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Red Hat Linux comes to Oracle Cloud
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now certified and fully supported on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure virtual machines.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux arrives in Oracle’s cloud
Old rivals Red Hat and Oracle have teamed up for RHEL-based virtual machines running in Oracle’s OCI service.
Canonical security subscriptions for Ubuntu Linux now available
Security maintenance service for Ubuntu LTS releases offers CVE protection and security updates for some 23,000 packages beyond the main OS.
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How to use the W command
In this Linux tip, we’re going to look at the w command. Yes, the command is simply “w”. It’s a lot like the who command, but provides more information.
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How to use the TR command
In this Linux tip, we’re going to look the tr command (translate) that is used to replace or remove characters in strings or files.
Ubuntu 22.10 shines on MicroPython, microcontrollers
Latest update to Canonical’s Linux distro revs Ruby, Go, GCC, and Rust toolchains and supports MicroPython on microcontrollers such as the Raspberry Pi Pico W.
Canonical expands application security coverage
Ubuntu Pro, now offered in public beta, features expanded security maintenance and compliance for a wide range of packages, including Node.js, Apache Tomcat, and Rust.
Linux 6.0 kernel arrives, quietly
Linux 6.0 release is loaded with many small improvements, with bigger changes including Rust support promised for Linux 6.1.
JDK 19: The new features in Java 19
Now available for production use, Java 19 features structured concurrency, virtual threads, pattern matching for switch expressions, a vector API, and a Linux/RISC-V port.
Hands-on with Microsoft’s CBL-Mariner 2.0 Linux
How to install and configure the fast and lightweight container host Linux distribution for Azure Kubernetes Service and the Microsoft Container Registry.
Microsoft .NET 6 bundled with Ubuntu Linux
Microsoft’s flagship development platform is being made available with Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu Chiseled Containers in a bid to ease .NET development on Linux.
Rocky Linux 9.0 rocks new build system
RHEL clone provider hopes cloud-native build system will help it release new versions of Rocky within one week of new RHEL releases.
RHEL 9 features edge management, container rollback
First production release built from CentOS Stream also introduces Microsoft SQL Server role and protection against hardware-level security vulnerabilities.
Understanding Flatcar Container Linux
Kinvolk’s Flatcar is Microsoft’s latest Linux. What is it and what should you use it for?
Will JavaScript containers overtake Linux containers?
Node.js and Deno creator Ryan Dahl believes the majority of web services might be simplified by using JavaScript containers, rather than Linux containers.
What is Git? Version control for collaborative programming
Invented for Linux kernel development, Git version control now powers millions of projects across the globe. You can use it with or without GitHub.
How CentOS changes the cloud Linux game
As Red Hat sunsets CentOS 8 at the end of 2021, users are considering their options.
What is Kubernetes? Your next application platform
By abstracting away management complexities, Kubernetes unlocks the potential of containers