Linux Outlaws 361 – Leather Trousers
Freenode hacked, Red Hat loses their CTO, HP buys Eucalyptus, Suse gets bought as well, open source and open data news from Hamburg, Munich and Turin, Minix 3.3.0 and vulnerabilities in AOSP and Enigmail
Linux Outlaws · [email protected]
October 1, 20141h 28m
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0:01:36 Introduction
- Richard Kiel is dead
- Microsoft buys Minecraft; more on the topic in Steel Rain 5
0:14:14 Bodhi & Acquisitions
- Bodhi Linux project leader steps down
- Micro Focus wants to buy Attachmate / Suse
- HP is buying Eucalyptus
0:25:26 Red Hat News
0:36:19 Hamburg, Munich, Turin
The LiMux story continues to simmer:
- The Greens are investigating if the switch back to Windows will happen and how much it would costDE
- The major’s office still says Linux is a problem; workers in the city administration are apparently saying that their systems are inferior to the installs in private homes and corporationsDE
0:48:32 Security
- Freenode servers compromised
- Unpatched vulnerability in the AOSP browser
- Bug in Enigmail prevents encryption for BCC recipients
0:59:37 Minix & RPM
1:02:26 Feedback
- Phil Thompson writes about Windows 8.1 with Bing
- Michael Tenen wrote to get advice on a Moto Guzzi from Fab
- Torin Doyle recommends two browsers: Pale Moon and SRWare Iron; he also writes us about cricket
1:19:11 Song
- Your Nasty Love by T-Bird & The Breaks (licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0)
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