How to check Linux for Spectre and Meltdown vulnerability; check and patch Meltdown CPU vulnerability in Linux Ubuntu Systems. Intel Processor Patch for Meltdown and Spectre in Ubuntu Linux. USN-3531-1: Intel Microcode update; Information Leak via speculative execution side channel attacks (CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754 aka Spectre and Meltdown) It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative […]
Install Skype via Snap on Linux Ubuntu
Install Skype in Ubuntu via Snap; Microsoft Skype is available as a Snap for Linux Ubuntu. Users can install Skype as a snap on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Announcing the release, the team wrote: Skype has turned to snaps to ensure its users on Linux, are automatically delivered to its latest version upon release. And with […]
How To Install MKVToolNix 20.0.0 in Ubuntu
MKVToolNix 20.0.0 released. Here’s how to install MKVToolNix 20.0.0 in Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and other Ubuntu Derivatives. MKVToolNix 20.0.0 mkvinfo: most of its code was re-written in order to lay the groundwork for including its functionality in MKVToolNix GUI but with more features than the existing […]
Vivaldi 1.14 Web Browser Released – Install Vivaldi 1.14 in Ubuntu Linux
Vivaldi 1.14 web browser released. How to Install Vivaldi 1.14 in Ubuntu Linux. Vivaldi 1.14 brings vertical reader mode, Markdown support to Notes, rearrangeable Web Panels and reordering of search engines. Vertical reader mode A vertical display is one of the default ways to view written text in East Asian languages. We are confident that […]
LibreOffice 6.0 Released – How To Install LibreOffice 6.0 on Linux Ubuntu
LibreOffice 6.0 released. How to install LibreOffice 6.0 on Linux Ubuntu. The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.0: power, simplicity, security and interoperability from desktop to cloud The new major release adds a large number of significant new features to the core engine and to individual modules (Writer, Calc and Impress/Draw), with the objective of providing […]
How To Install Linux Kernel 4.15 In Ubuntu
How to install Linux Kernel 4.15 in Ubuntu. Linux Kernel 4.15 released with Meltdown, Spectre patches and an improved security updates. Kernel now come with a /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/ virtual directory which can display all the vulnerabilities affecting CPU. Announcing the release, Linus Torvalds writes: “After a release cycle that was unusual in so many (bad) ways, […]