After years of review and deliberation, Linux creator and principal developer Linus Torvalds approved a new security feature for the Linux kernel, referred to as ‘lockdown.’
Travis Rose
Travis Rose
Hi, I'm M Travis Rose, a contributor to FOSS Linux. I have over thirty years of experience in the IT arena, at least fifteen of which has been working with Linux. I enjoy converting existing Windows users to the wonderful world of Linux. I guess you could call me a Linux-evangelist. Long live Linux!
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The real purpose of this article is to help Linux newbies get comfortable and confident with the Linux command-line. While knowledge and comfort of the Linux GUI allow great power, it is the mastery of the command line, or CLI, …
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FOSS Linux first brought you news of Eoan Ermine back in May of this year. Earlier this month, we reported on the Canonical Team’s decision to use LZ4 compression in Ubuntu 19.10 as it was the most effective compromise between …
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After almost a year of delays, Purism’s Librem 5 phones are shipping to users who pre-ordered from the first batch. Purism is taking a unique approach in its rollout strategy of the phones. Each batch, codenamed a type of tree, …
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Today, the CentOS Linux project announced the release and availability of CentOS 8.0 (1905), fresh on the heels of their release of CentOS Linux 7.7 (1908) just a week ago.
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Earlier this week, we reported on the first-ever Windows Linux conference, WSLconf 1, this coming March. WSLConf 1 promises to center on Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
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Earlier this week, on Tuesday, the CentOS Linux project announced the release and availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1908), or CentOS 7.7, for the x86_64 architecture. It is the first release of the popular Linux distro from the CentOS Linux …
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In surprising news to both Windows and Linux users, Microsoft recently announced the first-ever Windows Linux Conference, named WSLconf, which stands for Windows Subsystem for Linux Conference.
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Linux distros have long been a favorite among programmers since the rise in popularity of the OS in the nineties. Programmers are technical by nature, and Linux distros appeal to that technical nature. Let’s discuss why Linux is a great …
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Just a week after Manjaro announced that they would soon be a company, they officially released their latest distro, Manjaro 18.1.0 ‘Juhraya,’ to the delight of Linux enthusiasts worldwide.