A subtle type‑confusion in the X.Org cursor code — tracked as CVE‑2024‑0409 — can corrupt the SELinux labeling context and has been patched upstream; administrators running Xorg, Xwayland, Xephyr or affected VNC stacks should treat this as an availability‑first, high‑impact bug and apply vendor...
Microsoft’s latest Azure Linux 3.0 monthly roll-up — billed in Phoronix coverage as 3.0.20251021 — surfaces a mix of platform hardening, hardware enablement and packaging changes, and a surprising note about AppArmor that conflicts with existing Azure guidance; the update is important for AKS...
Microsoft’s new Image Customizer for Azure Linux promises to shrink what used to be a lengthy, VM-driven image build process into a predictable, chroot-based workflow that operators can run in minutes — while integrating integrity protections such as dm-verity and code-integrity controls...
Nobara’s newest release lands as a practical, gamer-friendly variation on Fedora that removes the usual post-install friction for players — but it does so by making deliberate trade-offs that every new user should understand before switching.
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Fedora has long been respected for its...
Microsoft’s recent push to harden Azure Linux with a new “OS Guard” capability marks a notable shift in how cloud providers are thinking about host-level protections for container workloads, combining run‑time immutability, code integrity checks, and mandatory access control into an opinionated...
Azure Linux 3.0 has arrived and — quietly, deliberately — Microsoft has folded a modern, hardened, cloud-native Linux into the backbone of AKS, WSL, and a growing set of Azure services, shipping a new kernel, updated runtimes, multi-architecture builds and closer integration with cloud-native...
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As anticipation builds for Red Hat Summit 2025, all eyes in the enterprise technology sphere turn to the evolving partnership between Microsoft and Red Hat. Microsoft, announced as a platinum sponsor for the event, is set to not only highlight its latest cloud-native solutions but to reinforce...
Microsoft is shaking things up once again, proving that its love affair with Linux is more than a passing fling. The newest update to its specialized Linux distribution, Azure Linux 3.0.20250102, has landed, and it’s flexing some serious muscle. From juicing up AMD’s GPU-driven performance to...