A new release of gpupdate, a tool for applying group policies in Alt distributions, has been published. The gpupdate mechanisms enforce group policies on client machines both at the system level and for individual users. The gpupdate tool is part of an alternative solution by Basalt SPO for implementing an Active Directory domain infrastructure under Linux. The application supports work in MS AD or Samba domain infrastructure […]
The developers of the SQLite project have begun testing an experimental HCtree backend that supports row-level locking and provides a high level of parallelism in query processing. The new backend is aimed at improving the efficiency of using SQLite in client-server systems that have to process a large number of simultaneous write requests to the database. The b-tree structures originally used in SQLite to store data are not […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-22809) has been identified in the sudo package, which is used to run commands on behalf of other users, which allows a local user to edit any file on the system, which, in turn, allows gaining root rights by changing /etc/shadow or system scripts. Exploiting the vulnerability requires that the user be granted the right to run the sudoedit or "sudo" utility in the sudoers file […]
Introduced the release of GCompris 3.0, a free learning center for preschool and primary school children. The package provides more than 180 mini-lessons and modules, offering from the simplest graphics editor, puzzles and keyboard simulator to math, geography and reading lessons. GCompris uses the Qt library and is developed by the KDE community. Ready-made builds are formed for Linux, macOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi and […]
Collabora engineers have published a report on the implementation of a project to ensure the assembly of the GNU C Library (glibc) system library using the LLVM toolkit (Clang, LLD, compiler-rt) instead of GCC. Until recently, Glibc has been one of the significant components of distributions that only support building with GCC. The difficulty in adapting Glibc to build with LLVM is due to both […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have published the release of Got 0.80 (Game of Trees) version control system, which focuses on ease of design and use. To store versioned data, Got uses storage that is compatible with the disk format of Git repositories, which allows you to work with the repository using the Got and Git toolkits. For example, with Git you can do things […]
Corrective releases of distributed source control system Git 2.39.1, 2.38.3, 2.37.5, 2.36.4, 2.35.6, 2.34.6, 2.33.6, 2.32.5, 2.31.6 and 2.30.7 have been published, in which eliminated two vulnerabilities that allow you to organize the execution of your code on the user's system when using the "git archive" command and working with untrusted external repositories. The vulnerabilities are caused by bugs in the code for formatting commits and parsing […]
Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox 7.0.6 virtualization system, which notes 14 fixes. At the same time, an update to the previous branch of VirtualBox 6.1.42 was formed with 15 changes, including support for Linux 6.1 and 6.2 kernels, as well as kernels from RHEL 8.7/9.1/9.2, Fedora (5.17.7-300), SLES 15.4 and Oracle Linux 8 The main changes in VirtualBox 7.0.6: In additions […]
The distribution kit Lakka 4.3 has been released, allowing you to turn computers, set-top boxes or single-board computers into a full-fledged game console for running retro games. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally designed to create home theaters. Lakka builds are generated for i386, x86_64 (Intel, NVIDIA or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, Cubox-i, Odroid C1/C1+/XU3/XU4, etc. platforms. […]
The Firefox 109 web browser has been released. In addition, an update to the long-term support branch, 102.7.0, has been formed. The Firefox 110 branch, which is scheduled for release on February 14, will soon be transferred to the beta testing stage. Major new features in Firefox 109: By default, support for the third version of the Chrome manifest is enabled, which defines the capabilities and resources available for add-ons written […]
Plop Linux 23.1 is now available, a live distribution with a selection of utilities to perform routine system administrator tasks such as system recovery after a crash, backup, restore the operating system, system security checks, and automate common tasks. As part of the distribution, there are two graphical environments to choose from - Fluxbox and Xfce. It is supported to download the distribution kit on a neighboring machine via […]
The release of the Firejail 0.9.72 project has been published, which develops a system for the isolated execution of graphical, console and server applications, which allows minimizing the risk of compromising the main system when running untrustworthy or potentially vulnerable programs. The program is written in C, distributed under the GPLv2 license and can run on any Linux distribution with a kernel older than 3.0. Ready packages with Firejail are prepared […]
