An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI—Wine 8.2—has taken place. Since the release of version 8.1, 22 bug reports have been closed, and 285 changes have been made. The most significant changes include the addition of system call thunk converters for the WPCAP library in WoW64, which is the layer for running 32-bit programs on 64-bit Windows. Debug information in WoW64 mode has been improved. Support for the video codec […]
The release of an experimental build of the Simply Linux 10.1 distribution (branch p10 Aronia) for the riscv64 architecture has been published. The distribution is designed to be user-friendly, featuring a classic desktop based on Xfce, providing full localization of the interface and most applications. The build is prepared from the Sisyphus riscv64 repository and tested in QEMU, on the VisionFive v1 board, and on SiFive boards. The development […]
The first stable release of the new branch of the MariaDB DBMS 10.11 (10.11.2) has been published, which is a fork of MySQL that retains backward compatibility while integrating additional storage engines and expanded features. The development of MariaDB is overseen by the independent MariaDB Foundation in accordance with an open and transparent development process, independent of individual vendors. MariaDB is shipped instead of MySQL in many […]
Apple Inc. has yielded to demands from companies like Google and Netflix, announcing the release of the beta version of Safari 16.4 with support for AV1 video decoding. It remains unclear whether this will affect the mobile version of the browser, which has a significantly larger user base. For instance, the mobile version of Safari still does not fully support the VP9 codec. The AV1 video codec was developed […]
The release of Tails 5.10 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a specialized distribution based on the Debian package base and intended for anonymous internet access, has been announced. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. Encryption is used to store user data in persistence mode between boots. […]
After three and a half months of development, the release of the system manager systemd 253 has been introduced. Among the changes in the new release: the inclusion of the ‘ukify’ utility, which is designed for building, checking, and forming signatures for unified kernel images (UKI, Unified Kernel Image), combining the boot handler from UEFI (UEFI boot stub), the Linux kernel image, and the in-memory loaded system […]
GitHub has released its annual report detailing the notifications of intellectual property infringement and illegal content published in 2022. According to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), GitHub received 2,321 DMCA takedown requests in 2022, resulting in the blocking of 25,387 projects. By comparison, in 2021 […]
Cisco has released new versions of the free antivirus package ClamAV 1.0.1, 0.105.3, and 0.103.8, addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-20032) that could allow code execution when scanning HFS+ formatted disk images in ClamAV. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient buffer size checking, allowing data to be written outside the buffer and […]
CodeWeavers has released version 22.1 of its Crossover package, based on Wine code and designed to run applications and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is a key contributor to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and integrating innovations from its commercial products back into the project. The source code of the open components of CrossOver 22.1 can be downloaded on this page. […]
Patch releases for the distributed version control system Git 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8 have been published, addressing two vulnerabilities related to optimizations in local cloning and the 'git apply' command. Updates for distributions can be tracked on the pages of Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE/openSUSE, Fedora, Arch, and FreeBSD. If installing the update is not feasible […]
The results of the redesign of the sidebar in the new interface of the Thunderbird email client have been revealed, which is planned for release in July in version 115. The new interface is expected to be user-friendly for beginners while remaining familiar and convenient for long-time users. Key improvements include a new unified design mode for the panel with email folders, which is more intuitive for newcomers. Experienced users will be […]
Canonical has announced the completion of testing for Linux kernel packages for systems operating in real-time mode. The real-time kernel package is now deemed ready for widespread use and is no longer positioned as experimental. Ready builds have been prepared for the x86_64 and Aarch64 architectures and are distributed through the Ubuntu Pro service for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu Core 22. […]