local attacker to exploit vulnerabilities in kernel components.

For instance, Ubuntu now ships with the latest available version of the upstream Linux kernel. The kernel version is determined by Ubuntu’s freeze date, even if the kernel is still in Release ...

However, it's important to note that such OSes were not entirely off-limits for Linux enthusiasts. For instance, the popular distribution Ubuntu released a real-time version last year, but it ...

Now, there's a new RISC-V laptop based on Ubuntu, one of the most used Linux operating systems. Hong Kong manufacturer DeepComputing introduced a laptop built around the RISC-V ISA. The DC-Roma ...

The three USB3 ports work, but the Linux kernel 6.8 used in Ubuntu cannot address the USB 2.0 port. Some of this fiddling has been known for a year from Ubuntu on the Visionfive-2. RISC-V systems ...

Ubuntu is one of the most popular versions of Linux and should be used by everyone who wants to get a taste of Linux. To use it, you don’t have to create a new partition, instead, we can create ...

Ubuntu has supported the OpenVPN protocol out of the box for years, meaning it’s straightforward to set up. This feature is particularly useful if your chosen VPN provider doesn’t have a Linux client.

We’ve seen Linux running on Apple Silicon Macs before, but this week marks the first time you can run Fedora Linux on M1 and M2 Macs. This is a collaboration between Asahi Linux and the Fedora ...

This new release will use an immutable Linux system with additional software provided by snaps, Ubuntu's containerized applications. An immutable OS is one where neither users nor applications can ...

The London-based British Linux distributor Canonical has just released Ubuntu 23.10 (“Mantic Minotaur”), the latest version of its extremely popular Linux distribution, which is mainly aimed ...