2020-08-07

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English - August 07, 2020 18:30 - 2 minutes - 1.92 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
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The Free Software Foundation elects a new president, security researchers warn of an attack related to Spectre and Meltdown that affects even more processor types, Ubuntu 20.04.1 is out, a new tool aims to automatically optimize laptop power without sacrificing battery life, and just two candidates are running for the vacant openSUSE board seat.

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Geoffrey Knauth elected Free Software Foundation president; Odile Bénassy joins the board
[Old] GNU's Bulletin, vol. 1 no. 24, March, 1998
Statement from FSF's new president, Geoffrey Knauth
Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins
Over 400 vulnerabilities on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip threaten mobile phones’ usability worldwide
Nearly 50% of all smartphones affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon bugs
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS released
auto-cpufreq
Ad-hoc openSUSE Board Election 2020 - Nominations
Stasiek Michalski answers Richard Brown's questions as the openSUSE election campaign progresses