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Website Hosting Linux Kernel Hacked: Don’t Worry, The World Isn’t Going To End
Kernel.org has been compromised by an intruder gaining root access to parts of their infrastructure which hosts the kernel source code.
A number of servers have been accessed, apparently via compromised user credentials. The intruder installed several rootkits and monitored user activity.
The intrusion went unnoticed for almost a month until the kernel.org staff discovered it on August 28th. The staff reassured the community in a blog post on kernel.org, stating that the actual repositories themselves are unaffected.
Linus Torvalds announces stable release of Linux kernel 3.0
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 3.0 on his Google+ profile after a short delay earlier this week.
So what’s new? Well, not a lot really. The new release sees a few new patches and standard affair, as well as a bit of older cruft removed, but as Linus explains in his announcement to the Linux kernel mailing list in May, 3.0 won’t feature a bunch of new stuff, rather it’s simply a version bump to bring the kernel up to 3.0 after almost twenty years of existence.
Make the jump for the full rundown.
Our exclusive interview with Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds has probably done more for the world than many know, and his influence stretches far and wide throughout all corners of the globe with a variety of amazing implementations of his original vision that started almost two decades ago.
Whether you know it or not, at some stage in your day-to-day life you probably come into contact with Torvalds’ work. Without him, many wouldn’t be where they are today, Ubuntu wouldn’t exist and Free Software wouldn’t be such a prevalent mainstream ideology used by millions.
I caught up with Linus for a chat in Brisbane to get his opinion on Ubuntu, Linux in the mobile space and find out what new stuff is happening in the kernel this year.
Natty to get kernel 2.6.38
Just a short little update to let the OMG crowd be the first to hear. Andy Whitcroft reported in a bug report that Natty is about to get the 2.6.38 kernel. Meaning, slightly, better performance, Nick Piggins dentry scalability work has been merged, improving certain workloads up to 35% in simple tests performed by Linus Torvalds. [...]
Magic scheduler patch coming to your Natty desktop?
We wrote about it, Phoronix demoed it. The magic scheduler voodoo(tm)* which brings happiness to desktops that everyone wanted to test at the time..well it may be coming to your Natty desktop.
How To Install Nvidia Drivers Manually in Ubuntu
Installing Nvidia drivers manually isn’t as big of a deal as it sounds. It’s literally a few button pushes, a round of “Okâ€, “Okâ€, “Ok†and a reboot. In many respects it’s the easiest way to get your graphics card up and running if the Hardware Manager doesn’t do it for you. The following how-to [...]
Ubuntu 64bit Really Is Faster Than 32bit
The usual story given to a user who asks “is 64bit Ubuntu is worth it?” on the Ubuntu Forums is a muddle of “not really…”, “not that much faster…”, “if what you got works, stay with it…” etc. Many people are recommended to use the Ubuntu PAE kernel with 32bit Ubuntu allowing them to address [...]