Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 13, 2017
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Emacs and Magit: both a review of the "Magit" interface to Git and a discussion of why the FSF is talking about starting a project to replace it.
- User=0day considered harmful in systemd: surprising results from a disagreement over what makes a valid username.
- OpenBSD kernel address randomized link: OpenBSD plans to randomly relink its kernel for every boot.
- 4.13 Merge window, part 1: coverage of the first 7,600 changesets merged for 4.13.
- Hardened usercopy whitelisting: a grsecurity-derived technology to further restrict the copying of data between kernel and user space.
- Highlights in Fedora 26: what's in the just-announced Fedora 26 release.
This week's edition also includes these inner pages:
- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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