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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

Significant improvements in support for MIPS and Alpha architectures in Gentoo Linux

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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 […]

Release of VirtualBox 7.1 virtualization system

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After nearly two years since the last major release, Oracle has published the release of the VirtualBox 7.1 virtualization system. The ready installation packages are available for RHEL 7/8/9, Fedora 35/36/40, openSUSE 15.3, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04, Debian 10/11/12, macOS, and Windows. Key changes: The graphical interface has been modernized. The option to choose between modes for regular and advanced users has been provided — in the mode for regular […]

Release of StartWine-Launcher 406, a program for launching Windows applications and games on Linux

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The release of the Startwine-Launcher 406 application, developed for launching programs and games built for the Windows platform on Linux systems, has been published. The main goal of developing StartWine-Launcher was to simplify the process of creating Wine prefixes by beginners — sets of Windows libraries and dependencies necessary for running Windows applications on Linux. Notable features include a container based on runimage, no need to install system dependencies, and a user-friendly graphical interface […]

The first stable version of the OpenSource firmware for Flipper Zero — 1.0 has been released.

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Flipper Zero is a multifunctional device for pentesters that supports working with RFID/NFC, iButton, and has a built-in IR transceiver, as well as a radio module operating on sub-gigahertz frequency. The firmware source code can be viewed at https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipperzero-firmware. Key specifications of the device: CPU: ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit 64 MHz (and ARM Cortex-M0+ 32-bit 32 MHz Radio processor for Bluetooth operation) RAM: 256 kb OS: […]

The release of the decentralized collaborative development platform Radicle 1.0.

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The release of the P2P platform Radicle 1.0 has been presented, aimed at creating a decentralized service for collaborative development and code storage, similar to GitHub and GitLab, but not tied to specific servers, censorship-resistant, and utilizing the resources of P2P network participants. The 1.0 release marked the stabilization of the protocol and the platform's readiness for widespread use. Starting with this release, the protocol will change […]

The release of the Tails 6.7 distribution.

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The release of the specialized distribution Tails 6.7 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on Debian 12 package base, delivered with GNOME 43 desktop and intended for anonymous network access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is provided through the Tor system. All connections except traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter by default. For storing user data in […]

Droidian 99 has been released, a Debian variant for smartphones

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The release of the Droidian 99 project is now available, which develops a build based on the Debian GNU/Linux package base, intended for use on smartphones instead of the Android platform. The graphical environment features the Phosh shell, based on GNOME technologies and the GTK library. The system and user environment are built using repositories from Debian and Mobian. Unlike the Mobian distribution, which is aimed at use with […]

Vulnerabilities in FreeBSD that allow for privilege escalation or bypassing guest system isolation

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Several vulnerabilities have been addressed in FreeBSD that allow a local user to escalate their privileges, execute code in the kernel context, or escape an isolated environment: CVE-2024-43102 — a race condition in the implementation of the _umtx_op system call can be exploited to access an already freed memory area (Use-After-Free) by simultaneously sending multiple UMTX_SHM_DESTROY subrequests. This vulnerability potentially allows bypassing the isolation limits of the Capsicum mechanism […]

Release of Chrome OS 128

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The release of Chrome OS 128, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and the Chrome 128 web browser, has been announced. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard applications, web applications are utilized. Nevertheless, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. Output to the screen is provided […]

Release of the Redox OS 0.9 operating system, written in Rust

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After nearly two years of development, the release of the Redox 0.9 operating system has been published, developed using the Rust programming language and the microkernel concept. The project’s developments are distributed under the MIT open-source license. Testing of Redox OS includes bootable live environments for real hardware and system images for virtual machines (512 MB and 1.5 GB), prepared for x86_64 and i686 architectures. A demonstration image […]

Release of the embedded database libmdbx 0.13

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The release of the libmdbx library 0.13.1 (MDBX) has been published, featuring a high-performance, compact embedded key-value database. The libmdbx code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. It supports all current operating systems and architectures, including the Russian Elbrus 2000. A robust API for C++ is provided for libmdbx, along with enthusiast-supported bindings for Rust, Haskell, Python, NodeJS, Ruby, Go, Nim, […]

The possibility of building the Linux kernel in a macOS environment using LLVM has been provided.

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A set of patches has been published in the Linux kernel mailing list to implement the ability to build the Linux kernel for the ARM64 architecture in a macOS environment using the standard LLVM-based build tools. In addition to modifying the build scripts in the kernel and including additional header files in several source files, the installation of a package specific to the Linux environment in macOS is also required […]

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