Ubuntu certificate revocation checks arrive in curl, OpenSSL is next
Ubuntu 26.10 ships curl with certificate revocation checking built in. The check comes from upki, a project from the rustls developers. Ubuntu’s developers ran the same curl …
Ubuntu Core Desktop returns as Canonical’s plan for an immutable default desktop
Canonical has restarted work on Ubuntu Core Desktop, the immutable and attestable version of Ubuntu that the company says will over time become the default Ubuntu desktop. Jon …
Ubuntu kernel CVE fixes are moving to a weekly release schedule
Ubuntu kernels will ship every week under a new release schedule from Canonical, which is merging its four-week cycle for regular Stable Release Updates (SRUs) and its …
GNOME 51 adds passkey logins, offline maps and drawn PDF signatures
GNOME 51, the new version of the Linux desktop, came out on September 16 under the codename A Coruña. The release adds offline maps and live transit information to Maps, new …
Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS release patches security bugs across ten flavors
Canonical shipped Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS, bundling security updates and fixes for high-severity bugs into new installation media for the “Noble Numbat” release. Anyone …
Canonical releases Workshop for one-command sandboxed dev environments on Ubuntu
Canonical released Workshop, a tool that launches sandboxed development environments on Ubuntu with a single command. Environments are configured once and reproduced on …
Canonical ships Ubuntu Core 26 with 15 years of security maintenance
Operators of industrial sensors, edge AI controllers, and connected medical equipment now have a refreshed long-term Linux option for fleets that must stay patched for more …
Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)
Security researchers at Theori have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel. The flaw, nicknamed …
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS delivers memory-safe system tools and live patching for Arm servers
Linux distributions have spent the past few years absorbing GPU vendor toolchains, Rust-based system components, and more stringent encryption defaults. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, …
Everyone uses open source, but patching still moves too slowly
Enterprise security teams rely on open source across infrastructure, development pipelines, and production applications, even when they do not track it as a separate category …
Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS arrives with cumulative security and bug fixes
Security teams running Ubuntu in production often delay major OS upgrades until the next point release arrives with accumulated patches and newer hardware support. Ubuntu …
Minimal Ubuntu Pro expands Canonical’s cloud security offerings
Canonical has released Minimal Ubuntu Pro images for use on public cloud platforms, aiming to give teams a smaller base image with a narrower software footprint. The solution …
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