# Linux Action News 193

URL: /show/linux-action-news/193/
> The premier Linux desktops get some futuristic new features, and we break down the seven-year-old vulnerability in your Linux box revealed this week.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 193
- Date: 2021-06-13
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Duration: 00:24:58
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/2ee17ead-6fd6-4c05-b3bc-ee971842ab21.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/zyvJPvJM-is



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### Episode Links

  * [Plasma 5.22](https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.22.0/ "Plasma 5.22") — Plasma 5.22 improves its stability and usability across the board.
  * [KDE Plasma 5.22 Arrives with Miscellany of Usability Improvements](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/06/kde-plasma-5-22-new-features "KDE Plasma 5.22 Arrives with Miscellany of Usability Improvements")
  * [Plasma 5.22 arrives but I bet you’ll want 5.23 once I show you this – Adventures in Linux and KDE](https://pointieststick.com/2021/06/11/this-week-in-kde-plasma-5-22-arrives-but-i-bet-youll-want-5-23-once-i-show-you-this/ "Plasma 5.22 arrives but I bet you’ll want 5.23 once I show you this – Adventures in Linux and KDE")
  * [GNOME 40.2 Released with Better Flatpak Support, Improved Screencasting, and More](https://9to5linux.com/gnome-40-2-released-with-better-flatpak-support-improved-screencasting-and-more "GNOME 40.2 Released with Better Flatpak Support, Improved Screencasting, and More") — The GNOME Project released today GNOME 40.2 as the second minor point release to the latest and greatest GNOME 40 desktop environment series.
  * [GNOME 40.2 Release News](https://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/gnome/core/40/40.2/NEWS "GNOME 40.2 Release News")
  * [Privilege escalation with polkit](https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/ "Privilege escalation with polkit") — The vulnerability enables an unprivileged local user to get a root shell on the system. It’s easy to exploit with a few standard command line tools
  * [Real-Time Support "PREEMPT_RT" For Linux Held Up Due To Lack Of Funding](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=PREEMPT_RT-Lack-Of-Funds "Real-Time Support "PREEMPT_RT" For Linux Held Up Due To Lack Of Funding") — These "RT" patches have long been maintained out-of-tree but it turns out that while in the past it was seemingly close for merging, that effort has stalled for lack of funding.
  * [helloSystem Release r0.5.0](https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/releases/tag/r0.5.0 "helloSystem Release r0.5.0") — This release is based on FreeBSD 12.2
  * [helloSystem 0.5 Released For macOS-Inspired FreeBSD Desktop](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=helloSystem-0.5 "helloSystem 0.5 Released For macOS-Inspired FreeBSD Desktop")
  * [FOSDEM 2021 - hello... again?](https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/hello_bsd/ "FOSDEM 2021 - hello... again?") — helloSystem is FreeBSD preconfigured as a desktop operating system. Its design follows the “Less, but better” philosophy. It is intended as a system for “mere mortals”, welcoming to switchers from a world in which a global menu bar exists, the Command key is used rather than Control, and applications are contained in .app bundles.
  * [Bearded Tux Unisex Joggers - Jupiter Garage](https://www.jupitergarage.com/product/bearded-tux-unisex-joggers "Bearded Tux Unisex Joggers - Jupiter Garage") — Get ready for that 10K run or take it slow in your backyard—these joggers are sure to make you feel comfortable either way while making a low key statement that Linux is awesome.