Servers operated by Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical were knocked offline on Thursday morning and have remained down ever since, a situation that’s preventing the OS provider from communicating normally following the botched disclosure of a major vulnerability. Attempts to connect to most Ubuntu and Canonical webpages and download OS updates from Ubuntu servers… Read More: Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day »
Ubuntu users could see up to a 20 percent boost in graphics performance on Intel-based systems under a change that will turn off security mitigations for blunting a class of attacks known as Spectre. Spectre, you may recall, came to public notice in 2018. Spectre attacks are based on the observation that performance enhancements built… Read More: Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost »
Enlarge / One thing you can say about this crypto wallet: You can’t confuse it for any other. Getty Images reader comments 45 The Snap Store, where containerized Snap apps are distributed for Ubuntu’s Linux distribution, has been attacked for months by fake crypto wallet uploads that seek to steal users’ currencies. As a result,… Read More: Ubuntu will manually review Snap Store after crypto wallet scams »
Enlarge / Some of the many Snap apps available in Ubuntu’s Snap Store, the place where users can find apps and Linux enthusiasts can find deep-seated disagreement. reader comments 56 with [Update, 2:00 pm ET, May 31: Ubuntu published a blog post about its Ubuntu Core desktop work after this Ars Technica post was published.… Read More: A Snap-based, containerized Ubuntu desktop could be offered in 2024 »