New editions of the Linux From Scratch 11.3 (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch 11.3 (BLFS) manuals, as well as the LFS and BLFS editions with the systemd system manager, have been introduced. Linux From Scratch provides instructions for building a basic Linux system from scratch using only the source code for the required software. Beyond Linux From Scratch augments LFS instructions with assembly information […]
Microsoft has opened developments related to the CHERIoT (Capability Hardware Extension to RISC-V for Internet of Things) project, aimed at blocking security problems in existing C and C++ code. CHERIoT offers a solution to protect existing C/C++ codebases without having to refactor them. Protection is implemented through the use of a modified compiler that uses a special extended […]
A correction release of Firefox 110.0.1 is available that fixes several bugs: Fixed an issue where clicking the delete cookie buttons in the last 5 minutes, 2 hours, or 24 hours cleared all cookies. Fixed a crash on Linux platform that occurs when using WebGL and launching a browser in a VMWare virtual machine. Fixed a bug that caused macOS to overlap […]
The release of mruby 3.2, an embeddable interpreter for the dynamic object-oriented programming language Ruby, is introduced. Mruby provides basic syntax compatibility at the Ruby 3.x level, with the exception of support for pattern matching ("case .. in"). The interpreter is characterized by low memory consumption and is focused on embedding Ruby language support into other applications. The interpreter built into the application can execute as source code in […]
Canonical employees have revealed information about the ubuntu-mini-iso project, which develops a new minimalistic build of Ubuntu, about 140 MB in size. The main idea of the new install image is to make it universal and represent the ability to install the selected version of any official Ubuntu build. The project is being developed by Dan Bungert, maintainer of the Subiquity installer. At this stage, a working […]
The first set of patches developed by the Wine-wayland project to provide the ability to use Wine in environments based on the Wayland protocol without the use of XWayland and X11 components are proposed for inclusion in the main Wine package. Since the volume of changes is large enough to simplify the review and integration of Wine-wayland developments, they plan to transfer it gradually, breaking this process into several stages. At the first stage […]
An attack on users of the NPM directory was recorded, as a result of which, on February 20, more than 15 thousand packages were placed in the NPM repository, in the README files of which there were links to phishing sites or referral links for which royalties were paid. The analysis of the packages revealed 190 unique phishing or promotional links covering 31 domains. Package names […]
The release of the free implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan APIs - Mesa 23.0.0 has been published. The first release of the Mesa 23.0.0 branch has an experimental status - after the final stabilization of the code, a stable version 23.0.1 will be released. In Mesa 23.0, support for the Vulkan 1.3 graphics API is available in anv for Intel GPUs, radv for AMD GPUs, tu for Qualcomm GPUs, and […]
The Apache Software Foundation has released the Apache NetBeans 17 IDE, which provides support for the Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript, and Groovy programming languages. Ready builds are generated for Linux (snap, flatpak), Windows and macOS. Among the proposed changes: Added support for the Jakarta EE 10 platform and improved support for some new Java 19 features such as […]
A paragraph has been added to the GitHub terms of service notifying users that if they offer a product or service that competes with GitHub, they either allow benchmarking or are prohibited from using GitHub. The change is aimed at countering third-party products or services that use GitHub and compete with GitHub, the rules of which explicitly prohibit comparative testing (anti-benchmarking). […]
After a year of development, the first release of the new open source game engine Ambient is presented. The engine provides a runtime for building multiplayer games and 3D applications that compile to a WebAssembly representation and use the WebGPU API for rendering. The code is written in Rust and distributed under the MIT license. A key goal in the development of Ambient is to provide tools that simplify the development of multiplayer games and […]
Google has announced the results of the bounty program for identifying vulnerabilities in Chrome, Android, Google Play apps, Google products and various open source software. Total awards paid out in 2022 were $12 million, up $3.3 million from 2021. Over the past 8 years, the total amount of payments amounted to more than 42 million dollars. Rewards […]
