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X.org vintage bugs, Google FOSS fixings and a dropzone – Snippets
Vintage bugs: Back in 1993, a use after free bug when handling ImageText wriggled its way into the X.org server and settled into what is believed to be every X.org server release that came after. Just...
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EOL for Python 2.6, Docker Inc and more iconic fonts – Snippets
Python 2.6 signs out: Python 2.6.9 is the last source-only security fix release for the Python 2.6 family. The 2.6.9 release sees 2.6 officially retired after five years in the field. If you are still...
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FreeBSD 10.0beta3, SQL Injections, Rust stacks, InfluxDB and Circus renewal –...
Catching up on Codescaling with some of the less mentioned things worth noting… FreeBSD 10.0’s latest beta: It’s into the home/RC straight for FreeBSD 10 with the release of the third and hopefully...
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OpenSUSE 13.1, Gitorious 3.0 and a Raspberry Pi UPS – Snippets
OpenSUSE 13.1 lands: The openSUSE folks have been busy and the result of their work is now available in the form of openSUSE 13.1. We shall have to see how the stabilisation work, including getting...
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Python 3.4 beta, Neo4J 2.0 RC1 and Redis 2.8.0 released – Snippets
Python 3.4’s beta days: The first beta of Python 3.4 has arrived and it has got the good stuff. Pathlib lets coders work with pure paths or filesystem dependent paths with the selection of the latter...
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Docker for all Linux distros, DPorts and more for DragonFlyBSD and advice for...
Docker 0.7 unloading: With Docker 0.7, the Docker developers have made a big leap in Linux coverage. (If you are new to Docker, read the introduction to it I did for the Linux Foundation). Under the...
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Mint 16, Oracle 6.5, CentOS 6.5, Tiny Core 5.1 – Linux Snippets – Update
Linux Mint 16 Refreshes: Linux Mint 16 has landed in both Cinnamon and MATE flavours. Codenamed “Petra”, Mint 16’s lead Cinnamon variant comes with the new Cinnamon 2.0 (now with sound effects,...
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Fedora 20, Meteor 0.7.0 and hacked Linux servers examined – Snippets
Fedora 20 arrives: The latest Fedora has arrived, making it into 2013 and looking pretty good. There’s oodles of changes too. Desktop users will find GNOME 3.10 is the default desktop but there’s also...
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Enlightenment 0.18 lit, FreeNAS 9.2 released and Java 8 brews – Snippets
Enlightenment Updated: The Enlightenment/EFL window manager/libraries/desktop has been updated to version 0.18.0, just a year after the long silence that led up to the release of Englightenment...
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TypeScript 1.0, IPython 2.0.0 and Rust 0.10 – Snippets
TypeScript hits 1.0: Microsoft’s take on reworking JavaScript, TypeScript, has hit version 1.0 and is now accepting pull requests on the open source compiler (though it’s bug fixes only for now.)....
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