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Feb 4 2012
6:57am
The end of LinuxDevices?
LinuxDevices.com is carrying a brief note from the "outgoing editor-in-chief" stating that the site's owner has been acquired. "At this point, the future of LinuxDevices.com is uncertain. What we can say for sure is that it has been a pleasure servi... more
Feb 4 2012
6:52am
Slackware updates
Slackware has been silent for some time (noted in this comment thread). Although we haven't seen any advisories in the LWN mailbox, the changelogs are showing some new updates. Slackware users should update their systems.... more
Feb 4 2012
6:21am
Stable kernels 3.0.19, 3.2.3 and 2.6.32.56
Greg KH has released stable kernels 3.0.19, 3.2.3 and 2.6.32.56. All of them have important fixes across the board. Update 3.2.4 has now been released to address a compilation problem in 3.2.3.... more
Feb 4 2012
5:34am
Friday's security updates
CentOS has updated ghostscript (C6; C5; C4: multiple vulnerabilities), php (C6; C5; C4: remote code execution), and C5: php53 (remote code execution). Debian has updated iceweasel (multiple vulnerabilities), iceape (multiple vulnerabilities), and ph... more
Feb 3 2012
9:26am
PHP 5.3.10 released with critical security fix
The PHP 5.3.10 release is out; it contains a fix for a remote code execution bug introduced recently by another security fix. Anybody running 5.3.9 should probably upgrade as soon as possible.... more
Feb 3 2012
9:12am
Critical PHP vulnerability being fixed (The H)
The H is reporting that a critical remote code execution bug has been found in PHP that was caused by the recent fix for the widespread denial of service via hash collisions vulnerability. "The cause of the problem is the security update to PHP 5.3.9... more
Feb 3 2012
7:25am
Security advisories for Thursday
CentOS has updated openssl (C4: multiple vulnerabilities). Debian has updated tomcat6 (multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated BackupPC (F15; F16: cross-site scripting), polipo (F15; F16: denial of service), moodle (F15; F16: multiple vul... more
Feb 3 2012
6:29am
Seigo: Spark answers
Aaron Seigo answers questions about the Spark tablet, which is based on Plasma Active, that he announced on January 29. There is more information about the hardware and software, delivery timeframe (May 2012), and pre-orders: "Pre-order registration... more
Feb 3 2012
4:51am
Gettys: Bufferbloat demonstration videos
Jim Gettys says: "If people have heard of bufferbloat at all, it is usually just an abstraction despite having personal experience with it. Bufferbloat can occur in your operating system, your home router, your broadband gear, wireless, and almost an... more
Feb 2 2012
12:26pm
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 2, 2012
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 2, 2012 is available.... more
Feb 2 2012
5:52am
Kuhn: Some Thoughts on Conservancy's GPL Enforcement
Bradley Kuhn has posted a lengthy explanation of the Software Freedom Conservancy's GPL enforcement activities and the demands they make. "I started using this request regularly around 2002 because violators express a concern that, if they came into... more
Feb 2 2012
5:13am
The Document Foundation will be based in Berlin
The Document Foundation has announced that its long-awaited legal entity will be based in Berlin. "'After many months of work in close cooperation with the authorities, we were able to keep the spirit of the community bylaws, and incorporate them in... more
Feb 2 2012
5:10am
Wednesday's security update
CentOS has updated thunderbird (C4, C5, C6: multiple vulnerabilities), firefox (C4, C5, C6: multiple vulnerabilities) and seamonkey (C4: multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated smokeping (F15, F16: cross-site scripting), krb5 (F15: denial of... more
Feb 2 2012
3:26am
[$] A tempest in a toybox
The eLinux.org web site is currently promoting a project to write a replacement for Busybox under a permissive license. Normally, the writing of more free software is seen as a good thing, but, in this case, there have been complaints about the perc... more
Feb 2 2012
2:13am
Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 released
Version 2.2.22 of the Apache web server is out. The main point of this release appears to be the fixing of six different CVE numbers, so people with their own Apache builds probably want to grab the update.... more
Feb 2 2012
1:48am
Almost There - PyPy's ARM Backend
The PyPy Status Blog has an update on the status of the PyPy port to the ARM architecture. "The current results on ARM, as shown in the graph below, show that the JIT currently gives a speedup of about 3.5 times compared to CPython on ARM. The benchm... more
Feb 2 2012
1:11am
Greg Kroah-Hartman moves to the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation has announced that Greg Kroah-Hartman has joined the organization as a fellow. "In his role as Linux Foundation Fellow, Kroah-Hartman will continue his work as the maintainer for the Linux stable kernel branch and a variety of s... more
Feb 1 2012
9:51am
Kernel prepatch 3.3-rc2
The 3.3-rc2 prepatch is out, a little later than would have ordinarily been expected. "The diffstat is pretty flat - indicative of mostly small changes spread out. Which is what I like seeing, and we don't always see at this point. There's some file... more
Feb 1 2012
7:54am
FOSDEM speaker interviews
The last set of interviews with FOSDEM speakers has been released. This list includes Juan David Gonzalez Cobas and Javier Serrano (open hardware), Bryan Østergaard (community management), Ben Klang (Adhearsion), Soren Hansen (monitoring), Kristian... more
Feb 1 2012
6:35am
Security advisories for Tuesday
CentOS has updated C6: ruby (denial of service), ruby (C5;C4: denial of service/predictable random numbers), C6: t1lib (multiple vulnerabilities), C6: openssl (multiple vulnerabilities), C6: glibc (denial of service), and C4: php (multiple vulnerabil... more