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Debian has updated xterm (arbitrary code execution).

Slackware has updated samba (privilege escalation).

Ubuntu has updated samba (privilege escalation), xterm (several vulnerabilities).

(Posted 6 Jan 2009 by finid)

XenStreet: "A few months back I wrote a review about gOS on one of my blogs which received some raving reviews. I did not just review it, but decided to start using it as my default Linux desktop."

451 CAOS Theory: "From Freescale’s perspective, and from a Linux fan's, the future looks nice: thinner, cheaper netbooks, many of which will be based on Linux, that run as long as eight hours on a charge."

The Linux Distillery: "Software piracy is a scourge on the world of computing. Yet it's a problem the open source community doesn't have. That makes sense; it's all freely available. But this raises the question: if it's free how do the developers make any money?"

Ubuntu Linux 8.04 has been ported to the Sharp Zaurus PDA in an open source distribution called "Zubuntu." Developed by hacker Omegamoon, Zubuntu 1.0 uses the LXDE interface, and can now be booted from flash ...

In this tutorial we will see how to install Adobe Flash in Debian Etch/Lenny/Sid. Adobe Flash (previously called "Macromedia Flash"') is a multimedia platform created by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.

A start-up has launched a browser extension aimed at turning the Internet into a friendlier place for kids aged 3-12. Available in free and subscription versions, KidZui's "KidZui" extension is said to provide a captive portal to 1.5 million pre-screened websites. KidZui previously offered its eponymous browser as a standalone application for Macs and PCs. The new browser-based version achieves feature parity, while adding support for Linux and other OS platforms supported by Firefox 3.0.

Here is my question: Are ?cyEma7;IkmH!? or ?hot1BA-Bitso69? secure passwords? Yes definitely, but who (the hell) can remember it! YOU WILL - after reading this article! Your passwords play a crucial role in protecting your computing accounts and the personal information that can be accessed through them. One of the problems with passwords is that users forget them. For that reason people use simple password phrases like their dog?s name, their kid?s first name and birthdates, the name of the current month or everything in different combinations.

I?ve been using Fedora (Core and all) on and off for a few years now and its parsimonious attitudes to codecs notwithstanding, the thing that always reduces me to a whimpering, pleading wreck is watching Yum installing a piece of software. I can forgive its tendency to handhold and even to confabulate, but Yum moves with all the speed of a treacle flow at the North Pole. Apt-get has already done its stuff and gone home for tea but Yum is still setting the table and polishing the silver. Once you?ve used Yum for a while you will know why it puts the V in verbose. Find out how to light a fire under Yum. Read the full article at Freesoftware Magazine.

Debian has updated xterm (arbitrary code execution), ruby (denial of service).

Red Hat has updated kernel (multiple vulnerabilities).

(Posted 5 Jan 2009 by Ray)

Linuxy New Year's Resolutions TechNewsWorld, CA - 1 hour ago By Katherine Noyes Bloggers took a moment to contemplate the upcoming year and what it means for open source software and Linux in particular. ...

Happy Assassin: "Tethering is using a cellphone with a data connection as a modem for a computer, connected by a USB cable, so you can access the Internet from the computer. On Linux, the Barry suite, created by Net Direct, lets you do this with most models of the popular Blackberry line of smartphones, along with several other things."

Phoronix: "GRUB 2, the next-generation Linux boot loader, has received a new font engine. Version 2 of the GRand Unified Bootloader introduces this new font engine that's written in C and with a font tool in Java."