GeckoLinux announces the general availability of 999.210221 update to its full range of rolling editions. GeckoLinux announced the 999.210221 update. GeckoLinux rolling spins are generated directly from unmodified openSUSE Tumbleweed and Packman repositories. It also allows installed systems to be updated directly from those official sources. It focuses on eliminating pain points and polishing its...
SSH stands for Secure Shell and is a secure protocol for communicating with other computers. This protocol is used to connect to Linux servers and because of this ability to manage the server remotely and securely. SSH protocol history The SSH protocol was invented in 1995 by Mr. Tatu Ylönen, whose image can be seen...
Linus Torvalds announced the first stable release of 2021, Linux kernel 5.11 on the Linux kernel mailing list. Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 5.11 on the Linux kernel mailing list, as usual. The latest version was in development since December and was announced on Valentine’s Day. In the latest version, there are...
If you are looking for a CentOS replacement or alternative like millions of other CentOS users, make sure to take a look at our list. In December of 2020, CentOS’s parent company Red Hat announced that the company is shifting its focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, which is an upstream development platform for...
The CloudLinux team announced that the beta version of AlmaLinux is now ready to download for testing. CloudLinux announced the release of AlmaLinux Beta, a free 1:1 binary compatible fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. According to the announcement, the company collected feedback from the community and built the beta release around the...
Any logged-in unprivileged user can abuse an old bug in sudo to gain root privileges. It was rated as an important security issue for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. The Qualys research team has discovered the heap overflow vulnerability in sudo itself has been hiding in plain sight for nearly 10 years. The bug allows...
CloudLinux announces the expansion of Extended Lifecycle Support services for end-of-life Linux distributions. CloudLinux expands its Extended Lifecycle Support services for Linux distributions, by providing its own updates and security patches. CloudLinux’s affordable ELS service includes CentOS 6, available since November 2020 and extends to June 2024. CentOS 6, Oracle Linux 6, Ubuntu 16.04, Debian...
Rocky Linux announced that the team is targeting the second quarter of 2021 to deliver the first release of Rocky Linux. As you may also remember, shortly after Red Hat announced that the company is shifting its focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, Co-Founder of CentOS, Gregory Kurtzer announced that they started working on...
CloudLinux announced that the company commits over $1 million annually for the development of its own RHEL fork. After Red Hat announced that the company is shifting its focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream, an upstream development platform for ecosystem developers, most CentOS users already started looking for an alternative. Shortly after...
RedHat announced that CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream in collaboration among the CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs). RedHat announced CentOS Stream, an upstream development platform designed for CentOS community members, Red Hat partners, ecosystem developers, and many other groups in 2019. After enthusiastic feedback from partners and contributors around CentOS Stream, RedHat shifted...