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Here's a post on the Google Security Blog on how switching to a memory-safe language can quickly reduce vulnerabilities in a project, even if a large body of older code persists.

This leads to two important takeaways:

• The problem is overwhelmingly with new code, necessitating a fundamental change in how we develop code.
• Code matures and gets safer with time, exponentially, making the returns on investments like rewrites diminish over time as code gets older.

For example, based on the average vulnerability lifetimes, 5-year-old code has a 3.4x (using lifetimes from the study) to 7.4x (using lifetimes observed in Android and Chromium) lower vulnerability density than new code.

Nostalgic tech enthusiasts will love that WinAmp’s source code is available for personal use. Developers, not so much once they look at the license.

The post Winamp opens its code, but it doesn’t open source its code appeared first on Linux Today.

Linux-based typing tutor software teaches fast and accurate typing through a system of informative lessons and progress tracking.

The post 15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Typing Tutors appeared first on Linux Today.

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The LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 26, 2024 is available.

The Winamp source code is now open, but it has nothing to do with open source, and the company’s approach raises many ethical questions.

The post Winamp Releases Source Code, but Don’t Rush to Rejoice appeared first on Linux Today.

KaOS 2024.09 arrives with KDE Plasma 6.1.5, updated installer, and new apps like Zed editor. Dolphin and Konsole get enhancements.

The post KaOS Linux 2024.09 Released, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

What do you do when you own a handheld gaming device that you really wish was a Steam Deck? You install SteamFork on it, that’s what you do.

The post Fuduntu’s Founder Returns to Scratch Another Itch With SteamFork appeared first on Linux Today.

KaOS Linux 2024.09 is here two months after KaOS Linux 2024.07 and ships with the latest KDE software, including the KDE Plasma 6.1.5 desktop environment, as well as the KDE Gear 24.08.1 and KDE Frameworks 6.6 software suites, all built using the Qt 6.7.2 open-source application framework.

The post KaOS Linux 2024.09 Adds Calligra as Default Office Suite, Improves Installation appeared first on Linux Today.

The Vanilla OS project has published a blog post to answer questions that users have raised since the release of Vanilla OS 2. The post has information about the update strategy for the distribution, an enterprise version with support, and plans for an experimental version called Vanilla OS Vision.

We are not planning for a potential Vanilla OS 3 because it is not yet necessary. As previously explained, our focus right now is on bug fixing and making the system as solid as possible, especially in light of collaborations with OEMs. We're all excited about laying the foundation for a third version of Vanilla OS, but we have responsibilities to attend to first.

This does not mean that there will never be one, nor does it mean that Orchid will become stagnant. On the contrary, as previously mentioned, our updates not only bring fixes but also updates to system components, improvements to existing features, and updates to components like GNOME (we are planning the release of GNOME 47 soon, for example).

Do you feel it’s quite confusing, and you’re not getting when to use apt clean, apt autoclean, and apt autoremove? Then let’s come and clear it up.

The post When to Use apt clean, apt autoclean, and apt autoremove appeared first on Linux Today.

In March, Danilo Krummrich announced the new Nova GPU driver — a successor to Nouveau for controlling NVIDIA GPUs. At Kangrejos 2024, Krummrich gave a presentation about what it is, why it's needed, and where it's going next. Hearing about the needs of the driver provoked extended discussion on related topics, including what level of safety is reasonable to expect from drivers, given that they must interact with the hardware.

OpenSSH 9.9 is out now! Support for post-quantum key exchange, improved security features, and bug fixes.

The post OpenSSH 9.9 Features Enhanced Quantum-Resistant Algorithms appeared first on Linux Today.

The "Linus and Dirk show" has been a fixture at Open Source Summit for as long as the conference has existed; it started back when the conference was called LinuxCon. Since Linus Torvalds famously does not like to give talks, as he said during this year's edition at Open Source Summit Europe (OSSEU) in Vienna, Austria, he and Dirk Hohndel have been sitting down for an informal chat on a wide range of topics as a keynote session. That way, Torvalds does not need to prepare, but also does not know what topics will be brought up, which makes it "so much more fun for one of us", Hohndel said with a grin. The topics this time ranged from the just-released 6.11 kernel and the upcoming Linux 6.12, through Rust for the kernel, to the recurring topic of succession and the graying of Linux maintainers.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (booth), Gentoo (Xpdf), Oracle (go-toolset:ol8, golang, grafana, grafana-pcp, kernel, libnbd, openssl, pcp, and ruby:3.3), Red Hat (container-tools:rhel8, go-toolset:rhel8, golang, kernel, and kernel-rt), SUSE (apr, cargo-audit, chromium, obs-service-cargo, python311, python36, quagga, traefik, and xen), and Ubuntu (intel-microcode, linux-azure-fde-5.15, and puma).

We take a fresh look at MusicPod and note that the program has seen significant improvements.

The post Revisited: MusicPod – music, podcast and internet radio player appeared first on Linux Today.

In this brief tutorial, we will learn how to efficiently search Linux Manual Pages with the ‘man -k’ command in Linux with an example.

The post How To Efficiently Search Linux Manual Pages with the man -k Command appeared first on Linux Today.

The latest Wine release, 9.18, brings essential updates and a new Desktop Control applet. Here’s more on that!

The post Wine 9.18 Launches with Enhanced Features appeared first on Linux Today.

Learn about the new features of LibreOffice 24.8 which brings considerable update across its base modules.

The post LibreOffice 24.8: Best New Features appeared first on Linux Today.

Valkey 8.0, an open-source in-memory data store, promises superior performance, handling up to 1.2 million queries per second.

The post Valkey 8.0 Launches with Promising Enhancements in Speed and Efficiency appeared first on Linux Today.