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A Linux Security Story

Friday, 17 July 2009 03:02 ComputerWorld

Linux doesn't have perfect security. Nothing does. But, how it handles its security problems is a big reason why it does so much better than Windows. Here's an example.

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Intel Claims No. 2 Linux Contributor Spot as Hedge Against Microsoft

Thursday, 16 July 2009 20:00 CNET

In 2007 Red Hat stood on top of the Linux kernel contributor list with room to spare.

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Linux 2.6.31-rc3 Released

Monday, 13 July 2009 17:38 Linus Torvalds

As I mentioned last time, I really wish things would calm down. And to _some_ degree they have. In other areas? Not so much.

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Kernel Log: Progress with Free Graphics Drivers, Three New Stable Kernels

Wednesday, 08 July 2009 17:42 The H

A new version of the nv driver supports later NVIDIA GPUs; 3D drivers for later Radeon GPUs make progress; the kernel developers have issued new stable kernels and no longer support the 2.6.29 series...

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