Google has introduced the second test version of the open mobile platform Android 14. Android 14 is expected to be released in the third quarter of 2023. To evaluate the new features of the platform, a preliminary testing program has been proposed. Firmware builds are prepared for Pixel 7/7 Pro, Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 5/5a 5G, and Pixel 4a (5G) devices. Changes in Android 14 Developer Preview 2 to […]
The Samba 4.18.0 release is presented, which continues the development of the Samba 4 branch with a full-fledged implementation of a domain controller and an Active Directory service that is compatible with the implementation of Windows 2008 and is able to serve all versions of Windows clients supported by Microsoft, including Windows 11. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product , which also provides an implementation of the file server, print service, and identity server (winbind). Key changes […]
Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome 111 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which is the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium in its use of Google logos, a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, always turning on Sandbox isolation, supplying keys to the Google API and passing […]
A preliminary implementation of the drm-asahi driver for the Apple AGX G13 and G14 series GPUs used in the Apple M1 and M2 chips has been proposed on the Linux kernel developer mailing list. The driver is written in Rust and additionally includes a set of universal bindings over the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) subsystem that can be used to develop other graphics drivers in Rust. Published […]
Apache 2.4.56 HTTP server release has been published, which introduces 6 changes and fixes 2 vulnerabilities related to the possibility of carrying out HTTP Request Smuggling attacks on front-end-backend systems that allow us to wedge into the content of requests from other users processed in the same thread between frontend and backend. The attack can be used to bypass access control systems or substitute malicious JavaScript […]
The release of the lightweight music player Audacious 4.3, which branched off from the Beep Media Player (BMP) project, which is a fork of the classic XMMS player, is presented. The release comes with two user interfaces: based on GTK and Qt. Builds are prepared for various Linux distributions and for Windows. Main features of Audacious 4.3: Added optional support for GTK3 (default GTK builds continue […]
In the code with the reference implementation of the TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) specification, vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-1017, CVE-2023-1018) have been identified that lead to writing or reading data outside the bounds of the allocated buffer. An attack on implementations of crypto processors using vulnerable code could result in the extraction or overwriting of information stored on the chip side, such as cryptographic keys. The ability to overwrite data in the TPM firmware can be […]
A release of APT 2.6 (Advanced Package Tool) package management toolkit has been formed, which has absorbed the changes accumulated in the 2.5 experimental branch. In addition to Debian and its derivatives, the APT-RPM fork is also used by some distributions based on the rpm package manager, such as PCLinuxOS and ALT Linux. The new release is integrated into the Unstable branch, will soon be moved […]
The release of the LibreELEC 11.0 project, which develops a fork of the distribution kit for creating home theaters OpenELEC, is presented. The user interface is based on the Kodi media center. Images are prepared for download to work from a USB drive or SD card (32- and 64-bit x86, Raspberry Pi 2/3/4, various devices based on Rockchip, Allwinner, NXP and Amlogic chips). The build size for the x86_64 architecture is 226 MB. At […]
On April 3-4, the Radisson Slavyanskaya business center in Moscow will host the tenth anniversary conference PGConf.Russia 2023. The event is dedicated to the PostgreSQL open DBMS ecosystem and annually gathers more than 700 developers, database administrators, DevOps engineers and IT managers to exchange experiences and professional communication. The program includes reports in two streams over two days, blitz reports from the audience, live […]
The release of the Nitrux 2.7.0 distribution kit, built on the Debian package base, KDE technologies and the OpenRC initialization system, has been published. The project offers its own desktop NX Desktop, which is an add-on to KDE Plasma, as well as a separate Maui Shell environment. Based on the Maui library for the distribution, a set of typical user applications is developed that can be used both on desktop systems and […]
Thorsten Kukuk, leader of the Future Technology Team at SUSE (Future Technology Team, develops openSUSE MicroOS and SLE Micro), who previously led the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server project for 10 years, suggested getting rid of the /var/run/utmp file in distributions to fully address the Y2038 problem in Glibc. All applications using utmp, wtmp and lastlog are encouraged to translate […]
