If you think about it, an operating system kernel is really just a very powerful shared library that offers services to many programs. Of course, it is a very powerful library, but still — its main ...

Patches for GHOST, a critical vulnerability in the Linux GNU C Library (glibc), now are available through vendor communities for a variety of Linux server and desktop distributions. Qualys earlier ...

Linux is hosting an ever-growing number of embedded applications. The migration of embedded applications from VxWorks and pSOS real-time Linux distributions, like Hard Hat Linux, is now a lot easier ...

One year on Linux, two distros, a few tears, four desktop environments, and zero regrets about leaving Windows.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I’m a Linux advocate, but I’m also a realist. Anyone who tells you ...

Nord Security (Nord) has released the source code of its Linux NordVPN client and associated networking libraries in the hopes of being more transparent and easing users’ security and privacy concerns ...

When I compile from source, the primary error I get is that I'm missing libraries. Ocassionally, I <B>am</B> missing libraries, but more often than not, it's just ...