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- Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
- Ubuntu desktop for ARM CPUs
- What’s Next For Linux? Unifying The OS Amid Steady Change
- TITLE: Ubuntu vm-builder Root Password Vulnerability
Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
ZDNet
ARM-based processors have traditionally been used in small devices such as mobile phones, but it emerged in October that ARM’s technology would soon be used in netbooks, the new breed of small, low-cost notebook PCs. Thursday’s announcement builds on that revelation, as well as on Canonical’s announcement in June that it would.
Ubuntu desktop for ARM CPUs
Heise Online, Germany
2008 14:16 « Previous | Next » Ubuntu desktop for ARM CPUs The ARM processor foundry and Canonical, which sponsors Ubuntu, together want to port the Ubuntu Desktop Linux distribution to the ARM v7 architecture. The primary aim is to give a complete Linux interface to mobile internet devices (MIDs) and other mobile equipment fitted with Cortex A8 and A9 CPUs. ARM is promising that such devices could be “always online” and yet last much longer on one battery charge than comparable devices fitted with x86 CPUs.
What’s Next For Linux? Unifying The OS Amid Steady Change
InformationWeek, NY
That’s certainly a goal for Ubuntu Linux, says Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, which provides commercial support for the popular Linux variant. 10 was specifically assembled as the next step toward unification. Among the improvements with this in mind: automation that lets users install unsupported or commercial handlers for multimedia codecs. Such efforts make Ubuntu the lead contender for Linux on the desktop, but that’s not the only place it’s making inroads.
TITLE: Ubuntu vm-builder Root Password Vulnerability
SecuObs, France
This can beexploited by malicious people to bypass certain securityrestrictions. The vulnerability is caused due to vm-builder setting an insecureroot password when building virtual machines. This can be exploitedto gain root access to a virtual machine created using vm-builder. Note: Reportedly, this only affects virtual machines created usingvm-builder under Ubuntu 8.
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