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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

    Time Event
    1:43p
    Security updates for Tuesday
    Security updates have been issued by CentOS (flatpak and microcode_ctl), Debian (c-ares, lynx, openjdk-8, and tomcat9), Fedora (kernel), openSUSE (apache-commons-compress, aria2, djvulibre, fastjar, kernel, libvirt, linuxptp, mysql-connector-java, nodejs8, virtualbox, webkit2gtk3, and wireshark), Oracle (kernel, kernel-container, and microcode_ctl), Red Hat (glib2, kernel, kernel-rt, kpatch-patch, and rust-toolset-1.52 and rust-toolset-1.52-rust), Scientific Linux (microcode_ctl), SUSE (kernel), and Ubuntu (c-ares, gpsd, and perl).
    2:52p
    Firefox 91 released
    The Firefox
    91
    release is available. Changes include stronger tracking-cookie
    protection, use of HTTPS within anonymous windows whenever possible, and
    more.
    5:51p
    Stable kernel update 4.4.280
    The 4.4.280 stable kernel update is
    available; it contains a small set of fixes, mostly focused on the futex
    subsystem.
    6:46p
    [$] Incremental improvements in Linux Mint 20.2
    Linux Mint 20.2 "Uma" was
    released in Cinnamon,
    MATE, and
    Xfce editions on July 8. This new
    version of the popular desktop-oriented distribution has several
    improvements, including changes to the Update Manager, a new "Sticky
    Notes" app, a bulk file-renaming tool,
    improved file search, and better memory management in
    Cinnamon. Mint 20.2 is a long-term support (LTS) release that will
    receive security
    updates until 2025.
    7:59p
    Elementary OS 6 released
    Version
    6
    of the elementary OS distribution is now available. "It’s been
    a long road to elementary OS 6—what with a whole global pandemic dropped on
    us in the middle of development—but it’s finally here. elementary OS 6 Odin
    is available to download now. And it’s the biggest update to the platform
    yet!
    " Headline changes include a new dark-mode theme, a switch to
    Flatpak for application packaging, a
    rewritten email client, and more.

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