White Noise is a messenger for Android and iOS that uses the Marmot protocol. The app features personal and group chats. Marmot facilitates message exchange using the MLS (The message layer security) protocol over public NOSTR servers (servers that store JSON files with text data) and delivers them via its own protocol, along with Blossom servers (servers that store binary […]
Wine 11.9 has been released, the latest experimental version of the free implementation of the Win32 API that allows Windows applications to run on Linux, BSD, and macOS without a full virtual machine. The release was published on May 15, 2026, continuing the two-week development cycle of the 11.x branch, which will form the basis for Wine 12.0. In Wine 11.9, the focus is on low-level changes in thread operations, […]
A project has been introduced to create a virtual museum of operating systems, which houses a collection of over 570 operating systems. The museum is designed as a virtual machine image with Linux, a selection of emulators, and a built-in graphical interface for navigating the existing collection. Users can experience each operating system live by running it in an emulator. The museum is based on a collection of […]
The release of web browser Firefox 151 has occurred, along with updates for previous long-term support branches — 140.11.0 and 115.36.0. The Firefox 152 branch will soon enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for June 16. Major updates in Firefox 151 (1, 2, 3, 4): The design of the new tab page has been updated (the logo has been moved to […]
A minor release of the 'Alt Virtualization' operating system 11.1 has been made. The build is prepared for x86_64 and AArch64 based on kernel 6.12.74. Download the image from ftp.altlinux.org download.basealt.ru mirror.yandex.ru. The new image includes Glibc 2.38, a set of GCC 13 compilers, systemd 257, and OpenSSL 3.3.3. SDN network capabilities have been expanded: the option to build Fabrics networks using OpenFabric and OSPF routing protocols has been added. The implementation of this technology allows […]
MuseScore Studio 4.7 has been released, a free music notation software for Linux, Windows, and macOS. In this new version, the developers focused on engraving, guitar notation, streamlining everyday tasks, and improving the audio engine. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The main change for guitarists is the new system for displaying dive lines — techniques using the tremolo arm. Such elements can now be shown […]
Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu Core 26, a compact variant of the Ubuntu distribution designed for use on Internet of Things (IoT) devices, containers, consumer and industrial equipment. Ubuntu Core is provided as a single monolithic base system image, which does not use separate deb packages. The images of Ubuntu Core 26 are synchronized with the package base of Ubuntu 26.04, […]
Microsoft has published developments related to the Azure Linux 4 distribution, which has been fundamentally redesigned compared to version 3.0 and transitioned from its own package base to using packages from Fedora 43. While Azure Linux was previously positioned as a platform for Linux environments used in cloud infrastructure, edge systems, and various Microsoft services, it is now presented as […]
The release of Ad Nihilum 0.4.3 has occurred — a minimalist service for exchanging encrypted messages based on the "read and burn" principle, primarily aimed at self-hosting. The server acts only as a silent storage. Encryption and decryption occur solely on the client side, in the browser (via AES-GCM). Key features include local encryption and decryption, where the server never sees the key; support for an additional layer […]
Details have emerged about the sixth vulnerability (1, 2-3, 4, 5) that allows an unprivileged local user to gain root privileges by overwriting data in page caches. The vulnerability has been given the code name PinTheft. A prototype exploit is available. The CVE identifier has not yet been assigned. A patch has been released as of May 5, and on May 11 it was accepted into the netdev branch, but not included in […]
The IncidentRelay project has been released, developing an open system for organizing on-call duties, routing notifications, and incident management, which can be run on a self-hosted server. The project is aimed at SRE, DevOps, and infrastructure teams that require a locally deployable alternative to SaaS services for on-call management, applying escalation policies, and responding to incidents. The project code is written in Python and is distributed under the MIT license. […]
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel, unofficially named ssh-keysign-pwn, has been fixed. This issue allows a local unprivileged user to read files that should only be accessible by the root, including private SSH host keys and, in some scenarios, /etc/shadow. At the time of publication, a separate CVE for the problem had not yet been assigned. Despite the name, it does not refer to a bug in OpenSSH as a network server […]