The developers of Linux Mint have decided to delve into the system's core elements and announced plans to create their own versions of some components of the APT package management system, which underlies Debian and Ubuntu. Project leader Clement Lefebvre detailed the reasons for this step in the August update. Many tools and libraries of APT, he said, were developed more than ten […]
After one and a half years of development, the fifth beta release of the Haiku R1 operating system has been published. Initially, the project was created in response to the closure of the BeOS OS and developed under the name OpenBeOS, but was renamed in 2004 due to trademark issues related to the use of the name BeOS. Several bootable Live images (x86, x86-64 1.4 GB) have been prepared to evaluate the performance of the new release. […]
A new version of Ardour has been released — a free digital audio workstation. Key innovations include the ability to change the position of tracks in the project by simply dragging with the mouse; a reduction in the number of rulers: now there is only one ruler for all types of ranges (range, loop range, punch range) and only one ruler for all types of locations (location marker, arrangement, cue, cd track marker); recording has been added […]
The release of Fedora Workstation 42, scheduled for spring next year, proposes to switch by default to the Anaconda installer, which uses a web interface instead of a GTK-based one. The issue of involving a fundamentally different interface for partitioning disks in the new installer is also being discussed. Proposals have not yet been approved by the FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), which is responsible for the technical aspect […]
An update for the Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS distribution has been formed, which includes changes related to improved hardware support, kernel updates, and bug fixes in the installer and bootloader. The update also includes current updates for several hundred packages related to vulnerabilities and stability issues. Similar updates for Kubuntu 22.04.5, Ubuntu Budgie 22.04.5, Ubuntu MATE 22.04.5, […]
Cemu is a Nintendo Wii U emulator. It was initially developed as a closed project and only for the Windows operating system. However, starting with version 2.0, the source code is available on github.com under the MPLv2 license. Key changes: An AppImage for GNU/Linux has been added; now Cemu can be installed via flatpak from flathub; support for macOS has been added; support for NFC/NTAG has been added; support for Pretendo (OpenSource game servers) has been added […]
The developers of nginx have announced the transfer of the project development to GitHub. We are pleased to inform you that the official repository for NGINX Open Source has been moved from Mercurial to GitHub [1][2][3], where, starting today, we will begin accepting patches in the form of Pull Requests. Bug reports, requests for new features, and improvements are now accepted in the 'Issues' section on GitHub. Forums […]
Corrective updates for the collaborative development platform GitLab — versions 17.3.2, 17.2.5, and 17.1.7 have been released, which address 17 vulnerabilities. One vulnerability has been assigned a critical severity level (9.9 out of 10), 3 are high, 11 are moderate, and 2 are low. The critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-6678) allows jobs in the continuous integration pipeline to run under a different user, which gives […]
In Ubuntu 24.10, scheduled for release on October 10, 2024, a permission request feature will be introduced, enabling users to control application access to system resources. This will allow users to monitor, manage, and better understand the behavior of applications running on their devices. The foundation for this technology is the implementation of AppArmor in Ubuntu, which provides finely tuned access control to […]
In short: an atomic distribution based on AlmaLinux (an unrestricted Enterprise-class Linux distribution). Some of the FAQ What is HeliumOS? It is an atomic operating system for desktop computers built on AlmaLinux, inheriting its stability, security, and compatibility with the Enterprise Linux ecosystem. What does HeliumOS offer? GNOME, a Flatpak package store, and 10 years of support, sufficient for the entire […]
Researchers from watchTowr Labs published the results of an experiment involving the capture of the outdated WHOIS service for the ".MOBI" domain registrar. The research was prompted by the registrar changing the address of the WHOIS service, relocating it from the whois.dotmobiregistry.net domain to the new host whois.nic.mobi. The dotmobiregistry.net domain was no longer used and became available for registration in December 2023. The researchers spent […]
The Gentoo project has announced the resumption of work on the MIPS and Alpha architectures, which have been stagnant in recent years. Due to the emergence of enthusiasts interested in using these architectures, updated stage builds and binary packages have been released for MIPS and Alpha, along with established processes for dependency tree verification and testing in continuous integration. ABI support for MIPS is ensured for […]