During the NixOS 22.11 lifecycle old password hashes may need to be updated, because we plan to disable weak password hashes in NixOS 23.05. We consider password hashing methods weak, if the libxcrypt project did not flag them strong. If your system is configured with weak hashes a script will emit a warning during activation. We expect most users accounts to be set up with sha512crypt (hash prefixed with $6$) which we will continue to support. Interactively configured passwords can be updated using passwd, new password hashes can be generated through mkpasswd.
It was released last Thursday, December 1st, another new update for Regata OS (update 22.0.7), which arrives bringing the latest KDE Plasma 5.26.4. Among the main highlights of the latest version of the graphical environment (standard on Regata OS), are bug fixes and enhancements to existing features.
This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian bookworm. As usual it also incorporates up to date hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases. Important Changes: The Grml live system now uses the merged-/usr layout, Updated Perl from v5.32 to v5.36, Updated Python3 from v3.9 to v3.10, Updated Ruby from v2.7 to v3.0
On November 30, 2022, we released version 9.1 of the EuroLinux operating system. It is compatible with the latest upstream version. This release focuses on updating containerization and cloud tools. EuroLinux 9.1 introduces Keylime, a tool for remote machine authentication that uses Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology. The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.14.0-162. In EuroLinux 9.1, the SELinux package has been upgraded to version 3.4. Among the most noticeable changes are: improved relabeling performance with parallel relabeling; new policy tools in the libsepol-utils package; SHA-256 support in the semodule tool.
After several rounds of extensive testing, we are proud to announce the release of Salix Live Xfce 15.0. The live environment is based on our own Salix Live Scripts and is available in both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures. The software included in Salix Live Xfce 15.0 closely matches that which comes with our standard installation ISO image, offering Xfce 4.16, Firefox ESR, LibreOffice, our Salix System tools collection along with everything else. Included in this release is also software that is specific to our Live release, featuring the Salix Live Installer, a graphical tool that allows the user to install Salix, from within the live environment to their hard drive. It is also possible, from within the live environment, to make a frugal install, a complete Salix installation to a portable USB stick. The live system also provides the option to use persistency.
We are pleased to announce version 2.3 of Proxmox Backup Server! It's based on Debian 11.5 (codename Bullseye), uses the newer Linux kernel 5.15 as stable default and kernel 5.19 as opt-in, and includes ZFS 2.1.6. We have expanded the prune job system and you can now limit pruning to namespaces. Tipp: test your planned retention options and backup schedules in advance with our built-in prune-simulator. Ransomware protection: Backup features such as fine-grained access control, data integrity verification, and the possibility to create off-site backups through remote sync and tape backups help planning a ransomware defense strategy and ensure that critical data stays protected. Read details in the documentation. We have included many GUI enhancements and further improved the client and back-end on many parts. Countless bugfixes and smaller improvements are included as well, see the full release notes for details.
Oracle Linux 9 Update 1 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms is generally available today. This release is 100% application binary compatible with corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Update 1 release. This Oracle Linux 9 release includes the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 (UEK R7). UEK R7 is based on the upstream Linux Kernel 5.15 and is supported on both Oracle Linux 9 and Oracle Linux 8. Oracle Linux 9 Update 1 reintroduces Application Stream modules and includes bug and security fixes, and feature updates. The most important changes are in the areas of security and development tools. Security: OpenSSH supports setting the minimum RSA key length; crypto-policies enforce the OpenSSH 2048-bit RSA key length minimum by default; OpenSSL option supports SHA-1 for signatures; keylime package is available.
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.1. This release is currently available for the x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le and s390x architectures. Rocky Linux 9.1 was subjected to over 9 days of testing before receiving the team’s approval. Notable changes: Keylime, a remote boot attestation and runtime integrity management solution using Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) is now available; new module stream versions include Node.js 18, PHP 8.1, Maven 3.8 and Ruby 3.1; new compiler toolset versions include GCC 12, LLVM 14.0.6, Rust 1.62 and Go 1.18. Container images are now available for all x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le and s390x. Vagrant images are now available for x86-64 and aarch64. Official Rocky Linux images are now available on Oracle Cloud Platform.
Major changes: Tor 0.4.7.11. Tor Browser 11.5.8. Install Thunderbird by default. updated sdwdate onion sources (Thanks to @TNT_BOM_BOM!). Work towards Change default shell from bash to zsh by default? (Thanks to @nyxnor!). add onion-grater-list (Thanks to @nyxnor!). improved build script --connection onion support. Continuous Integration (CI) (Thanks to @bee!). whonix-welcome-page: add 2022 end of year donation campaign banner. KVM: remove dependency on xserver-xorg-video-qxl [Help Welcome] KVM Development - staying the course. fixed rare minor issue security-misc pam-info broken pipe bug. pam-info (notify about how many remaining login attempts): now also working in xscreensaver.
This is another bug-fix release for version 4.5. Please read the announcements for 4.5 and 4.5.1.