Tag: Linux and open source
Printing system CUPS: code smuggling possible from the network
The CUPS printing system is affected by a vulnerability that allows attackers with network access to the printing service to inject and execute malicious code. An updated version of the…
KDE plans changes in the release cycle
Nate Graham, Plasma Developer and KDE Board Member, has detailed the plans for future KDE Plasma releases. After the release of Plasma 6, the previous four-month intervals are to be…
Useful tool: KDE ISO Image Writer creates bootable USB sticks
After several alpha and beta versions, the KDE ISO Image Writer in a first stable version. The graphical tool takes an ISO image and writes it to a USB stick.…
Season of KDE 2023: Further steps towards a sustainable desktop environment
Similar to the Google Summer of Code, the KDE project organizes the programming competition Season of KDE (SoK for short) every year. The current issue started on December 15 of…
Linux 6.3 paves the way beyond C
The currently usable features of the new Linux 6.3 make the kernel release look like a maintenance release. Inside, however, major upheavals are looming. Apart from some architecture-specific parts in…
Linux 6.2 fixes memory leaks on floppy drives
A memory leak can make part of the main memory unusable on Linux systems with kernel 5.11 or later – namely when the call to floppy_alloc_disk() fails with floppy disk…
Interview: Microsoft didn’t want anything to do with Linux and open source software
The battle between Linux and Windows is now only fought out by fans in comment columns and no longer in court. Software giant Microsoft, Linux distributors and open source developers…
Network Storage: Synology also affected by netatalk vulnerabilities
Synology Network Storage currently uses an outdated version of netatalk to support specific Apple network protocols. This tears some critical security gaps into the devices. The manufacturer provides an updated…
Linux kernel: Huge rebuilding could eliminate “dependency hell”
Clearer code delimitation within the Linux kernel and a significantly accelerated construction process: These are the declared goals of a series of almost 2300 kernel source code changes put up…
GNU Core Utilities 9.0: Slight improvements for most free systems
The developers around Pádraig “pixelbeat” Brady have released version 9 of the GNU Core Utilities. Every GNU / Linux user at some point stumbles across terminal commands like ls, cat,…