Jan 19th 2025
Untitled Linux Show 186
Accidental Honeypot
Rsync, Kernel Cycle, and WSL
Hosts Jonathan Bennett, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie discuss several significant developments in the Linux ecosystem. They begin with an urgent security vulnerability in rsync version 3.3 and earlier that requires immediate updates. The hosts then cover the progress of KDE Plasma 6.3's development, highlighting numerous bug fixes and improvements. They discuss the upcoming Linux kernel 6.13 release and preview features coming in kernel 6.14, including significant improvements for gaming through Wine with NTSync support. The conversation also covers TuxCare's extended support for Microsoft's .NET 6.0, LXQT's new Wayland session support in OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and a detailed technical discussion about PCI Express 7 specifications and testing requirements. Find the show notes at https://tinyurl.com/2zd37cp3
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