Author Archives: Patricia Fraser

Weekly Roundup 2018 – Week 5

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Patricia Fraser

The flood of updates has slowed a little this week: sox (Mga 5, 6); java-1.8.0-openjdk (Mga 5,6); rsyncMga 5,6; gdk-pixbuf2.0 (Mga5) – as always, check Mageia Advisories for details. Along with the 409 updates that have gone into Cauldron, there’s … Continue reading →

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Weekly Roundup 2018 – Weeks 3 & 4

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Patricia Fraser

Apologies are due for the missing Roundup for Week 3; while the northern hemisphere has been freezing, down here in the south we have been boiling. Alas, all that heat doesn’t help with concentration! So, this is an aggregated Roundup. … Continue reading →

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Weekly Roundup 2018 – Week 2

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Patricia Fraser

The year is definitely under way, with an astonishing 412 packages coming through commits – mostly for cauldron, but a few are the last remaining updates for Mageia 5, as well as important security updates for Mageia 6. Among those … Continue reading →

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Weekly Roundup 2018 – Week 1

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Patricia Fraser

In the spirit of a new year, Mageians have been very busy. Meltdown and Spectre mitigation If you’ve been anywhere near a news channel in the last few days, you’ll have heard of these two CPU flaws – there’s an … Continue reading →

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Weekly roundup 2017, Week 52

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Patricia Fraser

From the last hours of 2017: Happy 2018! Warm good wishes for a happy, successful and peaceful New Year to all Mageians everywhere. This last week of 2017, there have been loads of updates – check out the usual links … Continue reading →

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