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From good to great: Unleashing the potential of Red Hat Enterprise Linux's standard operating environment with best practices
/// 7 Jun 2023, 12:00 am ////// RedHat ///

Managing IT workloads at scale means trying to reduce complexity whenever possible. A standard operating environment (SOE) can help you accelerate and automate the management, configuration and deployment of standard builds of IT systems. Defining an SOE for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a key foundational activity for managing modern IT infrastructure for small and enterprise organizations alike, both on-premise and in the cloud. In today's fast-paced digital landscape, organizations are constantly seeking ways to enhance efficiency, drive consistency and bolster system security withi

The path to a more secure SAP platform with a comprehensive guide for safeguarding your SAP
/// 8 Jun 2023, 10:25 am ////// SuSe ///

Organizations are concerned about the security of our SAP system, as it is the backbone of our business operations. They recognize the importance of having a secure SAP environment. However, they are unsure where to begin to achieve the goal of a more secure SAP platform. How should you design your SAP platform to guarantee […]

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FOSS Weekly #23.23: openSUSE 15.5, GNOME 45 New Features, Tail Command and More
/// 8 Jun 2023, 5:05 am ////// ITS FOSS ///

The Terminal Basics series provided a good starting point for getting comfortable with the Linux command line.

A Linux command and its usage will be featured every Tuesday to take the learning further. For this week, you get the tail command.

Apart from this, two new tutorial series are in the works; bash scripting and openSUSE.

The bash script series will start to mark the 11th birthday of It's FOSS on 14th June 🎂

Yes! It's FOSS is helping and educating Linux users for more than a decade 💪

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💬 Let's see what else you have in this edition of FOSS Weekly:

GNOME's upcoming UI updates are shaping up nicely.
Quick tip to prevent Ubuntu from sleeping.
11% celebratory discount on It's FOSS Pro subscription
And other Linux news, videos, puzzles and, of course, memes!

📰 Linux news

openSUSE Leap 15.5 is now available.
Kali Linux 2023.2 was released with a new Hyper-V image and PipeWire for XFCE.
GNOME 45 to feature redesigned display settings and it will also have a new 'System' panel in the settings menu.
Secure email service Tutanota has ten million users now and offers discounts for Pro members.
Zulip 7.0 was released with many new features and bug fixes.
NixOS 23.05 was introduced with a number of updates and additions.
TUXEDO and Juno Computers refreshed their laptop lineup with new Intel 13th gen Raptor Lake processors and more goodies.

🧠 What we’re thinking about

Red Hat decided to stop working on the RPM version of LibreOffice in favor of Flatpak. Here's an opinion that justifies this move.

🧮 Tutorials

Improve your Linux command knowledge each week with a new command. This week, learn about the tail command.

Want to have some fun on the command line? Try this

Prevent Ubuntu (or should I say GNOME) from locking the screen or going into sleep mode after every few minutes of inactivity.

📹 What we are watching

You read about Neofetch usage here but now you also see it in action.

✨ Application highlights

Formerly known as PulseEffects,Easy Effects provides limiter, compressor, convolver, equalizer and auto volume and many other plugins for PipeWire applications

💡 Quick Linux tip

Ubuntu and other Dash to Dock GNOME extension users can enable the 'click to minimize' option using this command:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock click-action 'minimize'

🧩 Puzzle (for Pro members only)

Learn and play. Learn the Linux directory structures first and test your knowledge by playing the puzzle.

🛍️ Interesting deals for you

Learn an array of today’s most popular coding languages with this bundle of DRM-free ebooks from O’Reilly. Your purchase also supports Code for America.

Internxt is offering 2 TB cloud storage for a mere €10.79 a year as part of their summer sale.

🤣 Meme of the week

Oh, Windows, when will you stop?

🗓️ Tech Trivia

Alexey Pajitnov first released the game Tetris in the USSR on June 6, 1984. Tetris is the most popular puzzle video game of all time.

There is a Tetris version available in the Linux terminal. It's called Bastet. You can install the bastet package and enjoy this legendary game:

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FOSSverse corner

Community member Doron shared a quick troubleshooting tip for the pulseaudio issue he encountered in Arch Linux.

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Experts Unveil Exploit for Recent Windows Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
/// 8 Jun 2023, 2:59 pm ////// The Hacker News ///

Details have emerged about a now-patched actively exploited security flaw in Microsoft Windows that could be abused by a threat actor to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29336, is rated 7.8 for severity and concerns an elevation of privilege bug in the Win32k component. "An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain

Critical LibreOffice Code Execution Vuln Fixed
/// 8 Jun 2023, 11:00 am ////// Linux Security ///

An Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability (CVE-2023-0950) was discovered in the spreadsheet component of The Document Foundation LibreOffice 7.4 versions prior to 7.4.6 and 7.5 versions prior to 7.5.1. With a low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required to exploit, and a high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact, this bug has received a National Vulnerability Database (NVD) severity rating of ''Critical''.