A new version of the Debian installer has been released with support for the Reiser4 file system. It allows installing the chosen version of Debian on Reiser4 during the installation process. It uses a special Linux kernel 5.17.12 and bootloader. Project website Source: linux.org.ru
Harald Welte, a well-known Linux kernel developer and recipient of an award for significant contributions to the development of free software, founder of gpl-violations.org, creator of the Openmoko project, and one of the developers of netfilter/iptables, published his opinion regarding the removal of maintainers from the Linux kernel based on their presumed work in sanctioned companies. According to Harald, he was proud of his involvement in the work […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-9050) has been detected in the NetworkManager-libreswan plugin, which adds functionality to connect to VPNs compatible with servers based on Libreswan and Cisco IPsec, allowing a local user to escalate their privileges. The vulnerability has been resolved in NetworkManager-libreswan version 1.2.24. Updates in distributions can be monitored on the following pages: Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE/openSUSE, Fedora. The issue was caused by […]
Bitwarden password manager developers have migrated the Bitwarden Secrets Manager SDK to the GPLv3 license. The SDK provides a set of wrappers for various programming languages, allowing the creation of extensions for the password manager and integrating functionality and data models used in Bitwarden products into their programs. The client application and server-side code were previously released under GPLv3 and AGPLv3 licenses, but the content […]
James Bottomley, maintainer of the SCSI subsystem and former board member and chair of the Technical Advisory Board of the Linux Foundation, has joined the discussion on the removal of maintainers from Russia. James apologized for how the removal was carried out and explained that it was related to sanctions against companies from Russia that are listed in the OFAC SDN published by the Department of Treasury […]
The release of the proprietary browser Vivaldi 7.0, developed on the Chromium engine, has been announced. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The interface implementation is available in the source texts, but under […]
The release of the open-source PaaS platform Cozystack 0.17.0, built on Kubernetes, has been published. The project aims to provide a ready-made platform for hosting providers and a framework for building private and public clouds. The platform is installed directly on servers and covers all aspects of preparing infrastructure for managed services. Cozystack allows users to launch and provide Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform's code […]
Linus Torvalds has joined the discussion on the removal of developers associated with the Russian Federation from the list of Linux kernel maintainers. He refused to reverse the change, pointed out that compliance requirements are not limited to the United States, confirmed that sanctions against Russia are the reason, and wrote that the hysteria from random anonymous participants in the discussion will change nothing. He also mentioned that blocking him and others […]
Several new versions of cryptographic libraries have been released: OpenSSL 3.4.0, incorporating SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption algorithms, is now available. Support for OpenSSL 3.4 will continue until October 2025. Support for previous branches OpenSSL 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, and 3.0 LTS will last until April 2026, November 2025, March 2025, and September 2026, respectively. The project's code […]
The Tor Browser 14.0, a specialized browser, has been released, featuring the transition to the Firefox 128 ESR branch. The browser focuses on privacy and security, with all traffic routed exclusively through the Tor network. Direct access via the current system's standard network connection is impossible (in the event of browser compromise, attackers could gain access to system network settings, so complete blocking of possible […]
Developers from the AlmaLinux project have published the first release of the new Kitten 10 distribution, based on the CentOS Stream 10 package base, which is used for developing the upcoming major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Kitten 10 is presented as a testing distribution, allowing users to explore capabilities being developed for RHEL 10, and serves as a precursor to the future stable release of AlmaLinux 10. The installation builds of the distribution have been formed […]
Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is responsible for maintaining the stable branch of the Linux kernel, made a change to the list of maintainers of the Linux kernel subsystems, resulting in the removal of 11 maintainers, presumably working in Russian companies. The only reason cited for their removal was 'various compliance requirements.' It was also noted that developers can be reconsidered for the maintainers list […]