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Salesforce IT injects generative AI to ease its massive datacenter migration

CIO Business Intelligence

When you’re tasked with migrating 200,000 servers to a new operating system, a helping hand is very welcome indeed. With CentOS now part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux beta stream chain, RHEL was a logical choice for Salesforce, which conducted a rigorous selection process, deciding on RHEL last December.

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Challenge Accepted: An Adventure in Linux — Part 1

Linux Academy

Hello once again, Linux Academy family! I am back and in a different role within Linux Academy. I’m not sure about you, but the first thing I do with a new laptop is rekick/reimage the operating system! This is true even when it’s a Linux-based laptop. Simply enough because I can.

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You ever think about how Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC”

The Verge

There’s an Apple event next week , and it’s looking fairly likely that we’ll see updated models of the iPad Pro and perhaps the iPad Mini. Again, this was a weirdo little two-pound plastic laptop that ran a custom Linux distro that was basically a front for various websites. (We We hadn’t invented the phrase “cloud services” yet.).

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Alleged China-Tied Hackers Are Targeting Telecommunications Sector

SecureWorld News

In the investigation, it was uncovered that LightBasin put energy towards Linux and Solaris systems, avoiding the more robust monitoring systems by Windows. ". "I've never seen this degree of purpose-built tools," CrowdStrike Senior Vice President Adam Meyers told Reuters about the LightBasin investigation.

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A Game Changer for Containers | cgroups

Linux Academy

Here at Linux Academy, we’ve seen an over 30% increase in demand for container-related courses. This consistency speeds up the development and deployment process to keep up with trends and shift your focus toward adding value to your end users as opposed to maintaining disparate systems. Linux Control Groups (cgroups).

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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half

SecureWorld News

The group operates in the APAC region and employs sophisticated techniques, including DLL side-loading and Event Triggered Execution, to launch custom malware and maintain persistence. Linux, known for its security advantages, was previously considered less vulnerable compared to other operating systems.

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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Vox

He — along with a number of other accounts — was apparently part of a campaign to compromise nearly every Linux-running computer in the world. Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.)