Open-source News

Nitrux 3.4 Released, the systemd-Free Distro Now Uses KDE Software from Debian  9to5Linux

CachyOS as a reminder is the Arch Linux based distribution focused on providing a very performant out-of-the-box experience and supports x86-64-v3 and x86-64-v4 packages along with other default changes compared to upstream Arch Linux. The April 2024 ISO release of CachyOS is now available for those wanting to enjoy a fresh spin of this rolling-release, performance-tuned platform...

CachyOS Making Use Of Plymouth For Better Boot Experience, Mitigates For XZ Fiasco  Phoronix

Fedora 40 beta is fastest operating system I've tested - and it's full of useful features  ZDNet

Supply Chain Attack: Major Linux Distributions Impacted by XZ Utils Backdoor  OODA Loop

What I learned when I replaced my cheap Pi 5 PC with a no-name Amazon mini desktop  Ars Technica

Significant compromise likely with exploitation of new Linux vulnerability  SC Media

In their March status update, the Linux Mint team shares more details on their forthcoming Linux Mint 22 release that will be based off Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

Linux Mint 22 Will Use The PipeWire Sound Server, Support JPEG-XL Images  Phoronix

Backdoor Found and Defused in Widely Used Linux Utility XZ  BankInfoSecurity.com

Linux Mint Devs to Ship Thunderbird as a Native DEB Package in Linux Mint 22  9to5Linux

Linux Mint Devs to Ship Thunderbird as a Native DEB Package in Linux Mint 22  9to5Linux

Kaspersky discovers DinodasRAT Linux implant targeting organizations worldwide  ZAWYA

Cyber Security Today, April 1, 2024 – An alert about a critical Linux vulnerability, a warning about password-spray attacks on Cisco VPNs, and more  IT World Canada

Microsoft Decides to Promote Ubuntu to Windows 10 Users  It's FOSS News

Linux Kernel Flaw Let Attackers Gain Full Root Access: PoC Published  CybersecurityNews

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 31st, 2024  9to5Linux

A patch queued in TIP.git's "x86/cpu" branch for collecting ahead of the Linux 6.10 kernel cycle adds support for handling the AMD 0x80000026 leaf to correct CPU topology information reporting for some newer AMD processors...

Linux 6.10 To Correct The CCD/CCX Topology Information For Some AMD CPUs  Phoronix

Adding to the Linux 6.9 features one of the changes that went under my radar is that the s390 kernel builds can now be carried out using the full LLVM compiler stack...