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A Simple One-Click Mitigation for ‘Copy Fail’ and ‘Dirty Frag’ for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and Other Debian‑Based Distros by Christine Hall: First there was Copy Fail, now there’s Dirty Frag. That’s two — count ’em — two Linux vulnerabilities that could give bad guys root access to your computer at once. Well, there’s actually three, but to explain that would get too complicated for what I’m here for.
Synex 13 Puts a Minimalist Spin on Debian for Work and Home by Larry Cafiero: Built on Debian Trixie, Synex aims to cut post‑install busywork with sensible defaults, app choices up front, and a clean KDE Plasma experience.
The PHP License Is Dead; Long Live the BSD 3-Clause by Christine Hall: Here’s something that doesn’t happen very often. The PHP Group retires its quirky, and partly non‑GPL‑compatible licenses in favor of the widely used BSD 3‑Clause.
Fedora 44 Brings GNOME 50, KDE 6.6, and Better Gaming (With Screenshots) by Larry Cafiero: We take Fedora’s newest weekly‑distro pick for a spin to see how it handles real‑world browsing, office work, media… with a bit of gaming on the side.
Exim Mail Server Hit by “Dead.Letter” TLS Flaw, Admins Told to Upgrade by Christine Hall: The popular Exim email server project today announced that a security vulnerability has been discovered in the platform’s GnuTLS backend. All versions of the software from 4.97 up to and including 4.99.2 are affected.
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