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Friday, February 6th, 2015

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    2:36p
    The end of CrunchBang Linux
    The developer of the CrunchBang Linux distribution has announced
    that the project has come to an end. "That said, when progress
    happens, some things get left behind, and for me, CrunchBang is something
    that I need to leave behind. I’m leaving it behind because I honestly
    believe that it no longer holds any value, and whilst I could hold on to it
    for sentimental reasons, I don’t believe that would be in the best interest
    of its users, who would benefit from using vanilla Debian.    "
    3:59p
    Friday's security updates

    CentOS has updated mariadb (C7: multiple vulnerabilities).

    Debian has updated ntp (multiple vulnerabilities) and postgresql-9.1 (multiple vulnerabilities).

    Fedora has updated kernel (F21: multiple vulnerabilities) and php (F20; F21: multiple vulnerabilities).

    Gentoo has updated mpg123 (code execution).

    Mageia has updated cabextract (M4: denial of service), hexchat (M4: SSL spoofing), vlc (M4: multiple vulnerabilities), vorbis-tools (M4: denial of service), and zarafa (M4: denial of service).

    Mandriva has updated aircrack-ng (BS1: multiple vulnerabilities), binutils (BS1: multiple vulnerabilities), bugzilla (BS1: command injection), busybox (BS1: arbitrary module loading), jasper (BS1: multiple vulnerabilities), java-1.7.0-openjdk (BS1: multiple vulnerabilities), libvirt (BS1: information leak), php (BS1: multiple vulnerabilities), python-django (BS1: multiple vulnerabilities), and vorbis-tools (BS1: denial of service).

    openSUSE has updated libvirt (13.1, 13.2: access control bypass) and xen (13.1: multiple vulnerabilities).

    Red Hat has updated java-1.5.0-ibm (RHEL5,6: multiple vulnerabilities), java-1.6.0-ibm (RHEL5,6: multiple vulnerabilities), java-1.7.0-ibm (RHEL5: multiple vulnerabilities), and java-1.7.1-ibm (RHEL6,7: multiple vulnerabilities).

    7:07p
    A new batch of stable kernels

    Greg Kroah-Hartman has released stable kernels 3.10.68, 3.14.32, and 3.18.6, each with important fixes and updates throughout the tree.

    8:44p
    The first Tizen smartphone isn’t an “Android killer”—it’s a bad Android clone (ars technica)
    Here's an
    extensive review of Samsung's first Tizen-based phone     on ars technica.
    They are not overly impressed.
    "New OSes always have problems, usually with app selection and
    hardware availability, but they're supposed to make up for their ecosystem
    problems by bringing something new to the table. Windows Phone had a new
    interface style. Blackberry 10 devices have a small but vocal built-in
    fanbase, well-made hardware with physical keyboards, and lots of enterprise
    experience. But Tizen doesn't have any stand-out aspect. It's all the
    negatives of a new OS without any of the positives.    "
    9:58p
    Linux Plumbers Conference call for proposals
    The calls for proposals (CFPs) for Linux Plumbers Conference microconferences and refereed track presentations are now up. The conference will be held August 19-21 in Seattle, WA, co-located (and overlapping one day) with LinuxCon North America.

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