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Rust Makes Ubuntu Less Secure, Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 4 is Out, and Installing Ubuntu on the HP Z2 Mini
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu 26.04 ends a 40-year old sudo tradition [Ed: Rust is REDUCING security]
Ubuntu 26.04 will show asterisks when you type your sudo password, as Canonical adds a patch to its Rust-based sudo-rs. Here's what changed and why.
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 4 is now available to download
Canonical’s engineers have announced the fourth and final monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.04, ahead of next month’s all important beta release. Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 4, like all other monthly snapshots, not a blessed build intended for mainstream usage. It’s a “throwaway artifact” that enables the distro’s engineers to fine-tune and hone a new automated build system. Compared to the January release of snapshot 3, there’s more ‘of note’ packed inside of this one, like the GNU/Linux 6.19 kernel and more GNOME 50 beta components (Mutter, Files, Settings), though the new Showtime video player is not included – but is coming.
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Peter 'CzP' Czanik ☛ New toy: Installing Ubuntu on the HP Z2 Mini
The data sheet of my new AI focused mini workstation from HP mentions Ubuntu 24.04 as the supported GNU/Linux distribution. I have tried that, but I could not get the installer to run. However, 25.10 installed without any problems, even from an openSUSE branded USB stick :-)