Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Dutch Linux developer, spoke to The Register about changes in the vulnerability reports generated by AI. About a month ago, the quality of AI-generated vulnerability reports significantly improved. Previously, much of them was just nonsense, but according to Kroah-Hartman, this was not a major issue for the kernel (unlike cURL) — as there are many developers, and […]
The release of MicroPythonOS version 0.9.0 is now available, an operating system for microcontrollers such as the ESP32, developed using the MicroPython toolkit. The operating system features a graphical interface designed with consideration for Android and iOS, supporting touch screen controls. Use cases for MicroPythonOS include Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home automation systems, interactive displays, robots, and smart wearables […]
A beta release of the Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ distribution has been introduced, following a complete freeze of the package base, with developers now focused on final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for April 23. The 26.04 branch falls under the category of long-term support (LTS) releases, with updates provided for 15 years (5 years publicly available, plus another 10 years […]
The first public release of GitRiver has occurred – a self-hosted platform for managing git repositories, written in Rust. The platform combines repository hosting, continuous integration, container registry, package registry, Kubernetes deployment management, task management, and merge requests in one binary. The platform consumes about 100 MB of RAM when idle. Installation requires only Docker Compose and PostgreSQL. […]
The CLE (Community Linux Engineering Team), established at Red Hat to address technical challenges within the Fedora and CentOS projects, such as providing infrastructure, preparing releases, and ensuring quality, has announced the readiness of the Fedora Forge collaborative development platform, built on the Forgejo project. The Fedora Forge project is created to replace the existing Pagure platform used in Fedora […]
At the KubeCon Europe conference, The Register interviewed Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is responsible for maintaining stable and ‘staging’ branches of the Linux kernel, serving as the maintainer in 16 kernel subsystems. The interview discusses Greg's perspective on bug reports generated by AI. AI is already being utilized in the kernel for reviewing changes in the networking subsystem, eBPF, and […]
Unexpectedly for all cybersecurity experts, Google announced a significant acceleration in the timeline for Q-Day—the moment when quantum computers will be able to break modern public-key cryptography. In the material published on March 25, 2026, the company stated it now plans to be fully prepared for this event by 2029, rather than in the more distant future, […]
A minor release of the operating system "Alt Education" 11.1 has been released. The build is prepared for x86_64 and AArch64 based on the 6.12 (LTS) kernel. Download image from ftp.altlinux.org download.basealt.ru mirror.yandex.ru In the new image, it is now possible to choose only one desktop environment during installation—KDE Plasma or Xfce. By default, the system offers the updated KDE Plasma 6. An application "Alt Components" has been added for […]
After a year of development, the release of the open-source parametric 3D modeling system FreeCAD 1.1 has been published, which features flexible customization options and a functionality expansion through plug-ins. The interface is built using the Qt library. Plug-ins can be created in Python. It supports saving and loading models in various formats, including STEP, IGES, and STL. The FreeCAD code is distributed under the […]
Ahead of the May release, Xbox Game Studios and the developers from the British studio Playground Games have unveiled the full system requirements for the open-world racing arcade Forza Horizon 6. Forza Horizon 6 was created with the capabilities of the latest graphics hardware in mind, but is optimized for both high-end systems and gaming laptops as well as portable PCs (Steam Deck, Xbox ROG […]
After two years of development, the release of the LibreQoS 2.0 platform is now available, designed to organize fair distribution of the available bandwidth among users and to reduce the negative effects caused by intermediate packet buffering (Bufferbloat) by network equipment. The platform can be used by providers or administrators of private networks to optimize traffic flows, maintain delays at a minimum level, and manage bandwidth distribution according to priorities. […]
On March 24, 2026, versions 5.3.0 and 6.0.0 of the popular graphic editor Krita were released. Along with the stable version 5.3.0, version 6.0.0 was introduced, marking the transition to the Qt 6 library. A notable feature of these releases is that both versions are built from the same source code. The choice between them depends on the Qt versions used during the build. Changes: Krita […]