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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

The release of the Cinnamon 6.0 user environment with initial support for Wayland.

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After six months of development, the Cinnamon 6.0 user environment has been released. Within this framework, the Linux Mint distribution community develops a fork of the GNOME Shell, Nautilus file manager, and Mutter window manager, aimed at providing a classic GNOME 2 style environment while incorporating successful interaction elements from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]

Release of CRIU 3.19, a system for saving and restoring process states in Linux.

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The release of the CRIU 3.19 toolkit (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) has been published, designed for saving and restoring processes in user space. The toolkit allows you to save the state of one or a group of processes, and then resume work from the saved position, even after a system reboot or on another server without breaking already established network connections. The project's code is distributed under the license […]

Release of Armbian 23.11

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The release of the Armbian 23.11 Linux distribution has been announced, providing a compact system environment for various single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V, and x86 architectures, including various models of Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi, and Cubieboard based on Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, Radxa, and Samsung Exynos processors. To form […]

Nextcloud GmbH has acquired the Roundcube email client

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Nextcloud GmbH, which develops the open platform Nextcloud for creating cloud storage and organizing collaborative work for enterprises and teams, has announced the acquisition of the Roundcube email client. Financial details of the deal are undisclosed, but it is stated that Roundcube will continue to evolve as a standalone email client that can be used independently of the Nextcloud platform. The direct merging of the Roundcube codebases […]

Release of SBCL 2.3.11, an implementation of the Common Lisp language

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The release of SBCL 2.3.11 (Steel Bank Common Lisp), a free implementation of the Common Lisp programming language, has been announced. The project's code is written in Common Lisp and C, and is distributed under the BSD license. In the new release: Minor incompatibilities: Streams with the external-format parameter set using ":REPLACEMENT" will apply the replacement data to the stream information only once, leading to errors […]

Changing the IP address of the root DNS server 'B'

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On November 27, 2023, a scheduled change of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses took place for one of the 13 root DNS servers that support the operation of the DNS root zone. For the server B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, the IP address 199.9.14.201 has now been replaced by 170.247.170.2, and instead of 2001:500:200::b, now 2801:1b8:10::b is in use. Despite the changes in the root DNS server list, the old addresses will continue to accept requests at least until November 27, 2024 […]

BLUFFS — vulnerabilities in Bluetooth that allow for MITM attacks

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Daniele Antonioli, a Bluetooth security researcher who previously developed the BIAS, BLUR, and KNOB attack techniques, has identified two new vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-24023) in the Bluetooth session negotiation mechanism. These affect all Bluetooth implementations that support the 'Secure Connections' and 'Secure Simple Pairing' secure pairing modes, as defined in the Bluetooth Core specifications from 4.2 to 5.4. To demonstrate the practical application of these vulnerabilities, six attack variations have been developed, […]

Microsoft has released an 'ugly' Christmas sweater styled after Windows XP

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Following tradition, Microsoft annually releases its so-called 'ugly' Christmas sweaters related to Windows operating systems and their applications. Last year, the company released a sweater dedicated to the 'Clippy' (virtual assistant for Microsoft Office), and prior to that — sweaters inspired by the game 'Minesweeper', Windows 95, and other software developments. The theme of the 2023 'ugly' Christmas sweater […]

Red Hat's plans for X.org and Wayland in RHEL 10

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According to plans announced by Carlos Soriano Sanchez, the graphical server X.org and related components will be removed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is scheduled for 2025, while CentOS Stream 10 is set for 2024. XWayland will be used to ensure compatibility for applications that require X11. Thus, by 2029 […]

Release of Tails 5.20 distribution

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The release of the specialized Tails 5.20 distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), which is based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous web access, has been finalized. Anonymous browsing in Tails is facilitated by the Tor network. All connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data is stored with encryption in saved user data mode between sessions. […]

The Comentario 3.0.0 comment server has been released

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After seven months of development, the release of Comentario 3.0.0 has been published, which continues the free comment server for web pages, branching off from the now-abandoned Comment server. Comentario allows users to quickly integrate commenting functionality into their website or blog by adding a JavaScript file called comentario.js, approximately 20 KB in size, to their pages. It supports threaded discussion organization, Markdown format, authentication via social networks, and the assignment of […]

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