Google Invests in Linux Kernel Developers to Focus on Security
Google and the Linux Foundation have announced plans to fund two full-time maintainers to exclusively focus on Linux kernel security development. Gustavo Silva and Nathan Chancellor, both active Linux contributors, will work to strengthen kernel security and associated projects.
https://www.darkreading.com/operations/google-invests-in-linux-kernel-developers-to-focus-on-security/d/d-id/1340247
https://www.xda-developers.com/xda-recognized-developer-linux-kernel-security/
#Google #Linux
Google and the Linux Foundation have announced plans to fund two full-time maintainers to exclusively focus on Linux kernel security development. Gustavo Silva and Nathan Chancellor, both active Linux contributors, will work to strengthen kernel security and associated projects.
https://www.darkreading.com/operations/google-invests-in-linux-kernel-developers-to-focus-on-security/d/d-id/1340247
https://www.xda-developers.com/xda-recognized-developer-linux-kernel-security/
#Google #Linux
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Google Invests in Linux Kernel Developers to Focus on Security
Google will fund two full-time Linux kernel developers to maintain and improve Linux security in the long term.
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7-Zip developer releases the first official Linux version
An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time.
Linux already had support for the 7-zip archive file format through a POSIX port called p7zip but it was maintained by a different developer.
As the p7zip developer has not maintained their project for 4-5 years, 7-Zip developer Igor Pavlov decided to create a new official Linux version based on the latest 7-Zip source code.
Pavlov has released 7-Zip for Linux in AMD64, ARM64, x86, and armhf versions, which users can download at the following links:
👉🏼 7-Zip for 64-bit Linux x86-64 (AMD64)
👉🏼 7-Zip for 64-bit Linux ARM64
👉🏼 7-Zip for 32-bit Linux x86
👉🏼 7-Zip for 32-bit Linux armhf
This first version of 7-Zip for Linux is released as a console application and has similar, but not identical, command-line arguments as p7zip.
https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/cec5e63147/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/7-zip-developer-releases-the-first-official-linux-version/
#7zip #sevenzip #official #linux #tools
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An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time.
Linux already had support for the 7-zip archive file format through a POSIX port called p7zip but it was maintained by a different developer.
As the p7zip developer has not maintained their project for 4-5 years, 7-Zip developer Igor Pavlov decided to create a new official Linux version based on the latest 7-Zip source code.
Pavlov has released 7-Zip for Linux in AMD64, ARM64, x86, and armhf versions, which users can download at the following links:
👉🏼 7-Zip for 64-bit Linux x86-64 (AMD64)
👉🏼 7-Zip for 64-bit Linux ARM64
👉🏼 7-Zip for 32-bit Linux x86
👉🏼 7-Zip for 32-bit Linux armhf
This first version of 7-Zip for Linux is released as a console application and has similar, but not identical, command-line arguments as p7zip.
https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/cec5e63147/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/7-zip-developer-releases-the-first-official-linux-version/
#7zip #sevenzip #official #linux #tools
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7-Zip developer releases the first official Linux version
An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time.
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Linux, macOS, and Windows running simultaneously on a 1st generation Core i5 and 8GB RAM
This is my Thinkpad T410 with a 1st generation Intel Core i5 and 8 GB of RAM. It runs Arch Linux with Xfce.
The macOS Mojave (chosen over Catalina or Big Sur for it’s lower resource usage) VM works surprisingly well with 3GB RAM, but even when the Windows VM was allocated that much, it was very sluggish.
The Windows installation was very easy. All you have to do is download the ISO from Microsoft, and fill in your username, password, and product key in the “Express Installation” feature of Gnome Boxes.
https://lukesempire.com/2021/04/11/vms
#linux #macos #windows #installation
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
This is my Thinkpad T410 with a 1st generation Intel Core i5 and 8 GB of RAM. It runs Arch Linux with Xfce.
The macOS Mojave (chosen over Catalina or Big Sur for it’s lower resource usage) VM works surprisingly well with 3GB RAM, but even when the Windows VM was allocated that much, it was very sluggish.
The Windows installation was very easy. All you have to do is download the ISO from Microsoft, and fill in your username, password, and product key in the “Express Installation” feature of Gnome Boxes.
https://lukesempire.com/2021/04/11/vms
#linux #macos #windows #installation
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
Microsoft Demos GUI Linux Apps Running on Windows 10
Microsoft has shared video demo of desktop Linux apps running on Windows 10
The capability is made possible using the new and improved Windows Subsystem for Linux (aka WSL 2) plus a new companion layer called WSLg (one assumes the ‘g’ stands for ‘GUI’, but don’t quote me on that).
You can watch Microsoft’s Craig Loewen showcase the feature in the following video. We’re talking about real desktop Linux apps running on Linux via WSL on Windows 10, and both X11 and Wayland-ready apps are supported
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/04/run-linux-apps-on-windows-wsl-2
#Windows #Linux #apps
Microsoft has shared video demo of desktop Linux apps running on Windows 10
The capability is made possible using the new and improved Windows Subsystem for Linux (aka WSL 2) plus a new companion layer called WSLg (one assumes the ‘g’ stands for ‘GUI’, but don’t quote me on that).
You can watch Microsoft’s Craig Loewen showcase the feature in the following video. We’re talking about real desktop Linux apps running on Linux via WSL on Windows 10, and both X11 and Wayland-ready apps are supported
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/04/run-linux-apps-on-windows-wsl-2
#Windows #Linux #apps
OMG! Ubuntu!
Microsoft Demos GUI Linux Apps Running on Windows 10
Ever wanted to run desktop Linux apps on Windows 10? Microsoft's WSL engineering team are making this strange marriage a reality, as this demo video shows!
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30 Years Of Linux - An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Open Source And Beyond - Part 2
The Linux kernel is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this year. In part two of our interview, we conclude our conversation with Linux creator Linus Torvalds. If you haven't already, check out part one to learn all about Linux kernel development and the creation of the Git version control system.
In this second part, Linus offers insight and perspective gained from managing a large open source project for three decades. He also talks about his employment at the Linux Foundation, and describes what he does with his spare time when he's not focused on kernel development.
As to what makes an open source project successful, Linus admits, "I don't really know what the key to success is. Yes, Linux has been very successful, and clearly Git too started on the right foot, but it's always very hard to really attribute that to some deeper cause. Maybe I've just been lucky?" He goes on to offer three practical recommendations he's followed himself: be there for other developers, be open, and be honest.
https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-open-source-and-beyond-part-2
💡 read as well: An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Linux and Git - Part 1
https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-linux-and-git
#interview #torvalds #linux
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
The Linux kernel is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this year. In part two of our interview, we conclude our conversation with Linux creator Linus Torvalds. If you haven't already, check out part one to learn all about Linux kernel development and the creation of the Git version control system.
In this second part, Linus offers insight and perspective gained from managing a large open source project for three decades. He also talks about his employment at the Linux Foundation, and describes what he does with his spare time when he's not focused on kernel development.
As to what makes an open source project successful, Linus admits, "I don't really know what the key to success is. Yes, Linux has been very successful, and clearly Git too started on the right foot, but it's always very hard to really attribute that to some deeper cause. Maybe I've just been lucky?" He goes on to offer three practical recommendations he's followed himself: be there for other developers, be open, and be honest.
https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-open-source-and-beyond-part-2
💡 read as well: An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Linux and Git - Part 1
https://www.tag1consulting.com/blog/interview-linus-torvalds-linux-and-git
#interview #torvalds #linux
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
Tag1 Consulting
An Interview With Linus Torvalds: Open Source And Beyond - Part 2 30 Years Of Linux
In this second part, Linus offers insight and perspective gained from managing a large open source project for three decades. He also talks about his employment at the Linux Foundation, and describes what he does with his spare time when he's not focused…
Linus Torvalds, employee of Vaccine Passport company, yells at developer for having concerns about COVID vaccine
https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/LinuxVax:f
It wouldn't be a day that ends with Y if something randomly controversial wasn't occuring on the Linux Kernel Mailing list.
On Thursday, June 10th, 2021... A discussio was occuring regarding the Linux Kernel Summit... and making it an in person, remote, or "hybrid" event. One Linux kernel dev, Enrico Weigelt, posted the following:
"I know a lot of people who will never take part in this generic human experiment that basically creates a new humanoid race (people who generate and exhaust the toxic spike proteine, whose gene sequence doesn't look quote natural). I'm one of them, as my whole family."
In response, Linus Torvalds jumped in with the following:
"Please keep your insane and technically incorrect anti-vax comments to yourself.
You don't know what you are talking about, you don't know what mRNA is, and you're spreading idiotic lies. Maybe you do so unwittingly, because of bad education. Maybe you do so because you've talked to "experts" or watched youtube videos by charlatans that don't know what they are talking about.
But dammit, regardless of where you have gotten your mis-information from, any Linux kernel discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me."
cough
I get the feeling like Linus has an opinion!
Linus concluded:
"Get vaccinated. Stop believing the anti-vax lies.
And if you insist on believing in the crazy conspiracy theories, at least SHUT THE HELL UP about it on Linux kernel discussion lists."
Now, I'm not going to go into if LInus is right. Or if Enrico is right. Or if neither are completely right.
What I will comment on is this:
All comments relating to COVID vaccines were then blocked by mailing list moderators with the following message:
"moderator hat on I'm requesting that all vaccine talk is restricted solely to how it would impact international travel to/from ksummit."
This moderation was not applied to Linus's rant, however. That was allowed.
Worth mentioning:
Linus Torvald's employer, The Linux Foundation, is now in the business of making COVID vaccine passports
https://www.lfph.io/
Any statement, by him, critical of a COVID vaccine would hurt the Linux Foundation's new business endeavor.
That endeavor has been met with overwhelming praise from the Linux and Tech press. And zero criticism from the Tech Press... other than from yours truly. Likewise, you can expect Linus's statement quoted above to be met with overwhelming praise -- and, again, zero criticism -- from the Tech Press.
What all of that means I will leave as an exercise for the reader.
#Linus #Linux #Linuxfoundation #passports #covid #why #lunduke
https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/LinuxVax:f
It wouldn't be a day that ends with Y if something randomly controversial wasn't occuring on the Linux Kernel Mailing list.
On Thursday, June 10th, 2021... A discussio was occuring regarding the Linux Kernel Summit... and making it an in person, remote, or "hybrid" event. One Linux kernel dev, Enrico Weigelt, posted the following:
"I know a lot of people who will never take part in this generic human experiment that basically creates a new humanoid race (people who generate and exhaust the toxic spike proteine, whose gene sequence doesn't look quote natural). I'm one of them, as my whole family."
In response, Linus Torvalds jumped in with the following:
"Please keep your insane and technically incorrect anti-vax comments to yourself.
You don't know what you are talking about, you don't know what mRNA is, and you're spreading idiotic lies. Maybe you do so unwittingly, because of bad education. Maybe you do so because you've talked to "experts" or watched youtube videos by charlatans that don't know what they are talking about.
But dammit, regardless of where you have gotten your mis-information from, any Linux kernel discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me."
cough
I get the feeling like Linus has an opinion!
Linus concluded:
"Get vaccinated. Stop believing the anti-vax lies.
And if you insist on believing in the crazy conspiracy theories, at least SHUT THE HELL UP about it on Linux kernel discussion lists."
Now, I'm not going to go into if LInus is right. Or if Enrico is right. Or if neither are completely right.
What I will comment on is this:
All comments relating to COVID vaccines were then blocked by mailing list moderators with the following message:
"moderator hat on I'm requesting that all vaccine talk is restricted solely to how it would impact international travel to/from ksummit."
This moderation was not applied to Linus's rant, however. That was allowed.
Worth mentioning:
Linus Torvald's employer, The Linux Foundation, is now in the business of making COVID vaccine passports
https://www.lfph.io/
Any statement, by him, critical of a COVID vaccine would hurt the Linux Foundation's new business endeavor.
That endeavor has been met with overwhelming praise from the Linux and Tech press. And zero criticism from the Tech Press... other than from yours truly. Likewise, you can expect Linus's statement quoted above to be met with overwhelming praise -- and, again, zero criticism -- from the Tech Press.
What all of that means I will leave as an exercise for the reader.
#Linus #Linux #Linuxfoundation #passports #covid #why #lunduke
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Linux Kernel Security Done Right
https://security.googleblog.com/2021/08/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html
#Linux #Kernel #Security
https://security.googleblog.com/2021/08/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html
#Linux #Kernel #Security
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Linux Kernel Security Done Right
Posted by Kees Cook, Software Engineer, Google Open Source Security Team To borrow from an excellent analogy between the modern computer ec...
The JingPad A1 is a Linux tablet that (kind of) runs Android apps
https://www.xda-developers.com/jingpad-a1-linux-tablet-android-support/
#JingPad #Linux #tablet
https://www.xda-developers.com/jingpad-a1-linux-tablet-android-support/
#JingPad #Linux #tablet
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The JingPad A1 is a Linux tablet that (kind of) runs Android apps
The JingPad A1 aims to be the ultimiate productivity tablet, with a custom Linux OS and support for Android apps.
A serious bug in #Linux from 12 years ago allows you to get root on any distro
To fix it upgrade or:
chmod 0755 /usr/bin/pkexec
#PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation #Vulnerability Discovered in polkit’s pkexec (CVE-2021-4034)
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034
To fix it upgrade or:
chmod 0755 /usr/bin/pkexec
#PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation #Vulnerability Discovered in polkit’s pkexec (CVE-2021-4034)
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034
Qualys Security Blog
PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered in polkit’s pkexec (CVE-2021-4034) | Qualys Security Blog
The Qualys Research Team has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in polkit’s pkexec, a SUID-root program that is installed by default on every major Linux distribution.
The Bvp47 - a Top-tier #Linux #Backdoor of US #NSA Equation Group hidden for 10 years
https://www.pangulab.cn/en/post/the_bvp47_a_top-tier_backdoor_of_us_nsa_equation_group/
https://www.pangulab.cn/en/post/the_bvp47_a_top-tier_backdoor_of_us_nsa_equation_group/
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The Bvp47 - a Top-tier Backdoor of US NSA Equation Group