LWN.net Logo

LWN.net Weekly Edition Archives

Here is a simple (for now) archive listing for the LWN.net Weekly Edition. Note that this archive begins on June 6, 2002; please see the old site archives for editions prior to that date.

See also: separate index pages for:

LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 4, 2013 (One big page)

  • Front: Python Software Foundation; VP8 patent wars; PyDAW.
  • Security: Exploiting digital cameras; New vulnerabilities in bind, glibc, mantis, moodle, ...
  • Kernel: Per-process reclaim; A VFS deadlock post-mortem; In-kernel memory compression.
  • Distributions: Schrödinger's 😻 and outside-the-box naming; Scientific Linux, Ubuntu, Firefox OS, ...
  • Development: Python bytecodes; crowdfunding Geary; new browser engines; C++14 papers; ...
  • Announcements: Subsurface mourns Jan Schubert, software patents, 15 years of Mozilla, crowdfunding and the JOBS Act, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 28, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: StatusNet, Identi.ca, and transitioning to pump.io; Protecting communities; Evangelizing Python.
  • Security: OpenSSH 6.2; New vulnerabilities in gnome-online-accounts, kernel, libxml2, privoxy, ...
  • Kernel: Breaking GlusterFS; Widening ext4's readdir() cookie; Multipath TCP.
  • Distributions: GNOME, Fedora, and login-screen logos; Ubuntu, Slackware, Arch, ...
  • Development: Asynchronous I/O in Python; GNOME 3.8; C and C++ speed in GCC; replacing Google Reader; ...
  • Announcements: Awards for Bassel Khartabil and the TAZ, LF EEU report, videos for PyCon and devconf.cz, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 21, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Upholding first sale; Eben Upton on the Raspberry Pi; When does the FSF own your code?
  • Security: Mozilla Persona; New vulnerabilities in chromium, clamav, poppler, wireshark, ...
  • Kernel: The trouble with DMA masks; Anatomy of a user namespaces vulnerability.
  • Distributions: Debian Project Leader election draws near; Debian, Tanglu, ...
  • Development: GCC 4.8.0 approaching; Open Badges 1.0; Geary 0.3; FreeDV Robustness; ...
  • Announcements: Goodbye Malcolm Tredinnick, GSoC mentors, PSF ends trademark dispute, Tor report, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 14, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Linaro Connect; Facebook contemplates ARM servers; The life and times of the AGPL.
  • Security: Hockeypuck key server; New vulnerabilities in gksu-polkit, kernel, openshift, puppet, ...
  • Kernel: SO_REUSEPORT; The trouble with CAP_SYS_RAWIO; Android upstreaming.
  • Distributions: A look at openSUSE 12.3; CentOS, Kali, ubermix, wmlive, ...
  • Development: GCC's move to C++; Ardour 3.0; Emacs 24.3; feature proposals for GNOME 3.10; ...
  • Announcements: VP8 and MPEG LA, Open Source at CeBIT, LinuxGizmos, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 7, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Nano-copters; SpaceX lessons learned; Advocating FOSS at the DoD
  • Security: Oxford blocks Google Docs; New vulnerabilities in kernel, openafs, openjdk-6, sudo, ...
  • Kernel: 3.9 merge window conclusion; big LITTLE MP; Simplifying RCU; Namespaces part 6.
  • Distributions: Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server; Ubuntu, openSUSE, Puppy, ...
  • Development: Static site generators; Upstart 1.7; Zero Install 2.0; LibreOffice moves to make; ...
  • Announcements: SFC annual report, PyCon AU CfP, LPC Android microconference, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 28, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: SCALE coverage: Developing a project community; 3D printing; Marshmallow on Raspberry Pi.
  • Security: Android security underpinnings; New vulnerabilities in java, kernel, openssh, rails, ...
  • Kernel: 3.9 Merge window, second episode; In-kernel switcher for big.LITTLE; Loading keys from Microsoft PE binaries.
  • Distributions: The Ubuntu Touch experience; Debian, Mandriva, MINIX, RHEL, ...
  • Development: User namespaces; Ruby 2.0.0; Subsurface 3.0; Xiph.org's Digital Show and Tell; ...
  • Announcements: LG acquires webOS, 18 carriers supporting Firefox OS, 2013 "State of X.Org" report, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 21, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Android as the new embedded Linux; Google in the driver's seat; Android in space.
  • Security: Three kernel vulnerabilities; New vulnerabilities in dbus-glib, java, mozilla, xen, ...
  • Kernel: kvmtool; The 3.9 merge window opens; Multi-cluster power management.
  • Distributions: Tizen 2.0 loads up on native code; Ubuntu, Linux-libre, ...
  • Development: WebRTC interoperability; Opera moves to WebKit; Samba and SWAT; GIMP and astrophotography; ...
  • Announcements: 2013 Linux Jobs Report, CC 4.0 comment period, LNG, Python trademark, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 14, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Copyleft-next; X and Wayland.
  • Security: Recent Java vulnerabilities; LWN security survey; New vulnerabilities in drupal, gnutls, kernel, vlc, ...
  • Kernel: Some 3.8 development statistics; Rationalizing CPU hotplugging; Zswap.
  • Distributions: Apache OpenOffice in Fedora; ROSA, Webconverger, ...
  • Development: Chrome OS open firmware; LibreOffice 4.0; SystemTap 2.1; Goodnight, Parrot; ...
  • Announcements: GSoC 2013, bricking Samsung laptops, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 7, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Gaming at last; State of the GNUnion; Trademarks and their limits.
  • Security: CSP for cross-site scripting protection; New vulnerabilities in chromium, java, libupnp, samba, ...
  • Kernel: User-space lockdep; A simplified IDR API; Trinity.
  • Distributions: Systemd lightweight containers; Fedora ARM, Linaro, ...
  • Development: GNOME developer experience hackfest; KDE 4.10; MySQL 5.6.10; developing for GNOME; ...
  • Announcements: GNOME's Outreach Program for Women, The FSF licensing team's 2012 report, LCA and FOSDEM videos, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 31, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: linux.conf.au coverage: The future of the Linux desktop; Mobile miniconf; Serval.
  • Security: Filtering SCSI commands; New vulnerabilities in drupal, inkscape, libvirt, samba4, ...
  • Kernel: Asynchronous block loop I/O; Rethinking optimization for size; Glibc and the kernel user-space API.
  • Distributions: Distributions ponder MariaDB switch.
  • Development: Lock elision in the GNU C library; Kdenlive, Plasma, RPM, ...
  • Announcements: New LF members, bricking Samsung laptops, network security game, events.

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds