Author: Yuri Gagarin

The alpha testing of the Debian 12 'Bookworm' installer has begun.

Testing of the first alpha version of the installer for the next significant release of Debian — 'Bookworm' — has begun. The release is expected in the summer of 2023. Key changes include: The apt-setup now ensures the installation of certificate authorities for verifying certificates when downloading packages via the HTTPS protocol. The busybox has included awk, base64, less, and stty applications. The cdrom-detect has implemented the identification of installation images on regular disks. The choose-mirror [...])

Release of GNOME 43 user environment

After six months of development, the GNOME 43 desktop environment has been released. Specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative are offered for a quick evaluation of GNOME 43's capabilities. GNOME 43 has also been included in the experimental build of Fedora 37. In this new release: The system status menu has been redesigned, featuring a block with buttons for […]

Release of RPM Package Manager 4.18

After a year of development, the RPM package manager 4.18.0 has been released. The RPM4 project is developed by Red Hat and is used in such distributions as RHEL (including derivatives like CentOS, Scientific Linux, AsiaLinux, Red Flag Linux, Oracle Linux), Fedora, SUSE, openSUSE, ALT Linux, OpenMandriva, Mageia, PCLinuxOS, Tizen, and many others. Previously, the RPM5 project was developed by an independent team of developers, which directly […]

Release of Java SE 19

After six months of development, Oracle has released the Java SE 19 platform (Java Platform, Standard Edition 19), with the open-source project OpenJDK being used as the reference implementation. Except for the removal of some deprecated features in Java SE 19, backward compatibility with previous releases of the Java platform has been maintained — most previously written Java projects will run without changes upon […]

Firefox 105 Release

The release of the Firefox 105 web browser has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch — 102.3.0 — has been formed. The Firefox 106 branch has entered beta testing, with its release scheduled for October 18. Key innovations in Firefox 105: The print preview dialog has added an option to print only the current page. Support for sectioned Service Workers in […]

Rust will be included in the Linux 6.1 kernel. A Rust driver has been created for Intel Ethernet chips.

At the Kernel Maintainers Summit, Linus Torvalds announced that, barring any unforeseen issues, patches for Rust language driver development support will be included in the Linux kernel 6.1, scheduled for release in December. The advantages of introducing Rust support in the kernel include simplifying the writing of safe device drivers by reducing the likelihood of errors during […]

The PyTorch project has come under the wing of the Linux Foundation.

Facebook (banned in the RF) has transferred the PyTorch machine learning framework under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, whose infrastructure and services will be used for further development. The transition under the Linux Foundation will free the project from dependency on a single commercial company and simplify collaboration with external participants. An organization for the development of PyTorch has been created under the Linux Foundation's aegis […]

Facebook has opened the source code for the framework to detect memory leaks in JavaScript.

Facebook (banned in the RF) has released the source code of the memlab toolkit, designed for analyzing snapshots of dynamically allocated memory (heap), determining memory optimization strategies, and identifying memory leaks that occur during the execution of JavaScript code. The code is open under the MIT license. The framework was created to investigate the causes of high memory consumption when working with websites and […]

The web browser Floorp 10.5.0 is now available.

The release of the Floorp 10.5.0 web browser has been announced, developed by a group of Japanese students, combining the Firefox engine with features and an interface styled like Chrome. The project also emphasizes user privacy and the ability to customize the interface to personal preferences. The project code is distributed under the MPL 2.0 license. Builds are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. In the new release: An experimental […]

A password leak has been detected in Chrome from hidden input preview fields

A problem has been discovered in the Chrome browser regarding the transmission of confidential data to Google servers when the enhanced spell-checking mode is enabled, which entails verification using an external service. This problem also occurs in the Edge browser when using the Microsoft Editor extension. It turns out that the text for checking is transmitted, including from input forms that contain confidential data, including from […]

Release of the browser engine WebKitGTK 2.38.0 and the web browser Epiphany 43

The release of the new stable branch WebKitGTK 2.38.0 has been announced, a port of the WebKit browser engine for the GTK platform. WebKitGTK allows for the use of all WebKit capabilities through a GNOME-oriented programming interface based on GObject and can be used to integrate web content processing tools into any applications, from specialized HTML/CSS parsers to the creation of fully functional web browsers. Notable projects using WebKitGTK include the built-in […]

Ubuntu 22.10 plans to support the inexpensive RISC-V board Sipeed LicheeRV

Engineers at Canonical are working on adding support for the 64-bit Sipeed LicheeRV board, which utilizes RISC-V architecture, in the release of Ubuntu 22.10. At the end of August, support for RISC-V boards Allwinner Nezha and StarFive VisionFive, priced at $112 and $179 respectively, was also announced. The Sipeed LicheeRV board is notable for its price of just $16.90 and […]

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