# Linux Action News 46

URL: /show/linux-action-news/46/
> webOS is back, and the Linux Foundation has a Hypervisor for your car. Plus some of GNOME's performance issues, Firefox changes, and the hidden files in Bitcoin's blockchain.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 46
- Date: 2018-03-25
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:29:11
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/3262896d-11f3-4fb8-93a2-29769e06faa3.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLavOhtPFWI





### Episode Links

  * [LG releases webOS Open Source Edition, looks to expand webOS usage](https://liliputing.com/2018/03/lg-releases-webos-open-source-edition-looks-to-expand-webos-usage.html "LG releases webOS Open Source Edition, looks to expand webOS usage") — LG wants to expand the adoption of webOS and the company is working with the South Korean government to solicit business proposals from other companies interested in using webOS. 
  * [The Linux Foundation Announces an Open Source Reference Hypervisor Project Designed for IoT Device Development](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/the-linux-foundation-announces-an-open-source-reference-hypervisor-project-designed-for-iot-device-development/ "The Linux Foundation Announces an Open Source Reference Hypervisor Project Designed for IoT Device Development") — ACRN is comprised of two main components: the hypervisor and its device model
  * [Linux Foundation backs new ‘ACRN’ hypervisor for embedded and IoT](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/19/linux_foundation_acrn_hypervisor_project/ "Linux Foundation backs new ‘ACRN’ hypervisor for embedded and IoT")
  * [GNOME Shell memory leak](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/03/gnome-shell-has-a-memory-leak-and-it-might-not-be-fixed-for-ubuntu-18-04-lts "GNOME Shell memory leak") — A number of Ubuntu users have reported that GNOME Shell 3.26.2, the version used in Ubuntu 17.10, has a “sneaky leak” that causes GNOME Shell’s memory usage to increase every minute following a Shell animation 
  * [A GNOME performance bug fixed](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/merge_requests/20 "A GNOME performance bug fixed") — So, how can something as simple as updating the displayed time cause such a large increase in the time required to draw a frame? 
  * [Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured for the Past 9 Years](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firefox-master-password-system-has-been-poorly-secured-for-the-past-9-years/ "Firefox Master Password System Has Been Poorly Secured for the Past 9 Years") — For at past nine years, Mozilla has been using an insufficiently strong encryption mechanism for the "master password" feature.
  * [Questionable changes coming to Firefox DNS queries](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/20/mozilla_firefox_test_of_privacy_mechanism_prompts_privacy_worries/ "Questionable changes coming to Firefox DNS queries") — Nightly build fans' hostname lookups piped to Cloudflare in limited security feature trial
  * [Firefox plan to start blocking ads](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/24/firefox_ad_blocker/ "Firefox plan to start blocking ads") — Mozilla intends to add basic ad filtering capabilities to its Firefox browser later this year, according to its recently updated roadmap.
  * [Bitcoin blockchain contains more than transaction data](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/19/ability_to_dump_illegal_content_in_bitcoins_blockchain_puts_participants_in_peril/ "Bitcoin blockchain contains more than transaction data") — Boffins warn of legal risks from arbitrary data distribution
  * [CryptoGraffiti - Bitcoin Blockchain Messages as Text](https://cryptograffiti.info/ "CryptoGraffiti - Bitcoin Blockchain Messages as Text")