

More patches to be merged as Meltdown/Spectre bugs are still a work in progress." Here's what's new in Porteus Kiosk 4.6

"Firefox 52 ESR browser is less affected by Spectre while Chrome 63 needs experimental Site Isolation security feature enabled. "This release fixes Meltdown attack and partially mitigates Spectre vulnerability through updated CPU microcode and on the application level," said Tomasz Jokiel. 132 web browsers, protecting users against the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities that have been publicly disclosed earlier this month.

Including all the upstream security and software updates from the Gentoo Linux repositories as of January 14, 2018, Porteus Kiosk 4.6.0 is powered by the Linux 4.14.13 kernel and includes the Mozilla Firefox 52.5.3 ESR and Google Chrome. Porteus Linux developer Tomasz Jokiel announced today the release and immediate availability for download of the Porteus Kiosk 4.6.0 Gentoo Linux-based operating system.
