The release of DXVK 2.0 is now available, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure) and Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, operating through call translation to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting Vulkan API 1.3 are required, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]
Microsoft has introduced a significant release of the open platform .NET 7, developed through the unification of .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono products. .NET 7 allows for the creation of cross-platform applications for the browser, cloud systems, desktop, IoT devices, and mobile platforms, using unified libraries and a common build process independent of the application type. .NET SDK 7 and .NET Runtime […]
Altair has opened the source texts of the RADIOSS package as part of the OpenRADIOSS project. RADIOSS is an equivalent of LS-DYNA and is designed to solve problems in continuum mechanics, such as the strength calculations of engineering structures in highly nonlinear tasks related to large plastic deformations of the studied medium. The code is mainly written in Fortran and is released under the AGPLv3 license. It supports operation in Linux […]
Jason A. Donenfeld, the author of VPN WireGuard, alerted developers to a dirty hack present in the Linux kernel code that modifies behavior for processes whose names start with the character 'X'. At first glance, such fixes are commonly found in rootkits to leave a hidden backdoor tied to the process; however, analysis revealed that the modification was added in 2019 […]
The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 3.0.2 has been presented, designed for quick disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution's iso image is 363 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting from […]
Information has been disclosed about a vulnerability (CVE-2021-33164) in UEFI firmware that allows code execution at the SMM (System Management Mode) level, which has higher priority than the hypervisor mode and ring 0 protection, providing unrestricted access to all system memory. The vulnerability, codenamed RingHopper, is associated with the possibility of conducting a timing attack using DMA (Direct Memory Access) to compromise […]
The release of the free documentation system GNU Texinfo 7.0 has been announced. Originally developed by Richard Stallman, it is used to prepare documentation for GNU projects. GNU Texinfo defines a special markup format for formatting documentation and allows you to convert the source document into various formats for publication and printing, such as PDF, HTML, DVI, Info, DocBook, XML, etc. In this new release, significant enhancements have been made.
An update to the Yuzu project has been released, featuring an emulator for the Nintendo Switch gaming console, capable of running commercial games designed for this platform. The project is based on the developers of Citra, the Nintendo 3DS emulator. Development is carried out through reverse engineering of the Nintendo Switch hardware and firmware. Yuzu's code is written in C++ and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready-to-use builds are available for Linux (flatpak) and other systems.
Veeam, a company that produces software for backup and disaster recovery, has proposed to include in the Linux kernel the blksnap module, which implements a mechanism for creating snapshots of block devices and tracking changes in these devices. A command-line utility called blksnap and the library blksnap.so have been prepared for working with snapshots, allowing user space to interact with the kernel module through ioctl calls.
The release of the Wolvic web browser has been announced, designed for use in augmented and virtual reality systems. The project continues the development of the Firefox Reality browser, which was previously developed by Mozilla. After stagnation of the Firefox Reality codebase, its development has been continued under the Wolvic project by the company Igalia, known for its contributions to free projects such as GNOME, GTK, WebKitGTK, Epiphany, GStreamer, Wine, Mesa, and others.
The release of Portmaster 1.0 has been announced, an application for managing a firewall that provides access blocking and traffic monitoring at the level of individual programs and services. The project’s code is written in Go and is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. The interface is implemented in JavaScript using the Electron platform. It is compatible with both Linux and Windows. In Linux, traffic inspection and management is performed using specific tools.
A new Static Linux distribution has been prepared, based on Alpine Linux, musl libc, and BusyBox, and is notable for being delivered as an image that runs from RAM and can be booted directly from UEFI. The image includes the JWM window manager, Firefox, Transmission, and data recovery utilities such as ddrescue, testdisk, and photorec. Currently, 210 packages have been statically assembled, but this number will increase in the future […]