Author: Yuri Gagarin

Funtoo Linux will continue to exist in Hobby Mode.

Daniel Robbins (drobbins) sighed and published another software statement regarding the fate of his Funtoo Linux distribution: Funtoo Linux will remain a personal project for the author, as Daniel actively uses it himself and is fine with others using it too. The project will receive periodic updates (approximately once a week), with the next one already available. Among the list of packages for update […]

Updates for nginx 1.26.2 and 1.27.1 addressing DoS vulnerability in ngx_http_mp4_module.

The release of the main branch nginx 1.27.1 has been formed, continuing the development of new features, alongside the concurrently supported stable branch nginx 1.22.1, which includes only changes related to addressing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. Updates have fixed a vulnerability (CVE-2024-7347) in the ngx_http_mp4_module, causing a crash when processing a specially crafted file in the format […]

Gentoo ceases support for the IA-64 (Itanium) platform.

The Gentoo Linux project has decided to discontinue support for the IA-64 (Itanium) architecture in the distribution. In the first half of September, all ia64 profiles will be removed, and all packages will cease to reference the ia64 architecture in the KEYWORDS section. The reason for the change is cited as the inability to continue supporting IA-64 in the distribution given the end of support for this architecture in the Linux kernel and Glibc, as […]

NIST has standardized three post-quantum encryption algorithms.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has introduced the first three standards defining cryptographic algorithms resistant to attacks using quantum computers. The first standardized algorithm (CRYSTALS-Kyber) specifies a method for key encapsulation and is intended for encrypting data exchange, while the other two (CRYSTALS-Dilithium and Sphincs+) implement variations for creating digital signatures that can be used for authentication tasks. To […]

Pale Moon 33.3 and Firefox 129.0.1 browsers are now available.

The release of the Pale Moon 33.3.0 web browser, a fork from the Firefox codebase aimed at improving performance, maintaining a classic interface, minimizing memory consumption, and providing additional customization options, has been published. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project’s code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without transitioning to […]

Release of Cozystack 0.11, an open PaaS platform based on Kubernetes

The release of the open-source PaaS platform Cozystack 0.11.0, 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 providing managed services. Cozystack allows running and providing Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform's code […]

Release of the Tails 6.6 distribution.

The release of the specialized distribution Tails 6.6 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on Debian 12, has been formed, delivered with the GNOME 43 desktop and designed for anonymous networking. Anonymous access in Tails is provided through the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by a packet filter. User data is stored in […]

A vulnerability in web browsers that allows attacks on local services via IP 0.0.0.0

Oligo Security has released information about a vulnerability affecting Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, which allows bypassing access restrictions to network services available only on the local system via the IP address 0.0.0.0. The first warnings about this vulnerability were published 18 years ago, yet the issue remains unresolved. The vulnerability manifests only in […]

The RebeccaBlackOS 2024-08-12 distribution is available, featuring a selection of environments based on Wayland.

The release of the RebeccaBlackOS 2024-08-12 distribution has been formed, aimed at introducing the latest developments related to Wayland support in various desktop environments and applications. The distribution is based on Debian and includes fresh builds of Wayland libraries (snapshot from the master branch), the Weston compositor, and pre-configured environments working atop Wayland including KDE, GNOME, Wayfire (with MATE components), Sway, LXQt, and Xfce. […]

The release of Hyprland 0.42, a compositor based on Wayland

The release of the Hyprland 0.42 compositor, utilizing the Wayland protocol, has been published. The compositor is focused on tiling window layouts, but also supports traditional free-form window placement, tabbed window grouping, pseudo-tile mode, and fullscreen window expansion. It supports elements for creating visually appealing interfaces, such as gradients in window frames, blurring, animations, and shadows. For […]

The wcurl utility has been accepted into the Curl project.

Daniel Stenberg, the author of the data transfer utility Curl, announced the acceptance of the wcurl utility into the project. The wcurl utility is now recognized as an official Curl project, but its development will continue by the existing maintainers in a separate repository, independent of Curl. The utility is being developed by one of the maintainer of Debian, who oversees the package with Curl. In […]

Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers 🔥 Buy reliable website hosting with DDoS protection, VPS VDS servers | ProHoster