Learn everything you need to know about Linux, its benefits, how to install it, and what it in-cludes. Linux is open source with many contributors, so the direction is decided by the commu-nity and not by a single vendor.
Linux is founded upon Open Source software development. Linux distributions emerged under thecopyleftstipulations of the Free Software Foundation, which originated theGNU General Public License (GPL). Copyleft dictates that any software taken for free and altered must be consequently distributed for free....
SELinux, or Security-EnhancedLinux, is a part of the Linuxkernelthat acts as a protective agent to the OS. In the Linux kernel, SELinux is a mandatory access controls (MAC) mechanism that restricts programs with rules and policies set by the system administrator. MAC is a higher level of...
. Linux is flexible enough to adapt for virtually any need you can imagine. It powers all kinds of technology, from small, data-gathering edge devices to complex, cloud-native applications that the. And because Linux is open source, it’s easier to avoid being locked in to any 1 vendor’...
Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is the latest long term support release of Ubuntu, one of the world’s most popular Linux distributions. As a Long Term Support release, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be supported for 10 years, receiving both extended security updates and kernel livepatching via an Ubuntu ...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.5 is now generally available (GA), and brings new features and improvements to help streamline deployments, optimize performance and help mitigate risk in your environments. Whether you're deploying RHEL on-prem, in the
The Linux operating system is used in a wide variety of systems and environments. It powers large cloud infrastructure environments, on-premises converged infrastructure appliances, application servers, desktop computing environments, and embedded systems. Some distributions of Linux software also include a...
Ubuntu Pro for Devices is not a different version of Ubuntu. It is a subscription service that adds on automated tools for hardening, compliance and device patching, in order to simplify the task of creating a secure fleet. We’ll now cover this in more detail in the next section of this...
A user can set access control mechanisms in a Windows box without adding software. In terms of patching, Microsoft is the only source to issue Windows patches. With Linux, you can choose to wait until a commercial Linux provider releases a patch or you can go with an open-source entity fo...
This is a watershed release for us. RHEL 9 is a bold step towards Red Hat developing a commercial Linux distribution from CentOS Stream. The CentOS Stream project has allowed us to increase transparency in how we build the distribution; it has also allowed us to reduce the time it takes to...