[sf-lug] New releases and news

[Bobbie Sellers]

Hi LUGers,

	Nest meeting will be on Sunday 2 October 2022 from
11 AM to 1 PM nominally at any venue and via
<https://meet.jit.si/sf-lug.org>

	You may have heard of Porteus?  It is reviewed
in the current Distrowatch Weekly Newsletter.  It has
several problems and the tester gave it up after trying
3 Desktops. He could not get persistence to work and
had some problems with updating.  There is other information
as well.
<https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20220919>

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New Linux Malware Shikitega Can Take Full Control of Devices
Julien Maury  September 14, 2022

AT&T Alien Labs has discovered a new Linux malware that can be used
for highly evasive attacks, as the infection has been designed for
persistence and runs on practically all kinds of Linux devices.

The identity and goals of the authors are as yet unknown, but the 
technical details have been disclosed. The malware seems to leverage
the infamous Pwnkit vulnerability (CVE-2021-4034), one of the easiest 
exploits imaginable,and OverlayFS (CVE-2021-3493), a kernel exploit
that pentesters, capture-the-flag (CTF) players, and hackers know all 
too well.
     Full story at the URL below.
<https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/new-linux-malware-takes-full-control-of-devices/>

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Debian GNU/Linux 11.5

The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian 
GNU/Linux 11.5 as the fifth point release to the Debian GNU/Linux 11 
“Bullseye” operating system series.

Debian GNU/Linux 11.5 is here exactly two months after the Debian 
GNU/Linux 11.4 point release as an updated installation medium for those 
who want to install the latest and greatest Debian GNU/Linux 11 
“Bullseye” operating system series on new computers.

It includes all the security and software updates that have been 
released from July 9th until today through the main Debian GNU/Linux 11 
“Bullseye” software repositories. In numbers, it includes a total of 58 
miscellaneous bug fixes and 53 security updates.

For details about these fixes, check out the release announcement. 
Meanwhile, if you’re using the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating 
system on your computer, you need to update your installations by 
running the sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade command in a 
terminal emulator.

For new installations, you’ll be able to download the Debian GNU/Linux 
11.5 live or installable ISO images from the official website. 
Installation images are provided for 64-bit (amd64), 32-bit (i386), 
PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (ppc64el), IBM System z (s390x), MIPS 
64-bit Little Endian (mips64el), MIPS 32-bit Little Endian (mipsel), 
MIPS, Armel, ARMhf, and AArch64 (arm64) architectures.

Live images of Debian GNU/Linux 11.5 are available for 64-bit and 32-bit 
systems pre-installed with the KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, LXQt, LXDE, 
Cinnamon, and MATE desktop environments. A “standard” live ISO image is 
also available for download but it doesn’t feature a graphical environment.
     Full story at the URL below.
<https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/new-linux-malware-takes-full-control-of-devices/>

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Lately at Distrowatch.com
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2022-09-01 	NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu 20.04.5
	Canonical has announced a point release for Ubuntu 20.04
and its community editions. The new release, 20.04.5, offers
updated hardware support along with security fixes since the
original 20.04 release.

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2022-09-01 	Distribution Release: Linux From Scratch 11.2
       	Bruce Dubbs has announced the release of version
11.2 of Linux From Scratch, a project that provides a free book 
containing step-by-step instructions to build a custom Linux system
from scratch. A separate book called "Beyond Linux From Scratch", which 
provides a broad range of instructions for installing and configuring 
various packages on top of a base LFS system, is also available in 
version 11.2

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2022-09-13 	NEW • Development Release: Fedora 37 Beta
	Ben Cotton has announced the release of a new development snapshot for 
Fedora 37. The new snapshot includes GNOME 43, updated versions of 
programming languages such as Python and Perl, and removes support for 
ARMv7 CPUs.

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2022-09-14 	NEW • Distribution Release: SME Server 10.1
  	Terry Fage has announced the release of SME Server 10.1, an updated 
version of the project's specialist distribution for home servers. This 
version continues to be based on CentOS 7 and will be supported until 
June 2024:

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2022-09-16 	NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.27 Core 170
	IPFire is a lightweight Linux distribution for use with firewalls and 
routers. The project has released a new update which introduces publicly 
supplied IP block lists.

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	Well we are having rain today and maybe for another 48 hours.
	I hope everyone is enjoying it.
	Enjoy the Autumnal Equinox next Friday.

	Bobbie Sellers