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Checking the ping utility in OpenBSD revealed a bug present since 1998

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The results of a fuzz test of the OpenBSD ping utility, following a recent discovery of a remote exploitable vulnerability in the FreeBSD ping utility, have been published. The ping utility used in OpenBSD is not affected by the problem identified in FreeBSD (the vulnerability is present in the new implementation of the pr_pack() function, rewritten by the FreeBSD developers in 2019), but another error surfaced during the test, which went unnoticed […]

Google is preparing to transfer Nest Audio smart speakers to Fuchsia OS

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Google is working on transferring Nest Audio smart speakers to a new firmware based on the Fuchsia OS. Fuchsia-based firmware is also planned to be used in new models of Nest smart speakers, which are expected to go on sale in 2023. Nest Audio will be the third device to ship with Fuchsia, having previously migrated photo frames to the platform […]

Qt 6.5 will introduce an API for directly accessing Wayland objects

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In Qt 6.5, Wayland will add the QNativeInterface::QWaylandApplication API to directly access native Wayland objects that are used in Qt internals, as well as to access information about the user's recent actions, which can be required to pass Wayland protocol extensions . The new API is implemented in the QNativeInterface namespace, which also […]

Wine 8.0 release candidate and vkd3d 1.6 release

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Testing of the first release candidate Wine 8.0, an open implementation of WinAPI, has begun. The codebase has been put on hold ahead of the release, which is expected in mid-January. Since the release of Wine 7.22, 52 bug reports have been closed and 538 changes have been made. Most important changes: vkd3d package with Direct3D 12 implementation working via call translation to graphics API […]

Source implementation of PostScript language open source

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The Computer History Museum received permission from Adobe to publish the source code for one of the first implementations of PostScript printing technology, released in 1984. PostScript technology is remarkable in that the printed page is described in a special programming language and the PostScript document is a program that is interpreted when printed. The published code is written in C and […]

Kali Linux 2022.4 Security Research Distribution Released

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The release of the distribution kit Kali Linux 2022.4, created on the basis of Debian and designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, auditing, analyzing residual information and identifying the consequences of intruder attacks, has been presented. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. Several variants of iso images are prepared for download, 448 MB in size, 2.7 […]

Release of KDE Gear 22.12, a set of applications from the KDE project

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The December 22.12 rollup update of applications developed by the KDE project has been released. As a reminder, the consolidated set of KDE applications has been published since April 2021 under the name KDE Gear, instead of KDE Apps and KDE Applications. In total, releases of 234 programs, libraries and plug-ins were published as part of the update. Information about the availability of Live builds with new releases of applications can be found on this page. Most […]

Intel uses DXVK code in its Windows drivers

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Intel has begun testing a significant Windows driver update Intel Arc Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3959 for video cards with Arc (Alchemist) and Iris (DG1) GPUs, as well as for integrated GPUs shipped in processors based on the Tiger Lake, Rocket Lake, Alder Lake microarchitecture and Raptor Lake. The most significant changes in the new version concern work on increasing the performance of games using DirectX […]

CERN and Fermilab Switch to AlmaLinux

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The European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN, Switzerland) and the Enrico Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab, USA), who at one time developed the Scientific Linux distribution, but then switched to using CentOS, announced the choice of AlmaLinux as a regular distribution to accompany experiments. The decision was made due to a change in Red Hat's policy regarding maintenance of CentOS and the premature end of […]

Release of the Deepin 20.8 distribution kit, developing its own graphical environment

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The release of the Deepin 20.8 distribution kit, based on the Debian 10 package base, but developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and about 40 user applications, including DMusic music player, DMovie video player, DTalk messaging system, installer and installation center of Deepin programs, has been published software center. The project was founded by a group of developers from China, but has been transformed into an international project. […]

PHP 8.2 programming language release

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After a year of development, the release of the PHP 8.2 programming language is presented. The new branch includes a series of new features as well as several interoperability changes. Key improvements in PHP 8.2: Added the ability to mark a class as read-only. Properties in such classes can be set only once, after which they will not be available for change. Previously read-only […]

Release of the free 3D modeling system Blender 3.4

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The Blender Foundation has released Blender 3, a free 3.4D modeling package suitable for a variety of tasks related to 3D modeling, 3D graphics, game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, sculpting, animation, and video editing. . The code is distributed under the GPL license. Ready builds are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS. At the same time, a corrective release of Blender 3.3.2 was formed in the […]

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