The main nginx 1.31.2 branch has been released, continuing development of new features. The parallel stable branch, nginx 1.30.3, is also being released, introducing only changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. These updates address three vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-42530 – a use-after-free vulnerability in the HTTP/3 protocol implementation. The issue has been assigned a critical level […]
Agama 22, a new installer for openSUSE and SUSE, has been released. It's being 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 licensed under the GPL-2.0 license. In the announcement of Agama 22, the developers note that this release focuses on interface improvements. The project believes Agama […]
The first public performance results of Valve's new Steam Machine, which were performed under SteamOS rather than under WindowsThe device passes the Valve Fremont test: one result shows 2334 points in single-core and 7316 points in multi-core, while the second shows 2282 and 7392 points, respectively. Both tests were uploaded on June 15, 2026, and […]
Epic Games has open-sourced its centralized version control system, Lore, previously included in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) toolkit under the name Unreal Revision Control. The system is optimized for use in projects that combine source code with very large non-text files. For example, Lore is suitable for computer game development, which requires collaborative work on […]
Jean-Baptiste Lallement, Director of Engineering at Canonical, presented the Myna project, which is developing a speech recognition application that is intended to be used for organizing voice input and recognizing commands in natural language in Ubuntu Desktop. The project is licensed under the GPLv3, but the repository currently only contains sketches describing the project's modular architecture and its integration with […]
Linus Torvalds accepted the kernel Linux 7.2, expected to be released in mid-August, is a set of patches with changes to the network subsystem, continuing the kernel cleanup of outdated drivers and subsystems. The most significant change was the removal of the AppleTalk protocol stack implementation from the kernel. AppleTalk had been used in Apple computers since 1985 and was replaced in the 1990s […]
The Trifecta Tech Foundation, the developer of projects such as ntpd-rs, sudo-rs, zlib-rs, and bzip2-rs, announced Firefox's transition to using the zlib-rs library for gzip compression and decompression. In addition to protecting against memory errors, switching from zlib to zlib-rs resulted in a significant performance boost—in tests, the speedup was […]
Oracle has released a scheduled Critical Patch Update, targeting critical issues and vulnerabilities. The June update addresses 245 vulnerabilities. Among the issues: 1 vulnerability in the MySQL server, which can be exploited remotely without authentication. The issue relates to connection handling and has a severity rating of 7.5 out of 10. The vulnerability was fixed in the following releases […]
The developers of the GrapheneOS project, which develops secure, open-source firmware based on Android, announced the readiness of the port based on the platform released yesterday Android 17. The port is currently being moved to a public source code repository (GrapheneOS developers have access to the code and patches) Android (prior to its release into the public domain, 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 JPEG XL support. The browser settings interface (browser.settings-redesign.enabled) has been completely redesigned. Large sections have been split into separate pages, and navigation through settings has been improved. Additional spacing has been added when zooming in or out. The experimental settings section now includes the ability to enable JPEG XL (JXL) support. Typing […] in the address bar now displays the following text:
As KDE prepares to deprecate the X11 session in Plasma 6.8, the SonicDE project—a community-developed set of forks of KDE Plasma and KDE Frameworks components aimed at preserving and developing the X11 stack—is gaining attention. In the project description, the developers explicitly state that SonicDE aims to "preserve and improve X11-specific parts of KDE" after Plasma transitions to a Wayland-only model. The reason for […]
A new release of the LDL 0.3 multimedia library has been published. It helps create graphical applications for both old and new operating systems. The code is written in C under the free LGPL 3.0 license. Key features of the library: System support. The code runs on Windows 95 + macOS 10.6 + Linux 2.0+ and FreeBSD 3.0+. Simple API. Helps manage windows and collect mouse signals […]