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Debian Project mourns the loss of Ray Dassen
Long time Debian developer Ray Dassen died on May 18. "The Debian Project honours Ray's great work and his strong dedication to
Debian and Free Software. His technical knowledge and his ability to
share that knowledge with others will be missed. His contributions will
not be forgotten, and the high standards of his work will continue to
serve as an inspiration to others."
Security advisories for Friday
Debian has updated libdmx (multiple
vulnerabilities), libxv (multiple
vulnerabilities), libxvmc (multiple
vulnerabilities), libfixes (multiple
vulnerabilities), libxrender (multiple
vulnerabilities), mesa (multiple
vulnerabilities), xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (multipl
OpenMandriva Picks Name, Releases Alpha
OStatic: OpenMandriva beat out other contenders such as Moondrake, OpenMDV, Lomax, and ROMA.
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The Power Base: Boon or bust? It's unclear to us how many KDE users prefer ReKonq over Firefox or Chrome
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Setting Up A Subversion Repository On Linux
In this tutorial I'll explain how to
setup a subversion repository for PHP Javascript development. The SVN repository will be used by
multiple users using an SSH key to logon to the server. All users
will use the svn system user but we'll use the SSH key to identify
the user. A pre-commit hook will be used to validate the PHP and
Javascript to comply with coding rules.
GNU/Linux Is Important After All
FOSSforce: RMS is one of those people with whom I'm often in complete agreement - in theory.
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LinuxDrops: FreeRADIUS is the most popular open source RADIUS server and the most widely deployed RADIUS server in the world.
Bookmark/Search this post with:Sorry, But Bringing Back the Start Menu Won't Help Windows 8
There are plenty of legitimate concerns about the Windows 8 interface. But if you think the removal of the Start menu is the root cause of those problems, you're mistaken. See for yourself.
There are plenty of legitimate concerns about the Windows 8 interface. But if you think the removal of the Start menu is the root cause of those problems, you're mistaken. See for yourself.
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$99 Linux stick turns any HDMI display into a virtual desktop
Linux-Line: Ceptor is an advanced zero client that brings the data to the user when and where they need it.
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Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted enof atoms in a movie file.
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Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted QTIF file.
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Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted FPX file.
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Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted MP3 file.
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Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted TeXML file.
Bookmark/Search this post with:CVE-2013-1016 (quicktime)
Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file with H.263 encoding.
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Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted dref atoms in a movie file.
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Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted movie file with H.264 encoding.
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