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Debian developers are voting on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions, reports the blog Linuxiac, with a ballot listing eight proposals and a "None of the above" option. The first one is still the original proposal to ban LLM-assisted ...

Longtime Slashdot reader Microsplat: CERN plans to have all 2,200+ industrial computers and embedded systems in its accelerator-control infrastructure running Debian 13 by the end of 2026. These are systems used for accelerator control, laboratory .. ...

This week Debian voted on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions. The winning proposal? "Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools" in its projects, documentation, and packaging... Generative AI "is neither exempt from .. ...

Tobi Xu is a Debian Sid-based rolling Linux distribution with KDE Plasma, aimed at STEM, creative, and multimedia users.

A use-after-free was discovered in libpng, a library implementing an interface for reading and writing PNG (Portable Network Graphics), which could result in denial of service. For Debian 12 bookworm, this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.39-2 . ...

Multiple security vulnerabilities were discocered in the web UI of the SABnzbd+ binary news reader/grabber, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or authorisation bypass. For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been ...

Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in LibreOffice, which could result in denial of service, information disclosure or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed document files are opened. For the stable distribution (trixie), these . ...

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Roundcube, a skinnable AJAX based webmail solution for IMAP servers, which could result in cross-site scripting, server-side request forgery, information disclosure, email header injection, or privilege ...

The Linux CPU power optimization tool auto-cpufreq 3.2 brings new Intel HWP features, improved battery reporting, and Debian repository support.

A vulnerability was discovered in ruby-oauth2, a Ruby library for OAuth 2.0, which could result in a bearer token being sent to the host named by a redirect Location. For Debian 12 bookworm, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4-1+deb12u1.