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[$] Debian debates amending architecture support stratagem
The Linux kernel supports a large number of architectures. Not all of those are supported by Linux distributions, but Debian does support many of them, officially or unofficially. On October 26, Bastian Blank opened a discussion about the minimum version of these architectures that Debian should support: in particular, raising the de-facto minimum versions in the next Debian release ("forky"). Thread participants were generally in favor of keeping support for older architecture variants, but didn't reach a firm conclusion.
Postmortem of the Xubuntu.org download site compromise
In mid-October, the Xubuntu download site was compromised and had directed users to a malicious zip file instead of the Torrent file that users expected. Elizabeth K. Joseph has published a postmortem of the incident, along with plans to avoid such a breach in the future: To be perfectly clear: this only impacted our website, and the torrent links provided there. If you downloaded or opened a file named "Xubuntu-Safe-Download.zip" from the Xubuntu downloads page during this period, you should assume it was malicious. We strongly recommend scanning your computer with a trusted antivirus or anti-malware solution and deleting the file immediately. Nothing on cdimages.ubuntu.com or any of the other official Ubuntu repositories was impacted, and our mirrors remained safe as long as they were also mirroring from official resources. None of the build systems, packages, or other components of Xubuntu itself were impacted.
Here's how I rank the most popular lightweight Linux desktops
You might say these are the heavyweights of the lightweight DE genre.
TABS API is Mozilla’s Latest Bet on the Agentic Web
Mozilla's new TABS API helps developers build AI agents to automate web tasks, as the company continues to bet on AI as its future. Details, pricing, and links inside.
GStreamer Conference 2025 video recordings now available
Recordings from the GStreamer Conference 2025, held in London in late October, are now available on the GStreamer Conferences Archive site. Includes the GStreamer State of the Union talk by Tim-Philipp Müller, State of MPEG 2 Transport Stream (MPEG-TS) by Edward Hervey, and many others.
Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (pdfminer), Fedora (chromium and firefox), Mageia (bubblewrap, flatpak, cups-filters, and thunderbird), Oracle (container-tools:rhel8, kernel, and squid), Red Hat (kernel), Slackware (libarchive), SUSE (gimp, itextpdf, kernel, thunderbird, and unbound), and Ubuntu (lasso).
Proxmox VE 9.1 Released With OCI-Based LXC Deployment
Proxmox VE 9.1 debuts OCI-based LXC containers, Linux kernel 6.17, and upgrades to virtualization, security, and networking.
7 tips for choosing your first Linux distro
The right distro sets the stage for your Linux adventure.
4 advanced git commands you probably haven’t heard of
Take your Git game to the next level.
Xen 4.21 Released With AMD CPPC & Resizable BAR Support
Xen 4.21 is out today as the newest feature release for this open-source hypervisor backed by AMD, Arm, AWS, and other organizations. Plus with Xen's use within automotive environments, Ford and Honda too...
What is globbing and how do I use it in Linux?
Filename matches made in heaven.
These open-source DNS tools block annoyances and speed up your browsing
Open-source DNS tools can speed up your network, improve privacy and cut down on junk traffic. Here are 3 worth exploring.
6 common Linux mistakes that beginners make
Get past these rookie mistakes to master Linux.
AMD Threadripper 7980X Performance On Linux Two Years After Release
This week marks two years since the debut of the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors. Given the occasion, I decided to revisit the Linux performance of the Threadripper 7980X compared to original benchmarks from November 2023 to see how the latest Linux software stack performs for these Zen 4 HEDT processors.