LinuxSecurity.com: Two flaws have been discovered in OpenSSH which could allow local attackers to escalate their privileges.

LinuxSecurity.com: NX uses code from the X.org X11 server which is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

LinuxSecurity.com: A double free vulnerability discovered in UnZip might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL might lead to privilege escalation and Denial of Service.

LinuxSecurity.com: Nearly three years after the initial post describing the idea , I am happy to report that OpenPacket.org 1.0 is ready for public use, free of charge. The mission of OpenPacket.org is to provide quality network traffic traces to

Michael Stibane announced the second beta release of SaxenOS 2008, a full fledged Linux office desktop based on PCLinuxOS: "After my usual year of silence I'm starting with a new SaxenOS release. Beta 2 is out since last Sunday. It's

After five test versions, Marcos Guglielmetti announced the release of Musix GNU+Linux 1.0r3, a Debian-based distribution containing a comprehensive collection of free software for musicians: "It's a 100% free multimedia operating system intended for music production, graphic design, audio and

As Ladislav Bodnar is enjoying his trip in Hong Kong, we invite our old friend Susan Linton to author one issue of DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: First look at Dreamlinux 3.0News: Mandriva 2007.0 and SUSE 10.1 discontinued support, Let's resurrect Debian

A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - UnZip: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code. Here the announcement:

nemiver 0.5.2 has been released

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Geek.com posted their first impression of Ubuntu Linux 8.04 beta

Metacity 2.23.5 has been released

A.P. Lawrence: "On the plus side, Linux keeps getting better and sooner or later it should be as slick as slick can be..."

451 CAOS Theory: "I kept waiting to weigh in on the ISO approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML format, searching for some kind of silver lining for open source..."

Emerging Technologies for Virtual Instrumentation: "Having met with numerous groups, Linux almost always comes up as a topic of discussion and in many cases it's part of their labs roadmap for rolling out control, test, and other systems..."

The Brampton Factor: "Building open source software has lately engaged a significant amount of my time, so I have experienced it first hand. Even without that practical knowledge, academic studies on open source make interesting reading..."

Polymorph: "Each year it seems that there are more and more grumblings about how commercial Open Source conferences are moving further and further away from Free Software and Open Source communities..."

DesktopLinux: "What's cute, comes in a 6.4" high, 11" long, and 7.5" wide black box and runs Linux? That would be Shuttle Computers' KPC Shuttle..."