Linux

The Linux Desktop-a-week review: Cinnamon

I tried using a desktop I've long considered a waste of time, and I was pleasantly surprised.

Unix: The aftershock of shellshock

For more than 20 years, a very serious bug in our beloved bash simply went unnoticed. What have we learned?

Disk images and free disk imaging utilities

Disk imaging is useful for archiving, backing up, duplicating, and restoring systems and there are lots of free tools available.

Hummingboard: Giving Raspberry Pi a run for less money

You think the Raspberry Pi is cool? Check out the Hummingboard!

Better Know an OS: Debian GNU/Linux

In this series we'll look at various Linux distributions so you can make informed decisions about what's worth running.

Microsoft’s custom Windows OS now on Galileo Gen2 board

What corporate security pros should do about Shellshock/Bash bug

Patching is best to address Shellshock/Bash bug, but blocking attacks before they get to vulnerable machines is quicker

How to choose the right Linux distro

RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, and OpenSuse have far more similarities than differences, but choosing the wrong one for the job can make life much harder

The kill switch is here: iOS 8 enables it by default

The Linux desktop-a-week review: ratpoison

I spent a week running ratpoison and I lived to tell the tale...barely.