The release of the open-source implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan API — Mesa 24.1.0 has been published. The first release of the Mesa 24.1.0 branch is labeled experimental — after final code stabilization, a stable version 24.1.1 will be released. Mesa 24.0 includes support for the Vulkan 1.3 graphics API in the anv drivers for Intel GPUs, radv for AMD GPUs, NVK for NVIDIA GPUs, tu for […]
A community engagement manager from Mozilla has published a list of future enhancements for Firefox that developers have already started working on: Tab grouping. The ability to arrange the tab list vertically and a modernized sidebar. A new profile management system that allows for separation of different types of activities (such as study, work, personal interests), while keeping them easily accessible (developing the idea of quick […]
The release of Alpine Linux 3.20 is now available, a minimalist distribution built on the Musl system library and the BusyBox utility set. This distribution is characterized by heightened security requirements and is built with SSP (Stack Smashing Protection). OpenRC is used as the initialization system, and a proprietary package manager, apk, is used for package management. Alpine is used to create official Docker container images and […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-4323) has been identified in the open-source project Fluent Bit, allowing for remote memory corruption, which can be exploited to cause denial of service, data leakage, and potentially remote code execution on the server. The issue, codenamed 'Linguistic Lumberjack,' has a critical severity level of 9.8 out of 10. The vulnerability appears starting from version 2.0.7 and has been fixed in the corrective updates […]
The SmolBSD project develops tools for creating micro-builds of NetBSD that include only the components minimally necessary for a specific application and can boot in less than a second. SmolBSD can be used to create trimmed virtualized environments for the isolated running of individual services. The size of the created base environment is about 10 MB. The project code is distributed under the BSD license. Tools have been prepared for creating environments […]
The AlmaLinux project, which develops a distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and aims to fill the gap left by the classic CentOS, has announced the formation of the ALESCo (AlmaLinux Engineering Steering Committee) that will make decisions regarding the technical aspects of development, similar to the work of the FESCo committee in Fedora Linux. Among other things, the committee will review suggestions for project improvements received from […]
The release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 24.04.1 has been published, based on FreeBSD 14-STABLE and offering the MATE desktop environment. The community is also producing unofficial builds with Xfce. By default, GhostBSD uses the ZFS file system. It supports both live mode operation and installation on a hard disk (using its own installer ginstall, written in Python). Boot images have been created for the architecture […]
The developers of the free PaaS platform Cozystack have prepared the Talm project, aimed at simplifying the configuration of bare-metal servers for Talos Linux, an operating system designed to run Kubernetes, which features a Kubernetes-like API and is configured with a single YAML manifest. Although Talm was created for the declarative installation of Cozystack, it is not tied specifically to this platform and can be used to manage any Talos configurations […]
The first releases of the Bend project have been published, which is developing a high-level programming language for parallel computing, positioned as an alternative to low-level languages such as CUDA and Metal, featuring an expressive syntax and development convenience similar to languages like Python and Haskell. The project's code is written in Rust and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Among the capabilities of the Bend language […]
The release of the email client Geary 46.0, designed for use in the GNOME environment, has been published. The project was initially founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular photo manager Shotwell, but later development was handed over to the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and is distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared in the form of a self-contained flatpak package. The goal […]
The minimalist CAD system CadZinho 0.6.0 has been released, providing tools for creating simple two-dimensional technical drawings. The new version features a new rendering architecture that eliminates interface hangs during operation. The code is written in C with additions in Lua and is distributed under the MIT license. Output is generated using the SDL 2.0 library and the OpenGL API […]
In the corrective updates of GitHub Enterprise Server 3.12.4, 3.11.10, 3.10.12, and 3.9.15, intended for deployment on private hardware for isolated collaborative development environments based on GitHub technologies, a vulnerability (CVE-2024-4985) has been identified that allows admin access without authentication. This issue only manifests in configurations with a single point of entry based on SAML technology, where […]