Issue #258 / May 2022

We're told that modern war will include the elements of cyber war, and now, as war rages in Europe, we look to our networks with renewed vigilance. In this context, the news of a stolen NVIDIA private key seems especially alarming.

Manjaro 21.2 Qonos and DragonFly BSD 6.2.1

In the news: Linux Mint Dropping Blueberry Bluetooth Configuration Tool; Fedora 36 Beta Now Has a Release Date; AV Linux MX-21 Released for All Your Audio/Video Production Needs; Slax Proves You Can't Keep a Good Linux Distribution Down; Dirty Pipe Might Be the Most Severe Vulnerability to Hit Linux in Years; and A Decades-Old Linux Backdoor Has Been Discovered.

This month in Kernel News: Git Merge "Simplification" Advice; Loading Modules from Containers; Git Tree Synchronicity; and The New "No New Warnings" Warning.

Sustainability studies for the IT industry often ignore the contributions of software. This article explores what developers and admins can do to create and maintain more energy-efficient systems.

Germany created Blue Angel, the world's first eco-label for software, back in 2000. The methodology behind Blue Angel could serve as a model for other countries as governments turn their attention to the environmental impact of software.

With climate change wreaking havoc across the planet, we were just beginning to think about how we could use our technology to conserve fuel and reduce our carbon footprint. Then along came crypto mining.

MusE, a digital audio workstation, offers a free software solution for MIDI projects on Linux.

Matthew Dillon, founder of DragonFly BSD, discusses the past, present, and future of BSDs.

Maltrail is a lightweight analysis tool that examines network traffic and raises the alarm if it detects suspicious access or dubious name resolution.