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A change proposal filed for fedora 42 seeks to make KDE Plasma the default desktop of Fedora Workstation while GNOME would move to its own separate spin/edition. The proposal has yet to be voted on by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) but given Red Hat's deep roots with GNOME, I have a hard time seeing this pass at least in the near-term...

Fedora 42 Change Proposal Wants To Make KDE Plasma The Default Over GNOME  Phoronix

The Simple DirectMedia Layer software/hardware abstraction layer commonly used by games and other cross-platform software is out with a new SDL 2.30.2 stable release as well as a new SDL3 preview release...

SDL 2.30.2 Released Along WIth New SDL3 Preview  Phoronix

XZ Utils Backdoor Discovered, Threating Linux Servers – Gridinsoft Blog  GridinSoft

Open source alert over intentionally placed backdoor  ComputerWeekly.com

Supply chain attack targets major Linux distributions with backdoored XZ Utils library  TEISS

Supply chain attack targets major Linux distributions with backdoored XZ Utils library  TEISS

Live Forensic Techniques To Detect Ransomware Infection On Linux Machines  GBHackers

xz-utils Backdoor Affects Kali Linux Installations – How to Check for Infection  GBHackers

The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know  WIRED

Microsoft employee accidentally saves global Linux meltdown from CVE-2024-3094 XZ backdoor  Neowin

New XZ backdoor scanner detects implant in any Linux binary  BleepingComputer

xz-utils Backdoor Found in Kali Linux Installations - Check for Malware Infection  CybersecurityNews

Microsoft releases detailed FAQs about XZ Utils vulnerability in Linux systems  Neowin

Backdoor in popular Linux tool spotted by Microsoft engineer  Cyber Daily

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Dev uncovers doomsday-level Linux backdoor  ACS

No, nothing to do with April Fools' Day, but the Steam Survey results are out for March 2024 and they put the Steam on Linux use inching up -- back closer to the Linux gaming highs of around 2%...