Comment He has done other works (Score 4, Informative) 40
He was also influential in making character designs for Dragon Quest series and Chorno Trigger.
Submission + - Microsoft will support VS Code on Ubuntu 18.04 for one more year! (omgubuntu.co.uk) 1
motang writes: "Microsoft has announced a temporary reprieve for developers who use VS Code to connect to servers, clouds, container, and other devices running on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS."
They will release a recovery (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/203375#issuecomment-1927893504) update to VS Code soon.
They will release a recovery (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/203375#issuecomment-1927893504) update to VS Code soon.
Comment Win for Containerzied apps, me thinks! (Score 1) 149
This would the primary reason to use containerized apps like snap and flatpak. Since it is Ubuntu and 6 year old version it would be best to use snap version of VS Code or VSCodium.
Comment Direct to consumer (Score 1) 210
Maybe GM should just sell these electric Buicks direct to consumers like Tesla does, and screw the dealers.
Comment This has IBM written all over (Score 2) 41
How of this was already in the workings before the purchase by IBM I wonder? But seeing how RedHat was before, I am sure this is more of an IBM thing sadly.
Comment Looks like Chromium, smells like Chromium ... (Score 1) 39
Looks like they did no work on the UI end, and looks like a Chromium Snap that's installed on my Ubuntu laptops. Might be good for Samsung users who would like to keep their things in sync with their phone.
Submission + - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 pland to drop Xorg and only support Wayland (redhat.com)
motang writes: Red Hat is going to do away with X.Org server and support Wayland and XWayland for apps that are currently (or only) run on X11.
Comment WOW (Score 1) 182
Seriously, about time. If it was a pressure from Google, impending EU ruling, or Tim Cook's mother-in-law I don't care. It's final done.
Submission + - GNOME Merge Requests Opened to Drop X11 Session (phoronix.com)
motang writes: A set of merge requests were opened to drop X.ORG (X11) from GNOME desktop.
"This is the first step towards deprecating the x11 session, the systemd targets are removed, but the x11 functionality is still there in so you can restore the x11 session by installing the targets in the appropriate place on your own.
X11 has been receiving less and less testing. We have been defaulting to the wayland session since 2016 and it's about time we drop the x11 session completely.
Let's remove the targets this cycle and maybe carry on with removing rest of the x11 session code next cycle."
"This is the first step towards deprecating the x11 session, the systemd targets are removed, but the x11 functionality is still there in so you can restore the x11 session by installing the targets in the appropriate place on your own.
X11 has been receiving less and less testing. We have been defaulting to the wayland session since 2016 and it's about time we drop the x11 session completely.
Let's remove the targets this cycle and maybe carry on with removing rest of the x11 session code next cycle."
Comment Handy (Score 1) 41
Oh now that very handy and will be (hopefully) help people who are on the fence of switching from Chrome to Firefox.
Comment CEO of the year! (Score 1) 22
CEO of the year!
Comment Glad they weren't too effected. (Score 1) 16
I am glade AlamLinux is not too effected by this. Having choices is good, and I also see RedHat's point. They were giving everything away, without having any of the clones do any work, now those said clones will just have to do a bit more work to make their clones.
Submission + - Barracuda Urges Replacing, Not Patching, Its Email Security Gateways (krebsonsecurity.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It’s not often that a zero-day vulnerability causes a network security vendor to urge customers to physically remove and decommission an entire line of affected hardware — as opposed to just applying software updates. But experts say that is exactly what transpired this week with Barracuda Networks, as the company struggled to combat a sprawling malware threat which appears to have undermined its email security appliances in such a fundamental way that they can no longer be safely updated with software fixes.
Campbell, Calif. based Barracuda said it hired incident response firm Mandiant on May 18 after receiving reports about unusual traffic originating from its Email Security Gateway (ESG) devices, which are designed to sit at the edge of an organization’s network and scan all incoming and outgoing email for malware. On May 19, Barracuda identified that the malicious traffic was taking advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in its ESG appliances, and on May 20 the company pushed a patch for the flaw to all affected appliances (CVE-2023-2868).
In its security advisory, Barracuda said the vulnerability existed in the Barracuda software component responsible for screening attachments for malware. More alarmingly, the company said it appears attackers first started exploiting the flaw in October 2022. But on June 6, Barracuda suddenly began urging its ESG customers to wholesale rip out and replace — not patch — affected appliances. “Impacted ESG appliances must be immediately replaced regardless of patch version level,” the company’s advisory warned. “Barracuda’s recommendation at this time is full replacement of the impacted ESG." [...] In addition to replacing devices, Barracuda says ESG customers should also rotate any credentials connected to the appliance(s), and check for signs of compromise dating back to at least October 2022 using the network and endpoint indicators the company has released publicly.
Campbell, Calif. based Barracuda said it hired incident response firm Mandiant on May 18 after receiving reports about unusual traffic originating from its Email Security Gateway (ESG) devices, which are designed to sit at the edge of an organization’s network and scan all incoming and outgoing email for malware. On May 19, Barracuda identified that the malicious traffic was taking advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in its ESG appliances, and on May 20 the company pushed a patch for the flaw to all affected appliances (CVE-2023-2868).
In its security advisory, Barracuda said the vulnerability existed in the Barracuda software component responsible for screening attachments for malware. More alarmingly, the company said it appears attackers first started exploiting the flaw in October 2022. But on June 6, Barracuda suddenly began urging its ESG customers to wholesale rip out and replace — not patch — affected appliances. “Impacted ESG appliances must be immediately replaced regardless of patch version level,” the company’s advisory warned. “Barracuda’s recommendation at this time is full replacement of the impacted ESG." [...] In addition to replacing devices, Barracuda says ESG customers should also rotate any credentials connected to the appliance(s), and check for signs of compromise dating back to at least October 2022 using the network and endpoint indicators the company has released publicly.
Submission + - Smart TV Industry Rocked By Alleged Patent Conspiracy From Chipmaker (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: During the pandemic, the demand for smart TVs dwindled as the supply chain for critical TV components became unreliable and consumers began tightening up on frivolous spending. Amid this smart TV demand slump, one of the world's top TV chipmakers, Taiwan-based Realtek, was hit with multiple meritless lawsuits by an alleged patent troll, Future Link Systems. These actions, Realtek said, drained its resources, made Realtek appear unreliable as a TV-chip supplier, and created "the harmful illusion of supply chain uncertainties in an already constrained industry." Determined to defend its reputation and maintain its dominant place in the market, Realtek filed a lawsuit this week in a US district court in California. In it, the TV chipmaker alleged that Future Link launched "an unprecedented and unseemly conspiracy" with the world's leading TV-chip supplier, Taiwan-based MediaTek, and was allegedly paid a "bounty" to file frivolous patent infringement claims intended to drive Realtek out of the TV-chip market.
The scheme allegedly worked like this: Future Link "intentionally and knowingly" asked a US district court in Texas and the US International Trade Commission "for injunctions prohibiting importation of Realtek TV Chips and devices containing the same into the United States," Realtek alleged. This allowed MediaTek to reap the benefits of diminished competition in that market, Realtek claimed. Today, Reuters reported that MediaTek has officially responded to Realtek's allegations, vowing to defend itself against the lawsuit and claiming that MediaTek will supply evidence to dispute Realtek's claims.
Realtek's lawsuit seeks a jury trial to fight back against MediaTek and Future Link, as well as IPValue Management, which the complaint said owns and operates Future Link. The TV chipmaker alleged that defendants violated unfair competition laws in California, as well as federal laws. Any damages won from the lawsuit will be donated to charity, Realtek said. Realtek's complaint likens MediaTek to "robber barons of the Industrial Age," allegedly seeking to destroy competition and secure a monopoly in the TV-chip market. "With this action, Realtek seeks to stop a modern robber baron and its hired henchmen, protect itself from ongoing injury, and guard against the destruction of competition in the critical semiconductor industry by holding defendants accountable for their conspiracy," the complaint said.
The scheme allegedly worked like this: Future Link "intentionally and knowingly" asked a US district court in Texas and the US International Trade Commission "for injunctions prohibiting importation of Realtek TV Chips and devices containing the same into the United States," Realtek alleged. This allowed MediaTek to reap the benefits of diminished competition in that market, Realtek claimed. Today, Reuters reported that MediaTek has officially responded to Realtek's allegations, vowing to defend itself against the lawsuit and claiming that MediaTek will supply evidence to dispute Realtek's claims.
Realtek's lawsuit seeks a jury trial to fight back against MediaTek and Future Link, as well as IPValue Management, which the complaint said owns and operates Future Link. The TV chipmaker alleged that defendants violated unfair competition laws in California, as well as federal laws. Any damages won from the lawsuit will be donated to charity, Realtek said. Realtek's complaint likens MediaTek to "robber barons of the Industrial Age," allegedly seeking to destroy competition and secure a monopoly in the TV-chip market. "With this action, Realtek seeks to stop a modern robber baron and its hired henchmen, protect itself from ongoing injury, and guard against the destruction of competition in the critical semiconductor industry by holding defendants accountable for their conspiracy," the complaint said.
Submission + - Ubuntu Core as an Immutable OS (ubuntu.com) 1
motang writes: Canonical, the sponsor of widely popular Ubuntu Linux plans on shipping the next LTS in two versions. One traditional deb version and another immutable version based on snapd technology for enthusiasts to play with and give feedback. I for one am looking forward, as I am sure immutable is future of Linux distros.
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