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Where Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Where Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" Is Heading Members Public

As most of you guys might already know that Ubuntu 18.04 “Bionic Beaver” has entered Freeze state and we are going to get the very 1st beta build of Ubuntu 18.04 on 8th of this march. I decided to take a quick look at the latest daily build

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unity theme for ubuntu unity

Unity 8 Theme For Ubuntu Unity Members Public

* Description: Since Unity won’t be a reality (at least in the way many people saw it), enjoy its graphic design in the shape of a Unity, Cinnamon and GTK 3 theme (Gnome-Shell theme coming soon) Includes – Gtk3 theme as seen in the (rare) screenshots of unity showing various widgets

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top linux and open source stories 2017

Top Linux And Open Source Stories Of Year 2017 Members Public

The year 2017 has been an eventful year for open source communities with highs and lows throughout the year. Open source and Linux continue to dominate with their presence from mobile phones to supercomputers. Let’s quickly go through some of the major events in the year 2017. 1. Ubuntu

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Is It Time To Revive Open Source Alternative

Meltdown And Spectre Processor Vulnerabilities: Is It Time To Revive Open Source Alternative? Members Public

The beginning of the year 2018 brought new challenges in the form of Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in most of the processor architectures.  In layman terms, both of these vulnerabilities allow hackers to steal sensitive data like passwords.  This vulnerability is applicable to Intel, AMD, and ARM. This means the

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Linux Phones But Could Not Survive

Linux Phones That Could Not Survive Members Public

Linux Enthusiasts have always wanted to get their favorite operating system in the palm of their hands. Just like our computers we wish to have robustness, customizability and the ability to do what we want on our phones too. Though there is no denying the fact that we have had

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ubuntu releases security patch for meltdown

Ubuntu Releases Security Patch For Meltdown Members Public

In another article, I have covered what is Meltdown and Spectre and told you how critical it is for us Linux users. The Linux had been fixed immediately after the two flaws were discovered. But the Ubuntu maintained kernel was not updated against Meltdown and Spectre. Ubuntu Releases Patches for

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Hackers Can Read Your Websites

Fix For Meltdown And Spectre Members Public

Everyone is talking about Meltdown and Spectre, the two security flaws found in Intel, AMD(less vulnerable) and ARM CPUs. Using the flaws attackers can read system memory which may have your passwords and other sensitive information. The worst part of it is that most systems are affected by it.

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Meltdown And Spectre CPU Flaws Put Computers Laptops Phones At Risk

Meltdown And Spectre CPU Flaws Put Computers, Laptops, Phones At Risk Members Public

Today Google security blog has posted about the two vulnerabilities that put virtually many computers, phones, laptops using Intel, AMD and ARM CPUs at risk. Using the two major flaws hackers can gain read access to the system memory that may include sensitive data including passwords, encryption keys, etc.   What

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