14 DAY TRIAL // The development team behind the Debian-based Parsix GNU/Linux computer operating system announced this past weekend that new security updates are available in the default software repositories of the Parsix GNU/Linux 8.0 (Mumble) and Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5 (Atticus) releases.
Therefore, we kindly inform all of our Parsix GNU/Linux 8.0 (Mumble) and 8.5 (Atticus) users that, since the first day of 2016, both releases have received several security updates for various software applications, among which we can mention OpenSSH, OpenSSL, Wordpress, Pygments, libpng, Perl, Sudo, Prosody, GnuTLS, Git, Samba, Icedove, Iceweasel, Ganeti, and DHCP.
"Parsix Developers closely follow Debian Security Advisories and port them to our own security repository. Right now we are offering security support for both of our stable and testing branches. Parsix Continent repository is also fully supported by security updates," reads the Parsix Security Updates page.
How to keep your Parsix GNU/Linux machine up to date
All Parsix GNU/Linux users are urged to update their systems as soon as possible in order to receive the new security updates. The distribution's developers instruct users on how to keep their Parsix GNU/Linux machines up to date. Basically, you'll have to add the following entries in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, replacing "codename" with the release codename of your Parsix OS (e.g. mumble or atticus).
deb-src http://security.parsix.org codename main contrib non-free
New security updates are available for Parsix GNU/Linux 8.0 (Mumble) and 8.5 (Atticus). Please see... https://t.co/Rhp3fd1ems
— Parsix GNU/Linux (@ParsixNews) January 16, 2016
Iceweasel (Firefox) 43.0.2 is available for Mumble (8.0) and Atticus (8.5). Update your systems to install it.
— Parsix GNU/Linux (@ParsixNews) January 16, 2016