Cybersecurity researchers uncovered a vicious new threat that hides as legitimate systems software. With Linux kernel 5.12 you can update firmware, no reboot required. The last refinement in LibreOffice 7 series paves the way for a new set of features when Series 8 arrives. If that is not enough to satisfy your Linux binge, Canonical is putting a new Snap together.
Snap has been an overall failure. People do not want it, I am not sure this will fix that.
Flatpak is doing better, but most people still prefer native apps. Ubuntu continues to lose users because of Snap. I am one of those.
OSS News: SysJoker Backdoor, Linux Firmware, LibreOffice Improves, Distro Hopping Choices
Posted by: Jack M. Germain January 21, 2022 11:53 AMCybersecurity researchers uncovered a vicious new threat that hides as legitimate systems software. With Linux kernel 5.12 you can update firmware, no reboot required. The last refinement in LibreOffice 7 series paves the way for a new set of features when Series 8 arrives. If that is not enough to satisfy your Linux binge, Canonical is putting a new Snap together.