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Friday, February 27th, 2015
| Time |
Event |
| 3:10p |
Friday's security updates Debian has updated request-tracker4 (multiple vulnerabilities).
Debian-LTS has updated cups
(code execution) and request-tracker3.8 (multiple vulnerabilities).
Oracle has updated openssl
(O5: multiple vulnerabilities).
SUSE has updated Samba
(SLES11: code execution).
Ubuntu has updated cups
(code execution)
and eglibc, glibc (multiple vulnerabilities). | | 5:08p |
New kernel releases Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the latest stable kernels: 3.18.8, 3.14.34, and 3.10.70. All contain important updates
and fixes. | | 9:22p |
LLVM 3.6 Released Version 3.6 of the LLVM compiler suite is out. Changes include " many
many bug fixes, optimization improvements, support for
more proposed C++1z features in Clang, better native Windows
compatibility, embedding LLVM IR in native object files, Go bindings,
and more." Details can be found in the LLVM 3.6
release notes and the Clang
3.6 release notes. | | 10:23p |
VLC 2.2.0 released Version 2.2.0 of the VLC media player has been released. According to the announcement, highlights in the new version include automatic, hardware-accelerated rotation of portrait-orientation videos such as those shot on smartphones, resuming playback at the last point watched in the previous session, in-application download and installation of extensions, support for interactive Blu-Ray menus, and "compatibility with a very large number of unusual codecs." The release is available for Linux, Android, and Android TV, plus various Windows and Apple platforms. |
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