Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015

Time	Event
3:05p	Fedora 23 released The Fedora 23 release is now available. "We're pleased to bring you the latest incarnations of the three main Fedora editions — Fedora Workstation, Fedora Cloud, and Fedora Server, each built with love by the Fedora community to custom-fit your needs in different areas. Fedora 23 is also available in alternate desktop Spins, curated software Labs, and special images for the ARM processor architecture." See the release notes for details; LWN looked forward to this release in August. (Comment on this)
5:05p	[$] Security in an error-prone world The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air was a beautiful car, kernel.org administrator Konstantin Ryabitsev said at the beginning of his Korea Linux Forum talk. It had roomy seats, lots of features, and a smooth ride; it was all about power and comfort. But if you got into an accident with this car, it would kill you; it was not designed around the idea that things might go wrong. Our computer systems in 2015 mirror the Bel Air of 1957; they are not designed around humans and the mistakes they make. Konstantin had a simple message for the audience: take a cue from the automotive industry and design and build systems that do not fail catastrophically when errors are made. (Comment on this)
5:28p	Tuesday's security updates Arch Linux has updated unzip (two vulnerabilities). Debian has updated libvdpau (regression in previous update) and xen (privilege escalation). Debian-LTS has updated libhtml-scrubber-perl (cross-site scripting). Fedora has updated drupal7 (F21: unspecified vulnerability). Gentoo has updated mksh (improper sanitation). Mageia has updated exfat-utils (two vulnerabilities), libxml2 (buffer overflow), mediawiki (multiple vulnerabilities), openafs (plaintext leak), and postgresql (two vulnerabilities). SUSE has updated java-1_7_0-openjdk (SLE12; SLE11SP3,4: multiple vulnerabilities) and xen (SLE11SP4: multiple vulnerabilities). (Comment on this)
7:52p	Firefox 42 is available Firefox 42 has been released. This version features Private Browsing with Tracking Protection, site security and privacy controls in the Control Center, WebRTC improvements, and more. See the release notes for more information. (Comment on this)
8:25p	Kernel Summit tech day coverage complete LWN's 2015 Kernel Summit page now has coverage from the open day of the event, which focused primarily on technical topics. Subscribers are invited to have a look. Coverage from the final day is in the works and will be posted within the next day or so. (Comment on this)

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