Linux community dealt a blow by GPL 3.0 - vnunet.com

Proposed changes in version three of the GNU general public licence (GPL), which governs the use of open-source code, could split the open-source community, according to experts.

I suppose I’m as guilty as everyone else that I tend to skim though licence agreements and not pay much attention to them. Those days might be over, or at least there may be trouble ahead. Perhaps I should be looking at which side of the fence I want to find myself on now.

Flaw Fixed in Unix-like Systems

A buffer overflow vulnerability caused by an integer underflow in the file_printf function in Unix-like operating systems has been patched

Patches by Red Hat and Ubuntu were released more than a week ago for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 as well as Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Ubuntu 6.10 and corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. OpenWall GNU/*Linux and Mandriva have also released updates to address the issue.

Time to double check for online updates methinks…..

Reduce your Linux memory footprint

A much-touted benefit of Linux is that it is more efficient than Microsoft® Windows®, and will therefore perform better on less than cutting-edge hardware. This performance makes Linux a very attractive upgrade for the many people who have old Windows 98-era boxes still sitting around that are no longer being treated to the latest and greatest software (particularly security patches).

Quite techie this one, but worth a read if Linux on older hardware hasn’t been what you thought it was cracked up to be.