Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct various other attacks.
See GLSA 201201-19 for more information.

bip: Multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in bip might allow remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
See GLSA 201201-18 for more information.

Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Chromium, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
See GLSA 201201-17 for more information.

X.Org X Server/X Keyboard Configuration Database: Screen lock bypass
A debugging functionality in the X.Org X Server that is bound to a hotkey by default can be used by local attackers to circumvent screen locking utilities.
See GLSA 201201-16 for more information.

ktsuss: Privilege escalation
Two vulnerabilities have been found in ktsuss, allowing local attackers to gain escalated privileges.
See GLSA 201201-15 for more information.

MIT Kerberos 5 Applications: Multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MIT Kerberos 5 Applications, the most severe of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
See GLSA 201201-14 for more information.

MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MIT Kerberos 5, the most severe of which may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.
See GLSA 201201-13 for more information.

Tor: Multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, the most severe of which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
See GLSA 201201-12 for more information.

Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation
Insecure temporary file usage in Firewall Builder could allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files.
See GLSA 201201-11 for more information.

Milan is from Foresight Media s.r.o, who produce interactive Touch Tables, that run Gentoo Linux. One of the products are a low cost alternative to Microsoft's Surface. Be sure to check out an overview of their products. Milan, thank you very much for your time. My first question is this:

Be sure to check out the Full Interview!

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SCALE 10x is almost here, and Gentoo will be there!

Southern California's premier open-source software event is just around the corner, running from Friday, January 20 through Sunday, January 22. Several Gentoo developers will be there; it will be even bigger than previous years.

We'll be showing off some nifty devices running Gentoo, and we'll be giving out installation media. Whether you're a developer, user, or simply curious, be sure to stop by booth #70. See you there!

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Figure 1.1: Heating your boxes since 1999

Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below.

A special thanks to the Gentoo Infrastructure Team. Their hard work behind the scenes provide the resources, services and technology necessary to support the Gentoo Linux project.

The LiveDVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and an x86_64 multi lib version. The livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-12.0 version will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If your CPU architecture is x86, then boot with the default gentoo kernel. If your arch is amd64, boot with the gentoo64 kernel. This means you can boot a 64-bit kernel and install a customized 64-bit user land while using the provided 32-bit user land. The livedvd-amd64-multilib-12.0 version is for x86_64 only.

If you are ready to check it out, let our bouncer direct you to the closest x86 image or amd64 image file. If you would prefer to take it easy on the bandwidth and help the community, torrents are also provided.

If you need support or have any questions, please visit the discussion thread on our forum.

Thank you for your continued support,
Gentoo Linux Developers, the Gentoo Foundation, and the Gentoo-Ten Project.

We are glad to announce that the official Gentoo Wiki opens its doors today.

As you would expect it from a herd of proper Gentoo developers, we have spent quite some time bikeshedding about various things concerning the wiki, including the color. It seems we have finally reached a verdict, much to everyone's surprise it will be purple!

Now, without further ado, we'd like to welcome you to our shiny new Wiki.

Feel free to browse around, look for answers to your questions and other cool stuff to do with your Gentoo system. Do you think you have something useful to share with other Gentoo users? Please go ahead and create an article about it - or extend an existing one.

To help you get started, we've compiled some information on how the wiki works. If you still got questions left you can find us on #gentoo-wiki at freenode, or reach us via email at wiki@gentoo.org.

We are looking forward to your articles!

Your Gentoo Wiki Team

Long live Gentoo!

As the quantity and quality of this year's entries will attest, Gentoo is alive, well, and taking no prisoners!

Special thanks to likewhoa for putting together the Screenshot content management system.

The Winners

1. whtwtr's Compiz desktop

2. ifenslave's Kde desktop

3. Berr's Xfce desktop

4. ramonovski's Scrotwm desktop

5. slashbeast's Openbox desktop

For all the specifications and cool details please visit the main Gentoo screenshots page. Make sure to check out all the entries!

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"The future is now" edition

Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below.

The LiveDVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and an x86_64 multilib version. The livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-11.2 version will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If your CPU architecture is x86, then boot with the default gentoo kernel. If your arch is amd64, boot with the gentoo64 kernel. This means you can boot a 64-bit kernel and install a customized 64-bit userland while using the provided 32-bit userland. The livedvd-amd64-multilib-11.2 version is for x86_64 only.

Please select your architecture to be redirected to a mirror for download:

If you need support or have any questions, please visit the discussion thread on our forum.

Thank you for your continued support,
Gentoo Linux Developers, the Gentoo Foundation, and the Gentoo-Ten Project.

After the success of the 2010 Screenshot Contest the Contest Team is doing it again!

Gentoo Users, Developers, and Staffers are encouraged to submit their sweetest screenshots. This year likewhoa went all out and put together a custom cms for us to use for the contest. Please head over to the 2011 Contest Page for all of the details.

You can visit this forum post for comments and suggestions. OK enough talk, get started tricking out that desktop.

After years of "Larry the Cow" being identified with Gentoo and the Gentoo community, Larry has been traced to his creator, Ethan Dunham of Fonthead Design Inc.. Larry is a part of a bigger collection of Font Heads.

Following discussions with Ethan Dunham, involving Sebastian Pipping from the Gentoo Artwork Project and Roy Bamford, on behalf of the Gentoo Foundation, Fonthead Design Inc. has agreed to grant permission to use the artwork of letter "s" of font "Font Heads" showing the head of a cow under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license so that the Gentoo community can enjoy the freedom to use their mascot.

We encourage our developers and users to create Gentoo artwork based on our newly released Larry.

OpenRC, the replacement for Gentoo's current services system (known as baselayout), will be stabilized on May 8. It replaces the previous bash-only rc system in baselayout with an rc system that has a C-based core and uses only POSIX-compliant shell code.

You will see an update for sys-apps/baselayout to 2.x and a new package, sys-apps/openrc. It is recommended that you perform this update as soon as possible.

After these packages are emerged, it is absolutely critical that you immediately update your configuration files with dispatch-conf, etc-update or a similar tool then follow the steps in the OpenRC Migration Guide.

Failure to follow all of these steps will result in an unbootable system. If that happens, you will need to boot from a LiveCD or LiveDVD, mount your root filesystem, chroot into that environment and follow the above steps.

Christian Faulhammer and William Hubbs contributed this announcement.