Original story: Security researchers have uncovered rare malware that can infect a Linux machine’s boot process, making it harder to detect and remove. The malware is known as a bootkit, which is ...

The Linux operating system is powerful and flexible, able to run in several different modes of operation called run levels. When a Linux system starts, a function called "init" is used to configure ...

Even with today's fast, multi-core processors and a large amount of system RAM, waiting for a Linux computer to boot can be a slow and tedious process. Though you may never get your Ubuntu Linux PC to ...