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History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system

INTERVIEW Gregory Kurtzer, CentOS's founder, tells the story of how the Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone was born of a small group of rebuild hackers and Linux fans who were angry that Red Hat Enterprise Linux had replaced Red Hat Linux and convinced they could do better. Back in 2003, Linux fans were ticked off at Red Hat because they were replacing the end-user-friendly Red Hat Linux with the business-oriented Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It was a smart move for Red Hat, but users were...

Shai-Hulud malware worms Red Hat npm package versions downloaded 80K times a week

Security researchers on Monday found dozens of Red Hat npm package releases infected with the Mini Shai-Hulud worm that TeamPCP cybercriminals recently open-sourced. The new supply chain attack hit at least 32 npm package releases published under the Red Hat Cloud Services namespace, according to security researchers from Google-owned Wiz, who traced the malware to one Red Hat employee’s compromised GitHub account. They said the affected packages are downloaded around 80,000 times a week.

Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel

Official Red Hat NPM accounts have been compromised and used to push a malicious worm that spreads from machine to machine, where it pilfers sensitive credentials in hopes of stealing yet more confidential data, researchers said. The supply-chain attack began Monday and remained active at the time this post went live, according to researchers at security firm Aikido. It’s the result of the threat actor responsible for the hack taking control of @redhat-cloud-services, a legitimate channel in...

Best Red-Light Therapy for Hair Restoration and Regrowth (2026)

Hair loss isn’t always dramatic. It can be incremental. You start noticing a bit more scalp in harsh bathroom lighting; a tiny bald spot when you tie your hair up in a ponytail.

QEMU mulls relaxing AI contribution ban

Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, Fragnesia: The start of a worrisome Linux security trend

That an app 'Fits on a Floppy' is still a useful measure in 2026

Firefox Merges Support for Vulkan Video Decoding

Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser! Firefox on Linux has long been focused on the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) that isn't universally supported by Linux graphics drivers. This has left to efforts like NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver to layer VA-API atop NVIDIA NVDEC interfaces to enjoy GPU-accelerated video playback in Firefox.

Inside the Trump money machine: How the president and his family are cashing in on his return to the White House

Inside the Trump money machine: How the president and his family are cashing in on his return to the White House Trump has consistently faced scrutiny for leveraging his presidency for personal financial advantage, a pattern that has encompassed everything from merchandise deals and crypto ventures to hosting high-dollar political and official events at his properties - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Donald Trump attempted to establish a nearly $1.8 billion fund, potentially benefiting...

I climbed the vertical height of Mount Everest in 36 hours—it turned me into 'a new version of myself'

An innocent question, but one that has plagued me. I've always been a curious person who was interested in learning new things and struggled to pick one or two areas to focus on. After years of frustration, I finally decided that my hobby would be "collecting new experiences" and devised a plan: Every year I would commit myself to a few new experiences that would challenge and change me.