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Arch Linux’s December 2023 ISO Release Brings Linux 6.6 LTS, Updated Installer

Arch Linux’s December 2023 ISO release includes archinstall 2.7, which brings two important features, namely support for unified kernel image (UKI), which is a single executable that can be booted directly from the UEFI firmware, and the ability to check for new versions of archinstall when initiating the Arch Linux installer.

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Call for testing: OpenSSH 9.5

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 29, 2023

OpenSSH 9.5 is getting ready for release, so we would appreciate testing on as many platforms and systems as possible. This is a bugfix release.

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