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A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel related to the EXT4 file system, affecting the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) operating system, was announced by Canonical. This is the kernel vulnerability found in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-4086. The system could be made to crash or become ... |
26 May 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Helal Linux 3.0, an Ubuntu-based operating system with support for Arabic languages that has both GNOME Shell interface, as well as the GNOME Classic one, has been released. Being powered by Linux kernel 3.2, the most important features of Helal Linux are of course its desktop environments, GNOME 3.4 and GNOME Clas... |
21 May 2012
10:36 GMT |
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After another seven Release Candidates, Linus Torvalds proudly announced a few hours ago, May 20th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.4. Among the new features incorporated in Linux kernel 3.4 we can mention lots of improvements to the Btrfs filesystem, as well as support for Nvidia GeForce ... |
21 May 2012
01:20 GMT |
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Canonical announced last evening, May 17th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system is now available, fixing three security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers. These are the three kernel vulnerabilities fo... |
18 May 2012
02:45 GMT |
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On May 17th, Canonical announced that new vulnerabilities were found in the Linux kernel packages, this time affecting the OMAP4 edition of the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system.
The following four Linux kernel vulnerabilities affect Ubuntu 11.10 OMAP4: CVE-2011-4086, CVE-2012-1090, CVE-2012-1097, CVE-... |
18 May 2012
02:30 GMT |
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OS4, a custom Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that aims for ease of use and user friendliness and that falls into the line of what is called "simplified computing," is now at version 12.1.1.
OS4 12.1.1 is now available for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms and it includes a large number of security and bug fixes,... |
16 May 2012
10:50 GMT |
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Netrunner, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Kubuntu, featuring KDE as the default desktop environment, and integrating many GNOME/GTK+ programs to make it Ubuntu compatible, is now at version 4.2 RC. Netrunner 4.2 RC, codenamed Dryland, was announced by the developers, but so far only the 32-bit version is availab... |
14 May 2012
10:32 GMT |
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François Dupoux announced a couple of days ago, May 12th, a new release of his popular SystemRescueCd Linux-based operating system for rescue and recovery tasks. SystemRescueCd 2.7.0 comes with important changes and improvements, such as: · Updated the standard Linux kernel package to version 3.2.16 ... |
14 May 2012
10:26 GMT |
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Liberté Linux, a secure, lightweight and easy to use Gentoo-based LiveUSB/SD/CD Linux distribution with the primary purpose of enabling anyone to communicate safely and covertly in hostile environments, is now at version 2012.1. Liberté Linux 2012.1 brings a lot of changes, ranging from a brand new Li... |
14 May 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced yesterday, May 12th, that the seventh and probably the last Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download and testing. Linux kernel 3.4 RC7 brings the usual drivers and arch updates, networking fixes, compatibility fixes, and other small changes. Howeve... |
13 May 2012
17:22 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced yesterday, May 12th, the immediate availability for download of the sixth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.3 kernel series. Linux kernel 3.3.6 comes with some arch changes (ARM and x86 mostly), some updates to Intel i915 drivers, as well as a few networking fixes. "I'm a... |
13 May 2012
17:18 GMT |
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Developers of Mageia, a fork of Mandriva Linux supported by a not-for-profit organization of recognized and elected contributors, have announced the Mageia 2 Release Candidate. Mageia 2 RC is a testing release for finding bugs, to look out for important missing packages, and most importantly a development platform ... |
9 May 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Devil-Linux, a distribution created by IT administrators for IT administrators, which is primarily used as a router/firewall, is now at version 1.6.1. After three release candidates, the developers added a number of new packages and have included a few updates for existing ones. Other changes include: · Lin... |
9 May 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few minutes ago, May 8th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system is now live. The update fixes three security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux 2.6.38 kernel packages by various developers. These are the three kernel vul... |
8 May 2012
03:55 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a couple of hours ago, May 7th, the immediate availability for download of the fifth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.3 kernel series. Linux kernel 3.3.5 includes some ARM, X86 and PowerPC fixes, lots of drivers (USB, wireless, etc), as well as NFS filesystem improvements, and... |
7 May 2012
17:17 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced yesterday afternoon, May 6th, that the sixth Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download and testing. Linux kernel 3.4 RC6 contains many updated drivers, ARM and PowerPC improvements, as well as networking changes. "Another week, another -rc - and I think w... |
7 May 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Canonical announced on the first day of May, in a security notice, that a new kernel upgrade for its Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system is available. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found in the kernel packages: CVE-2011-4086, CVE-2011-4347, CVE-2012-0045, CVE-2012-1090, CVE-2012-1097, CVE-2012-114... |
2 May 2012
02:11 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced yesterday, April 29th, that the fifth Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download and testing. Linux kernel 3.4 RC5 includes 50% driver updates, 20% arch. fixes, 15% filesystem improvements (Btrfs and NFS), 5% networking updates, as well as random bugfixes. ... |
30 April 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a couple of hours ago, April 27th, the immediate availability for download of the fourth maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.3 kernel series. Linux kernel 3.3.4 includes the usual ARM updates, lots of new drivers, some EXT4 and Btrfs filesystem improvements, and other fixes. "I&... |
27 April 2012
17:25 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few minutes ago, April 24th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system is now available, fixing four security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers. These are the four kernel vulnerabiliti... |
24 April 2012
07:10 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced on April 23th the immediate available for download of the third maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.3 kernel series. Linux kernel 3.3.3 incorporates Atheros fixes, updated drivers, USB updates, memory leak fixes, support for Sierra Wireless MC7710, some file systems changes and a... |
23 April 2012
09:50 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced yesterday, April 21st, that the fourth Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download and testing. As usual, nothing special in Linux Kernel 3.4 RC4, just lots of USB and ARM changes, as well as updated drivers and improvements to various filesystems. "We'... |
22 April 2012
17:10 GMT |
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Scientific Linux, a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux put together by various labs and universities around the world, has reached version 5.8 RC2. Scientific Linux 5.8 RC2 should be installed from scratch because, most likely, a "yum" upgrade to this version will not work. A number of updated packages made it in... |
20 April 2012
02:10 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced this weekend, April 15th, that the third Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download and testing. Linux Kernel 3.4 RC3 includes quite a lot of fixes and improvements in various area, such as ALSA, Btrfs, USB, ARM, and much more. "Anyway, the shortlog is app... |
17 April 2012
02:05 GMT |
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Canonical announced last evening, April 12th, in a security notice, that a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system is now available, fixing four security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers. These are the four kernel vulnerabilities fou... |
13 April 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Devil-Linux, a distribution created by IT administrators for IT administrators, which is primarily used as a router/firewall, is now at version 1.6.0. After three release candidates, the developers added a number of new packages and have included a few updates for existing ones. Other changes include:· Linux k... |
12 April 2012
05:00 GMT |
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Plop Linux, a small distribution built from scratch, able to boot from CD, DVD, USB flash drive (UFD), USB hard disk or from network with PXE, is now at version 4.2.1.
The i486 version of Plop Linux 4.2.1 is now provided by default in order to avoid PAE issues, but the PAE variant is still available for download.
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11 April 2012
10:37 GMT |
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Superb Mini Server, a Linux operating system based on Slackware 13.37 and manageable through the Webmin web-based interface, is now at version 1.6.5. The most important change for Superb Mini Server 1.6.5 is the update to Linux kernel 3.2.14, but it's not the only difference in comparison with the previous vers... |
11 April 2012
10:05 GMT |
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According to maintainer Willy Tarreau, the Linux kernel 2.4 branch has reached End of Life status, after a 15-month warning period. Linux kernel 2.4 branch was supposed to go EOL (End of Life) in December 2011, but the break-in from last year put those plans on hold. According to the maintainer, some users have a... |
10 April 2012
05:47 GMT |
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Frugalware, a general purpose Linux operating system designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode), is now at version 1.7 Pre1.
Frugalware 1.7 Pre1 has yet to receive a codename, but it's the first technical preview in the 1.7 branch. As usual, there are quite a few differences from the prev... |
9 April 2012
10:37 GMT |
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The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, the 6th edition nonetheless, that is held in San Francisco this year and that ends today, has yielded some interesting remarks. According to datamation.com, a few Linux kernel developers have expressed their disappointment with a couple of issues, more precisely with patch... |
6 April 2012
10:26 GMT |
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Udev, a collection of tools and a daemon to manage events received from the kernel and deal with them in user-space, has been merged with systemd. Kay Sievers, the lead developer for Udev, has explained that the Udev packages will still be installable independently. “This option will be supported in the long... |
5 April 2012
10:05 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced on April 2nd the immediate available for download of the first maintenance release for the stable Linux 3.3 kernel series. Linux kernel 3.3.1 incorporates ARM fixes, updated drivers (wireless, Radeon), USB updates, as well as some improvements to various filesystem, such as CIFS, EXT4, ... |
3 April 2012
02:26 GMT |
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Fuduntu 2012.2, a lighthearted and fun Linux distribution that fits somewhere in-between Fedora and Ubuntu and designed to be aesthetically pleasing, is now available for download. Users who already have the previous Fuduntu version, 2012.1, installed, can rest assured as they can easily upgrade to the 2012.2 versi... |
2 April 2012
08:41 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced this weekend, March 31st, that the first Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 3.4 kernel is available for download. Linux kernel 3.4 RC1 brings many improvements among open-source graphics DRM drivers, improvements for the Btrfs filesystem, better performance for Intel Sandy Bridge chips... |
2 April 2012
02:05 GMT |
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AriOS, an easy-to-use operating system based on Ubuntu, that comes with an unique and optimized interface as well as many extra applications, is now at version 4.0 Beta. AriOS 4.0 Beta is based on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) and comes with the latest updates from the Precise development branch, up to 26th Marc... |
29 March 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Clonezilla Live, a Linux distribution based on DRBL, Partclone and udpcast, that allows users to do bare metal backup and recovery, is now at version 1.2.12-37. As usual, a new version of Clonezilla Live, in this case 1.2.12-37, comes with a lot of changes and major updates to the operating system. Highlights of ... |
28 March 2012
10:19 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few minutes ago (March 27th), in a security notice, that a new kernel upgrade for its Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system is available. The update is here to fix seven security vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers. The flaws are related to VL... |
27 March 2012
08:57 GMT |
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Canonical announced on March 27th, in three different security notices, that new vulnerabilities were found in the Linux kernel packages, this time affecting its Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 10.10, and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS distributions. The following four Linux kernel vulnerabilities affect the Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04 o... |
27 March 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a few days ago, on March 23rd, the immediate availability for download of the thirteen maintenance release of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 series. Linux kernel 3.2.13 includes a few important fixes for the AFS, Perf tools and PowerPC, as well as networking IPv6/IPv4, iwl3945 ... |
26 March 2012
10:09 GMT |
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Bodhi is a minimalistic Linux operating system based on Ubuntu, that has really small requirements and now it, has reached version 1.4.0. Bodhi 1.4.0 will be followed by version 1.5.0, which will be the last release based on Ubuntu 10.04 before Bohdi 2.0.0, a distro that will be build off of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. High... |
23 March 2012
10:11 GMT |
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One day after HTC released the Ice Cream Sandwich kernel source for Sensation, Sensation XE and Vivid, another handset published a similar open source archive.
Samsung has recently made a similar move and released the Android 4.0 source code for the popular Galaxy S II.
Today, it’s Sony Mobile’s turn t... |
21 March 2012
03:42 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last night, on March 19th, the immediate available for download of the twelfth maintenance release of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 series. Linux kernel 3.2.12 includes some IPv6 and IPv4 networking fixes and improvements, a couple of sound patches, as well as the usual driver updates. "... |
20 March 2012
07:31 GMT |
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Devil-Linux, a distribution created by IT administrators for IT administrators which is primarily used as a router/firewall, is now at version 1.6.0 RC3. The developers added a number of new packages and have included a few updates for existing ones, and other changes:· Linux kernel 3.2.11;· Dovecot was... |
20 March 2012
05:08 GMT |
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Tiny Core Linux, a small, minimal Linux distribution based on Linux kernel 3.0, Busybox, Tiny X, and Flt, has reached version 4.4. The developers have stated that the major improvements in Tiny Core Linux 4.4 are a new Linux kernel, module updates and improved extension searching via tags. Highlights of Tiny Core ... |
19 March 2012
07:20 GMT |
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CDlinux or Compact Distro Linux is a compact distribution of GNU/Linux that now has reached version 0.9.7.1. CDlinux can be used as a “mobile OS” or as an admin/rescue tool. The latest version, 0.9.7.1, is built from scratch and has proven to be stable enough. Highlights of Cdlinux 0.9.7.1: · L... |
19 March 2012
04:05 GMT |
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After seven release candidates, Linus Torvalds proudly announced a few hours ago, March 18th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.3, which now includes code from the Android project. Among the new features incorporated in Linux kernel 3.3 we can mention support for the TI C6X architecture, the... |
19 March 2012
02:13 GMT |
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Toorox KDE, a Linux Live-DVD based on Gentoo that starts as a bootable media using KNOPPIX technology and which boasts with low hardware requirements, is now at version 03.2012. Unlike the previous version, the new Toorox 03.2012 KDE is based on a Gentoo Linux kernel 3.2.2 and features the recent desktop environment ... |
17 March 2012
11:20 GMT |
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Vinux, a remastered version of the popular Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat distribution optimized for the needs of blind and partially sighted users, is now at version 3.0.2.
Vinux 3.0.2 comes by default with three screen-readers, two full-screen magnifiers, global font-size and color changing facilities, as well as s... |
15 March 2012
10:08 GMT |
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Vine Linux, a distribution with a highly customized Japanese environment in which are included a lot of applications supporting Kanji-Strings, is now at version 6.1 Alpha. According to the developers, Vine Linux 6.1 Alpha will be followed by several Beta versions and at least one Release Candidate before a final ver... |
15 March 2012
02:13 GMT |
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