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Security updates have been issued by Debian (mosquitto), Fedora (gnutls, kernel, libtasn1, microcode_ctl, openssh, python3.10, python3.11, and python3.9), Red Hat (bind, bind9.16, buildah, container-tools:rhel8, podman, and redis:6), Slackware (libxml2), SUSE (dcmtk, google-osconfig-agent, java-17-openj9, kubernetes1.30-apiserver, kubernetes1.31-apiserver, openssh, and ruby3.4-rubygem-grpc), and Ubuntu (linux, linux-lowlatency and linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-realtime).

Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.

KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment is here, with fresh Kickoff menu icons, a streamlined Edit Mode toolbar, improved Do Not Disturb mode, and many bug fixes.

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Version:next-20250220 (linux-next) Released:2025-02-20

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Systemd; AI scraperbots; Time-slice extension; FUSE regression; Multi-size THPs; Memcached; Meshtastic.
• Briefs: Asahi leadership; Debian images; RISC-V Fedora; OpenSUSE; Mesa 25.0.0; Pi-hole v6; Quotes; ...
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Mark Surman, president of the Mozilla Corporation, has announced leadership updates for Mozilla. This includes a Mozilla Leadership Council made up of executives from each Mozilla organization, and new board chairs for the not-for-profit Mozilla Foundation, the Mozilla Corporation, and Mozilla.ai. The announcement also indicates a desire to further "diversify" Mozilla's focus:

We've recognized that Mozilla faces major headwinds in terms of both financial growth and mission impact. While Firefox remains the core of what we do, we also need to take steps to diversify: investing in privacy-respecting advertising to grow new revenue in the near term; developing trustworthy, open source AI to ensure technical and product relevance in the mid term; and creating online fundraising campaigns that will draw a bigger circle of supporters over the long run. Mozilla's impact and survival depend on us simultaneously strengthening Firefox AND finding new sources of revenue AND manifesting our mission in fresh ways. That is why we're working hard on all of these fronts.

Fastfetch is a modern and faster alternative to Neofetch for displaying system information on Linux, macOS and Windows.

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Steven Rostedt recently posted a patch set that could help improve the performance of certain user-space applications by giving the scheduler more context about when they are safe to interrupt. The patch set lets programs request a small grace window before they can be interrupted so that they can relinquish any locks, decreasing the amount of time that other threads have to spend waiting. Rostedt shared performance numbers suggesting that the patch might cut the amount of time spent acquiring locks in half for some programs — although, since his test was specifically tuned for this case, real-world projects should expect a somewhat less dramatic improvement. The change received some pushback from scheduler maintainer Peter Zijlstra, who objected to the patch set's approach.

Version 25.0.0 of the Mesa graphics library has been released. "The flashiest addition is probably the support for Vulkan 1.4 by Anv (Intel), Asahi (Apple), Lavapipe (software), NVK (NVIDIA), PanVK (Mali), RADV (AMD), and Turnip (Qualcomm). Users can expect the usual flurry of improvements across all drivers and components."

Many of us enjoy uninterrupted access to mobile networks. However, in remote areas or during emergencies, that connectivity may not always be available. For such scenarios, Meshtastic offers a decentralized wireless mesh network with open-source firmware that runs on affordable, low-power devices. At FOSDEM 2025, the Meshtastic project was represented by one of its core developers, Thomas Göttgens, who gave a talk, "Meshtastic - off-grid communication for everyone", in the Radio developer room (devroom).

Explore fastfetch, a tool designed for fetching system information similar to neofetch but with a focus on performance and customization.

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DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts.

The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi
The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi

The project released the new version DietPi v9.10 on February 9th, 2025.

The highlights of this version are:

• RISC-V (StarFive VisionFive 2, PINE64 Star64): Switch to Debian Trixie and support of Bazarr, Raspotify, NZBGet, MicroK8s and AdGuard Home
• Raspberry Pi, NanoPi M6: New tool DietPi-Display supports setting of console display modes/rotation
• Raspberry Pi: Migration to the new Raspberry Pi kernel/firmware stack is now possible via dietpi-config
• DietPi-Automation: New option in dietpi.txt for automated APT-based program installs
• myMPD: Available now also for ARMv6 Bookworm systems
• vaultwarden: Display of the package version within the web UI added
• Fixes for Sonarr, Fail2Ban, Raspotify, Navidrome, Home Assistant, Komga, PaperMC, Bazarr, Mono, Gogs, Domoticz and Baïkal

The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_10/

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Go 1.24 programming language rolls out with performance boosts, better tooling, improved WebAssembly support, and more.

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HandBrake 1.9.1 is here almost two and a half months after HandBrake 1.9.0 to improve support for SRT files with overlapping subtitles, improve AV1 video decoding by updating to the libdav1d 1.5.1 library, as well as to improve AC3 and EAC3 extradata in MKV files.

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Darktable 5.0.1, an open-source raw photo editing tool, brings key bug fixes, UI tweaks, and improved performance.

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SysReptor is a customizable open-source penetration testing reporting platform built for pentesters, red teamers, and cybersecurity professionals. You can optimize your workflow by simplifying, automating, and personalizing your reports.

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Docker is a powerful tool that allows you to run applications in isolated environments called containers. However, sometimes you may need to change the permissions of Docker folders to ensure that your applications can access the necessary files and directories.

This article will guide you through the process of permanently changing Docker folder permissions on a Linux system.

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Discover the concepts of polyglot and hyperpolyglot in programming, understand key aspects, debunk myths, and discover your path to becoming a polyglot programmer.

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Patch spam contains code that is downright wrong and nonfunctional. Even worse: It can introduce new vulnerabilities or backdoors. What’s a developer to do?

The post How Fake Security Reports Are Swamping Open-Source Projects, Thanks to AI appeared first on Linux Today.

The Fedora Project has announced two milestones in its journey to supporting the RISC-V architecture: a dedicated RISC-V Koji build system instance is live in the Fedora data center, and Fedora 41-based images are now available for RISC-V. It is also possible to run Fedora RISC-V images using QEMU for those without supported hardware.