Alien Pastures

Three weeks ago, the quarterly (security and stability) updates to various Java source code repositories were released. This means, new packages for OpenJDK versions 8, 11 and 17 are now in my Sl...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/java-updates-for-2024q2/

In Google’s release notes for the latest Chromium 124.0.6367.201 source code it is  mentioned that this release fixes a zero-day vulnerability. Beware: this is already the 5th zero-day which w...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/chromium-update-fixes-5th-zero-day-exploit-for-2024/

Apart from post-COVID syndrome there were some other setbacks lately, but those were mostly software-centered. Like the fact that I can not build a 32bit Chromium package for instance. But also t...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/in-the-works-libreoffice-24-2-0-for-slackware-15-0/

I somehow avoided getting infected with COVID for all these past four years, but this week unexpectedly it hit me after all – and that while being inoculated multiple times. Oh well, they say t...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/down-with-covid/

Chromium 121 sources were released yesterday, and as much as I would like to tell you that the Slackware packages are ready, in fact it appears that you will have to wait for them for an unspecif...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/chromium-121-for-slackware-dont-hold-your-breath/

Last week I told you about the change of theme which I applied to my personal blog. It seems that I was not done then. On a different server I host the SlackDocs Wiki (https://docs.slackware.com/...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/i-switched-the-wiki-theme-as-well/

A blog  is something personal, and theming it just right is a challenge. You’ll surely have noticed that the theme of Alien Pastures has been changed overnight. This blog started out with a th...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/i-switched-the-blogs-theme/

My work on the new Plasma6 for Slackware finally reached a level that I am OK with. I have uploaded a new KTOWN Live ISO image based on liveslak-1.8.1 and it contains a fully functional KDE Plasm...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/ktown-live-iso-based-on-liveslak-1-8-1-and-plasma6-beta2/

Chromium 120.0.6099.129 for which the source code was released two days ago repairs a zero-day vulnerability. Zero-day means that the vulnerability is already actively exploited in the wild. Hope...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/google-fixes-the-8th-zero-day-in-chromium-in-2023/

Hi folks. I have a nice set of packages ready for KDE Plasma6 Beta2 which was just announced two days ago. As you see from below screenshot, it runs nicely as a Wayland session, both logged in v...

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/kde-plasma6-beta2-but-the-live-iso-wont-work/