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A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. via LinuxSecurity.com

Mark Shuttleworth, head of Canonical and founder of the Ubuntu project, has called on other Linux developers to synchronize releases of new versions of their distros. via The Register

By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com Published: May 13, 2008, 4:56 PM EST Although by now we already know most of the details on the MSI Wind, the company has just cleared up some of the remaining questions - such as ... via TechSpot

Computerworld newsletters! Red Hat Fedora users who wanted an easier way to use the popular and free community-supported Linux operating system on portable USB thumb drives have had their wishes granted. via Computerworld

LANDesk software's Patch Manager is offered on its own and as a component of LANDesk's Security Suite or Management Suite; we tested only Patch Manager. via Imaging Magazine

"So not only does the $50 discount get you a smaller disk drive, it also gives you an OS that takes up more of that disk drive."

A Windows machine that's cheaper than a roughly equivalent Linux version? How could that be? That's the question making its way around the Linux blogs these days as Asus has begun selling a version of its Eee ... via TechNewsWorld

Fedora 9, the latest release from the Fedora Project, goes up for download on Tuesday. via The Register

"It looks like Sun's got a lot more vision these days"

Sun Microsystems is trying to rejuvenate Java, using the JavaOne conference last week to position the 13-year-old Java platform as a foundation for next-generation technologies in such spaces as rich Internet ... via Infoworld

SELinux takes the existing GNU/Linux operating system and extends it with kernel and user-space modifications to make it bullet-proof. If you're running a 2.6 kernel today, you might be surprised to know that ... via OSNews.com