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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last evening, February 13th, that the sixth maintenance releases of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 are available for download and all users should upgrade to it as soon as possible. Linux kernel 3.2.6 includes the usual DRM fixes, ALSA improvements, a few ARM updates, and lots of other small... |
14 February 2012
02:25 GMT |
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NetBSD, a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source OS available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices, is now at version 5.1.2. NetBSD 5.1.2 comes with a lot of changes, but most of them are fixes regarding OpenSSL, BIND, Ker... |
11 February 2012
04:36 GMT |
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Thinstation, a basic and small Open Source "thin client" operating system supporting all major connectivity protocols, is now at version 5.0. Thinstation 5.0, the successor of Thinstation 2.2.2, spent almost an year in development. It should have been version 2.5, but the developers wanted to depart from the 2.x s... |
11 February 2012
04:15 GMT |
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AV Linux, a custom shop modded and rodded Linux-based Operating System, built from a hand-picked selection of available tools including Debian/GNU Linux, the LXDE Desktop Environment and Remastersys, has just reached version 5.0.3.
AV Linux 5.0.3 comes with a new Linux kernel, 3.0.16 (USB duplex fix), and will be th... |
10 February 2012
10:31 GMT |
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The third Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux kernel 3.3 is available for download and testing, as Linus Torvalds announced a few minutes ago, February 9th. It looks like Linux kernel 3.3 RC3 brings lots or ARM improvements, as well as updated drivers, IB updates, and HDA sound updates."No big surprises, ... |
9 February 2012
04:00 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 1.6.4. Superb Mini Server 1.6.4 is a minor update, as it mostly brings security updates to 2.6.39 kernels for CVE-2012-0056 local root exploit. A local user could gain root p... |
9 February 2012
03:22 GMT |
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Three security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel for OMAP4 packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system, were announced today by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2012-0038, C... |
7 February 2012
10:31 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 4.3 RC2. The developers have stated that Tiny Core Linux has become an example of what the Core project can produce. The most important change in 4.3 RC2 is the introduction of self contained ... |
7 February 2012
10:05 GMT |
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A few days after the release of Linux kernel 3.2.3 and Linux kernel 3.2.4, Greg Kroah-Hartman once again announced on February 6th yet another maintenance version of the Linux kernel 3.2 stable series. Linux kernel 3.2.5 is here to bring a single PCI fix (Rework ASPM disable code) submitted by Matthew Garrett. Theref... |
7 February 2012
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a few days ago that the third and fourth maintenance releases of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 are available for download and all users should upgrade as soon as possible. While Linux kernel 3.2.3 brings the usual driver updates, ARM and iPv6 improvements, and lots of bug fixes, the Linux k... |
6 February 2012
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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 4.1. Everyone is switching now to hybrid ISOs and this is one of the biggest change in Netrunner 4.1.Besides the Hybrid ISO... |
5 February 2012
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Tails, a live system that aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity and that helps you to use the Internet anonymously, is now at version 0.10.1. Tails or The Amnesic Incognito Live System has a lot of changes and users are urged to upgrade to the latest version, especially because of the new Linux kernel.Highlig... |
2 February 2012
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The second Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux kernel 3.3 is available for download and testing, as Linus Torvalds announced in the last day of January 2012. Linux kernel 3.3 RC2 brings various USB improvements, Radeon drivers, as well as some ARM, Btrfs, EXT2, CIFS, and PowerPC improvements."Anyway, apar... |
1 February 2012
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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 1.6 RC2. Frugalware 1.6 RC2, codename Fermus, has just a few important updates and hundred of smaller fixes. As usual, the developers have implemented a new Linux kernel, this tim... |
30 January 2012
09:15 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last night, January 25th, that the second maintenance release of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 is available for download and all users should upgrade to it as soon as possible. Linux kernel 3.2.2 brings lots of fixes, some new driver updates, especially for ALSA, and a couple of NFS, UBIFS,... |
26 January 2012
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A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel packages by Jüri Aedla, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, was announced by Canonical. Jüri Aedla discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled /proc/<pid>/mem permissions. A local attacker could... |
26 January 2012
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Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203,... |
24 January 2012
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Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4077,... |
24 January 2012
02:13 GMT |
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Several security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel, that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation.These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2183, CVE-2011-2213, CVE-2011-2898, CVE-2011-3353, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4127, ... |
17 January 2012
21:09 GMT |
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Frugalware, a general purpose Linux distribution, designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode), is now at version 1.6 RC1. Frugalware 1.6 RC1, codename Fermus, has just a few important updates and hundred of smaller fixes.It's finally made it out of the tehnical release stages and became a f... |
17 January 2012
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ArtistX 1.2, a Ubuntu-based distribution that aims to enable artists and creators from a number of fields to work via a live and free environment, has just been released. ArtistX 1.2 has been in development for more than ten years and now it has moved from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) to Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocel... |
16 January 2012
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Recovery Is Possible (R.I.P.), a CD or USB boot, rescue, backup, maintenance and general purpose operating system, is now at version 13.7. R.I.P. or Recovery Is Possible has a few changes, but this time they are not as crucial as in the previous release. The most important one is the introduction of the Linux kerne... |
16 January 2012
09:13 GMT |
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DEFT Linux 7 RC1 has been announced by Stefano Fratepietro on January 13th. DEFT Linux 7 RC1 has been in the making for some time, but the developers reported that all of the problems affecting the launch of the present version had been ironed out. The distribution was tested on a lot on different configurations: ... |
16 January 2012
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Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel for OMAP4 packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2203, CVE-... |
13 January 2012
09:46 GMT |
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A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel for OMAP4 packages by Han-Wen Nienhuys, affecting the Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system, was announced by Canonical. This is the kernel vulnerability found in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-3353. A local user who can mount a FUSE file s... |
13 January 2012
09:19 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last evening, January 12th, that the first maintenance release of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 is available for download and all users should upgrade to it. Linux kernel 3.2.1 incorporates lots of fixes, new drivers, especially for USB, and a couple of EXT3 and XFS improvements."I'm a... |
13 January 2012
02:44 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 Alpha 3 release. Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is a testing release for finding bugs, to look out for important missing packages, and most importantly a development platform... |
13 January 2012
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Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel for EC2 packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2203 and CVE-2011-411... |
12 January 2012
03:59 GMT |
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Canonical announced that a few security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel for OMAP4, by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating system. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, CVE-20... |
12 January 2012
03:40 GMT |
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Recovery Is Possible (R.I.P.), a CD or USB boot, rescue, backup, maintenance and general purpose operating system, is now at version 13.6. R.I.P. or Recovery is Possible has quite a few changes in the the new version. The most important one is the 32-bit version of Linux kernel 3.2.Other updates packages include Fire... |
10 January 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Canonical uploaded the final bits of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 on the official software repositories for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS testers can now upgrade their Linux kernel to version 3.2 by running the Software Update app or from the terminal wi... |
9 January 2012
17:05 GMT |
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Tails, a live system that aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity and that helps you to use the Internet anonymously, is now at version 0.10. Tails or The Amnesic Incognito Live System benefits from a lot of important updates and users are urged to upgrade to the latest version.Highlights of Tails 0.10:·... |
6 January 2012
07:00 GMT |
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After seven release candidates, Linus Torvalds announced a few hours ago, January 4th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.2. Among the new features incorporated in Linux kernel 3.2 we can mention better support for large files by supporting block sizes bigger than 4KB and up to 1... |
5 January 2012
01:15 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman proudly announced last evening, January 3rd, that another maintenance version of the stable Linux kernel 3.1 is available for download and all users should upgrade to it. Linux kernel 3.1.7 incorporates a single change: Revert "clockevents: Set noop handler in clockevents_exchange_device()", added ... |
4 January 2012
02:43 GMT |
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Superb Mini Server, a Linux operating system based on Slackware 13.37 and manageable through Webmin web-based interface, is now at version 1.6.3. Superb Mini Server 1.6.3 comes with a ton of new features, changes and upgrades. The most important one is of course the new Linux kernel, version 2.6.39.4.A number of new ... |
27 December 2011
06:01 GMT |
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Tim Bird in collaboration with many Linaro and individual developers, including Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, announced the beginning of the Android Mainlining Project, to include Android's patches and features into the mainline Linux kernel. As many of you know, the Android drivers were no lo... |
24 December 2011
17:40 GMT |
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Siduction 2011.1 is a new Linux distribution announced today which ships with three desktop environments, KDE SC, XFCE and LXDE, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Siduction 2011.1 RC is based on Debian Sid from 2011-12-21, over which there have been added a lot of other packages and scripts. All Siduction edi... |
22 December 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman proudly announced a few hours ago, December 21st, that another maintenance version of the stable Linux kernel 3.1 is available for download and all users should upgrade to it. Linux kernel 3.1.6 incorporates various DRM drivers, ALSA sound drivers, lots of ARM and USB improvements, as well as EXT4 ... |
22 December 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Oracle Enterprise Linux, an enterprise-class Linux-based operating system supported by Oracle, is now at version 6.2. Oracle Linux 6.2 comes with two separate Linux kernels. First one is Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (kernel-uek-2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek) and is installed/booted by default, and the second is a Red Hat Co... |
20 December 2011
10:45 GMT |
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Linus Torvalds announced last evening, December 16th, that another Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux kernel 3.2 is available for download and testing. Linux kernel 3.2 RC5 brings some filesystem updates, especially for Btrfs and CIFS. But the most important changes are among the drivers, like swim3... |
17 December 2011
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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 Alpha 2 release. Mageia 2 Alpha 2 is a testing release for finding bugs, to look out for important missing packages, and most importantly a development platform... |
15 December 2011
10:25 GMT |
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Semplice Linux, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian's Sid unstable branch with the goal to provide a simple, lightweight, fast and cool environment, has made it to version 2.0 RC1. The developers from the Semplice Project have stated that their Linux distribution, Semplice 2.0, is in the release candidate f... |
12 December 2011
06:15 GMT |
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Pear OS Linux, a distribution that takes its inspiration from Mac OS (check out the logo and the desktop), is now at version 3.0 RC1. Built on a solid Linux foundation, Pear OS Linux is engineered to take advantage of the technologies in every PC and to deliver the most intuitive and integrated computer experience.Pe... |
8 December 2011
10:15 GMT |
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Vsftpd, a popular FTP server, has been the object for a security update that affects Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 10.10, and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It was discovered that high rates of cleanup and creation of network namespaces were not properly handle by the 2.6.35 and earlier Linux kernels, which helps remote atta... |
7 December 2011
10:20 GMT |
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A Linux kernel security vulnerability was recently discovered in the Linux kernel packages, affecting the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Linux kernel for OMAP4.Nick Bowler discovered CVE-2011-4081, a Linux kernel vulnerability where error conditions were incorrectly handled by the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm... |
7 December 2011
07:50 GMT |
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A couple of weeks ago Mandriva announced Mandriva Powerpack 2011, the complete edition of the Mandriva Linux operating system. Now, a complete user guide is also available. Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2011 was released on November 15th and includes three months of web support and a wide range of complementary comm... |
1 December 2011
10:25 GMT |
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Genode, an operating system framework that extends existing kernels and provides a uniform API for applications, in now at version 11.11. Genode 11.11 brings new features, like support for user-level debugging and the ability to run complex interactive UNIX applications on Genode.The developers also explained that&nb... |
1 December 2011
06:04 GMT |
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CentOS 5.7, a free Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux that is used on almost 30% of web servers, received 10 important updates.Any updates made in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) translate into CentOS. There are 10 updates in total, split for two architectures (32-bit and 64-bit). The entire l... |
1 December 2011
05:01 GMT |
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Proxmox VE (Virtual Environment), an easy to use open source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines, is now at version 2.0 Beta 3. Another update from Proxmox VE has been announced, only one day after the previous Beta version. Users who run the Beta 2 release don't need to d... |
30 November 2011
10:15 GMT |
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Greg KH proudly announced a few hours ago, November 29th, that Linux kernel 3.1.4 is now available for download as a tar archive, from the kernel.org website.Linux kernel 3.1.4 is the fourth maintenance point release of the Linux kernel 3.1 stable series and has been released just to reverse a broken USB patch in the... |
29 November 2011
09:31 GMT |
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