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Linus Torvalds: So 4.14 continues to be a somewhat painful release, and I'm starting to at least partly blame the fact that it's meant to be an LTS release. (Oct 02, 2017)

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(Oct 10, 2017, 08:00) (0 talkbacks)

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(Oct 10, 2017, 07:00) (0 talkbacks)

ghacks: The Firefox web browser supports a number of command line options that it can be run with to customize startup of the web browser.

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LinuxInsider: There is more to the shell, the terminal's interpreter software, than commands composed of alphanumeric characters.

PostgreSQL says SCRAM to MD5 authentication
(Oct 10, 2017, 05:00) (0 talkbacks)

The Register: Version 10 improves replication, simplifies partitioning

Google Works on Revamping Chrome's Internal Flags Page with Cool New Features
(Oct 10, 2017, 04:00) (0 talkbacks)

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(Oct 09, 2017, 23:00) (0 talkbacks)

eSecurityPlanet: Apache HTTPD 2.4.28 is now available, fixing a vulnerability that could have potentially enabled information disclosure.

What the data says about how Linux kernel developers collaborate
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10 layers of Linux container security
(Oct 09, 2017, 15:00) (0 talkbacks)

opensource.com: Employ these strategies to secure different layers of the container solution stack and different stages of the container lifecycle.

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EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: Alibaba, Oath, Didi, and Streamlio are the founding project contributors of the new cloud communications effort.

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Linux Display Manager SDDM Now Supports Configuration Directories, ConsoleKit 2
(Oct 09, 2017, 12:00) (0 talkbacks)

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ZDnet: Microsoft's Edge on Android smartphones and Apple iPhones is merely a thin cover over native open-source web browsers.

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Linux 4.14 rc4
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Linux Torvalds: This release does seem to continue to be more active in the rc's than usual, but it actually feels like it's calming down.

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Codeanywhere is a feature-rich cross-platform cloud IDE

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