At first, it looked like the OpenSSL 3.x security bug was going to be truly awful. While it was feared to be a critical error that could lead to remote code execution (RCE), upon a closer examination it turned out … Continue reading →

The bad news is that you can install newer visions of Kubernetes and — Bang! — you can’t network with your worker nodes. The good news is a Mirantis engineer found some fixes and is sharing them. There’s nothing quite … Continue reading →

Column The fact that I like the Linux desktop will come as no surprise to anyone who reads my work. I mean, I was once the lead writer and editor for a long-gone publication called Linux Desktop. So why is … Continue reading →

Sigstore, the open source software signing service, is now available to everyone that needs to prove to a customer what’s what in their code. Which, by the way, is pretty much every commercial software developer on the planet. Some good … Continue reading →

You can famously run Linux on anything. And, when I say anything, I mean anything, e.g. a Nintendo Wii, an iPod, DeLaval’s robotic system for milking cows, and possibly even a dead badger. Only Doom may have been ported to … Continue reading →

Everyone depends on OpenSSL. You may not know it, but OpenSSL is what makes it possible to use secure Transport Layer Security (TLS) on Linux, Unix, Windows, and many other operating systems. It’s also what is used to lock down … Continue reading →