Nearly three years after the previous version, OpenTESArena 0.15.0 has been released. OpenTESArena is an open-source implementation of the engine from The Elder Scrolls: Arena (the first game in the Elder Scrolls series). OpenTESArena is natively available on Windows 10/11, Linux, Raspberry Pi, ChromeOS, and macOS. New features include a new software 3D renderer that matches the 256-color palette of the original game. Improved detection of TES:Arena data files […]
Google has announced an experiment to integrate a large machine learning language model into Chrome. An API called Prompt has been proposed for accessing the model from web applications and browser extensions, allowing natural language queries similar to chatbots. It is expected that the large language model built into the browser will simplify the execution of AI tasks in web applications and reduce concerns about […]
The release of Aura 4.0.0 has been introduced, enhancing the package manager for the Arch Linux distribution and expanding the capabilities of the default package manager Pacman. The project was created in 2012 and initially aimed to provide tools for building packages for the AUR (Arch User Repository), used for distributing packages from third-party developers that are not included in the main repositories of the Arch Linux distribution. The code […]
The ntop project, developing tools for traffic capture and analysis, has published the nDPI 4.10 deep packet inspection toolkit, continuing the development of the OpenDPI library. The nDPI project was established after an unsuccessful attempt to transfer changes to the OpenDPI repository, which has been left unmaintained. The nDPI code is written in C and is distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The system allows the identification of used application layer protocols in traffic […]
The release of the GNU Binutils 2.43 collection of system utilities has been published, which includes programs such as the GNU linker, GNU assembler, nm, objdump, strings, and strip. In this new version: The GNU assembler adds support for the '.base64' directive to represent binary data as strings in base64 encoding. The ability to use the '\+' syntax in macros and within the directives .irp, .irpc has been implemented […]
The developers of the Manjaro Linux distribution, based on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users, have announced the start of testing a new experimental build called 'Manjaro Immutable'. This version is notable for delivering the base system as a single monolithic image, mounted in read-only mode and updated entirely in an atomic fashion. The size of the boot image is 1.7 GB. Only booting is supported in […]
The Google Chrome browser, with the latest update, has begun warning users of uBlock Origin about the need to switch to other ad blockers due to the upcoming discontinuation of Manifest v2 extensions. The original uBlock Origin extension is in Manifest v2 format, but there is no fully functional version for Manifest v3 — the new format only supports uBlock Origin Lite […]
Raymond Hill, the creator of the uBlock Origin content blocking system, discussed the current situation in the project related to the imminent termination of the second version of the Chrome manifest, which defines the capabilities and resources available for extensions written using the WebExtensions API. Users of uBlock Origin and other extensions that do not support the third version of the manifest have started seeing […] on the extensions page ('chrome://extensions/') in Chrome 127.
The new version of the Astra Linux OS is based on the Debian 12 (Bookworm) package base — a modern, stable open distribution with long-term support. The structure of the Astra Linux repositories has been updated. They are now divided into two repositories — Main and Extended. Main includes components that have undergone a full certification cycle, while Extended contains development tools and packages for […]
The release of the collaborative development platform Forgejo 8.0 has been published, which has been fully separated since February into an independent project from the Gitea system (previously, Forgejo was developed as a synchronized fork). The project allows users to deploy a system for collaboration with Git repositories on their own servers, similar to functionalities offered by GitHub, Bitbucket, and Gitlab. The fork was created in 2022 after attempts at commercialization […]
The company LLC "RusBITech-Astra" has presented the special-purpose distribution Astra Linux Special Edition 1.8, which can be used to protect confidential information and state secrets up to the level of "special importance." The distribution is based on the Debian GNU/Linux package base and includes additional security mechanisms such as its own mandatory access control system, auditing, integrity and authenticity control (PARSEC), guaranteed deletion […]
After 8 months of development, on July 29, 2024, Xen 4.19 was released. Major changes for ARM: support for FF-A notifications; introduction of dynamic node programming using overlay dtbo. For x86: disabling HVM PIRQs by default; reducing IOMMU setup time for hardware domains; allowing HVM/PVH domains to map foreign pages; announcing PVH dom0 support with caveats; introduction of a new x2APIC driver using […]