Weekly Catchup: HowTos, Advisories, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 14, 2024

• Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-07 [Older] Linux Weekly Roundup #268

• Linux On Mobile ☛ 2024-01-07 [Older] Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (01/2024): Phosh 0.35.0 and a Ubuntu Touch Q&A

• Slashdot

  • Slashdot ☛ 2024-01-12 [Older] A 2024 Discussion Whether To Convert The Linux Kernel From C To Modern C++

  • Slashdot ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Biggest Linux Kernel Release Ever Welcomes bcachefs File System, Jettisons Itanium

  • Slashdot ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] Linux Devices Are Under Attack By a Never-Before-Seen Worm [Ed: This issue here is bad passwords, not Linux, but Slashdot is relaying FUD from a serial defamer who dislikes Linux (Goodin)]

  • 2024-01-08 [Older] Three Packages Targeting Linux with Crypto Miners Found in Python's 'PyPi' Repository [Ed: The issue here is not Linux. The issue here is bad people uploading malicious code and then mindless administrators downloading this code and running it without proper or sufficient vetting.]

  • Slashdot ☛ 2024-01-07 [Older] How Does FreeBSD Compare to Linux on a Raspberry Pi?

  • 2024-01-07 [Older] ZDNet Calls Rhino Linux 'New Coolest Linux Distro' [Ed: Conflating Jack Wallen with "ZDNet", a Microsoft tabloid]

  • Instructionals/Technical

    • Peteris Krumins ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] How to Run Firefox in Chrome (browser in browser)

    • Peteris Krumins ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] How to Open Suspicious PDFs Safely

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] How to install and use Wine 8.0.2 on a Chromebook

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] How to install FireFox on Feren OS

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] How to install Gimp on Feren OS

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] How to install the Jagex Launcher on a Chromebook

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-09 [Older] How to enable a Dark Theme on a Chromebook

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-09 [Older] How to install Google Chrome on Feren OS

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-08 [Older] How to install Audacity on Feren OS

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-08 [Older] How to install Zrythm on a Chromebook

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-07 [Older] How to install Sonic 3: Angel Island Revisited on a Chromebook

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-07 [Older] How to install Toontown Rewritten on Feren OS

    • Linux Made Simple ☛ 2024-01-12 [Older] How to install Toontown Rewritten on a Chromebook

  • Open Hardware/Modding

    • SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] Arduino + Silicon Labs Make Matter More Accessible

    • SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2024-01-09 [Older] Meet the New Digi XBee®

  • FSFE

    • FSFE ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] The FSFE at the 37C3: Unlocked

  • Slashdot ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] Linux Kernel 4.14 Reaches End of Life After More Than Six Years of Maintenance [Ed: It should not cost much to maintain kernel patches (backported) even for 10+ years; this is all about money]

• CISA/Security

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-09 [Older] CISA Releases One Industrial Control Systems Advisory

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-08 [Older] CISA Adds Six Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Horner Automation Cscape

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Schneider Electric Easergy Studio

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and JT2Go

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Siemens Spectrum Power 7

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Siemens SICAM A8000

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Siemens SIMATIC

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Siemens Solid Edge

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-09 [Older] Microsoft Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-09 [Older] Fortinet Releases Security Updates for FortiOS and FortiProxy

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-10 [Older] Ivanti Releases Security Update for Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco Unity Connection

  • CISA ☛ 2024-01-11 [Older] Juniper Networks Releases Security Bulletin for Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved