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2023 PSF annual impact report [LWN.net]
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has announced its annual impact report for 2023. The report includes...
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Stenberg: I survived curl up 2024 [LWN.net]
Daniel Stenberg has posted a report about the recent curl up conference about curl development. It...
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[$] Modernizing accessibility for desktop Linux
In some aspects, such as in gaming, the Linux desktop has made enormous strides in the...
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The 2023 FSF Free Software Awards [LWN.net]
The Free Software Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2023 Free Software Awards: Bruno Haible...
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Security updates for Monday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (glibc, intel-microcode, less, libkf5ksieve, and ruby3.1), Fedora (chromium, gdcm,...
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Kernel prepatch 6.9-rc7 [LWN.net]
The 6.9-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for testing. "The stats for 6.9 continue to look very...
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[$] The file_operations structure gets smaller
Kernel developers are encouraged to send their changes in small batches as a way of making...
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Security updates for Friday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Fedora (chromium, grub2, httpd, kernel, libcoap, matrix-synapse, python-pip, and rust-pythonize),...
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A new set of stable kernels [LWN.net]
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.8.9, 6.6.30, 6.1.90, 5.15.158, 5.10.216, 5.4.275, and 4.19.313...
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[$] Inheritable credentials for directory file descriptors
In Unix-like systems, an open file descriptor carries the right to access the opened object in...
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Rust 1.78.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 1.78.0 of the Rust language has been released. Changes include a new mechanism for diagnostic...
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Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium and distro-info-data), Fedora (et, php-tcpdf, python-aiohttp, python-openapi-core, thunderbird,...
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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 2, 2024
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 2, 2024 is available.
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GNU nano 8.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 8.0 of the terminal text editor GNU nano has been released. This update includes several...
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[$] A look at Ubuntu Desktop LTS 24.04
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, code-named "Noble Numbat", was released on April 25. This release includes GNOME 46, installer updates, security enhancements, a...
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Eelco Dolstra steps down from NixOS Foundation board [LWN.net]
The NixOS Foundation board announced on April 30 that Eelco Dolstra is stepping down from the...
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Security updates for Wednesday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (nghttp2 and qtbase-opensource-src), Mageia (cjson, freerdp, guava, krb5, libarchive,...
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[$] Security patterns and anti-patterns in embedded development
When it comes to security, telling developers to do (or not do) something can be ineffective....
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Yocto Project 5.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 5.0 of the Yocto Project distribution builder has been released. The list of new features...
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"run0" as a sudo replacement [LWN.net]
This Mastodon stream from Lennart Poettering describes a sudo replacement — called run0 — that will...
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Git 2.45.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 2.45.0 of the Git source-code management system has been released. Changes include a new list...
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Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (org-mode), Oracle (shim and tigervnc), Red Hat (ansible-core, avahi,...
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Amarok 3.0 "Castaway" released [LWN.net]
The Amarok music player project has announced the release of version 3.0, which is codenamed "Castaway". It...
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[$] A leadership crisis in the Nix community
On April 21, a group of anonymous authors and non-anonymous signatories published a lengthy open letter...