Distro Monday 49: Ubuntu PSA, Nitrux & New to Fedora

Some Delightful Things Coming in Fedora 38
Ubuntu Security Updates
Freedom Consultation
Nitrux 2.7 Out

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DM 49.1 – Good Stuff Coming in Fedora 38

What’s on deck for Fedora 38?

· Unfiltered Flathub Access
o Until now, Flathub has been limited out of the box to protect Fedora from lawsuits
· Desktop Environment Updates
o GNOME 44
o KDE 5.27
o Mate 1.26
o Xfce 4.18
o LXQt 1.2.0
· New Spins
o Budgie
o Sway
· Linux 62 Kernel
· Initial Unified Kernel Support
o Unified kernel, when it is in full swing, so to speak, will make Fedora more secure, as it will include
§ An all-in-one efi binary containing kernel, initrd, cmdline and signature
· That means only needing 1 key, rather than 3
· And more...

https://news.itsfoss.com/fedora-38/
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DM 49.2 – Ubuntu Security Updates

Which vulnerabilities and exploits got patched into oblivion? Let’s take a look at the 17 which got taken out. 14 of them are for the newest versions (from 20.04 & 22.04 on 5.15LTS, to 22.04 and 22.10 on 5.19).
· One was a remote attack vulnerability which could lead to a system crash or to arbitrary code being executed on your machine
· 10 could leave you open to local attacks which could lead to system crashes or arbitrary code execution
o Jargon demystification: arbitrary code execution = code that the user did not intend for the machine to run, could compromise privacy or something else.
· 2 could leave VPS host machines as well as VM host machines vulnerable to denial of service (crashes) or even ACE (arbitrary code execution).
· 1 could leave your network connection vulnerable to causing crashes or even exposing kernel info to an attacker
· 2 could leave 20.04 and 22.04 on 5.15 LTS vulnerable to race conditions in the network background driver, leading to system crashes
· race condition in the io_uring subsystem that could lead to a null pointer dereference vulnerability, allowing a local attacker to cause a denial of service (system crash).
As always, do your best to keep your systems up to date so that you stay secure and private as much as you can.

https://9to5linux.com/latest-ubuntu-linux-kernel-security-updates-patch-17-vulnerabilities

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Freedom Consultation

Ever wondered how to get free from Big Tech? This Free 90 minute consultation will leave you with at least pointers to the tools and services you’ll need to do just that.

https://techfreedom.pro/freedom-consultation

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DM 49.3 –NitruxOS 2.7

I’ve talked about this one before, and the concept of Maui Shell is solid, but not daily driver ready, yet. It has come a fairly long way since the last time I looked at it, based on the screen shots in this article. I feel as though I owe it another look, soon. Perhaps I will give it more of a look when Maui Shell reaches a 1.0 versioning. What is Maui Shell? It is a new, convergent desktop environment that the team at Nitrux have been working on for a couple of years now. I imagine that most of those who watch these videos may not be super nerds, but just in case you are, I’m about to define “convergent” in this context. A convergent DE is one which looks and functions the same way between mobile/tablet/ desktop, kind of like a well-done responsive webpage. This was a buzzword about 10 years ago, when Microsoft was all about Windoesnt 8, but that was only desktop/tablet, as windoesnt mobile died as ignominiously as Google + did... But the Linux community also was deeply interested in it then, and still is, through projects like Maui Shell and Lomiri/Unity Shell, among others. The idea is that you would be able to use the same environments in the same ways across all of your devices, rather than how it is right now, which is kind of disorienting. So what is new in Nitrux 2.7?
· Linux 6.1.15 Liquorix kernel
· New ISO with Maui Shell
· Updated Software Suite
· MauiKit
· MauiKit Frameworks 2.2.2
· Maui Apps 2.2.2, 1.0.1, 1.0.0
· Maui Shell 0.6.0
· The latest from KDE, as the original NX desktop is based on KDE
· Firefox 110.0.1
· MESA 23.1
· Introduction of OpenVPN
· Nvidia Driver 525.89.02

Other than that, Nitrux is based on Debian with a twist, it is immutable at its core, so as long as it works for you, it will work until your next full upgrade. Instead of using APT for packages, you are limited to either Appimages or Flatpaks to keep the system as secure as possible. I am not ready to suggest you try this, whether with NX desktop or Maui DE (such as it is) yet. I do find it interesting, and worthwhile to keep tabs on as it develops, but try at your own risk as it is.

https://news.itsfoss.com/nitrux-2-7-release/

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Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website.

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Tech Freedom Intro: What to expect from my channels and website.

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