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WetBeardHairs , 10 months ago to linux in Mastering User and Permission Management: Fortifying Your Linux Bastion | Linux Journal

… the title implied this article would have best practices.

mvirts , 10 months ago to linux in Mastering User and Permission Management: Fortifying Your Linux Bastion | Linux Journal

… selinux???

Laser , 10 months ago to linux in Linux Kernel Faces Reduction in Long-Term Support Due to Maintenance Challenges

I was already surprised by the amount of LTS kernel series. There’s currently six of them! I wondered how this is sustainable and it seems the answer is that it just isn’t.

wildbus8979 , 10 months ago to linux in Linux Kernel Faces Reduction in Long-Term Support Due to Maintenance Challenges

That’s very sad news. Part of the appeal is long term support. Two year is extremely short. That means that even Debian old-stable won’t be getting security backported anymore!

Bitrot , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Kernel 4.14 and 4.19 are still supported right now upstream, which seems like an extreme maintenance burden. For Debian they might need to release an update to the next longterm release somewhere during their stable release (like Ubuntu already does with HWE) or suggest people use the backported update on oldstable.

skilltheamps , 10 months ago

The parties that want or need this kind of long term support are companies for the most part, which could very well crowdfund the personell to carry out these backports.The issue is not the absence of maintainers, it is the absence of awareness for crucial foundations by which these commercial entities live of.

loops , 10 months ago to linux in Linux Kernel Faces Reduction in Long-Term Support Due to Maintenance Challenges

I had no idea LTS could go up to six years… that’s crazy.