Ubuntu, another choice

Canonical announced a few moments ago that Intel's latest microcode update for the Spectre security vulnerability is now available from the software repositories of all supported Ubuntu Linux releases. After releasing earlier this week  new kernel updates  to mitigate the Meltdown and Spectre security exploits that put billions of devices at risk of attacks by allowing a local, unprivileged attacker to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, Canonical now released the  updated microcode from Intel  for supported Intel CPUs. Canonical says that the update provides microcode patches that are required by the corresponding Linux kernel versions used in  Ubuntu  17.10 (Artful Aardvark), Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus), Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system series to mitigate the Spectre vulnerability. "It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthor...

With a new year upon us we felt it was time to share some of our Linux predictions for 2018. Whether they are likely to happen, or just hopeful thinking, is up for debate. But 2017 showed us that nothing is truly predictable. During the previous 12 months we saw: Linux market share increase  to suspiciously high levels Ubuntu drop Unity and return to the GNOME fold Big name games launched on Linux Wayland ship by default on more distributions Several new Linux kernel releases And a lot more! But what does 2018 have in store for Linux? Well, here are 8 predictions for the coming year to get you thinking… Our Linux Predictions for 2018 1. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Be Big News Prediction: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be the most popular release of Ubuntu in years. An Ubuntu-focused news site suggesting that a new Ubuntu release will go down well is —let’s face it— hardly unexpected. But indulge us for a second because Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ‘Bionic Beaver’ is  not  a typ...