The release of Agama 22 has been published — a new installer for openSUSE and SUSE, developed as a replacement for the classic YaST Installer. Agama is built as a service-oriented installer with a web interface and the ability to integrate with external tools. The project's code is distributed under the GPL-2.0 license. In the announcement of Agama 22, the developers note that this release focuses primarily on enhancing the interface. The project considers Agama […]
Linus Torvalds included a set of patches for the network subsystem in Linux kernel 7.2, which is expected to be released in mid-August. This update continues the cleanup of the kernel by removing outdated drivers and subsystems. The most significant change is the removal of the AppleTalk protocol stack implementation from the kernel. AppleTalk was used in Apple computers since 1985 and was replaced in the 1990s […]
The Trifecta Tech Foundation, which develops projects such as ntpd-rs, sudo-rs, zlib-rs, and bzip2-rs, reported on Firefox's transition to using the zlib-rs library for compression and decompression using the gzip method. In addition to protecting against issues caused by memory management errors, the switch from zlib to zlib-rs has resulted in a noticeable performance boost — the conducted tests showed a speedup of […]
Oracle has released a scheduled update of its products (Critical Patch Update), aimed at resolving critical issues and vulnerabilities. The June update addressed 245 vulnerabilities. Some of the problems include: 1 vulnerability in the MySQL server that can be exploited remotely without authentication. This issue is related to connection handling and has a severity level of 7.5 out of 10. The vulnerability has been fixed in releases […]
The developers of GrapheneOS, which develops a secure free firmware based on Android, announced the readiness of the port based on the Android 17 platform released yesterday. The port is currently being moved to a public repository with the source code (the GrapheneOS developers gained access to the Android code and patches before public release, thanks to a partnership with one of the OEM suppliers). Today they plan to […]
Firefox 152 is now available, featuring a redesigned settings interface and experimental support for JPEG XL. The browser's settings interface has been completely overhauled (browser.settings-redesign.enabled). Major sections have been split into separate pages, improving navigation through the settings. Additional intervals have been added for page zoom adjustment. The experimental settings section now includes the option to enable JPEG XL (JXL) support. When typing in the address bar, words […]
A new release of the multimedia library LDL 0.3 has been published. It helps create graphical applications for both old and new operating systems. The code is written in C under the LGPL 3.0 free license. Key features of the library include support for systems. The code works on Windows 95+, macOS 10.6+, Linux 2.0+, and FreeBSD 3.0+. A simple API helps manage windows and collect signals from the mouse […]
Oracle has released a patch for the virtualization system VirtualBox 7.2.10, which includes 14 changes: initial support for Linux kernel 7.1 has been added for guest systems and host environments, additional fixes for the RHEL 9.8 distribution have been included, and a crash during kernel module compilation in openSUSE 16.0 has been resolved. Support for building source code using NASM assembler has been added […]
Google has released the open mobile platform Android 17. The source texts related to the new release are available in the project's Git repository (branch android-17.0.0_r1). Firmware builds have been prepared for Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9a/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10/10 Pro/10 Pro XL/10 Pro Fold, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet. Preliminary […]
The release of web browser Firefox 152 has occurred, and updates for the previous long-term support branches — 140.12.0 and 115.37.0 — have been created. The Firefox 153 branch will soon enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for July 21. Major innovations in Firefox 152 (1, 2, 3): the configurator interface has been redesigned, expanding the search capabilities for settings, and major sections have been separated […]
The release of the LDL 0.3 (Little DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library has been published, enabling the creation of graphical applications capable of running on both modern and outdated systems (Windows 95+, macOS/OS X/Mac OS X 10.6+, Linux kernel distributions 2.0+, FreeBSD 3.0+). It offers a simple cross-platform API for managing windows and processing events from input devices. OpenGL can be used for rendering […]
After nearly eight months, version 2.3 of the lzbench console utility has been released, designed to compare many popular compression and decompression algorithms (the list can be obtained with the command lzbench -l). The utility is written in C, C++, Rust, and Zig, and is distributed under the GNU GPL 2 or 3 license — your choice. Changes: groups of compressor aliases have been reorganized […]