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Linux Bug Opens Most VPNs to Hijacking  Threatpost

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In this Part 6 of Ansible Series, we have covered a few Ansible modules in the past topics, we will now go deeper and discover additional modules that are helpful in performing a number...

One of the prominent additions coming with the C++20 programming language is the consistent comparison operator, or "spaceship operator" as it's commonly referred to. The support was merged for GCC 10 last month ahead of entering stage three development while this week some more improvements were made to the implementation...

Following last week's Arm architecture updates for Linux 5.5, sent in via four pull requests on Thursday was all the new and improved hardware enablement for the SoCs and single-board computer platforms...

Linux 5.5 Lands Broadcom BCM2711 / Raspberry Pi 4 Bits  Phoronix

While we aren't even half-way through the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS development cycle yet, Ubuntu's Trello board provides a look at some of the changes and new features being at least considered for this next Ubuntu long-term support release...

Debian 11 "Bullseye" isn't expected to be released until well into 2021 but out today is the first alpha release of the Debian Installer that will ultimately power that next major Debian GNU/Linux release...

Disney+ Now Works in Linux After DRM Tweak  BleepingComputer

5 Not to miss Linux hosting providers  TechGenyz

Linux For All Shines on LXDE Desktop  LinuxInsider.com

1. New Linux Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hijack VPN Connections  BleepingComputer
2. Hackers Can Hijack VPN Connections Using A New Linux Vulnerability  Fossbytes
3. Tricky VPN-busting bug lurks in iOS, Android, Linux distros, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, say university eggheads  The Register
4. New Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hijack VPN Connections on Most UNIX Systems  Softpedia News
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New Linux Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hijack VPN Connections  BleepingComputer

Start looking forward to March when NVIDIA looks to have some sort of open-source driver initiative to announce -- likely contributing more to Nouveau and we're crossing our fingers they will have sorted out the signed firmware situation to unblock those developers from delivering re-clocking support to yield better driver performance...

NVIDIA Looks To Have Some Sort Of Open-Source Driver Announcement For 2020  Phoronix

Purism Announces "Made in USA" Librem 5 Linux Phone, Now Available for Pre-Order  Softpedia News

Purism Librem 5 USA is a made-in-America version of the Linux smartphone (for nearly 3X the price)  Liliputing

Linux on the MAG1 8.9 inch mini-laptop (Ubuntu and Fedora)  Liliputing

Purism announced today a Librem 5 USA model of their smartphone that has the same specifications and features of their Librem 5 Linux smartphone but manufactured in the US. That pushes the 720x1440 display, i.MX8M, 3GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 802.11n device from $699 USD to $1,199 USD...

Back at SC19 Intel released a beta of their oneAPI Base Toolkit for software developers to work on performance-optimized, cross-device software. Complementing that initial software beta is now the oneAPI Level 0 Specification...