Andrzej Janik presented the release of ZLUDA 6, an open-source implementation of CUDA technology. The project aims to enable unmodified CUDA applications to run on GPU systems other than NVIDIA's, achieving performance close to that of applications executed without layers. The project's code is written in Rust and is distributed under the MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses. ZLUDA 6 has become […]
The release of the distributed source code management system Git 2.55 has been announced. Among the key changes are the inclusion of Rust builds by default, the implementation of fsmonitor for Linux, a new strategy for repacking the incremental MIDX index, the 'git history fixup' command for fixing commits, optimizations for generating object availability bitmap, support for parallel execution of hooks, and the 'git format-rev' command. The Git code is distributed under the GPLv2+ license. By […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 11.12 — has been published. Since the release of 11.11, 27 bug reports have been closed and 228 changes have been made. The most significant changes include the transfer of the libswresample (audio resampling) and libswscale (image scaling and pixel format conversion) libraries from FFmpeg into Wine. Previously transferred libraries have been updated to FFmpeg release 8.1.1. […]
The release (1.02) of the Book-Like CMS 'Froggy-BLC', which operates on files without a database, has taken place. In this release: A custom implementation of the 'p' tag is used — 'rich-paragraph role=paragraph' (HTML5). This is necessary for supporting block elements within paragraphs, especially when CKEditor-4 automatically places 'p' tags everywhere. Four types of vulnerabilities have been addressed. Work is underway on code de-obfuscation, with significant progress already made. […]
Microsoft has announced the beginning of testing for a system to run Linux containers on Windows, implemented using the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) layer. The toolkit provides a standard command-line interface wslc and an API for creating, deploying, and running Linux-based containers from the Windows environment, as well as for interacting with running containers from Windows. Functionality for working with […]
In the xsnow application, which implements a falling snow effect on the desktop, a hidden change has been introduced, showing the Ukrainian flag with a probability of 2%. For users with a Russian locale, the probability of displaying the flag increases to 30%. This activity is also present in the Debian package xsnow that is provided in the Debian 13 repository. In the complaint sent to the Debian Quality Assurance Team responsible for maintaining quality […]
On June 24, after nearly two months of development, 531 commits, and fixing 276 bugs, the release 8.21.0 (№275) of the cross-platform multifunctional console utility and library curl, written in C and distributed under the curl license, took place. Key changes Security Medium severity CVE-2026-8925: double memory free in SASL; CVE-2026-8927: Digest authentication state leak between proxy servers in env-set; CVE-2026-9079: leak […]
The release of TLAC 2.0 (Tuncor Local Anti-Cheat) is available, which develops an open anti-cheat system for Linux that operates in user space. To detect interference with game process execution, TLAC utilizes pattern scanning for cheats in the process memory using ptrace and procfs. Features include mask searching, integrity checks using SHA256 hashes, and hardware blocking with […]
The release of Slackel 9.0 has been published, built on the foundations of the Slackware and Salix projects, fully compatible with the repositories they offer. The key difference of Slackel is the use of a continuously updated Slackware-Current branch. The graphical environment is based on the MATE desktop environment. The size of the bootable image capable of running in live mode is 4.2 GB (i386 and x86_64). Installation on external USB drives is supported with […]
The release of CachyOS 260628, based on the Arch Linux package base, features a continuous update delivery model and is popular among gaming enthusiasts. According to ProtonDB, CachyOS is the most popular Linux distribution among gamers, with a market share of 21.1%. The distribution is notable for including performance-enhancing optimizations and providing the ability to install various desktop environments. In addition to the basic […]
After nearly three years since the last major release, the Mageia 10 Linux distribution has been published, developed by an independent community of enthusiasts as a fork of the Mandriva project. 32-bit and 64-bit installation builds (5.6 GB) and a set of Live builds (4.5-5.1 GB) are available for download, featuring GNOME, KDE, and Xfce. Key improvements include increased requirements for 32-bit systems to operate on […]
The release of Archinstall 4.4 has been published, which has been included as an option in the Arch Linux installation ISO images since 2021. Archinstall works in console mode and can be used instead of the default manual installation mode. The Archinstall code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Archinstall provides guided and automated working modes. In […]