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Detect and replace vulnerable SSH keys on Debian

May 20, 2008 11:49am PDT

As many of my readers no doubt already know, Debian GNU/Linux recently had some cryptographic vulnerability problems. By far, the most common effect of this on users of Debian will be the...

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Find and fix weak OpenSSL/OpenSSH keys: Debian-based Linux vulnerability

May 19, 2008 7:38am PDT

Vincent Danen reports on a recent vulnerability that affects Debian-based systems, including Ubuntu. This vulnerability caused OpenSSL to generate weak keys for anything relying on OpenSSL,...

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Novell's openSUSE build to embrace Red Hat and CentOS

January 25, 2008 1:12am PST

Novell's openSUSE build service will now have the ability to build code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS. This is in addition to its support for Debian and Ubuntu distros.

Articles

New Linux distro poised for pub release

September 13, 2004 1:52pm PDT

In true-blue Australian style, a pub in Sydney is the venue for the release this week of a new Linux distribution and an update of the GNOME open source desktop environment.

Blog Posts

How the open source community reacts to poor design

June 20, 2011 6:44am PDT

In the true spirit of the open source way, a movement has started to help Ubuntu Unity improve its new desktop. But can this effort actually make a difference? Read on to find out what's going on.

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Downloads

OMG! Ubuntu! 1.2 (Mobile)

November 25, 2011 12:00am PST

Now open source! Check it out at https://launchpad.net/omgubuntuandroidYou can get the latest Ubuntu news, tips, interviews, how-tos and more from your favourite Ubuntu site wherever you are on...

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Software

OMG! Ubuntu! 1.2 (Mobile)

November 25, 2011 12:00am PST

Now open source! Check it out at https://launchpad.net/omgubuntuandroidYou can get the latest Ubuntu news, tips, interviews, how-tos and more from your favourite Ubuntu site wherever you are on...

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Installing Ubuntu 8.04 on Virtual PC: It takes a village

May 16, 2008 1:51pm PDT

TechRepublic Senior Editor and Linux novice, Selena Frye recounts her adventures installing Ubuntu 8.04 on Virtual PC. She compiled the wisdom of the open source "village," from which she learned...

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Book Chapters

Convert video to DVD automatically in Ubuntu with the tovid suite of scripts

August 29, 2006 12:00am PDT

Ubuntu has become the most popular version of Linux for various reasons: technically, it's based on Debian, an excellent foundation for a Linux distro; but also its included applications and...

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Book Chapters

Save time and bandwidth when updating multiple Ubuntu machines: Cache packages locally with Apt-cacher

June 29, 2006 12:00am PDT

Ubuntu has become the most popular version of Linux for various reasons: technically, it's based on Debian, an excellent foundation for a Linux distro; but also its included applications and...

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Finding weak OpenSSL/OpenSSH keys

May 19, 2008 12:00am PDT

Vincent Danen reports on a recent vulnerability that affects Debian-based systems, including Ubuntu. This vulnerability caused OpenSSL to generate weak keys for anything relying on OpenSSL,...

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Articles

Ubuntu plans desktop raid

April 27, 2005 8:55am PDT

More than 150 developers of the recently released Linux distribution Ubuntu are in Sydney working on storming the desktop market.

Software

Wubi 11.10 (Windows)

October 14, 2011 12:00am PDT

Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows...

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Wubi 11.10 (Windows)

October 14, 2011 12:00am PDT

Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows...

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Software

UNetbootin 240 (Windows)

July 15, 2008 12:00am PDT

UNetbootin allows users to install Linux or create bootable liveUSB drives without a CD. UNetbootin has built-in support for numerous distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, PCLinuxOS,...

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UNetbootin 240 (Windows)

July 15, 2008 12:00am PDT

UNetbootin allows users to install Linux or create bootable liveUSB drives without a CD. UNetbootin has built-in support for numerous distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, PCLinuxOS,...

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Ubuntu Facile 3.4.7 (Mobile)

July 20, 2010 12:00am PDT

Ubuntu Facile, the magazine devoted to everything Ubuntu and Open Source, is now available on your iPad. Read our step by step tutorials that guides you through the Unix operating system, discover...

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Taking BSD one step further

January 17, 2012 8:45pm PST

PC-BSD is to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian, without most of the mess.

White Papers

Transition Of Governance In A Mature Open Software Source Community: Evidence From The Debian Case

November 20, 2009 12:00am PST

As flourishing, productive Open Source Software (OSS) communities mature, they have to introduce a variety of governance mechanisms to manage the participation of their members and to coordinate...

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OpenVZ to support Ubuntu

January 9, 2008 5:48am PST

OpenVZ, the open-source virtualization project, will be adding support for the Linux variant Ubuntu.