• purism’s Security Key Will Generate Keys Directly on the Device, Made in the USA

• Mageia 7 Linux Distro Available for Download

• Debian 10 “Buster” Released

• FreeDOS turns 25

• Linux Mint 20 Will Drop Support for 32-bit Installations

• MintBox 3 Linux Mint-Powered Mini PC Announced as the Most Powerful MintBox Ever

• GNU Rush 2.0 Released

• Ubuntu 19.10 Wallpaper Competition Is Now Open for Submissions

• Linux Overtakes Windows Server As Most Used Operating System on Azure

• Microsoft Asks To Join Private Linux Security Developer List

• Open Source Software: 20-Plus Years of Innovation

• 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

• Fresh Linux Mint 19.1 Arrives This Christmas

• 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

• Debian GNU/Linux project to mark 25th birthday on Thursday

• Hands-on with Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 Beta

• Valve seems to be working on tools to get Windows games running on Linux

• Lenovo launches its thinnest and lightest pro laptop – ThinkPad P1 Source

• UBports Releases Ubuntu Touch OTA-4

• Linux 4.18 And Zorin OS 12.4 Released With Big Changes

• New round of 64-bit ARM Patches Merged into Linux 4.19 Kernel, Includes GCC Stackleak Plugin Support

• New Linux kernel debuts, adds more suspect NSA-sourced crypto

• Dropbox makes the cloud rain poop on Linux users

• Ubuntu Linux 18.04.1 LTS Bionic Beaver available for download

• Future Lubuntu Releases Won’t Focus on Old PCs, Will Offer a Modular Linux OS

• Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 3 ‘Cindy’ BETA available for download

• Opera is available in a Snap on Linux

• UK cyber security boffins dispense Ubuntu 18.04 wisdom

• MySQL Updates for Ubuntu Resolve Server Data Manipulation and DoS Vulnerabilities

• SegmentSmack: TCP Flaw In Linux Kernel Could Trigger A Remote Denial Of Service

• Drink this potion, Linux kernel, and tomorrow you’ll wake up with a WireGuard VPN driver

• Linux kernel 4.18 delayed: Bug ate my rc7, says Linus Torvalds

• Linux Mint developers planning big Cinnamon 4.0 improvements

• Latest Neptune OS 5.4 brings many application improvements and bugfixed

• Debian-Based Slax 9.5.0 Released, Now Available on Hardware-Encrypted USB Keys

• Everything About Ubuntu’s New Default Theme “Yaru”

• Canonical Fixes Boot Failures on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS, Update Now

• Linux 4.18-RC6 Brings Network and Driver Fixes Including 32-Bit VM Fallout Fix

• India’s first RISC-V based Chip is Here: Linux boots on Shakti processor!

A bumper episode for you this week!

• You know that silly fear about Alexa recording everything and leaking it online? It just happened

• GNU Emacs 26.1 released

• Firefox And Chrome Bug Leaked Facebook Profile Details For Almost A Year

• Support for Linux 3.2 and 4.1 finishedlinux-32-und-41-beendet.html

• Linus Torvalds decides world isn’t ready for Linux 5.0

• Dell Precision ‘Developer Edition’ mobile workstations run Ubuntu Linux and are RHEL certified

• Ubuntu 18.04-based Linux Mint 19 ‘Tara’ Beta is here with Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce

• Canonical Announces Ubuntu for Amazon’s Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes

• Purism’s Librem 5 Privacy, Security-Focused Linux Phone Arrives in January 2019

• Microsoft Buys Github

• GitLab Ultimate and GitLab Gold for open source projects for free

• GNOME transitions to GitLab

• Linux Mint 19 “Tara” Will Ship in June, Pre-Installed on the Mintbox Mini 2 PCs

• Linus Torvalds says new Linux lands next week and he’s sticking to that … for now

• New Firefox Extension Builds a Wall Around Facebook

• The Linux Foundation launches a deep learning foundation

• GoScanSSH malware targets Linux systems but avoids government servers

• After Meltdown and Spectre, Intel CPUs Are Now Vulnerable to BranchScope Attacks

• Linux Foundation Introduces Network Operating System DANOS

• Zorin OS 12.3 Linux Distro Released: Download The Perfect Windows Replacement

• Ubuntu 18.10 Will Boot Faster, Thanks to LZ4 Initramfs Compression

• Linux Mint 19 ‘Tara’ Cinnamon will be faster

• Announcing the 0.92.3 Release of Inkscape

• Linux Foundation Announces ACRN —Open Source Hypervisor for IoT Devices

• Firefox’s Weak Master Password Encryption Can Be Cracked In Just 1 Minute

• Zuckerberg Facing Heat After Multiple Investigations Into Facebook Data Breach

• AMD Processors Flaws: Firmware Patches Coming Soon, Won’t Affect Performance

• Why KDE’s Plasma Mobile is the ideal platform for Linux fans and developers

• KDE Slimbook II is Cheaper and More Powerful

• Skype Released as Snap on Ubuntu, Linux Mint

• Opera 51 Released It’s 38% Faster Than Firefox Quantum 58

• Ubuntu Touch Jade Diamond is a Safe-for-Kids web browser

• Meltdown/Spectre Status for Red Hat and Oracle

• CloudLinux’s KernelCare Promises to Fix Meltdown & Spectre Flaws without Reboots

• Kali Linux 2018.1 Released For Ethical Hackers

• Canonical wants to collect Anonymous User Data

• Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon And MATE Editions Released

• BlackArch Linux 2017.11.24 Available For Download

• GameShell Is An Open Source And Linux-powered Retro Game Console

• Linux for the Industry 4.0 era: New distro for factory automation

• Hackers Can Control Your PC With This 17 Year Old Microsoft Word Bug

• [Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Operating System Reaches End of Life on July 20, 2017](Yakkety Yak)

• Ubuntu Developer Shares His Thoughts on the Unity to GNOME Shell Transition

• Linux Mint 18.2 ‘Sonya’ Released

• WikiLeaks Exposes CIA Targeting Linux Users With OutlawCountry Network Traffic Re-Routing Tool

• Linux just got one of its biggest kernel updates yet says Linus Torvalds

• GnuPG crypto library cracked, look for patches

• BothanSpy & Gyrfalcon: CIA Malware To Steal SSH Credentials From Windows & Linux PCs

This month

• Command & Conquer
• How-To : Python (Arduino), Intro To FreeCAD Pt.1 and Installing Ubuntu with No External Media
• Graphics : Inkscape & Kdenlive
• ChromeCult
• Linux Labs: Windows Subsystem Linux
• Review: Porteus Kiosk
• Book Review: Mint 18
• Ubuntu Games: Total War: Warhammer

Plus: News, Q&A, My Desktop, and soooo much more.