After six months of development, the FFmpeg 7.1 multimedia package is available, including a set of applications and a collection of libraries for working with various multimedia formats (recording, converting, and decoding audio and video formats). The package is written in C and is distributed under LGPL and GPL licenses. Among the changes in FFmpeg 7.1: Added video encoders in H.264 and H.265 formats that utilize graphics API extensions […]
In the vulnerability patch released in early September for the libnv library, a logic error was identified that prevented the vulnerability from being properly fixed, leaving the system susceptible to attacks. The libnv library is developed by the FreeBSD project and is used in the kernel and in base system applications for handling key/value formatted lists and organizing data transfer during inter-process communication. The library […]
On September 20 and 27, versions 4.8.3 and 4.8.4 of the cross-platform document editor LaTeX TeXstudio were released. This editor is written in C++ with the use of the Qt framework (versions 5 and 6 are supported). The change log includes: considering the position of the argument type (fixes some issues related to key-value arguments); fixed the loading of new key-value pairs into the autocomplete system when new text is added to the document […]
On the mailing list, Levente Polyak, the project lead for Arch Linux and head of their security team, announced closer collaboration with Valve: We are pleased to announce that Arch Linux is entering into direct collaboration with Valve. Valve generously supports two key projects of ours that will significantly impact our distribution: infrastructure for […]
After nearly two years of development, the release of BusyBox 1.37 has been announced. This package implements a set of standard UNIX utilities, packaged into a single executable optimized for minimal system resource consumption with a total size of under 1 MB. The first release of the new 1.37 branch is designated as unstable, with full stabilization expected in version 1.37.1, which is anticipated in a few months. […]
The company System76, which develops the Linux distribution Pop!_OS, has begun testing the second alpha version of the COSMIC desktop environment, written in Rust (not to be confused with the old COSMIC based on GNOME Shell). For testing, ISO images for systems with NVIDIA GPUs (3 GB) and Intel/AMD (2.5 GB) have been provided, built on a test build of the Pop!_OS 24.04 distribution. Ready packages are also available […]
Recently published source texts of the multimedia player Winamp have revealed code borrowing distributed under GPL and LGPL licenses. Specifically, among the Winamp code were the file fir_proc.cpp, the BladeMP3 encoder, the in_vorbis plugin, and components of the GNU Bison parser generator, all distributed under the GPL license. Additionally, modified code from the libdiscid 0.6.2 library, distributed under LGPLv2.1, was included. In […]
Oracle has released a patch for the VirtualBox virtualization system, version 7.1.2, which includes 15 fixes: A setting has been added to the user interface to change the method of protecting remote access to the screen. Issues related to the multi-window interface and translations have been resolved. The problem of incomplete removal of virtual machines created in Unattended Install mode has been fixed. The ability to enable 3D acceleration has been added for […]
The release of DXVK 2.4.1 is available, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 8, 9, 10, and 11, which operates through call translation to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting API Vulkan 1.3 are required, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games […]
Hello, LOR! After 27 years since version 8.0, a new version of the once-popular programming language Tcl and its associated toolkit for creating user interfaces, Tk, has finally been released. Tcl is a high-level scripting language with dynamic typing. A distinctive feature of the language is that all data, including the code of the program itself, can be represented as strings, which creates vast […]
The official server was shut down in 2021. The license prohibits commercial use – but feel free to improve the game; the community is already working on it. What about a build for Linux? Even the server currently runs on Windows; one of the main current tasks is the transition to Linux, and you can help with that; the community is also in need of a more powerful Windows server (for now […]
Simone Margaritelli, the author of the OpenSnitch firewall and the bettercap network analyzer, has prematurely disclosed information about previously announced critical vulnerabilities that allow remote attacks on GNU/Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and some other BSD systems. The publication was originally scheduled for October 6, but due to information leakage, it had to be published early before most distributions could prepare package updates. […]