Category Archives: Linux

Windows 12: A Linux Light with Windows 10 Theme

Posted on 2020-02-10 by guenni

[German]A Windows that lets people work just without the need to upgrade? Works alongside Windows 7 or 10 and doesn't even cost anything. That's a hot promise for Windows 7 switchers whodon't like Windows 10. Therefore the successor is called … Continue reading →

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Debian 9.12 and 10.3 released

Posted on 2020-02-10 by guenni

[German]The Debian project has released new installation images for Debian 9.12 and 10.3 this weekend (February 8th) I had already seen it, but blog reader Ralf explicitly points it out in this comment (thanks for that). Advertising

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Operating-System/Browser share (January 2020)

Posted on 2020-02-04 by guenni

[German]It's early February 2020, and Windows 7 has reached end of support. Time to take a look at the current market shares of desktop operating systems as of the end of January 2020. Advertising

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Windows 7 End of Live: Ubuntu promotes a switch to Linux

Posted on 2020-02-01 by guenni

[German]Windows 7 SP1 will no longer receive security updates for the majority of users from January 14 , 2020. The Ubuntu team have seized the opportunity and are promoting a switch to Linux. Something like Bye Microsoft, Hello Linux'. I … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability CVE-2019-19377 in Linux Kernel 5.0.21

Posted on 2019-12-04 by guenni

The Linux kernel 5.0.21 contains a use after free vulnerability CVE-2019-19377. The vulnerability documented on 29.11.2019 with a CVE number is currently awaiting analysis. Advertising

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows driver WinBtrfs v1.5 for Linux file system released

Posted on 2019-11-18 by guenni

[German]Short information for people who want to access Linux Btrfs disks under Windows. The Window driver WinBtrfs v1.5 has just been released. Blog reader Gero S. pointed this out to me (thanks for that). Addendum: Version 1.5 crashes the file … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: Vulnerability in Bash

Posted on 2019-11-11 by guenni

[German]The bash shell of Ubuntu 12.04 ESM contains a vulnerability (USN-4180-1, CVE-2012-6711), that also affects Ubuntu derivatives. The vulnerability could allow attackers to infiltrate bash scripts that could cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code. Advertising

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Linux Kernel Bug in Wi-Fi driver puts machines at risk

Posted on 2019-10-19 by guenni

[German]Once again, a violent bug has been discovered in the Linux kernel that allows an attack on machines via Wi-Fi. Attackers can crash or even attack the machines via the vulnerability. The bug has been in the Linux kernel since … Continue reading →

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Linux: Bug in sudo allows forbidden commands as root

Posted on 2019-10-15 by guenni

[German]There is an implementation bug in older versions of the Linux command sudo. This allows commands to be executed as root, even if this is not allowed for a user. In the meantime there is an update which fixes the … Continue reading →

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CertBUND warns about a bzip2 vulnerability

Posted on 2019-07-25 by guenni

German CertBUND warns here about he vulnerability CVE-2019-12900 in the open source bzip2 (versions <= 1.0.6), which is used in Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux. The vulnerability allows execution of arbitrary program code with the rights of the service. SUSE has … Continue reading →

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