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- DistroWatch Weekly (January 11)
- Lunar Linux Weekly News (January 8)
- openSUSE Tumbleweed Review of the Week (January 8)
- Tails Report (December)
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (January 9)
Development
- Emacs News (January 11)
- What's cooking in git.git (January 6)
- What's cooking in git.git (January 8)
- LLVM Weekly (January 11)
- LXC/LXD/LXCFS Weekly Status (January 11)
- OCaml Weekly News (January 12)
- Perl Weekly (January 11)
- PostgreSQL Weekly News (January 10)
- Python Software Foundation Newsletter (January)
- Python Weekly Newsletter (January 7)
- Weekly Rakudo News (January 11)
- Ruby Weekly News (January 7)
- This Week in Rust (January 6)
Meeting minutes
- Fedora Council minutes (January 7)
- Fedora FESCO meeting minutes (January 13)
- Perl Steering Council meeting #001 (January 8)
- Perl Steering Council meeting #002 (January 12)
Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: January 14, 2021 to March 15, 2021
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 12 | May 14 May 15 |
PyCon US 2021 | Online |
| February 28 | June 15 June 16 |
stackconf online 2021 | Online |
| March 1 | May 2 May 3 |
PyCon Israel 2021 | Online |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
All Things Open: Spacewalk + Open Source 101
All Things Open has a number of upcoming events. The Spacewalk event will be on January 19, followed by meet-ups on February 9, March 2, and April 13, and Open Source 101 will be on March 30.Events: January 14, 2021 to March 15, 2021
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| January 23 | LCA Systems Administration Miniconf | Online, UTC+11 |
| January 23 | LCA Kernel Miniconf | Online, UTC+11 |
| January 23 January 24 |
MiniDebConf India | Online |
| January 23 January 25 |
linux.conf.au 2021 | Online |
| February 6 February 7 |
FOSDEM 2021 | Online |
| February 18 February 20 |
DevConf.CZ | Online |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary January 7, 2021 to January 13, 2021
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | ASA-202101-6 | chromium | 2021-01-10 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202101-5 | firefox | 2021-01-10 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202101-7 | mbedtls | 2021-01-10 | |
| Debian | DLA-2522-1 | LTS | coturn | 2021-01-12 |
| Debian | DSA-4829-1 | stable | coturn | 2021-01-11 |
| Debian | DLA-2521-1 | LTS | firefox-esr | 2021-01-08 |
| Debian | DSA-4827-1 | stable | firefox-esr | 2021-01-07 |
| Debian | DLA-2520-1 | LTS | golang-websocket | 2021-01-07 |
| Debian | DLA-2523-1 | LTS | imagemagick | 2021-01-12 |
| Debian | DSA-4828-1 | stable | libxstream-java | 2021-01-07 |
| Debian | DSA-4826-1 | stable | nodejs | 2021-01-06 |
| Debian | DLA-2519-1 | LTS | pacemaker | 2021-01-06 |
| Debian | DLA-2524-1 | LTS | spice-vdagent | 2021-01-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-d1aa0e030c | F32 | awstats | 2021-01-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-4cba5f2846 | F33 | awstats | 2021-01-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-cbc0754798 | F32 | dia | 2021-01-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-6eac5874a3 | F32 | firefox | 2021-01-10 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-944b551751 | F33 | firefox | 2021-01-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-df42ebeac2 | F33 | flac | 2021-01-10 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-28c78a6ac3 | F32 | mingw-binutils | 2021-01-07 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-fb1a136393 | F33 | nodejs | 2021-01-10 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-2cb0643316 | F32 | roundcubemail | 2021-01-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-73359af51c | F33 | roundcubemail | 2021-01-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-117f1b67fb | F32 | rubygem-em-http-request | 2021-01-07 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-8ccd750904 | F33 | rubygem-em-http-request | 2021-01-07 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-a5570c5281 | F32 | sympa | 2021-01-13 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-11cb6626e2 | F33 | sympa | 2021-01-13 |
| Gentoo | 202101-06 | ark | 2021-01-11 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-10 | asterisk | 2021-01-12 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-05 | chromium | 2021-01-10 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-01 | dovecot | 2021-01-10 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-04 | firefox | 2021-01-10 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-02 | firejail | 2021-01-10 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-03 | ipmitool | 2021-01-10 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-07 | nodejs | 2021-01-11 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-08 | pillow | 2021-01-11 | |
| Gentoo | 202101-09 | virtualbox | 2021-01-12 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0014 | 7 | alpine, c-client | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0011 | 7 | binutils | 2021-01-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0009 | 7 | busybox | 2021-01-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0007 | 7 | c-ares | 2021-01-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0019 | 7 | cherokee | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0006 | 7 | dash | 2021-01-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0008 | 7 | dovecot | 2021-01-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0012 | 7 | firefox | 2021-01-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0018 | 7 | golang | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0021 | 7 | guava | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0013 | 7 | imagemagick | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0017 | 7 | libass | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0015 | 7 | openexr | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0010 | 7 | squirrelmail | 2021-01-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0020 | 7 | tomcat | 2021-01-10 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0016 | 7 | xrdp | 2021-01-10 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0047-1 | chromium | 2021-01-11 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0048-1 | chromium | 2021-01-11 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0041-1 | 15.1 | chromium | 2021-01-10 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0041-1 | 15.1 | chromium | 2021-01-10 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0040-1 | 15.2 | chromium | 2021-01-10 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0040-1 | 15.2 | chromium | 2021-01-10 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0046-1 | 15.2 | cobbler | 2021-01-11 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0046-1 | 15.2 | cobbler | 2021-01-11 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0026-1 | 15.2 | dovecot23 | 2021-01-07 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0026-1 | 15.2 | dovecot23 | 2021-01-07 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0027-1 | 15.1 | gimp | 2021-01-08 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0027-1 | 15.1 | gimp | 2021-01-08 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0025-1 | 15.2 | kitty | 2021-01-07 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0025-1 | 15.2 | kitty | 2021-01-07 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0024-1 | 15.2 | python-notebook | 2021-01-07 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0024-1 | 15.2 | python-notebook | 2021-01-07 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0045-1 | 15.1 | rpmlint | 2021-01-11 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0045-1 | 15.1 | rpmlint | 2021-01-11 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0043-1 | 15.2 | tomcat | 2021-01-11 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:0043-1 | 15.2 | tomcat | 2021-01-11 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-0053 | OL7 | firefox | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-0053 | OL7 | firefox | 2021-01-11 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-0052 | OL8 | firefox | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9001 | OL6 | kernel | 2021-01-07 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9002 | OL6 | kernel | 2021-01-08 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9009 | OL6 | kernel | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9001 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-01-07 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9002 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-01-08 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9009 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9005 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9005 | OL7 | kernel | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9006 | OL8 | kernel | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9006 | OL8 | kernel | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9007 | OL7 | kernel-container | 2021-01-12 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-9007 | OL8 | kernel-container | 2021-01-12 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0095-01 | EL8 | dotnet3.1 | 2021-01-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0094-01 | EL8 | dotnet5.0 | 2021-01-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0053-01 | EL7 | firefox | 2021-01-11 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0052-01 | EL8 | firefox | 2021-01-11 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0054-01 | EL8.1 | firefox | 2021-01-11 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0055-01 | EL8.2 | firefox | 2021-01-11 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0073-01 | EL8.2 | kernel | 2021-01-12 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0057-01 | EL8.2 | libpq | 2021-01-11 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0056-01 | EL6 | openssl | 2021-01-11 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0087-01 | EL7 | thunderbird | 2021-01-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0089-01 | EL8 | thunderbird | 2021-01-13 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:0088-01 | EL8.2 | thunderbird | 2021-01-13 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:0053-1 | SL7 | firefox | 2021-01-11 |
| Slackware | SSA:2021-011-01 | sudo | 2021-01-11 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0081-1 | SLE15 | ImageMagick | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0084-1 | SLE12 | crmsh | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0083-1 | SLE12 | crmsh | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0085-1 | SLE15 | crmsh | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0086-1 | SLE15 | crmsh | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0087-1 | SLE15 | crmsh | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0080-1 | OS7 OS8 OS9 SLE12 SES5 | firefox | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:14595-1 | SLE11 | firefox | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0071-1 | SLE15 | firefox | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0072-1 | SLE15 | firefox | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0089-1 | SLE12 | hawk2 | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0090-1 | SLE12 | hawk2 | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0088-1 | SLE15 | hawk2 | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0098-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0094-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0095-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0096-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0097-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0108-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0109-1 | SLE15 | libzypp, zypper | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0082-1 | SLE12 | nodejs10 | 2021-01-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0060-1 | SLE15 | nodejs10 | 2021-01-11 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0068-1 | SLE12 | nodejs12 | 2021-01-11 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0062-1 | SLE15 | nodejs12 | 2021-01-11 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0107-1 | SLE12 | nodejs14 | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0061-1 | SLE15 | nodejs14 | 2021-01-11 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0099-1 | OS8 | openstack-dashboard, release-notes-suse-openstack-cloud | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0048-1 | SES6 | python-defusedxml, python-freezegun, python-pkgconfig, python-python3-saml, python-xmlsec | 2021-01-08 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0038-1 | SLE12 | python-paramiko | 2021-01-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0093-1 | SLE15 | tcmu-runner | 2021-01-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0042-1 | SLE15 | tomcat | 2021-01-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0041-1 | SLE15 | tomcat | 2021-01-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:0040-1 | SLE15 | tomcat | 2021-01-07 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4667-2 | 14.04 | apt | 2021-01-11 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4690-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 20.10 | coturn | 2021-01-12 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4684-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 20.10 | edk2 | 2021-01-07 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4687-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 20.10 | firefox | 2021-01-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4686-1 | 16.04 18.04 | ghostscript | 2021-01-07 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4688-1 | 16.04 | jasper | 2021-01-11 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4689-2 | 18.04 20.04 20.10 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-oem-5.6, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 | 2021-01-11 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4683-1 | 20.04 | linux-oem-5.6 | 2021-01-06 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4689-1 | 18.04 20.04 20.10 | nvidia-graphics-drivers-390, nvidia-graphics-drivers-450, nvidia-graphics-drivers-460 | 2021-01-11 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4685-1 | 20.04 20.10 | openjpeg2 | 2021-01-07 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4677-2 | 14.04 | p11-kit | 2021-01-06 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4668-4 | 14.04 | python-apt | 2021-01-11 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4649-2 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 20.10 | xdg-utils | 2021-01-12 |
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