Vancouver Linux Users Group
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Mastodon fixes vulnerability
The maintainers of the open source software that powers the Mastodon social network published a security update on Thursday that patches a critical vulnerability making it possible for hackers to backdoor the servers that push content to individual users. Mastodon is based on a federated model. The federation comprises thousands of separate servers known as…
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“StackRot”: Vulnerability affecting kernel 6.1 to 6.4
Details have emerged about a newly identified security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow a user to gain elevated privileges on a target host. Dubbed “StackRot”, the flaw impacts Linux versions 6.1 through 6.4. There is no evidence that the shortcoming has been exploited in the wild to date. “As StackRot is a…
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Upgrade to FreeBSD 13.2 release
Not to be confused with OpenBSD, FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), which was based on Research Unix. The first version of FreeBSD was released in 1993. In 2005, FreeBSD was the most popular open-source BSD operating system, accounting for more than three-quarters of all…
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Open Source Summit Europe 2023
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the schedule for Open Source Summit Europe, the foremost event for open source code and community contributors in Europe. The conference takes place September 19-21 in Bilbao, Spain, with pre-event programming and co-located events on September 17-18 as well. Read the…
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Steam Deck tops Linux Gamer systems
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for June 2023, and it shows just how much the Linux share is now influenced by the Steam Deck. Overall the Steam Deck has kind of taken over Linux gaming and June 2023’s statistic are pretty striking. For the last few months SteamOS was sitting in…
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Status of Embedded Linux in 2023
Tim Bird is a Principal Software Engineer for Sony Corporation, where he helps Sony improve the Linux kernel for use in Sony’s products. Tim is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Linux Foundation. He is active in technical projects related to embedded Linux testing and standards, and is the maintainer of…
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