The non-profit project Overture Maps, operating under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, has released the 'Transportation' map database, noted as the first suitable for widespread use. The database includes information on 86 million kilometers of roads worldwide and is already used in applications by Microsoft, Meta, and TomTom. The complete archive of the database in GeoParquet format is about 500 GB, and […]
The developers of the NoSQL database ScyllaDB have decided to stop publishing code under the AGPL and will switch to a non-free open-source license (BSL) starting with a new release in 2025. It is worth noting that ScyllaDB is a clone of the Cassandra database, rewritten in C++ (the original is in Java) and offers significantly higher performance. Currently, ScyllaDB has two licensing options: fully open […]
The release of the NetBSD 10.1 operating system is available, supporting 58 system architectures and 16 CPU families. In addition to portability and support for numerous hardware platforms, the NetBSD operating system offers features such as the NVMM hypervisor, NPF firewall, pkgin package manager, pkgsrc package repository, veriexec integrity checking mechanism, and W^X mode (memory pages cannot be simultaneously writable […]
A new attack method has been identified that can bypass the countermeasures against the generation of harmful content employed in AI services based on large language models. The method, codenamed BoN (Best-of-N), managed to bypass the model restrictions of GPT-4o in 89% of cases, Claude 3.5 Sonnet in 78%, and Gemini Pro in 50% during tests on 10,000 queries. The toolkit for […]
As usual, a new version of the actively developed XMPP client fork Conversations—another.im—was quietly released. Changes from the previous version: At the request of upstream, we changed the name from Conversations Classic to another.im to avoid confusion. OTR chats have been implemented as secret chats. The ability to create an account on our server another.im through the app (and more). Bug fixes and interface improvements. […]
The release of Kali Linux 2024.4 has been announced, based on the Debian package base and designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting security audits, analyzing residual information, and assessing the consequences of attacks. All original developments created for the distribution are licensed under GPL and available through a public Git repository. ISO images sized 600 MB and 4.1 GB are prepared for download. Builds […]
An update is available for the "Alt Workstation" operating system 10.4. The build has been prepared for x86_64, AArch64, i586 and "Elbrus" 10. Download the image: download.basealt.ru ftp.altlinux.org New features and updates: The package base, drivers, and utilities for printers and scanners have been updated. LibreOffice 24.2, Scribus 1.6, CUPS 2.4, and the email client Thunderbird 115.16 are used for document work. Web browsers have been updated: Firefox 115.16, Chromium-Gost 125, […]
The GNU project has introduced the free electronic payment system GNU Taler 0.14. The components of GNU Taler allow for the organization of a bank, exchange point, marketplace, wallet, and auditor. The system enables the identification of sellers for tax reporting while ensuring anonymity for buyers. The NGI TALER project is working on creating a product based on GNU Taler that is ready for use […]
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 has been presented, designed for installation on Mac computers equipped with ARM chips developed by Apple. Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is based on the Fedora Linux 41 package base and equipped with the Calamares installer. Initially, the Asahi Linux distribution was developed based on Arch Linux, but in 2023 it was ported to the Fedora package base, allowing for a focus on […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-53677) has been identified in the Apache Struts web framework used for creating web applications in Java with the MVC (Model-View-Controller) paradigm. The vulnerability allows an external attacker to write a file to any location on the server's file system by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. The issue affects releases from 2.0.0 to 2.3.37, from 2.5.0 to 2.5.33, and from 6.0.0 to 6.3.0.2, and […]
Hello, LOR! A new version of the excellent Haskell language compiler has been quietly released. GHC has been developed by a community of programmers since 1992 and supports the compilation of Haskell language into native code both directly and with the help of LLVM tools. Among the features of the new version: Expansion of the OrPatterns language, allowing for a common handler for multiple match branches; Support for multi-line string literals […]
After seven years of development, the release of the command-line tool sq 1.0 has been finalized, designed for working with OpenPGP artifacts. The tool was prepared by the Sequoia PGP project, which is also developing the function library implementing the OpenPGP standard (RFC-4880). Release 1.0 is noted as the first stable release of the project, signaling the stabilization of the codebase and the cessation of changes that would break compatibility. The code is written in Rust and […]