Author: Yuri Gagarin

Release of Radix cross Linux Distribution 1.9.226

The latest version of the Radix cross Linux distribution 1.9.226 is now available, built using the Radix.pro custom build system that simplifies the creation of distributions for embedded systems. The distribution builds are available for devices based on RISC-V, ARM/ARM64, MIPS, and x86/x86_64 architectures. The boot images, prepared according to the instructions in the Platform Download section, contain a local package repository, so installation does not require an internet connection […]

Nvidia GSP firmware is now in linux 6.7

The firmware to support NVIDIA graphics cards is included in the Linux kernel branch 6.7. This solution will allow nouveau developers not to worry about reclocking for new graphics cards (starting from the 20xx (NV160 family (Turing) series) to the latest 40xx (Ada Lovelace)). By default, this feature will only be enabled for 40xx series graphics cards. If you want to try it […]

LibreOffice Viewer has been returned to Google Play.

The Document Foundation has announced the synchronization of the LibreOffice Viewer Android app with the current LibreOffice codebase and its availability in the Google Play store. Due to the lack of support, LibreOffice Viewer was removed from Google Play in 2020 and remained stagnant for a long time. It is anticipated that the return of LibreOffice Viewer to Google Play will make the package accessible to a wider […]

Wine 8.21, Wine staging 8.21 and VKD3D-Proton 2.11 have been released.

An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 8.21 has occurred. Since the release of version 8.20, 29 bug reports have been closed and 321 changes have been made. The most significant changes include further development of functionality aimed at enabling the use of Wine in environments based on the Wayland protocol without relying on XWayland and X11 components. The driver winewayland.drv has added support for the graphics API […]

Around 5000 secrets left in the code and 8 malicious obfuscators have been identified in the PyPI repository.

GitGuardian researchers published the results of an analysis of confidential data forgotten by developers in code hosted in the Python package repository PyPI (Python Package Index). After examining more than 9.5 million files and 5 million package releases related to 450 thousand projects, 56,866 instances of data leakage were identified. Considering only unique data without duplication across different releases, the number of detected leaks […]

Release of the Proxmox VE 8.1 distribution.

The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.1 has been announced, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and managing virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and capable of serving as a replacement for products such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 1.2 GB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully ready virtual […]

Release of OpenSSL 3.2.0 with client support for the QUIC protocol

After eight months of development, the release of OpenSSL library 3.2.0 has been finalized, implementing SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption algorithms. Support for OpenSSL 3.2 will continue until November 23, 2025. Support for earlier branches OpenSSL 3.1 and 3.0 LTS will last until March 2025 and September 2026, respectively. Support for branch 1.1.1 ended in September this year. The project's code […]

The openSUSE project selects a new logo.

The developers of the openSUSE distribution announced the completion of the application acceptance stage for the logo contest and moved on to voting, which anyone can participate in. The voting will last until December 10 and will allow the selection of new logos for the entire openSUSE project and for the distributions being developed within it: Tumbleweed, Leap, Slowroll, and Kalpa. A total of 36 logos were submitted for the contest […]

systemd 255

A new version of the free system manager systemd has been released. Changes that break backward compatibility: Mounting a separate /usr/ partition is now supported only at the initramfs stage. Support for System V init scripts and cgroups v1 will be removed in one of the upcoming releases. The options SuspendMode=, HibernateState=, and HybridSleepState= from the [Sleep] section in systemd-sleep.conf have been declared deprecated and do not affect system behavior. […]

Qt Creator 12 Development Environment Released

The release of the integrated development environment Qt Creator 12.0 has been published, designed for creating cross-platform applications using the Qt library. It supports both classic C++ programming and the use of the QML language, where JavaScript is used to define scripts and the structure and parameters of interface elements are specified using CSS-like blocks. Ready-made builds are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. In […]

Release of Archinstall 2.7 installer, used in the Arch Linux distribution.

The release of the Archinstall 2.7 installer has been published, which has been included as an option in the Arch Linux installation ISO images since April 2021. Archinstall operates in console mode and can be used instead of the default manual installation mode of the distribution. A graphical interface implementation for installation is under separate development, but it is not included in the Arch Linux installation images and has been more than […]

A vulnerability in strongSwan IPsec that leads to remote code execution.

A vulnerability (CVE-2023-41913) has been identified in strongSwan, a VPN package based on the IPSec protocol, used in Linux, Android, FreeBSD, and macOS, which can be exploited for remote code execution by an attacker. The vulnerability arises from an error in the charon-tkm process implementing the key exchange protocol (IKE) based on TKMv2 (Trusted Key Manager), leading to a buffer overflow when processing specially crafted DH (Diffie–Hellman) scheme values. […]

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