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Author: Erik Peterson

A ProHoster specialist with over seven years of experience in hosting, network infrastructure, and internet security. I participate in the development and maintenance of server solutions, VPN services, and client platforms. I specialize in stability, data protection, and service optimization for clients. I regularly monitor updates in industry standards and best practices.

Release of the CachyOS 260426 distribution

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The release of the CachyOS 260426 distribution, based on the Arch Linux package base and utilizing a continuous delivery model for updates, has been announced. It is popular among gaming enthusiasts. According to ProtonDB, CachyOS is the most popular Linux distribution used by gamers, with a market share of 21.1%. This distribution is notable for its performance optimizations and the ability to install various desktop environments. In addition to the base […]

Release D7VK 1.8, implementing Direct3D 3-7 on top of the Vulkan API

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The release of the D7VK project 1.8 has been published, which develops the implementation of the Direct3D 3, 5, 6, and 7 graphics APIs proposed by Microsoft in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. D7VK operates through the translation of calls into the Vulkan API and allows retro games tied to Direct3D 3, 5, 6, and 7 to run on Linux via Wine. The project code is written […]

The first results of the Launchpad service modernization

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Canonical has announced an initiative to modernize the Launchpad service, used in the development of Ubuntu for collaborative code work, bug tracking, change reviews, building, and package hosting. The first to be rid of the outdated interface are summary pages with information about Ubuntu releases. For example, on the Ubuntu 26.04 page, one can track known issues and the progress of bug fixes, and obtain information about […]

Update of the text recognition program dpScreenOCR 1.5.1

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The release of the dpScreenOCR 1.5.1 program for optical character recognition, utilizing Tesseract, has taken place. dpScreenOCR allows users to capture any area of the screen using a global hotkey and mouse, from which text will be recognized. Depending on user choice, the program can copy the recognized text to the clipboard, add it to history, or send it to an external program. Ready builds have been created for Linux […]

Tails 7.7

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On April 23, 2026, the Tails project announced the release of a new version of its privacy-focused Linux distribution – Tails 7.7. Key changes: Detection of obsolete Secure Boot certificates: Microsoft has begun replacing Secure Boot certificates issued back in 2011. Their validity expires in June 2026. The new version of Tails implements a notification system to warn users […]

113 vulnerabilities have been identified in Rust Coreutils. cp, mv, and rm from GNU Coreutils have returned in Ubuntu 26.04.

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Canonical has published preliminary results of an independent security audit of the uutils coreutils (Rust Coreutils) toolkit, written in Rust and partially used in Ubuntu instead of the GNU Coreutils package. The audit was conducted by Zellic, a company experienced in vulnerability analysis in Rust projects. During the review, 113 security issues were identified. The report is already available […]

Release of GNU Coreutils 9.11

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The stable version of the GNU Coreutils 9.11 package of basic system utilities is now available, which includes programs such as sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, and ls. Key innovations: Support for multi-byte characters has been implemented in the cut, nl, unexpand, and expand utilities. The cut utility has added options "-w", "-F", and "-O" for compatibility […]

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

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On April 23, a new version of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was released, codenamed “Resolute Raccoon,” which can be downloaded and installed from the official website ubuntu.com. "Resolute Raccoon is based on improvements aimed at enhancing resilience, which were introduced in the interim releases, including full disk encryption with TPM support, improved permission request support for applications, and Livepatch updates […]

A vulnerability in PackageKit allows obtaining root privileges in various Linux distributions

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A vulnerability, Pack2TheRoot (CVE-2026-41651), has been identified in PackageKit, a D-Bus layer that unifies package management operations, allowing an unprivileged user to install or remove arbitrary packages and gain root access to the system. The issue manifests starting with version 1.0.2 (2014) and has been addressed in the PackageKit 1.3.5 release. The problem was discovered by researchers from Deutsche Telekom using the AI model Claude Opus. A functional exploit has been prepared that operates in […]

The Intel Open Ecosystem Community and Evangelism project has been discontinued

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It is no secret that Intel has been systematically reducing its involvement in open source lately. Of the approximately 1,300 company repositories on GitHub, 903 are already archived, and the latest wave of closures occurred in December of last year (see: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-OSS-Projects-Ended-2025). Now, as Intel is winding down its open-source activities, it has also ceased promoting the benefits of open source: the company has no remaining employees […]

Ubuntu 26.04 distribution is available

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The Ubuntu 26.04 'Resolute Raccoon' distribution has been released, classified as an LTS (Long-Term Support) release, with updates being provided for 15 years (5 years for the general public, plus another 10 years for users of the Ubuntu Pro service). Installation images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin (the edition for China), Ubuntu […]

Vulnerability in the IndexedDB API allows for user identification in Firefox and Tor Browser.

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A vulnerability has been identified in the Gecko browser engine (CVE-2026-6770) that allows the creation of unique identifiers for tracking the opening of different sites from a single browser. The issue manifests in all browsers based on Firefox, including Tor Browser, and operates even in private browsing mode. The identifiers remain valid within the current browser process and are reset after the browser is restarted. The vulnerability has been fixed in Firefox versions 150/140.10.0 […]

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