Hacker News with Generative AI: Ubuntu

Ubuntu Linux impacted by decade-old 'needrestart' flaw that gives root (bleepingcomputer.com)
Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities have been discovered in the needrestart utility used by Ubuntu Linux, which was introduced over 10 years ago in version 21.04.

Security, Ubuntu, Linux, Vulnerabilities

12 points by gregjor 9 hours ago | 4 comments

Ubuntu Praises 5~7% PGO Compiler Optimization Performance Benefits (phoronix.com)
Over the past year we have seen Canonical engineers focus more on optimizing the performance potential of Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu, Linux, Compiler Optimization, Performance, Operating Systems

14 points by sandwichsphinx 2 days ago | 2 comments

Tell HN: Ubuntu 24.04 force enables password auth, need to disable differently (ycombinator.com)
Just installed Ubuntu 24.04 from the server image (https://ubuntu.com/download/server) and was just bitten by this.

Ubuntu, Security, Operating Systems

19 points by samlinnfer 7 days ago | 8 comments

Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation (snyk.io)
With the recent release of Ubuntu 24.04, we at Snyk Security Labs thought it would be interesting to examine the latest version of this Linux distribution to see if we could find any interesting privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

Security, Ubuntu, Linux, Privilege Escalation

189 points by saltypal 8 days ago | 77 comments

A sit-down with Ubuntu founder Mark 'SABDFL' Shuttleworth (theregister.com)
Canonical founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth spoke to The Reg FOSS desk at Ubuntu Summit 2024 in The Hague about the Linux distribution's success, its missteps, his regrets, and what he'd tell his younger self.

Linux, Ubuntu, Interviews, Open Source, Software

14 points by rntn 10 days ago | 0 comments

Ubuntu Hoping to Remove Qt 5 Before Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (phoronix.com)
Ubuntu developer Simon Quigley laid out the plans for hoping Ubuntu packages will move from Qt 5 to Qt 6 so that by the time of the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle in early 2026 that the older version of this graphical toolkit can be removed.

Ubuntu, Qt, Linux Distributions, Software, Operating Systems

86 points by sandwichsphinx 20 days ago | 95 comments

Today is Ubuntu's 20th Anniversary (ubuntu.com)
The warm-hearted Warthogs of the Warty Team are proud to present the very first release of Ubuntu!

Operating Systems, Linux, Ubuntu, Anniversaries

248 points by aquova 32 days ago | 107 comments

Ubuntu 24.10 Concept – Snapdragon X Elite (ubuntu.com)

Ubuntu, Operating Systems, Hardware, Mobile

4 points by Naac 35 days ago | 0 comments

Ubuntu Will Include the Latest Linux Kernel Version in Future Releases (itsfoss.com)
Ubuntu is making changes to give users a front-row seat for improved hardware support and latest kernel features.

Linux, Ubuntu, Operating Systems, Software Updates

5 points by todsacerdoti 38 days ago | 1 comments

Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole (ubuntu.com)
Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed “Oracular Oriole,” available to download and install from ubuntu.com/download.

Operating Systems, Linux, Ubuntu, New Releases, Software

39 points by 9front 40 days ago | 18 comments

Cups Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Fix Available (ubuntu.com)
Canonical’s security team has released updates for the cups-browsed, cups-filters, libcupsfilters and libppd packages for all Ubuntu LTS releases under standard support.

Security, Vulnerability, Software, Linux, Ubuntu

45 points by heisenbit 54 days ago | 21 comments

$149 RISC-V Tablet Runs Ubuntu 24.04 (omgubuntu.co.uk)
DeepComputing has unveiled a new version of its DC-ROMA RISC-V tablet — and this one runs Ubuntu!

RISC-V, Ubuntu, Tablets, Linux

13 points by Rinzler89 68 days ago | 2 comments

Boost your development environment with Ubuntu Multipass (letsdebug.it)
Ubuntu Multipass is used to quickly launch and manage Linux virtual machines on any workstation.

Ubuntu, Virtual Machines, Development Environment, Linux

48 points by indigodaddy 75 days ago | 27 comments

Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS is now available (ubuntu.com)

Ubuntu, Operating Systems, Linux, New Releases

13 points by dmichulke 83 days ago | 1 comments

Introduction to Omakub, a Curated Ubuntu Environment by DHH (thenewstack.io)

Operating Systems, Linux, Ubuntu, Software, Development

6 points by wyclif 97 days ago | 1 comments

Canonical Announce Major Ubuntu Kernel Change (omgubuntu.co.uk)

Ubuntu, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source

6 points by stevenjgarner 103 days ago | 0 comments

Ubuntu Security Updates Are a Confusing Mess (mcphail.uk)