# Linux Action News 95

URL: /show/linux-action-news/95/
> We sift Mobile World Congress to find just the best and most relevant stories, and discuss the Thunderclap vulnerability.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 95
- Date: 2019-03-03
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:29:01
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/2f247d4f-5da3-4d22-a830-dfd375bc0403.mp3
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ci15IsiZfQ





### Episode Links

  * [LineageOS 16.0 released](https://lineageos.org/Changelog-22/ "LineageOS 16.0 released") — We feel that the 16.0 branch has reached feature parity with 15.1 and is ready for initial release. With 16.0 being the most recent and most actively-developed branch, on March 1st, 2019 it will begin receiving builds nightly and 15.1 will be moved to weekly builds.
  * [XDA Coverage of LineageOS 16.0](https://www.xda-developers.com/lineageos-16-android-pie/ "XDA Coverage of LineageOS 16.0")
  * [KaiOS now with 85M feature phones shipped](https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/kaios-now-with-85m-feature-phones-shipped-doubles-down-with-google-carrier-deals-and-more/ "KaiOS now with 85M feature phones shipped") — With 85 million phones now shipped in more than 100 markets with handset brands like Nokia and India’s Jio, KaiOS now has an expanded partnership to put more Google
  * [KaiOS is doing well in US too](https://www.androidauthority.com/kaios-usa-india-958519/ "KaiOS is doing well in US too")
  * [RISC-V Support Added To The GRUB Bootloader](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RISC-V-GRUB-Bootloader-Lands "RISC-V Support Added To The GRUB Bootloader") — As working towards this year's GRUB 2.04 update, we've known they have been on the finishing stretch for merging RISC-V support and as of this morning that milestone has been crossed. 
  * [RISC-V Support in the FreeRTOS Kernel](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-risc-v-support-for-freertos-kernel/ "RISC-V Support in the FreeRTOS Kernel")
  * [Bringing energy efficiency to IoT architecture](https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-ai-chips-making-green-waves-bringing-energy-efficiency-to-iot-architecture/ "Bringing energy efficiency to IoT architecture")
  * [The Challenge Of RISC-V Compliance](https://semiengineering.com/toward-risc-v-compliance/ "The Challenge Of RISC-V Compliance")
  * [Thunderclap and Linux](https://christian.kellner.me/2019/02/27/thunderclap-and-linux/ "Thunderclap and Linux") — The authors built a "fake" network card2 and performed various DMA attacks and were able to temper with memory regions that their network card should have no access to whatsoever.
  * [[announce] Struck by a Thunderbolt ](https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2019/02/26/struck-by-a-thunderbolt/ "\[announce\] Struck by a Thunderbolt ")
  * [[official site] Thunderclap](https://thunderclap.io/ "\[official site\] Thunderclap")
  * [RIP Korora](https://twitter.com/kororaproject/status/1101444512985935872 "RIP Korora") — "Our @kororaproject website has been redirected to @fedora as we do not have any new releases coming. Thank you for your support over the last 13 odd years."
  * [We saw this coming](https://betanews.com/2018/05/16/korora-dead-linux-fedora/ "We saw this coming")