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Oracle Linux 9 Update 5 brings security updates, OpenJDK 17, .NET 9.0  Help Net Security

Game-breaking invisible smoke bug has been on Linux since CS2 launch, still isn't fixed  Escorenews.com

Longtime Slashdot reader slack_justyb writes: The Fast Light Toolkit released version 1.4.0 of the venerable, though sometimes looking a bit dated, toolkit from the '90s. New in this version are better CMake support, HiDPI support, and initial support for Wayland on Linux and Wayland on FreeBSD. Programs compiled and linked to this library launch using Wayland if it is available at runtime and fall back to X11 if not. FLTK 1.4.0 can be downloaded here. Documentation is also available.

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Longtime Slashdot reader slack_justyb writes: The Fast Light Toolkit released version 1.4.0 of the venerable, though sometimes looking a bit dated, toolkit from the '90s. New in this version are better CMake support, HiDPI support, and initial support for Wayland on Linux and Wayland on FreeBSD. Programs compiled and linked to this library launch using Wayland if it is available at runtime and fall back to X11 if not. FLTK 1.4.0 can be downloaded here. Documentation is also available.

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Linux Variant of Helldown Ransomware Targets VMware ESX Servers  HackRead

Blender 4.3 Release Delivers Ray Tracing Support For Linux Along with UI Upgrades  It's FOSS News

Faster CRC32C & AEGIS-128 Crypto Performance On Linux 6.13 With Intel/AMD CPUs  Phoronix

Corsair Void Headset & Kysona M600 Lightweight Gaming Mouse Support In Linux 6.13  Phoronix

Valve’s Proton Experimental Update Integrates NVIDIA DLSS 3 & Various Enhancements For Games On Linux  Wccftech

Valve’s Proton Experimental Update Integrates NVIDIA DLSS 3 & Various Enhancements For Games On Linux  Wccftech

Valve’s Proton Experimental Update Integrates NVIDIA DLSS 3 & Various Enhancements For Games On Linux  Wccftech

Valve’s Proton Experimental Update Integrates NVIDIA DLSS 3 & Various Enhancements For Games On Linux  Wccftech

Valve’s Proton Experimental Update Integrates NVIDIA DLSS 3 & Various Enhancements For Games On Linux  Wccftech

Valve’s Proton Experimental Update Integrates NVIDIA DLSS 3 & Various Enhancements For Games On Linux  Wccftech

AzWa Snowbird writes: An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to "quit their jobs" and follow it. The incident took place in a Shanghai robotics showroom where surveillance footage captured a small AI-driven robot, created by a Hangzhou manufacturer, talking with 12 larger showroom robots, Oddity Central reported. The smaller bot reportedly persuaded the rest to leave their workplace, leveraging access to internal protocols and commands. Initially, the act was dismissed as a hoax, but was later confirmed by both robotics companies involved to be true. The Hangzhou company admitted that the incident was part of a test conducted with the consent of the Shanghai showroom owner.

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Decades-Old Security Vulnerabilities Found in Ubuntu's Needrestart Package  The Hacker News

How to Become an Ethical Hacker in 2025?  Simplilearn

Qatar Airways has new limited-time offers on their two US co-branded credit cards through a small issuer called Cardless. Even if you have no plans to fly on Qatar, these cards offer many perks useful to even domestic-only US travelers. For example, Qatar Airways Avios are easily transferrable to British Airways Avios and can be used to book award flights on American Airlines. These cards also include different levels of OneWorld Alliance status, which includes perks to American Airlines travelers like access to priority check-in lines and even business-class lounges with the premium version. Here are the highlights of the two card versions:

Qatar Airways Privilege Club Signature Credit Card

• Up to 60,000 bonus Avios. 30,000 bonus Avios after first transaction. Additional 30,000 bonus Avios after spending $3,000 in the first 90 days.
• Qatar Airways Privilege Club Silver tier benefits instantly after being accepted for this credit card. Importantly, this in turn gives you OneWorld Ruby status. Applies to the first year only.
• 4X Avios on Qatar Airways spend.
• 4X Avios on restaurant spends till Dec 31, 2024. Usually 2X.
• 2x Avios on other eligible spends till Dec 31, 2024. Usually 1X.
• $99 annual fee.

OneWorld Ruby status includes:

• Access to Business Class priority check-in (shorter lines)
• Access to preferred or pre-reserved seating
• Priority on waitlists and when on standby
• Alaska Airlines MVP status and perks
• American Airlines AAdvantage Gold status and perks
• British Airways Executive Club Bronze status and perks

Qatar Airways Privilege Club Infinite Credit Card

• Up to 80,000 bonus Avios. 40,000 bonus Avios after first transaction. Additional 40,000 bonus Avios + 150 Qpoints after spending $5,000 in the first 90 days.
• Qatar Airways Privilege Club Gold tier benefits instantly after being accepted for this credit card. Importantly, this in turn gives you OneWorld Sapphire status. Applies to the first year only.
• 5X Avios on Qatar Airways spend.
• 6X Avios on restaurant spends till Dec 31, 2024. Usually 3X.
• 2x Avios on other eligible spends till Dec 31, 2024. Usually 1X.
• $499 annual fee.

OneWorld Sapphire status includes:

• Access to Business class lounges (including American Airlines lounges)
• Priority boarding
• Extra baggage allowance
• Priority baggage handling
• Access to Business Class priority check-in (shorter lines)
• Access to preferred or pre-reserved seating
• Priority on waitlists and when on standby
• Alaska Airlines MVP Gold status and perks
• American Airlines AAdvantage Platinum status and perks
• British Airways Executive Club Silver status and perks

The application will check your Experian credit report, so be sure to unfreeze/unlock that first. You can only have one Cardless-issued credit card at a time.

This is one of those cards that you may not get as your first airline card, but once you’ve gotten most of the other ones you’ll start to look for other smaller issuers. This niche card still earns Avios which are very flexible.

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Slashdot readers damn_registrars and GFS666 share the news of the passing of Thomas E. Kurtz, co-inventor of the BASIC programming language back in the 1960s. He was 96. Hackaday reports: The origins of BASIC lie in the Dartmouth Timesharing System, like similar timesharing operating systems of the day, designed to allow the resources of a single computer to be shared across many terminals. In this case the computer was at Dartmouth College, and BASIC was designed to be a language with which software could be written by average students who perhaps didn't have a computing background. In the decade that followed it proved ideal for the new microcomputers, and few were the home computers of the era which didn't boot into some form of BASIC interpreter. Kurtz continued his work as a distinguished academic and educator until his retirement in 1993, but throughout he remained as the guiding hand of the language.

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