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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 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.
LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 24, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Fifteen years of LWN; LightZone; Audio session managers.
  • Security: HTTPS interception in Nokia's mobile browser; New vulnerabilities in ganglia, kernel, mysql, nagios, ...
  • Kernel: Supporting variable-sized huge pages; GPIO in the kernel: future directions; Making EPERM friendlier.
  • Distributions: Jolla and the Hildon Foundation struggle to cooperate; CentOS, Fedora, SolusOS, ...
  • Development: More on PID namespaces; Trinity 1.1; Parrot 5.0; Firefox OS developer phones; ...
  • Announcements: FSF: End Software Patents, FOSDEM speaker interviews, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 17, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Ubuntu's phone SDK and the QML component zoo; Fitbit, Linux, and you; A discordant symphony.
  • Security: Keeping administrators up to date; New vulnerabilities in conga, java, mysql, rails, ...
  • Kernel: GPIO in the kernel: an introduction; Signing ELF binaries; Deadlocking the system with asynchronous functions.
  • Distributions: The Grumpy Editor's Fedora 18 experience; more Fedora, ...
  • Development: PID namespaces; Kolab 3; Input sources in GNOME; Android multitasking; ...
  • Announcements: ELC Europe videos, Aaron Swartz, FOSDEM speaker interviews, ...
LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 10, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: Simon 0.4.0; Magic Lantern 2.3; XBMC comes to Android.
  • Security: Attacking full-disk encryption with Inception; New vulnerabilities in cups, inkscape, mozilla, rails, ...
  • Kernel: Per-entity load tracking; Checkpoint/restore and signals; Xtables2 vs. nftables.
  • Distributions: Distributions face the MoinMoin and Rails vulnerabilities; Red Hat, Open webOS, Fedora ARM, Debian.
  • Development: The namespaces API; systemd 197; GNU Radio 3.6.3; packaged HTML5 apps; ...
  • Announcements: New site features, Crowdfunding "Software Wars", events.
LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 4, 2013 (One big page)
  • Front: 2013 Predictions; BlueZ 5.0; Digikam 3.0.0.
  • Security: Inferring TCP sequence numbers; New vulnerabilities in chromium, freetype2, gnupg, mahara, ...
  • Kernel: Improving ticket spinlocks; Mempressure control group; Namespaces overview.
  • Distributions: Ubuntu for phones—and beyond; FreeBSD, ROSA, ...
  • Development: Special sections in binaries; Enlightenment 17; OpenPhoenux; open development of scientific software; ...
  • Announcements: Ubuntu phones, petition, interview with Anna Morris, ...

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