A proposal to help Linus Torvalds keep up with patches for Linux has sparked a controversy over whether the operating system has outgrown its creator. On Monday, Rob Landley, a computer programmer, ...

Ok. Just wondering what others are doing. In our organization we have a very mature monthly patching process for our Windows desktops and servers. The Linux/Unix side is frankly a mess. Since its ...

When one considers open source, it's fairly easy to imagine a world of designers, developers, and distributors getting along fabulously while sharing ideas and ideals like most people share memes on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Linux camp When one considers open source, it's fairly easy to imagine a world of designers, developers, and distributors getting ...

This is actually a feature that was available in Linux in 2009 thanks to a program called Ksplice. This program compares the original and patched kernels and then uses a customized kernel module to ...

Google and Red Hat researchers released a patch for a critical remote code execution flaw in glibc 2.9 and later Researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in the GNU C library, glibc, that ...

Linux creator patches Linux operating system kernel. The hacker who created a widely reported cross-platform virus that could affect both Windows and Linux PCs may have inadvertently done some free ...

A dangerous vulnerability in a pervasive tool for running Linux systems in a Windows environment leaves the door open for an attacker to access these systems without requiring any authentication. The ...

Apparently, Microsoft isn't the only vendor who can call a Patch Tuesday. In a series of announcements that might have made Microsoft envious, Linux vendor Red Hat today issued four patches designed ...

Microsoft’s recent lawsuit against TomTom, alleging infringement of filesystem patents, has left many questions unanswered about the legal implications of distributing open source implementations of ...

The lack of Adobe creative software on Linux is an oft-mentioned drawback by those who would use Linux full-time, but can't ...

Time is running out for anyone planning to ready their systems for the biggest time-related change since Y2K — the 2007 Daylight Savings Time change. As Americans turn their clocks ahead one hour this ...