# Linux Action News 105

URL: /show/linux-action-news/105/
> RHEL 8 is released, we report from the ground of the big announcement, Microsoft announces WSL 2 with a real Linux kernel at the core, and details on their new open source terminal. 

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 105
- Date: 2019-05-12
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:31:31
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/177009a0-7dfb-4854-b044-e98927f525f0.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/gxy3leSjhp0





### Episode Links

  * [RHEL 8 released](https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-every-enterprise-every-cloud-every-workload "RHEL 8 released") — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is the operating system redesigned for the hybrid cloud era and built to support the workloads and operations that stretch from enterprise datacenters to multiple public clouds. 
  * [Considerations in adopting RHEL 8](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/considerations_in_adopting_rhel_8/index "Considerations in adopting RHEL 8")
  * [IBM's Red Hat acquisition moves forward](https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibms-red-hat-acquisition-moves-forward/ "IBM's Red Hat acquisition moves forward") — The Department of Justice has approved IBM's acquisition of Red Hat.
  * [WSL 2 using LTS source from Kernel.org](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/shipping-a-linux-kernel-with-windows/ "WSL 2 using LTS source from Kernel.org")
  * [Canonical announces support for Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2](https://blog.ubuntu.com/2019/05/06/canonical-announces-support-for-ubuntu-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2 "Canonical announces support for Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2")
  * [WSL 2 deep dive - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwhMThePdIo "WSL 2 deep dive - YouTube")
  * [All new Chromebooks will run Linux apps](https://www.zdnet.com/article/all-chromebooks-will-also-be-linux-laptops-going-forward/ "All new Chromebooks will run Linux apps") — Google has announced that all new Chromebook devices will be Linux ready.
  * [Project Mainline is Google’s new attempt to send security updates directly to your phone](https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/7/18531350/google-android-q-project-mainline-security-updates-play-store-io-2019 "Project Mainline is Google’s new attempt to send security updates directly to your phone") — Google will start delivering some Android security updates through the Play Store
  * [Alpine Linux Docker Images Shipped for 3 Years with Root Accounts Unlocked](https://threatpost.com/alpine-linux-docker-images-unlocked/144542/ "Alpine Linux Docker Images Shipped for 3 Years with Root Accounts Unlocked") — This vulnerability appears to be the result of a regression introduced in December of 2015.
  * [Alpine Linux's response to CVE-2019-5021](https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Docker-image-vulnerability-CVE-2019-5021.html "Alpine Linux's response to CVE-2019-5021")
  * [Gartner says 90% of blockchain supply chain initiatives will go nowhere](https://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/business-intelligence/gartner-says-90-of-blockchain-supply-chain-initiatives-will-go-nowhere.html "Gartner says 90% of blockchain supply chain initiatives will go nowhere") — Research firm Gartner is unimpressed.
  * [The Friday Stream](https://fridaystream.com/ "The Friday Stream")