A translation of thoughts by Theodore Ts’o, the creator of the Ext4 filesystem, on the development of ext4, the BcacheFS filesystem, the Linux kernel, ZFS, the code of conduct, and filesystems in general: On the development of ext4. Each release of the ext4 kernel involves contributions from more than half a dozen people. Currently, most of my time is spent reviewing code, running tests, and improving the testing […]
The release of SDL 3.2.0 (Simple DirectMedia Layer), marked as the first official stable release of the SDL 3 branch, has been announced. The library aims to simplify the development of games and multimedia applications, offering features such as hardware-accelerated output for 2D and 3D graphics, input handling, sound playback, and 3D output via OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Metal, Direct3D, or Vulkan. The code is written in […]
Oracle has released a patch update for the VirtualBox virtualization system, version 7.1.6, which notes 9 changes. At the same time, an update for the previous branch, VirtualBox 7.0.24, has been created with 15 fixes. Besides the changes listed below, the new versions address 2 vulnerabilities (with a maximum severity level of 7.3 out of 10), allowing a local user to escalate their privileges. In additions for Linux guest systems, an initial […]
The release of VeraCrypt 1.26.18 has been announced, developing a fork of the disk encryption system TrueCrypt, which has ceased to exist. VeraCrypt is notable for replacing the algorithm used in TrueCrypt, RIPEMD-160, with SHA-512 and SHA-256, increasing the number of hashing iterations, simplifying the build process for Linux and macOS, and addressing issues identified during the audit of TrueCrypt's source code. The code developed by the VeraCrypt project is distributed under the Apache […]
After a year of development and 29 experimental versions, a stable release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.0 has been presented, incorporating over 6000 changes. Key achievements in the new version include full support for the ARM64EC architecture, scaling on high pixel density screens, default inclusion of the Wayland driver, implementation of panels for screen and joystick configuration, alternative […]
The release of the Toybox 0.8.12 system utility suite has been announced, optimized for minimal system resource consumption. Similar to BusyBox, all utilities in the suite are accessible through a single executable file. The project is developed by a former BusyBox maintainer and is distributed under the 0BSD license. The goal of creating Toybox is to provide manufacturers with the ability to use a minimalist set of standard utilities without revealing the source code of modified components. Regarding capabilities […]
The release of the 9front operating system 10931, codenamed "THIS TIME DEFINITELY," has been announced. The 9front project, independent of Bell Labs, has been evolving a fork of the distributed Plan 9 operating system since 2011. Pre-built installation packages are available for i386, x86_64 architectures, and Raspberry Pi 1-4 boards. The code is distributed under the MIT license. A musical composition related to the release is also available. The main […]
A new version of Thalassa CMS numbered 0.3.50 has been released. This version rewrites the HTML tag filter for comments. The primary and sole developer of the CMS is Andrey Viktorovich Stolyarov, also known as Croco. Source: linux.org.ru
The Latin American Free Software Foundation has released a fully free variant of the Linux kernel 6.13 — Linux-libre 6.13-gnu, stripped of firmware and drivers containing non-free components or code fragments restricted by the manufacturer. In Linux-libre, kernel functions for loading external non-free components not included in the kernel distribution are also disabled, and the documentation has removed references to the use of non-free […]
Linus Torvalds announced the release of the final version of the Linux kernel 6.13. This update mainly includes driver fixes (primarily for graphics and networking), documentation updates, and numerous minor corrections. The merge window for version 6.14 will open tomorrow, and there are already several pending merge requests. Linus also announced the winners of the guitar pedal giveaway, of which there are five […]
On January 20, 2025, a new version of the open-source real-time operating system Embox was released. Embox is designed for embedded systems, with the main idea being to use Linux software without Linux. The OS is POSIX-compliant and cross-platform (ARM, MIPS, x86, RISC-V, Microblaze, SPARC, PowerPC, E2K), and supports C++. It includes support for FAT, ext2/3/4 file systems. Popular programming languages available include Python, Lisp, Java (phoneme), TCL, Ruby, […]
Intel has released a toolkit that allows developers to create custom packet processing applications for its Tofino series of programmable Ethernet switches. Under the Apache 2.0 license, the source code for the backend of the p4c compiler and components of the Intel P4 Studio development environment, such as drivers, switch simulation model, and server and client for the BF Runtime protocol, has been made available. The P4 domain-specific programming language is used for application creation […]