Microsoft has announced the release of the open platform .NET 8, created by unifying the .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono products. With .NET 8, developers can create cross-platform applications for browsers, cloud systems, desktops, IoT devices, and mobile platforms, using unified libraries and a common build process that is independent of the application type. The .NET SDK 8 and .NET Runtime 8 builds […]
A group of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, has demonstrated the ability to reconstruct closed host RSA keys of an SSH server using passive analysis of SSH traffic. The attack can be executed on servers where, due to certain circumstances or the actions of an attacker, failures occur during the calculation of the digital signature when establishing an SSH connection. Failures can be both software-related (incorrect execution of mathematical operations, memory corruption), […]
A new version of the free UNIX-like operating system FreeBSD has been released. Some changes include: Changes in the base system: The default shell for the superuser is now sh. The default mail agent is now the dragonfly mail agent instead of sendmail; The .include option in firejail.conf now supports pattern matching. Unicode support has been updated to version 14.0. The opie has been removed from the base system. Changes in the kernel: On platforms […]
The release of AlmaLinux 9.3 distribution, synchronized with the new release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 and containing all the proposed changes of this release, is now available. Installation images are prepared for x86_64, ARM64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures in the form of bootable (940 MB), minimal (1.8 GB), and full images (10 GB). Live builds with GNOME, KDE, MATE, and Xfce will be generated later, and […]
Red Hat has released the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 distribution (the new branch was announced last week, but the release notes were only posted yesterday, while the website still showed a beta version prior to that). An update for the previous RHEL 8.9 branch is expected on November 15. Ready installation images are available for registered users on the Red Hat Customer Portal (for evaluation […]
The release of GitExtensions 4.2 has been announced, a graphical interface tool for managing git repositories that can integrate into the system file menu and, through plugins, into IDEs (JetBrains, VSCode, MSVS). The project code is written in C# and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Key changes include: A new integration plugin with GitLab. The JIRA plugin now supports personal access tokens. Various improvements […]
Developers at Microsoft are preparing to release an update for Windows 11 that will significantly enhance user control over built-in applications. This means users will be able to remove more pre-installed applications. Image source: Bleeping Computer Source: 3dnews.ru
Version 9.0.0 of the libzim library has been released, written in C++ and designed for working with ZIM file formats. The library is developed and sponsored by the Kiwix project. The Kiwix project develops a set of command-line utilities called zim-tools, desktop and mobile clients, and scripts for creating ZIM files from Wikimedia project dumps or HTML. The libzim library is also used in the GoldenDict fork […]
The release of OpenVPN 2.6.7 has been prepared, a package for creating virtual private networks that allows for an encrypted connection between two client machines or provides centralized VPN server operation for multiple clients simultaneously. The new version addresses two vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-46850 — accessing a freed memory area (use-after-free) could lead to sending process memory content to the other side of the connection, […]
About a month has passed since we announced the Fedora Slimbook 16" laptop. At that time, we took the first step in our partnership with Slimbook, aimed at making Fedora Linux pre-installed on various devices from this manufacturer in the future. The user reaction to this product has exceeded our expectations! In this regard, we would like to share more […]
The IWYU (or include-what-you-use) release is out, a program that helps find redundant and suggest missing #include in your C/C++ code. "Include what you use" means that for every symbol (type, variable, function, or macro) used in foo.cc, either foo.cc or foo.h must include a .h file exporting the declaration of that symbol. The include-what-you-use tool is a program for analyzing #include statements in source […]
A new version of OBS Studio 30.0 has been released—a powerful tool for streaming, compositing, and video recording. This program is written in C/C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license, providing builds for Linux, Windows, and macOS. OBS Studio was created with the goal of developing a portable version of the Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Classic) application. It is not tied to the Windows platform […]