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- Linux Action News 269
Old school Ubuntu has a new cool, Google calls out Google, and some IoT news you can use.
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- New versions of Ubuntu Touch, Mir, and Unity arrive
— Various parts of Ubuntu's canceled desktop/fondleslab convergence project are all still ticking away – some officially and some thanks to user communities.- Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 Release
- Mir release 2.10.0
- Unity 7.6 is now available for Arch Linux
- Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 Released for Ubuntu Phone Users
- Google updates 2013 Chromecast for first time in over three years
— In a new batch of Chromecast updates, Google has released new firmware for the first-generation Chromecast for the first time in years.- Chromecast firmware versions and release notes
- Eufy cameras caught sending local footage to cloud
— Paul Moore, a security researcher, posted on Twitter last week a frightening security situation with Eufy home security products including camera-equipped doorbells.- Google says Google should do a better job of patching Android phones
— Project Zero calls out Android and Pixel for not fixing a GPU vulnerability.- ClamAV 1.0.0 Released
— The first version of ClamAV, which is developed by the US-based tech company Cisco and the open-source community, was released back in 2002.- 20 Years in the Making: ClamAV Finally Hits Version 1.0
- Compute Accelerator Subsystem Being Introduced For Linux 6.2
— It's happening: the new "accel" compute accelerator subsystem is now queued for introduction with the Linux 6.2 kernel once that merge window opens in December.- Red Hat Developers Announce Work On New “Composefs” File-System
— Red Hat is working on Composefs as a way to construct and use read-only images that are verifiable and have some immediate use-cases around sharing of Podman container layers and with the verification support for use by OSTree.- GitHub - composefs
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The contested subsystem coming soon, a sobering assessment of wireless support in Linux, and a triumph for free software.
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- New subsystem for compute accelerator devices
— This is the fourth (and hopefully last) version of the patch set to add the new subsystem for compute accelerators.- Compute Accelerator Subsystem Hopes To Be Ready For Linux 6.2
- Peter's Talk at Linux Plumbers Conference
— All types of wireless in Linux are terrible and why the vendors should feel bad - Peter Robinson- Intel’s IWD 2.0 Released For Modern Linux Wireless Daemon
— Released this week was IWD 2.0 as the latest milestone for this open-source wireless daemon.- Phoronix Premium Black Friday Deal
— For this year's deal, you can go premium for just $30 per year or $150 for a lifetime subscription.- Asahi Linux Updates
— This month’s update is packed with new hardware support, new features, and fixes for longstanding pain points, as well as a new bleeding-edge kernel branch with long-awaited support for suspend and the display controller!- Feature Support · AsahiLinux/docs Wiki
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We tried Fedora 37 on the Pi 4, the Google surprise this week, and our thoughts on the WSL 1.0 release.
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- Announcing Fedora Linux 37
— Fedora Editions are flagship offerings targeted at a particular “market”. With Fedora Linux 37, we’re adding two new Editions.- Fedora 37 Now Available With GNOME 43 Desktop, Official Raspberry Pi 4 Support
- Meta OSS’ Sapling
— A new source control system with Git-compatible client.- Get ready for Google Summer of Code 2023!
— We are thrilled to announce the 2023 Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program and share the timeline with you to get involved! 2023 will be our 19th consecutive year of hosting GSoC.- Google Summer of Code
- Rust in the Kernel Update
— This patch series is the first batch of changes to upstream the rest of the Rust support.- Rust Developers Preparing To Upstream More Code Into The Linux Kernel
- WSL 1.0 Released
— Microsoft announces it is removing the Preview label and making WSL in the Microsoft Store "generally available".- Release Notes for WSL kernel
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Microsoft's new goodies for Linux users, the Ubuntu Summit wraps up, and our takeaways from the recent fireside chat with Linus Torvalds.
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- The Ubuntu Summit Just Wrapped Up
— Vulture Towers Central Europe are in Prague – which, handily, is also the location for Canonical's 2022 Ubuntu Summit.- Ubuntu Summit 2022 - Day 1! - YouTube
- Ubuntu Summit 2022 - Day 2! - YouTube
- Ubuntu Summit 2022 - Day 3! - YouTube
- Microsoft .NET 7 Released With Better Linux Support
— Microsoft .NET 7 brings improved performance, enhanced .NET support on Linux throughout, native support for ARM64, developer productivity enhancements, better cross-platform mobile/desktop app support, HTTP/3 improvements for cloud native apps, 64-bit IBM Power support on Linux, and a variety of other run-time improvements.- Microsoft Launches a Microsoft Teams PWA on Linux
— The PWA enables us to ship the latest Microsoft Teams features faster to our Linux customers and helps us bridge the gaps between the Teams desktop client on Linux and Windows.- Khronos Unveils Kamaros
— An open, royalty-free standard for controlling camera system runtimes in embedded, mobile, industrial, XR, automotive, and scientific markets.- The Khronos Group Announces “Kamaros” As Their Newest Forthcoming API
- Fwupd 1.8.7 is a Big Update
— Linux firmware updating utility fwupd 1.8.7 has been released adding support for new devices, as well as various improvements.- Fwupd 1.8.7 Adds Support for More Star Labs Linux Laptops, Intel Discrete GPU
- Pat Gelsinger and Linus Torvalds talk Linux, open source, technology and more - YouTube
— Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger sat down with Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux who is also known as “the godfather of Open-Source,” to talk about everything from the beginning of Linux to Linus’ advice for Intel and why he chose a penguin as the Linux mascot.19 min - Linux Action News 265
What you need to know about that new OpenSSL vulnerability, the big bcachefs update we've been waiting for, and why the community is creating a Gitea fork.
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- OpenSSL 3.0.7 Released Fixing Critical Flaw
— Today we published an advisory about CVE-2022-3786 (“X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow”) and CVE-2022-3602 (“X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow”).- OpenSSL version 3.0.7 published
- /news/openssl-3.0-notes.html
- Fedora 37 Release Delayed To Mid-November Over Critical OpenSSL Vulnerability
- Linux 6.2 Power-Savings While Idle Or Lightly Loaded
— The short story for Linux end-users is the Lazy RCU work can provide 5~10% power-savings for idle or lightly-loaded systems by this lazy/batching functionality.- Linux 6.2 Picking Up Mainline Support For Apple M1 Pro/Max/Ultra Hardware
— This gets the high-end Mac Studio systems with those premium SoCs now compatible with the mainline kernel.- Hector's Deleted Tweet
— I'm getting tired of arguing with kernel maintainers. The other day I spent 6 hours arguing on IRC about what should've been a 30 minute fix patch.- Hector Martin on Twitter Follow Up Tweet
— Like dude, if you aren't going to step into my world and actually understand what I'm trying to do here, just suck it up and ack my patch. It is not my job to drag you kicking and screaming until you either give up or have a lightbulb moment.- Seems some Kernel Maintainers Noticed the Twitter Rant
— Well they saw my tweets and apparently didn't like them 🤷♂️- Bcachefs Rolling Out New Allocator, Performance Continues Improving
— Bcachefs developer Kent Overstreet on Friday published a new status update on this original file-system born out of Linux's block cache (BCache) code.- FreeBSD Re-Introduces WireGuard Support Into Its Kernel
— As of Friday, a new WireGuard driver implementation has been re-introduced with many fixes/improvements over the code state from 2020.- Open Letter to Gitea - Restoring Trust in the Gitea Project
— This unfortunately concludes the Gitea Open Letter has failed and there is no alternative but forking the project under a new name, with a healthy democratic governance.18 min - Linux Action News 264
The focus of the new Ubuntu release, Gitea's surprising announcement, and Linux prepares to drop another architecture.
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- Ubuntu 22.10 Released
— Codenamed “Kinetic Kudu”, this interim release improves the experience of enterprise developers and IT administrators. It also includes the latest toolchains and applications with a particular focus on the IoT ecosystem.- LINUX Unplugged 481: Just a Prompt Away
— We take a look at Ubuntu 22.10 on a ODRID H3+- Ubuntu 22.10 Pi Focused Features
- Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) Is Now Available for Download
- Open source sustainment and the future of Gitea
— We’d like to announce that we have formed a company, Gitea Limited, to ensure the goals are met.- Apple CPUFreq Driver Updated For Linux - Initial M2 Support Added
— The new v3 patches have addressed feedback raised during prior review. One notable addition with the new patches is adding initial support for the Apple M2 SoC (T8112).- Asahi Lina on Twitter
— My Linux M1 GPU driver passes >99% of the dEQP-GLES2 compliance tests!- Hector Martin on Twitter
- Linus Torvalds may pull '486 support from Linux kernel
— As Torvalds surveyed contributors' code, he appears to have been frustrated by the need to include workarounds that cater to older CPUs. He therefore suggested ending support for old kit could be an easier way to solve memory matters.- Red Hat releases a virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux desktop on AWS
— Red Hat is positioning the service as suitable for processing-intensive workloads like animation rendering or data visualization but without the associated hardware costs.- Stratis Storage 3.3 Released
— Stratis 3.3.0 includes one significant enhancement and several smaller enhancements as well as number of stability and efficiency improvements.- Stratis Storage
- Matthew Miller on Twitter
— Heads up: we are very likely to slip the official Fedora Linux 37 release in order to integrate fixes for the upcoming critical openssl vulnerability. Official decision on this tomorrow.- Forthcoming OpenSSL Releases
— OpenSSL 3.0.7 is a security-fix release. The highest severity issue fixed in this release is CRITICAL12 min - Linux Action News 263
What makes Google's new OS so secure, a critical WiFi vulnerability in the Kernel, and why Linus is tapping the hype breaks for Linux 6.1.
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- Announcing KataOS and Sparrow
— Our team in Google Research has set out to solve this problem by building a provably secure platform that's optimized for embedded devices that run ML applications.- Google launches KataOS
- Google Announces KataOS As Security-Focused OS, Leveraging Rust & seL4 Microkernel
- Some remotely exploitable kernel WiFi vulnerabilities
— It would appear that there is a set of memory-related vulnerabilities in the kernel's WiFi stack that can be exploited over the air via malicious packets; five CVE numbers have been assigned to the set.- Linux Gets Patched For WiFi Vulnerabilities That Can Be Exploited By Malicious Packets - Phoronix
- Firefox 106 Brings Improved WebRTC - Better Screen Sharing On Wayland
— Firefox 106 upgrades its WebRTC capabilities to now make use of libwebrtc 103.- impervious.ai
— A Suite of Peer-to-Peer Tools for Communications, Data Transport, and Payments, Built Directly Into the Web Browser- Impervious Ai GitHub
- You’re invited to the Fedora Linux 37 Release Party!
— Please register on Hopin and join us on November 4th and 5th for a short program of informational sessions and social activities.- Fedora Linux 37 Release Party Registration
- Linus Torvalds to Linux devs: Stop pulling all-nighters
— "Let me just say that after I got my machine sorted out and caught up with the merge window, I was somewhat frustrated with various late pull requests. I've mentioned this before, but it's really quite annoying to get quite a few pull requests in the last few days of the merge window"- Linux 6.1 Features Include Initial Rust Code, MGLRU, New AMD CPU Features, More Security
- Linux 6.1 Will Likely Be This Year’s LTS Kernel Release
- Taming the Beast - LUP 480
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Plasma 5.26's standout features, Canonical flips the script on Red Hat, and why Android is leaking traffic outside VPNs.
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- Plasma 5.26 Released
— Plasma 5.26 comes with new and tweaked widgets, improves the desktop experience leaps and bounds, and Plasma Big Screen's app family grows- These weeks in KDE: Akademy and Plasma 5.26
- Google Reveals ‘First Laptops Built For Cloud Gaming’
— Google says the Acer Chromebook 516 GE, ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip and Lenovo Ideapad Gaming Chromebook all have refresh rates of at least 120Hz, displays with up to 1600p resolution, immersive audio and, critically for cloud gaming, WiFi 6 or 6E connectivity.- Intel Arc Graphics - A750 and A770 GPUs Release
— The Intel Arc A750 and A770 GPUs officially launch today, October 12th in select markets. Everyone at Intel is beyond thrilled to get graphics cards with modern features and extremely competitive performance-per-dollar into your hands.- Intel Arc Graphics Running On Fully Open-Source Linux Driver
- Canonical Launches Free Ubuntu Pro Subscriptions for Everyone
— Ubuntu Pro is available for every supported Ubuntu LTS version, starting with Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and up to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.- Android leaks some traffic even when ‘Always-on VPN’ is enabled
— The data being leaked outside VPN tunnels includes source IP addresses, DNS lookups, HTTPS traffic, and likely also NTP traffic.- Incorrect VPN lockdown documentation [249990229] - Visible to Public - Issue Tracker
- Android leaks connectivity check traffic
— As a closing note, we would like to recommend Google to adopt the ability to disable the connectivity checks, like on GrapheneOS, into stock Android.- iOS VPN apps have another flaw: excluding many Apple apps
— We confirm that iOS 16 does communicate with Apple services outside an active VPN tunnel. Worse, it leaks DNS requests. Apple services that escape the VPN connection include Health, Maps, and Wallet.21 min - Linux Action News 261
Our thoughts on IBM slicing up more of Red Hat, what stands out in Nextcloud Hub 3, and a few essential fixes finally landing in the Linux kernel.
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- IBM Takes Over Red Hat Storage to IBM Offerings
— IBM announced today it will add Red Hat storage product roadmaps and Red Hat associate teams to the IBM Storage business unit, bringing consistent application and data storage across on-premises infrastructure and cloud.- Why Whitehurst is stepping away from IBM
- IBM Does A “Quasi-Acquisition” Of Red Hat Storage
— Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation is also being absorbed into IBM Spectrum Fusion. IBM is assuming the Premier Sponsorship role of the Ceph Foundation from Red Hat.- Announcing Nextcloud Hub 3
— Our design always followed three principles. Focus on content, ease of use, and great accessibility. For this refresh, we added a fourth: make it your own.- Introducing NVK
— NVK is a new open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa.- Debian’s firmware vote results
— The winning option allows the installer image to include firmware necessary to use the system.- Intel Laptop Users Should Avoid Linux 5.19.12
— After looking at some logs we do end up with potentially boguspanel power sequencing delays, which may harm the LCD panel.- Intel Laptop Users Should Avoid Linux 5.19.12 To Avoid Potentially Damaging The Display - Phoronix
- Linux 6.0 Released With Many Intel & AMD Driver Additions
— Linus Torvalds just promoted Linux 6.0 to stable on-schedule and thereby now ushering in the Linux 6.1 merge window to officially get underway tomorrow.- Some 6.0 development statistics
— A total of 2,034 developers contributed to the 6.0 release; of those, 236 made their first contribution during this cycle. The total number of developers is just short of the record (2,086) set for 5.19, but the number of first-time contributors is the lowest seen since the 5.6 release (216) in 2020.- Linux 6.0 Supporting New Intel/AMD Hardware
- Btrfs Brings Some Great Performance Improvements With Linux 6.1
- The Initial Rust Infrastructure Has Been Merged Into Linux 6.1
— As a follow-up to the Rust infrastructure pull request for Linux 6.1, Linus Torvalds pulled the initial Rust code into the mainline Linux kernel this evening.20 min - Linux Action News 260
The controversial change for the GNU Toolchain, critical vulnerabilities in popular Matrix clients, and the significant milestone for the Ingenuity LinuxCopter this week.
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- Announcing the GNU Toolchain Infrastructure Project
— Linux Foundation IT services plans for the GNU Toolchain include Git repositories, mailing lists, issue tracking, web sites, and CI/CD, implemented with strong authentication, attestation, and security posture. Utilizing the experience and infrastructure of the LF IT team that is already used by the Linux kernel community will provide the most effective solution and best experience for the GNU Toolchain developer community.- Sourceware.org
- GNU Toolchain Plans Move To The Linux Foundation’s Infrastructure
- Two visions for the future of sourceware.org
- Plasma Mobile Gear Update
— The Plasma Mobile team is happy to announce the developments integrated into Plasma Mobile between July-September 2022.- The Work-In-Progress Rust-Written Apple DRM Driver Manages To Start Wayland’s Weston
— After passing the initial spinning cube milestone this past weekend, Asahi Lina has been working on bringing up more of this reverse-engineered kernel DRM/KMS driver.- Asahi Lina on Twitter
— 🚀 Weston/Wayland works!!! 🚀 KDE doesn’t start all the way yet, but on X at least it showed the splash screen ^- Upgrade now to address E2EE vulnerabilities in matrix-js-sdk, matrix-ios-sdk and matrix-android-sdk2
— Two critical severity vulnerabilities in end-to-end encryption were found in the SDKs which power Element, Beeper, Cinny, SchildiChat, Circuli, Synod.im and any other clients based on matrix-js-sdk, matrix-ios-sdk or matrix-android-sdk2.- Akamai Turns Linode Up Past 11
- Over the weekend, #MarsHelicopter successfully completed Flight 33
— The rotorcraft reached an altitude of 10 meters (33 ft) and traveled 111.24 meters (365 ft) in 55.2 seconds.- There will be up to five flights in the 31-day test period.
— The NASAPersevere rover will attempt to capture video of those flights.- NASA’s Asteroid-Striking DART Mission Team Has JPL Members
— JPL’s navigation section is experienced at getting spacecraft to faraway locations accurately.- How JPL’s role in NASA’s DART asteroid impact could save the earth one day – Pasadena Star News
- DART’s Impact with Asteroid Dimorphos (Official NASA Broadcast)
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