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Linux Mint Debian Edition Offers Faster Updates with Rougher Edges [Downloads]

# downloads Linux Mint, the OS distribution with an eye for beginners , is stepping out and offering a new edition for those who like Mint, but want more frequent updates of its core apps. Based on Debian , LMDE is an interesting step forward. More »

Android/Linux kernel fight continues

Cyber Cynic: "You could argue that Google's Android, so popular on smartphones now, is the most popular Linux of all right now. There's only one little problem with that: Android has continued to be apart from the Linux mainstream."

Clam or Klam? Either Way, It's Easy Linux Protection

Have you run a virus scan lately? Nope? Don't need to, you say. That's because you run a Linux OS. Think again. To quote the title line of Bob Dylan's third studio album, "the times they are a-changin.'" Yes they are. And part of that change is the greater risk of malware attacks to the Linux operating system. It used to be that Linux was so iron-clad safe security-wise that virus intrusions did ...

Ubuntu 10.10 beta review

Linux User and Developer: "By default, Ubuntu wants to provide just one massive root (/) partition without separate home partitions. This is a mistake, as anyone who's updated or recovered a Linux system should know."

Assessing the Tux Strength: Part 2 - Into the Kernel

MWR Labs: "The previous article in this series on Linux security described different userspace protection mechanisms that can be applied to protect binaries on a Linux system. Unsurprisingly, without additional kernel settings and protections most of the previously described mechanisms cannot be utilised to their full extent."