After a year and a half of development, the release of the user distribution Vanilla OS 2 has been published, based on the Debian package base, but going beyond a typical rebuild. The system environment in Vanilla OS is mounted in read-only mode and updated atomically, while applications run in separate containers using a Distrobox-based layer. The user environment offers an unmodified GNOME, […]
Christian Brauner, the leader of the LXC and Incus projects, one of the maintainers of glibc and a contributor to systemd, discovered issues in the code of the Linux kernel's VFS (Virtual File System) subsystem that could lead to crashes, data corruption, or security problems. After identifying a problem that had gone unnoticed for 5 years, developer Seth Forshee from Digital […]
Jann Horn from the Google Project Zero team, who previously uncovered the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, has found a logical error in the implementation of the Linux Security Module (LSM) Landlock that allows a program to regain already dropped privileges if it has access to the system calls fork() and keyctl(). The Landlock mechanism enables unprivileged programs to drop unnecessary privileges needed for operation […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.14 — has been published. Since the release of 9.13, 20 bug reports have been closed and 205 changes made. The most significant updates: The implementation of the one-way inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism Mailslots has been transitioned to use input/output on the server process side. Support for Windows ODBC drivers for DBMS has been expanded. Work is ongoing to place […]
The CMF by Nothing brand emerged just last year, initially offering headphones, smartwatches, and other mobile accessories with striking designs at very affordable prices. In the brand's first smartphone — CMF Phone 1 — the manufacturer stayed true to this concept, also offering an interesting and somewhat unique device without exorbitant pricing […]
A new version of the actively developed fork of the XMPP client Conversations – Conversations Classic – has been quietly released. Changes from the previous version include: synchronization with the upstream project (excluding the new UI), restructured and organized app settings, and the ability to set wallpapers for each chat as well as globally. Multiple enhancements related to message replies (XEP-0461) have been made. A 'notification throttling' feature has been added […]
Daniel Robbins (drobbins) announced that he has decided to end the Funtoo Linux project: 'All Good Things Must Come to an End…'. Briefly: drobbins is tired; there is no new BDFL; he will not seek a successor or transfer the project; Funtoo Linux will exist in some form until the end of August. This unfortunate but expected decision comes against the backdrop of Daniel's decreasing activity. It all started with […]
Google has released version 127 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable version of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. Chrome differs from Chromium in that it uses Google logos, includes a crash reporting system, modules for playing DRM-protected video content, an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, provides keys for Google API, and offers transmission via […]
Release 9 of Zulip, a server platform for deploying enterprise messengers suitable for facilitating communication among employees and development teams, is now available. The project was originally developed by Zulip and was open-sourced following its acquisition by Dropbox under the Apache 2.0 license. The server-side code is written in Python using the Django framework. Client software is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and […]
Side is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Pisi Linux, featuring the SDE desktop. In version 0.0.2: glibc-2.39; Linux kernel LTS 5.15; ability to run Xorg without root privileges; fixed network settings; new packages: keyd, ayatana-libappindicator, and others. The project is in the alpha stage of development, stable operation is not guaranteed, the repository is sparse, and distro-specific components lack documentation. Password: live. Installation […]
Security researchers from Binarly discovered a way to bypass UEFI Secure Boot verification mode on over 800 products released by companies such as Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, HP, Intel, Lenovo, and Supermicro. The issue has been codenamed PKfail and is related to the use of an untrusted Platform Key (PK) generated by AMI (American Megatrends International) […]
A year and a half after the last major branch formation, Oracle has released the first beta version of the VirtualBox 7.1 virtualization system. The release is expected in the fall. Beta builds of VirtualBox 7.1 are prepared 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: Improved graphical interface. The ability to choose between modes for regular and advanced users […]