Those of you that follow the Ubuntu development mailing lists may have already come across this news, but it has been announced that Ubuntu will change the default search provider in Firefox from Google to Yahoo!. This is based on a revenue sharing agreement between Canonical and Yahoo!, allowing Canonical to continue to support the… Read More »
The following security announcement applies to Python. If you have Python installed, please see below for details on the vulnerability and instructions on patching your system: USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for PyXML. Original advisory details: Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did not properly… Read More »
What is the best GNOME Desktop theme? I’ve been using the Shiki theme (Shiki-Brave) for some time now. You may recall that I wrote about it in My Ubuntu Look and Feel as well as How To Install Shiki-Colors Theme in Ubuntu. After seeing some recent posts on other blogs regarding some of the potential… Read More »
Fresh on the heels of my article outlining How to Install the Latest Firefox Web Browser, this article outlines how to install the Opera Web Browser on Ubuntu. I will outline how to configure the repository to subscribe to Opera Web Browser updates, install the required packages, and more. Requirements Installing the Opera Web Browser… Read More »
The following security announcement applies to Python. If you have Python installed, please see below for details on the vulnerability and instructions on patching your system: USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for the PyExpat module in Python 2.5. Original advisory details: Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered… Read More »
Today Mozilla has released the latest version of their flagship Web Browser, Firefox v3.6. This release brings a number of enhancements as well as bug fixes. In this article I will outline how to manually install the latest Mozilla Firefox release alongside your existing, packaged, version. The latest version will be the default, but it… Read More »
Skype just recently released an updated version of their desktop client for Linux, Skype Beta v2.1.0.81. This release fixes some major bugs and well as introduces some new features previously unavailable on the Linux release. I am very happy to see this version released as I use Skype quite regularly. Not only to talk to… Read More »
The following security announcement applies to Expat. If you have Expat installed, please see below for details on the vulnerability and instructions on patching your system: Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed XML. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a… Read More »
The following security announcement applies to gzip. If you have gzip installed on your system please see below for details on the vulnerability and instructions on patching your system: It was discovered that gzip incorrectly handled certain malformed compressed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted gzip file,… Read More »
The following security announcement applies to BIND. If you have BIND installed on your system please see below for information about the vulnerability and instructions on patching your system: It was discovered that Bind would incorrectly cache bogus NXDOMAIN responses. When DNSSEC validation is in use, a remote attacker could exploit this to cause a… Read More »