Can Windows security get any worse?
Really -- the lack of security. If you've been reading this site or my books for any length of time, you know my attitude towards...
How Both.org is rebuilding a community after the death of an organization
For about ten years, a large number of writers from around the world contributed articles to Opensource.com. OSDC, as we called it, published thousands of articles, helped to guide and mentor many of us as we began or boosted our writing careers. OSDC also helped some of us make connections into the book publishing world. We were a vibrant and active community.
OSDC was created and supported by Red Hat — until it was purchased by IBM and soon deemed extraneous.
Learn how Both.org is rebuilding that community.
As many as 400,000,000 Windows 10 PCs can’t be upgraded to Windows 11
According to a study by Lansweeper, and reported on ZDNet in 2022, less than 43% of PCs can be upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Will you ditch your old Windows 10 PCs for new Windows 11 ones, or is there another way?
Open and the right to repair and modify
The right to repair the hardware we purchase is as basic and important as the right to see and modify the code for the open source software we use. One vendor has embraced that with a passion. System76 of Denver, Colorado, builds a complete line of repairable desktops and laptops. They’re also in the process of designing a new laptop that uses components that can be upgraded as well as repaired.
My open source story
How I got started in open source, from GNU Emacs and installing Linux in 1993.
Is Linux Really Secure?
On March 29 of 2024, a security vulnerability was reported against the XZ library as CVE-2024-3094. This vulnerability creates what is known as a backdoor — a known and easy means for CR4CK3R$ to access infected systems and use them for malicious purposes. Considering this, is Linux really more secure than Windows? Is it secure at all?
How the 9 major tenets of the Unix/Linux philosophy affect you
The Linux Philosophy is not just a historical curiosity — it’s more relevant today than ever.
The impact of the Linux philosophy
The philosophy of an operating system matters. The Linux philosophy matters to the operating system and to the community.
Fedora 32 rocks – with a couple issues
Fedora 32 became available yesterday and - LinuxGeek46 that I am - I managed to upgrade 7 out of 8 of my Fedora hosts yesterday...
High Anxiety
Yesterday was a very challenging day for me. It involved winblowze 10 which is not a common thing for me to touch. Very uncommon, in...
Update on BookAuthority
After some additional research, it turns out that BookAuthority is merely an Amazon "partner." They advertise Amazon books and get a bit of money from...
Why I Hate Windoze
I was working with a VM this afternoon that has WInblowz 10 installed to do some testing for a book and took a few screen shots to include in that book. After I finished up with that, I was going to shut down the VM but then – the Blue Screen of Updates that lasted forever.
Real SysAdmins don’t sudo – Book excerpt
I was just reading a very interesting article that contained some good information about a Linux feature that I want to learn about.
The reason I found this article so cringe-worthy is that it prefaced every command with the sudo command. The issue I have with this is that the article is allegedly for SysAdmins and real SysAdmins don’t use sudo in front of every command they issue. This is a gross misuse of the sudo command and I have written about this type of misuse in my book, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins.”