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A vulnerability was discovered in 'git clone' command: https://github.blog/2021-03-09-git-clone-vulnerability-announced/

Although it was originally published two weeks ago, it's still an interesting material. Come listen to this podcast featuring Brandan Eich; Javascript founder and Mozilla co-founder, and current Brave CEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krB0enBeSiE&t=156s

Mageia 8 released: https://blog.mageia.org/en/2021/02/26/made-it-to-a-byte-announcing-the-release-of-mageia-8/

Blender 2.92 released: https://www.blender.org/download/releases/2-92/

Firefox 86 released: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/86.0/releasenotes/

KDE Plasma 5.21 released https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.21.0/

Linux kernel 5.11 released: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.11

A regression during kernel installation was discovered in Ubuntu 20.04.2, which made Canonical release a hotfix release named "20.04.2.0" to fix it: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-February/000265.html

Uncovering a 24-year-old bug in the Linux Kernel https://engineering.skroutz.gr/blog/uncovering-a-24-year-old-bug-in-the-linux-kernel/

Mailspring, a well-known email client for Linux, goes fully open source: https://community.getmailspring.com/t/a-free-open-source-future-for-mailspring/484

Solus 4.2 was released: https://getsol.us/2021/02/03/solus-4-2-released/ Grab it while hot.

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