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How to Boot a Linux Live USB Drive on Your Mac [# ! + Note / Edit Lead] - 0 views

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 08 Apr 15

[Think you can just plug a standard Linux live USB drive into your Mac and boot from it? Think again. You'll need to go out of your way to create a live Linux USB drive that will boot on a Mac. This can be quite a headache, but we've found a graphical utility that makes this easy. You'll be able to quickly boot Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kali Linux, and other mainstream Linux distributions on your Mac.]

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">[Think you can just plug a standard Linux live USB drive into your Mac and boot from it? Think again. You'll need to go out of your way to create a live Linux USB drive that will boot on a Mac. This can be quite a headache, but we've found a graphical utility that makes this easy. You'll be able to quickly boot Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kali Linux, and other mainstream Linux distributions on your Mac.]</div>

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Excite News - EU files antitrust charges against Google - 0 views

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Google European Commission antitrust search Android DG-Competition

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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's competition chief is filing an antitrust complaint alleging Google has been abusing its dominance in Internet searches and is opening a probe into its Android mobile system.EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Wednesday she is "concerned that the company has given an unfair advantage to its own comparison shopping service."Vestager said the separate antitrust probe into Android will investigate whether the Internet giant relies on anti-competitive deals and abuses its dominant position in Europe's mobile market.Vestager said her chief goal was to make sure multinationals "do not artificially deny European consumers as wide a choice as possible or stifle innovation".Google's general counsel Kent Walker wrote late Tuesday that a "statement of objections" to Google's business practices was to be released by Vestager Wednesday.
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Pi MusicBox - A Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Music player for the Raspberry Pi, with rem... - 0 views

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raspberrypi Raspberry Pi MusicBox streaming audio open source hardware mix music DJ player

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Mar 15

"Make your Raspberry Pi stream! Welcome to the Swiss Army Knife of streaming music using the Raspberry Pi. With Pi MusicBox, you can create a cheap (Sonos-like) standalone streaming music player for Spotify, Google Music, SoundCloud, Webradio, Podcasts and other music from the cloud. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Make your Raspberry Pi stream! Welcome to the Swiss Army Knife of streaming music using the Raspberry Pi. With Pi MusicBox, you can create a cheap (Sonos-like) standalone streaming music player for Spotify, Google Music, SoundCloud, Webradio, Podcasts and other music from the cloud. "</div>

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Tech firms and privacy groups press for curbs on NSA surveillance powers - The Washingt... - 0 views

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The nation’s top technology firms and a coalition of privacy groups are urging Congress to place curbs on government surveillance in the face of a fast-approaching deadline for legislative action. A set of key Patriot Act surveillance authorities expire June 1, but the effective date is May 21 — the last day before Congress breaks for a Memorial Day recess. In a letter to be sent Wednesday to the Obama administration and senior lawmakers, the coalition vowed to oppose any legislation that, among other things, does not ban the “bulk collection” of Americans’ phone records and other data.
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We know that there are some in Congress who think that they can get away with reauthorizing the expiring provisions of the Patriot Act without any reforms at all,” said Kevin Bankston, policy director of New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, a privacy group that organized the effort. “This letter draws a line in the sand that makes clear that the privacy community and the Internet industry do not intend to let that happen without a fight.” At issue is the bulk collection of Americans’ data by intelligence agencies such as the National Security Agency. The NSA’s daily gathering of millions of records logging phone call times, lengths and other “metadata” stirred controversy when it was revealed in June 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The records are placed in a database that can, with a judge’s permission, be searched for links to foreign terrorists.They do not include the content of conversations.
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That program, placed under federal surveillance court oversight in 2006, was authorized by the court in secret under Section 215 of the Patriot Act — one of the expiring provisions. The public outcry that ensued after the program was disclosed forced President Obama in January 2014 to call for an end to the NSA’s storage of the data. He also appealed to Congress to find a way to preserve the agency’s access to the data for counterterrorism information.
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Despite growing opposition in some quarters to ending the NSA’s program, a “clean” authorization — one that would enable its continuation without any changes — is unlikely, lawmakers from both parties say. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a leading opponent of the NSA’s program in its current format, said he would be “surprised if there are 60 votes” in the Senate for that. In the House, where there is bipartisan support for reining in surveillance, it’s a longer shot still. “It’s a toxic vote back in your district to reauthorize the Patriot Act, if you don’t get some reforms” with it, said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). The House last fall passed the USA Freedom Act, which would have ended the NSA program, but the Senate failed to advance its own version.The House and Senate judiciary committees are working to come up with new bipartisan legislation to be introduced soon.
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The tech firms and privacy groups’ demands are a baseline, they say. Besides ending bulk collection, they want companies to have the right to be more transparent in reporting on national security requests and greater declassification of opinions by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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Some legal experts have pointed to a little-noticed clause in the Patriot Act that would appear to allow bulk collection to continue even if the authority is not renewed. Administration officials have conceded privately that a legal case probably could be made for that, but politically it would be a tough sell. On Tuesday, a White House spokesman indicated the administration would not seek to exploit that clause. “If Section 215 sunsets, we will not continue the bulk telephony metadata program,” National Security Council spokesman Edward Price said in a statement first reported by Reuters. Price added that allowing Section 215 to expire would result in the loss of a “critical national security tool” used in investigations that do not involve the bulk collection of data. “That is why we have underscored the imperative of Congressional action in the coming weeks, and we welcome the opportunity to work with lawmakers on such legislation,” he said.
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Paul Merrell on 29 Mar 15

I omitted some stuff about opposition to sunsetting the provisions. They seem to forget, as does Obama, that the proponents of the FISA Court's expansive reading of section 215 have not yet come up with a single instance where 215-derived data caught a single terrorist or prevented a single act of terrorism. Which means that if that data is of some use, it ain't in fighting terrorism, the purpose of the section. Patriot Act § 215 is codified as 50 USCS § 1861, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1861 That section authorizes the FBI to obtain an iorder from the FISA Court "requiring the production of *any tangible things* (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items)." Specific examples (a non-exclusive list) include: the production of library circulation records, library patron lists, book sales records, book customer lists, firearms sales records, tax return records, educational records, or medical records containing information that would identify a person." The Court can order that the recipient of the order tell no one of its receipt of the order or its response to it. In other words, this is about way more than your telephone metadata. Do you trust the NSA with your medical records?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I omitted some stuff about opposition to sunsetting the provisions. They seem to forget, as does Obama, that the proponents of the FISA Court's expansive reading of section 215 have not yet come up with a single instance where 215-derived data caught a single terrorist or prevented a single act of terrorism. Which means that if that data is of some use, it ain't in fighting terrorism, the purpose of the section. Patriot Act § 215 is codified as 50 USCS § 1861, <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1861" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1861</a> That section authorizes the FBI to obtain an iorder from the FISA Court "requiring the production of *any tangible things* (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items)." Specific examples (a non-exclusive list) include: the production of library circulation records, library patron lists, book sales records, book customer lists, firearms sales records, tax return records, educational records, or medical records containing information that would identify a person." The Court can order that the recipient of the order tell no one of its receipt of the order or its response to it. In other words, this is about way more than your telephone metadata. Do you trust the NSA with your medical records? </div>

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10 fundamental differences between Linux and Windows | Linux Mantra - 1 views

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mjg59 | Why improving kernel security is important - 0 views

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improving kernel security importance open source free software

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Nov 15

"Nov. 6th, 2015 12:48 am mjg59 The Washington Post published an article today which describes the ongoing tension between the security community and Linux kernel developers. This has been roundly denounced as FUD, with Rob Graham going so far as to claim that nobody ever attacks the kernel. Unfortunately he's entirely and demonstrably wrong, it's not FUD and the state of security in the kernel is currently far short of where it should be."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Nov. 6th, 2015 12:48 am mjg59 The Washington Post published an article today which describes the ongoing tension between the security community and Linux kernel developers. This has been roundly denounced as FUD, with Rob Graham going so far as to claim that nobody ever attacks the kernel. Unfortunately he's entirely and demonstrably wrong, it's not FUD and the state of security in the kernel is currently far short of where it should be."</div>

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More Information Emerges About the Microsoft-Red Hat Patent Agreement | Techrights - 0 views

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Microsoft Red Hat patent agreement is open source Fedora Linux in danger :_

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Nov 15

"Summary: Informed (GNU/Linux-centric) journalists who looked beyond the misleading press releases and the distracting marketing campaign have managed to find out and highlight the patent issues associated with the Red Hat-Microsoft deal"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Summary: Informed (GNU/Linux-centric) journalists who looked beyond the misleading press releases and the distracting marketing campaign have managed to find out and highlight the patent issues associated with the Red Hat-Microsoft deal"</div>

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Nov 15

"Summary: Informed (GNU/Linux-centric) journalists who looked beyond the misleading press releases and the distracting marketing campaign have managed to find out and highlight the patent issues associated with the Red Hat-Microsoft deal"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Summary: Informed (GNU/Linux-centric) journalists who looked beyond the misleading press releases and the distracting marketing campaign have managed to find out and highlight the patent issues associated with the Red Hat-Microsoft deal"</div>

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The kernel of the argument over Linux's vulnerabilities | The Washington Post - 0 views

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 07 Nov 15

"Fast, flexible and free, Linux is taking over the online world. But there is growing unease about security weaknesses."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Fast, flexible and free, Linux is taking over the online world. But there is growing unease about security weaknesses."</div>

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Linux Security - How Can Your Linux Be Hacked Using Malware, Trojans, Worms, Web Script... - 0 views

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 08 Nov 15

" Is it possible that Linux can be infected with viruses? Probably, you heard of this in some debates. But here are some facts that you need to know to better understand how Linux is secured and what things can damage a Linux system. See how "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">" Is it possible that Linux can be infected with viruses? Probably, you heard of this in some debates. But here are some facts that you need to know to better understand how Linux is secured and what things can damage a Linux system. See how "</div>

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All Things Open interview with Alexis Rossi and Vicky Brasseur | Opensource.com - 0 views

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"How the Internet Archive maintains an information super highway Posted 10 Nov 2015 by Seth Kenlon"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"How the Internet Archive maintains an information super highway Posted 10 Nov 2015 by Seth Kenlon"</div>

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The Red Hat/MS Agreement Molehill | FOSS Force - 0 views

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Microsoft Red Hat agreement proprietary vs open source cloud

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 11 Nov 15

Larry Cafiero First, let me thank those who took the time to alert me last week to the agreement between Red Hat and Microsoft on holding hands in the cloud. All the concern shown in the emails and social media posts were completely welcome, and could be broken up into two basic sentiments: curiosity about my reaction and serving me some crow to eat.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Larry Cafiero First, let me thank those who took the time to alert me last week to the agreement between Red Hat and Microsoft on holding hands in the cloud. All the concern shown in the emails and social media posts were completely welcome, and could be broken up into two basic sentiments: curiosity about my reaction and serving me some crow to eat.</div>

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 11 Nov 15

Larry Cafiero First, let me thank those who took the time to alert me last week to the agreement between Red Hat and Microsoft on holding hands in the cloud. All the concern shown in the emails and social media posts were completely welcome, and could be broken up into two basic sentiments: curiosity about my reaction and serving me some crow to eat.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Larry Cafiero First, let me thank those who took the time to alert me last week to the agreement between Red Hat and Microsoft on holding hands in the cloud. All the concern shown in the emails and social media posts were completely welcome, and could be broken up into two basic sentiments: curiosity about my reaction and serving me some crow to eat.</div>

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Microsoft keeps pushing Windows 10 upgrades without users' permission - 0 views

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microsoft keeps windows upgrades without users permission one more reason migrate open source transparent loyal free software

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 13 Nov 15

"Microsoft says its most recent attempt to force older systems to upgrade to Windows 10 was caused by a bug in the Windows Update utility."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Microsoft says its most recent attempt to force older systems to upgrade to Windows 10 was caused by a bug in the Windows Update utility."</div>

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Linux kernel flaw endangers millions of PCs, servers and Android devices | ITworld - 0 views

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linux kernel vulneraability new threat danger open source free software security

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"By Lucian Constantin Follow IDG News Service | January 19, 2016 RELATED TOPICS Security Linux Comments For almost three years, a serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel could have allowed attackers to take full control over Linux-based PCs, servers, Android phones and other embedded devices."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"By Lucian Constantin Follow IDG News Service | January 19, 2016 RELATED TOPICS Security Linux Comments For almost three years, a serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel could have allowed attackers to take full control over Linux-based PCs, servers, Android phones and other embedded devices."</div>

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Snark attack: University students teach software to detect sarcasm | Ars Technica UK - 0 views

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open source sarcasm detection software

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"A team of students participating in Cornell University's Tech Challenge program has developed a machine learning application that attempts to break the final frontier in language processing-identifying sarcasm. This could change everything… maybe."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A team of students participating in Cornell University's Tech Challenge program has developed a machine learning application that attempts to break the final frontier in language processing-identifying sarcasm. This could change everything… maybe."</div>

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LibrePlanet 2016 [March 19-20 MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts] - 0 views

Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 03 Feb 16

"LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and address challenges facing the free software movement"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and address challenges facing the free software movement"</div>

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 03 Feb 16

"LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and address challenges facing the free software movement"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"LibrePlanet is an annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and address challenges facing the free software movement"</div>

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The Linux Foundation and the Uneasy Alliance - Datamation - 0 views

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linux community underrepresentation Linux Foundation corporations grab power from Pe@ple

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"Is the Linux community under-represented in the Linux Foundation? Last week, this question raised controversies when Free Software Foundation director Matthew Garrett observed that the Linux Foundation had eliminated voting rights for individual members and changed its bylaws to make at-large board members optional."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Is the Linux community under-represented in the Linux Foundation? Last week, this question raised controversies when Free Software Foundation director Matthew Garrett observed that the Linux Foundation had eliminated voting rights for individual members and changed its bylaws to make at-large board members optional."</div>

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 30 Jan 16

"Is the Linux community under-represented in the Linux Foundation? Last week, this question raised controversies when Free Software Foundation director Matthew Garrett observed that the Linux Foundation had eliminated voting rights for individual members and changed its bylaws to make at-large board members optional."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Is the Linux community under-represented in the Linux Foundation? Last week, this question raised controversies when Free Software Foundation director Matthew Garrett observed that the Linux Foundation had eliminated voting rights for individual members and changed its bylaws to make at-large board members optional."</div>

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Getting started with SaltStack - 0 views

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SaltStack getting stearted start GNU-Linux servers configuration config Salt open source free software network admin administrator administration

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 31 Jan 16

"I came across Salt while searching for an alternative to Puppet. I like puppet, but I am falling in love with Salt :). This maybe a personal opinion but I found Salt easier to configure and get started with as compared to Puppet. Another reason I like Salt is that it let's you manage your server configurations from the command line, for example:"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"I came across Salt while searching for an alternative to Puppet. I like puppet, but I am falling in love with Salt :). This maybe a personal opinion but I found Salt easier to configure and get started with as compared to Puppet. Another reason I like Salt is that it let's you manage your server configurations from the command line, for example:"</div>

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LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux 4.5-rc2 - 0 views

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Linus Torvalds LKML Linux kernel 4.5-rc2 open source free software improvements from community for all @ll

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 01 Feb 16

"Date Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:28:33 -0800 Subject Linux 4.5-rc2 From Linus Torvalds <> As late as Friday, I was planning on talking about how nice it is to see this new trend of tiny rc2 releases, because there really hadn't been very many pull requests at all."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Date Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:28:33 -0800 Subject Linux 4.5-rc2 From Linus Torvalds <> As late as Friday, I was planning on talking about how nice it is to see this new trend of tiny rc2 releases, because there really hadn't been very many pull requests at all."</div>

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An Introduction to SELinux | Linux.com - 0 views

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open source introduction SELinux GNU-Linux Linux security NSA

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 25 Feb 16

"Way back in kernel 2.6, a new security system was introduced to provide a mechanism for supporting access control security policies. This system was Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and was introduced by the National Security Administration (NSA) to incorporate a strong Mandatory Access Control architecture into the subsystems of the Linux kernel."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Way back in kernel 2.6, a new security system was introduced to provide a mechanism for supporting access control security policies. This system was Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and was introduced by the National Security Administration (NSA) to incorporate a strong Mandatory Access Control architecture into the subsystems of the Linux kernel."</div>

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Linux: Breakfast of Champions | ZDNet - 0 views

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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 24 Feb 16

"There are many different flavors of Linux. Pull up a chair and let me dish you out some of my home-cooking."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"There are many different flavors of Linux. Pull up a chair and let me dish you out some of my home-cooking."</div>

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"There are many different flavors of Linux. Pull up a chair and let me dish you out some of my home-cooking."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"There are many different flavors of Linux. Pull up a chair and let me dish you out some of my home-cooking."</div>

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