Fwupd 1.9.16 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for the zstd compression algorithm for compressing metadata, support for new devices, and a bunch of bug fixes.
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Another fork of Redis has arrived, and this one might end up making the Redis suits wish they had never even considered abandoning open-source. It has the support of The Linux Foundation, big tech, and many of the project’s long-time contributors.
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As Team Kodi PPA retires, the focus shifts to Flatpak to deliver stable and nightly Kodi builds to more Linux users.
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Qt Creator 13 open-source IDE is now available for download with offline and online installers for Linux on ARM, as well as various improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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Himelstein will not be replaced by another CTO. RISC-V International is currently looking for a VP of technology, which will be their highest ranking technology officer going forward.
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Recent sshd/xz backdoor (CVE-2024-3094) reveals risks in systemd’s libsystemd, sparking debate on dependency reduction. Here’s more on that!
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After only twelve maintenance updates, the Linux 6.7 kernel series is now marked as EOL (End of Life), which means that it will no longer receive bug and security fixes. Users who use Linux kernel 6.7 are now urged to upgrade to Linux kernel 6.8 releas…
Read MoreLXC 6.0 LTS container management solution launches with major updates: IPV6, squashfs images, and a new timeout function.
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Canonical rebuilds Ubuntu 24.04 LTS packages for Noble Numbat Beta, ensuring safety from CVE-2024-3094 threat.
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Fwupd developer and maintainer Richard Hughes announced today that future releases of the popular Linux firmware updater used by GNU/Linux distributions to update the firmware of various hardware devices are moving away from XZ Utils and will adopt Zst…
Read MoreAfter Linux XZ Tarball’s backdoor discovery, Debian’s devs decided to pause the 12.6 release for an in-depth analysis of CVE effects.
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A critical vulnerability in Linux XZ Utils (CVE-2024-3094) enables remote system breaches via SSH. Immediate action is required.
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If you were hoping to help test the upcoming release of Ubuntu 24.04 by way of the official beta that was due for release this week, I’ve some bad news: it’s been delayed. However, I think you may have been expecting this. Ubuntu 24.04 beta…
Read MoreThe Beta release of Ubuntu 24.04, Noble Numbat, has been pushed to April 11, 2024, one week after the previous date (April 4, 2024)! It’s because an attack publicly disclosed on March 29, 2024. An attacker using the name “Jia Tan” installed a backdoor into liblzma library. It’s a part of xz, which happens to […]
Read MoreLinux kernel 6.7 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.8 kernel as soon as possible.
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Linux firmware update utility fwupd is moving away from XZ Utils and will use zstd (Zstandard) for future releases for compressing metadata.
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March 2024’s Thunderbird Digest reveals Exchange Autodiscovery and OAuth compatibility improvements in the latest update.
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KDE’s Marknote 1.0 is out now! With Markdown format and personal touches, you can effortlessly manage your notes and keep them handy.
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It’s been more than nine months since System76 updated the Oryx Pro laptop and the latest version, which launches officially on April 2nd, 2024, ships with a 14th Gen Intel i9-14900HX processor with up to 5.8 GHz clock speed, 36MB cache, 24 total…
Read MoreThe just-released Nitrux 4.3 ‘pl’ continues with Plasma 5.27, but by late 2024, Maui Shell will become its sole desktop environment.
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