




Critical Flaw in VLC Media Player Discovered by German Cybersecurity Agency
Hackers Exploit Jira and Exim Linux Servers to “Keep the Internet Safe”
Dropbox Is Bringing Back Support for ZFS, XFS, BTRFS, and eCryptFS on Linux
Canonical Outs New Linux Kernel Security Updates for Ubuntu 19.04 and 18.04
Ubuntu OpenStack Architecture to Empower BT’s Next-Gen 5g Cloud Core
Virtualbox 6.0.10 Adds UEFI Secure Boot Driver Signing Support on Ubuntu and Debian

Canonical Preps Emergency Point Releases for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS & Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
ONLYOFFICE Announces Blockchain-Based End-to-End Document Encryption
KDE Plasma 5.15.2 Desktop Environment Released with 23 Bug Fixes, Update Now
Linux Lite 4.4 Slated for Release on April 1st, Based on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Released for Ubuntu Phones with Multiple Improvements
Maru OS 0.6 brings updated Android/Linux convergence to more phones
Canonical Improves Security and Robustness of Ubuntu Kubernetes with Containerd
Canonical Releases New Linux Kernel Security Update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Linux 5.0 “Shy Crocodile” Arrives With Google’s Adiantum Encryption
B0r0nt0K Ransomware Wants $75,000 Ransom, Infects Linux Servers

Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Is Here With New Hardware Enablement Stack Source
Debian GNU/Linux 9.8 Released with over 180 Security Updates and Bug Fixes Source
Slax 9.8 Linux Distro Released with Various Updates from Debian GNU/Linux 9.8 Source
Linux Foundation launches ELISA, an open source project for building safety-critical systems
Tor traffic from individual Android apps detected with 97 percent accuracy
10-year-old critical gap discovered in Linux kernel crypto function

Canonical Apologizes for Boot Failure in Ubuntu 18.10 & 18.04, Fix Available Now
Open source project aims to make Ubuntu usable on Arm-powered Windows laptops
KDE neon Systems Based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Have Reached End of Life, Upgrade Now
Good Guy Malware: Linux Virus Removes Other Infections to Mine on Its Own
Dirty_Sock vulnerability in Canonical’s snapd could give root access on Linux machines
Ethical Hacking, Ubuntu-Based BackBox Linux OS Is Now Available on AWS

System76 unveils ‘Darter Pro’ Linux laptop with choice of Ubuntu or Pop!_OS
Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS to Arrive on February 7 with New Components from Ubuntu 18.10 Source
Canonical Releases Snapcraft 3.1 Snap Creator Tool with Various Improvements
LXQt 0.14 Desktop Adds Split View in File Manager, LXQt 1.0 Still in Development

Raspberry Pi Receives Official Touchscreen Support With Linux 4.21
Entroware Launches Ubuntu Linux AIO PC With 6-Core Intel CPU
Entroware Launches Hades, Its First AMD-Powered Workstation with Ubuntu Linux
Linus Torvalds Says Things Look Pretty Normal for Linux 5.0, Releases Second RC
Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet
Canonical Patches GNOME Bluetooth Vulnerability on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Update Now

IBM Buys Linux & Open Source Software Distributor Red Hat For $34 Billion
We (may) now know the real reason for that IBM takeover. A distraction for Red Hat to axe KDE
Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth Has No Plans Of Selling Canonical
Mark Shuttleworth reveals Ubuntu 18.04 will get a 10-year support lifespan
Debian GNU/Linux 9.6 “Stretch” Released with Hundreds of Updates
Linux-friendly company System76 shares more open source Thelio computer details Source
Linus Torvalds Says Linux 5.0 Comes in 2019, Kicks Off Development of Linux 4.20
Canonical Adds Spectre V4, SpectreRSB Fixes to New Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Azure Kernel
Trivial Bug in X.Org Gives Root Permission on Linux and BSD Systems
Security Researcher Drops VirtualBox Guest-to-Host Escape Zero-Day on GitHub

KDE Plasma 5.13 Desktop Reaches End of Life, KDE Plasma 5.14 Arrives October 9
Nitrux 1.0.15 brings Kernel 4.18.5 and Plasma 5.13.4 for Most Secure and Integrated Performance Yet
Canonical Outs New Linux Kernel Live Patch for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS
Google changed a battery setting on Android phones by mistake
GNU Nano 3.0 claims to read files 70% better with improved ASCII text handling