Serious security bugs in key parts of the latest Linux code have been fixed, but some small glitches have been introduced, according to a recent scan. In December, Coverity looked at version 2.6.9 of ...

Under certain conditions, attackers can chain a set of vulnerabilities in multiple components of the CUPS open-source printing system to execute arbitrary code remotely on vulnerable machines. Tracked ...

An open letter to the Linux community published this week by Silicon Graphics indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by ...

On Sunday, Linus Torvalds – the chief programmer of the Linux kernel – sent out a letter in which he apologized for his hostile behavior towards others in the community that maintains the project. He ...

Torvalds is sick of all the AI hype, but says AI is finally maturing to the point where it will be useful for Linux developers and maintainers.

Fans of free and open source software (FOSS) may recall a report from Coverity last year that found open source code typically has fewer defects per thousand lines of code than proprietary software ...

reviously the Linux kernel had a "Code of Conflict" that some might feel is rather harsh. But now it's been replaced by a Code of Conduct that is derived from the Contributor Covenant that has been ...

As it promised to do two weeks ago, The SCO Group Inc. has revealed to several industry analysts some of the Linux source code that it claims was illegally copied from Unix. But opinions vary on what ...