A lot has been said about the Internet, Speed and relevance. 5G is the fifth generation of mobile internet connectivity, and is just beginning to roll out around the world. It promises speeds up to 20 times faster than 4G connections,…
Category: Linux
Critical Firefox vulnerability fixed in 67.0.3
On Tuesday, Mozilla issued a security advisory for Firefox, the default web browser in Fedora. This advisory concerns a CVE for a vulnerability based on type confusion that can happen when JavaScript objects are being manipulated. It can be used…
Installing alternative versions of RPMs in Fedora
Modularity enables Fedora to provide alternative versions of RPM packages in the repositories. Several different applications, language runtimes, and tools are available in multiple versions, build natively for each Fedora release. The Fedora Magazine has already covered Modularity in Fedora…
What it took to Make Fedora 30
What does it take to make a Linux distribution like Fedora 30? As you might expect, it’s not a simple process. Changes in Fedora 30 Although Fedora 29 released on October 30, 2018, work on Fedora 30 began long before…
Three Ways to Lock and Unlock User Account in Linux
by Magesh Maruthamuthu If password policy had already implemented in your organization, then you no need to look for this options. However, if you had set up lock period for 24 hours, in this case you might need to unlock…
Good or Bad for FOSS? Ubuntu to Package Proprietary Nvidia Driver
NVIDIA is one of the most widely used graphic cards in the market today and it seems its support for Linux just got a boost. Not every company believes in open source and maybe Canonical realizes this so they made…
Hardening Linux for Production Use
A standard server or minimal install (CentOS) provides you with a secure server system, but its production usefulness is very limited. To make a server production ready, you’ll have to install software such as web services, DNS, DHCP, Samba/CIFS, print…
New Galaxy Note 10 Leak, Nokia’s Latest Success, Why Android Needs Google
Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week’s Android Circuit includes the Galaxy Note 10’s button issue, Ghost Touch haunting the OnePlus 7 Pro, the launch of the Nokia 4.2…
How to secure your Social Media Accounts
Social Media is an integral part of our daily living these days and it comes with some disadvantages ranging from distractions, addictions and security/privacy issues. Our focus on this article in based on Security and Privacy as a lot of…
Kali Linux 2019.2 is now available
Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The distribution has published a new update, Kali Linux 2019.2, which includes updated tools and changes to the project’s ARM builds: “Welcome to our second release…