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If you can't find your favorite Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution available in the Microsoft Store, a new program called EasyWSL can convert almost any Linux Docker image into a WSL distro. The Microsoft Store offers many prebuilt Linux WSL distributions such as Fedora, Ubuntu, Alpine, Kali, Debian, and more.

With Webmin, you can better secure and manage your instances of Rocky Linux. With distributions such as Rocky Linux, Webmin isn't included in the standard repositories, so you'll need to jump through a couple of hoops to get it up and running.

When your Linux servers are giving you fits, Jack Wallen has the solution for you.

Intel on Tuesday released six new security advisories to inform customers about the availability of firmware and software updates that address a total of 15 vulnerabilities across several products. Two of the advisories have been assigned a high severity rating.

Qualys announced it has collaborated with Red Hat to drive greater security for both the container and host operating system for Red Hat OpenShift. The Cloud Agent for Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS on OpenShift combined with the Qualys solution for Container Security provides continuous discovery of packages and vulnerabilities for the complete Red Hat OpenShift stack.

The BlackMatter gang has joined the ranks of ransomware operations to develop a Linux encryptor that targets VMware's ESXi virtual machine platform. With VMware ESXi being the most popular virtual machine platform, almost every enterprise-targeting ransomware operation has begun to release encryptors that specifically target its virtual machines.

You'll also learn why disabling the Linux login banner helps make your Linux servers more secure.

Google's open security team has claimed the Linux kernel code is not good enough, with nearly 100 new fixes every week, and that at least 100 more engineers are needed to work on it. Kees Cook, a Google software engineer who has devoted much of his time to security features in the Linux kernel, has posted about continuing problems in the kernel which he said have insufficient focus.

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to join Ubuntu Desktop to Active Directory domains.

Jack Wallen teaches you how to use simple bash scripts to automate backing up your VirtualBox VMs.