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So I decided to start trying landscapes. I was trying to go for an oppressive feel, closed in dark, but as i was trying this and that, switched towards a colder color pallet, and i really liked this. Chatgpt decided to surprise me with a white haired lady with a scythe as a bonus, and i can't complain really. Hope you guys like this one :)

the EUVD comes with a holistic approach and aims for ensuring a high level of interconnection of information sources. It does so by leveraging the open-source software Vulnerability-Lookup which enables a quick correlation of vulnerabilities from multiple known sources. ... Utilising the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF), a standardised format for vulnerability advisories, the EUVD supports automation in the processing, consumption, and distribution of security advisories.

The EUVD collects and references vulnerability information collected from existing databases (such as MITRE’s CVE DB, GitHub's Advisory Database, JVN iPedia, GSD-Database), adds additional information via references to advisories and alerts issued by national CSIRTs, mitigation and patching guidelines published by vendors, and enriches it with exploited vulnerability markings (such as CISA KEV) and FIRST’s Exploit Prediction scores (EPSS).

(Note: ENISA has been tasked with establishing the EUVD as outlined in Article 12 of the NIS-2 Directive.)

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During a public meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) April 17, members expressed concerns about growing risks as the station nears its projected end in 2030.

“The ISS has entered the riskiest period of its existence,” said Rich Williams, a member of the panel, arguing there were “increasing risks” to the station.

Some of those risks are problems the station has been facing for years, such as leaks in a vestibule of the station’s Zvezda module called PrK. Russian and American experts have been investigating small cracks seen in PrK for several years, with no resolution on their cause or how to best address them.

Williams said officials from NASA and Roscosmos are scheduled to meet later this month in Moscow to update efforts to mitigate risks on the cracking. In the meantime, he said ISS managers have implemented procedures such as limiting repressurization of the vestibule, which links a docking port to the rest of the station. “The panel has considered this one of our highest concerns,” he said.

The station is dealing with several other issues, such as keeping sufficient spare parts for life support systems and delays with cargo resupply vehicles. That latter concern involves both the delays in the first flight of Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser vehicle, now expected no earlier than late summer. and Northrop Grumman scrapping its NG-22 Cygnus mission to the ISS, which was scheduled to launch in June, because of damage to the spacecraft incurred during shipping.

Tory Bruno, ULA's president and CEO, wrote on X that questions about what is holding up the next Atlas V launch are best directed toward the Space Force. A spokesperson for ULA told Ars the company is still working with the range to determine the next launch date. "The rocket and payload are healthy," she said. "We will announce the new launch date once confirmed."

One possibility is a test of one or more submarine-launched Trident ballistic missiles, which commonly occur in the waters off the east coast of Florida. But those launches are usually accompanied by airspace and maritime warning notices to ensure pilots and sailors steer clear of the test. Nothing of the sort has been publicly released in the last couple of weeks.

Maybe something is broken at the Florida launch base. When launches were less routine than today, the range at Cape Canaveral would close for a couple of weeks per year for upgrades and refurbishment of critical infrastructure. This is no longer the case. In 2023, Panzenhagen told Ars that the Space Force changed the policy.

"When the Eastern Range was supporting 15 to 20 launches a year, we had room to schedule dedicated periods for maintenance of critical infrastructure," she said at the time. "During these periods, launches were paused while teams worked the upgrades. Now that the launch cadence has grown to nearly twice per week, we’ve adapted to the new way of business to best support our mission partners."

Perhaps, then, it's something more secret, like a larger-scale, multi-element military exercise or war game that either requires Eastern Range participation or is taking place in areas the Space Force needs to clear for safety reasons for a rocket launch to go forward. The military sometimes doesn't publicize these activities until they're over.

A Space Force spokesperson did not respond to Ars Technica's questions on the matter.

Whatever is going on in Florida or the Atlantic Ocean this week, it's something the Space Force doesn't want to talk about in detail. Maybe there are good reasons for that.

This week, there's demand for launch slots at Cape Canaveral, but the answer is no.

The past decade-plus has seen a lot of familiar names tapped to helm Star Wars movies which have subsequently disappeared into vaporware. Those familiar names have ranged from The Last Jedi and Knives Out writer-director Rian Johnson to Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to The Lego Movie’s Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. So it’s easy to be a bit cynical about new Star Wars movie announcements. Still, the latest one on the docket sounds promising enough to get people’s hopes up all over again.

Titled Star Wars: Starfighter and scheduled for release on May 28, 2027 — the same week as the 50th anniversary of the original 1977 Star Wars (subsequently officially retitled Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope), the project was announced at the annual Star Wars Celebration, held this year in Chiba, Japan. Deadpool & Wolverine and Free Guy director Sean Levy will helm the project, with Ryan Gosling starring.

Details on the planned movie were minimal, but a presentation hosted by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and chief creative officer Dave Filoni revealed that Starfighter is scheduled to enter production in fall 2025, and will take place about five years after the events in 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, the movie that completed George Lucas’ original planned nine-film series. A press release described it as “an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in a period of time that has not been explored on screen yet.”

That suggests the movie won’t be connected to the 2001 game Star Wars: Starfighter, a flight sim set just before the Battle of Naboo, during the action of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.

The idea of Star Wars moving beyond the Skywalker Saga is guaranteed to be divisive among fans, just like every other theatrical project in the franchise that’s tried to step away from characters established in Lucas’ original trilogy. But the choice to finally move Star Wars forward in time, rather than continuing to explore different pockets of the established nine-film timeline with prequels and sidequels, should give Levy and his team a freedom that Star Wars creators don’t often have.

And the accelerated timeline is a good sign that Starfighter might actually see release, unlike the various projects above, seemingly all announced as soon as the contracts were signed, and before any significant story development had taken place. We’ll have more when Lucasfilm announces further details about the project.

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Known for its user-friendliness, Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux distribution offered by Canonical that is a popular choice for both beginners and advanced users. What makes it so good is its neat user interface, regular updates, and strong security, making Ubuntu the preferred choice for people/organizations looking for a Linux-powered operating system.

Around this time last year, we were introduced to the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release, which delivered many upgrades, backed by a long support period (5-10 years) to provide one of the most stable Ubuntu experiences currently on offer.

There was also an interim release in the following months, back in October 2024, but official support for that will end in July. Luckily, for users of such releases, a new interim release, Ubuntu 25.04, has been introduced.

Before we proceed, do note that we have already covered the features of Ubuntu 25.04. However, this particular article will give you a quick rundown of the new changes.

Ubuntu 25.04 Features and Release Date: Here’s What You Need to KnowHere are the best Ubuntu 25.04 features.It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

⭐ Ubuntu 25.04: What's New?

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Code-named "Plucky Puffin" after a colorful seabird, Ubuntu 25.04 is powered by the recently released Linux kernel 6.14 as a non-LTS release with a support period of just 9 months, until January 2026.

It comes loaded with GNOME 48, which includes many improvements like notification grouping for reducing clutter, improved Flatpak handling, and on-screen notifications when headphones are connected.

In addition to all that, there is the new Wellbeing feature that can be used to set screen time limits, movement reminders, and eyesight reminders. If you ask me, this is a great step toward further improving the user experience.

Likewise, laptop users can now set a battery charge limit via Settings to prevent excessive wear on the battery. This is powered by UPower, which allows setting the charge start and end thresholds via D-Bus, applying the settings automatically at startup.

As is typically the case with new Ubuntu releases, there are new wallpapers that complement this release, with images from the mascot, digital/abstract, and photography categories being included.

These were selected via the customary wallpaper competition that ran a few months ago.

The theming also sees some changes, with notable visual improvements like new app icons, fixes for design inconsistencies, and better integration with GNOME's accent color system.

The applications and tooling also see upgrades with Binutils 2.44, Systemd 257.4, LibreOffice 25.2.2, Thunderbird 128.0, VLC 3.0.21 and GIMP 3.0 being included.

🛠️ Other Changes & Improvements

Moving on from the highlights, here are a few miscellaneous changes:

Papers as the default document viewer app.NVIDIA Dynamic Boost is now enabled by default.Improved Opensc smart card handling on Firefox Snap.Better support for ARM hardware on the generic ARM64 ISO.New Ubuntu WSL image for Microsoft's new tar-based architecture.

The official release notes will give you a more detailed outlook of the changes.

📥 Download Ubuntu 25.04

You can find the desktop image for Ubuntu 25.04 on the official website and alternative images on the releases page.

Ubuntu 25.04

If you are the user of a long-term support (LTS) release, then we suggest sticking to that for getting the most stable experience Ubuntu has to offer. Still, if you are eager to experiment or want to upgrade from the older Ubuntu 24.10 release, then you can refer to our Ubuntu upgrade guide.

How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Right NowUbuntu 24.04 LTS ‘Noble Numbat’ is here. If you are using Ubuntu 23.10, here’s how you can upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS right away.It's FOSSAbhishek Prakash

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Just thinking about making this a monthly post, which model are you using? what are the positives and negatives?

Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics of the term ‘concentration camp’ as they pertain to a place the government is actively sending people with no criminal history is highly associated with national stability,” said historian Kristen Boyd, who added that the more pedantic one’s reasoning for a facility not fully satisfying the criteria for a true concentration camp, the better that bodes for a country’s future.