SUSE has announced the provision of extended support for systems using CentOS 7 under the SUSE Liberty Linux Lite project. CentOS 7 users now have the option to switch to SUSE Liberty Linux repositories, with updates and technical support available until June 30, 2028. The service is priced at $2500 per year for 100 subscriptions […]
A corrective release of Firefox 127.0.1 is now available, which fixes several issues: A bug that prevented restoring the previous session at startup when the master password input was denied for accessing accounts saved in the password manager. An issue that caused sound playback speed to drop by half in Firefox builds for the Linux platform when mono mode was enabled […]
It has been 40 years since Robert Scheffler announced the creation of the X Window System protocol. The journey from the release of X1 to X11 took only three years, after which the state of X11 stabilized and has gradually accumulated extensions over time, without changing its core essence. For example, at that time, widely used features were introduced as extensions such as […]
The release of SysLinuxOS 12.4 has taken place, built on the Debian 12 package base and aimed at providing a bootable live environment optimized for system integrators and administrators. Builds with GNOME (4.8 GB) and MATE (5 GB) desktops have been prepared for download. The environment operates in Live mode but also supports installation on a disk using the Calamares installer. In the new release, the kernel […]
The GNU project has released version 1.11.0 of the Libgcrypt library, implementing components underlying encryption mechanisms used in GnuPG. The library provides functions for various cryptographic algorithms to be used in third-party applications, including symmetric ciphers (AES, Arcfour, Blowfish, Camellia, CAST5, ChaCha20, DES, GOST28147, Salsa20, SEED, Serpent, Twofish), hashing algorithms (MD5, RIPE-MD160, SHA-*, SHAKE256, TIGER-192, Whirlpool), and authenticated encryption algorithms (HMAC-*, […]
A corrective release of the system manager systemd 256.1 has been published, which fixes an issue that led to the deletion of the contents of the /home directory when executing the command ‘systemd-tmpfiles —purge’, introduced in systemd 256 for removing all files and directories created via settings in tmpfiles.d. The release notes for systemd 256 and the man page for systemd-tmpfiles stated that the ‘—purge’ option deletes all files […]
The June update for the Bliss OS project, which continues the development of Android-x86, a port of the Android platform for x86 architecture (most developers from Android-x86 have joined the Bliss OS project). Bliss OS provides ready-made builds with a user environment based on Android, optimized for use on PCs, tablets, and laptops. Bliss OS can also be used to replace Chrome OS on Chromebooks. Project developments […]
Barry Kauler, the founder of the Puppy Linux project, has released EasyOS 6.0, which combines Puppy Linux technologies with container isolation for running system components. Management of the distribution is facilitated through a set of graphical configurators developed by the project. The size of the boot image is 905 MB. Features of the distribution include: Each application, as well as the desktop itself, can run in separate containers for isolation […]
The release of PoCL 6.0 (Portable Computing Language OpenCL) has been published, advancing the implementation of the OpenCL standard, independent of graphics accelerator manufacturers, and allowing the use of various backends to execute OpenCL kernels on different types of graphics and central processors. The project code is distributed under the MIT license. It supports operation on X86_64, MIPS32, ARM v7, AMD HSA APU, NVIDIA GPU platforms, and various specialized […]
Postgres Professional has made the book "Inside PostgreSQL 16" (PDF, 665 pages) freely available. The book provides a detailed examination of the PostgreSQL database management system architecture. It will be useful for administrators and developers who want to understand the inner workings of PostgreSQL, as well as those who are experienced with other database systems but are transitioning to PostgreSQL and want to grasp the differences. The author of the book is […]
Eight vulnerabilities have been identified in various models of ASUS wireless routers, two of which have been assigned a critical level of severity (9.8 out of 10). Detailed information about the exploitation of these issues has not yet been provided, but it is known that the first critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-3080) allows remote access to the device without authentication. The second critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-3912) enables an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary firmware, which can be used for […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 6.4 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on Debian 12, has been formed, supplied with the GNOME 43 desktop, and designed for anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data storage in […]