The developers of the anonymous Tor network have published the release of the Arti 1.1.0 project, which develops a Tor client written in the Rust language. The 1.x branch is marked as suitable for use by general users and provides the same level of privacy, usability, and stability as the main C implementation. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 and MIT licenses. Unlike the C implementation, which […]
The release of the EuroLinux 9.1 distribution kit took place, prepared by rebuilding the source codes of the packages of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 distribution kit and completely binary compatible with it. The changes boil down to rebranding and removal of RHEL-specific packages, otherwise the distribution is completely similar to RHEL 9.1. The EuroLinux 9 branch will be supported until June 30, 2032. Installation images have been prepared for downloading, [...]
Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome 108 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 set of Cryptsetup 2.6 utilities has been published, designed to configure encryption of disk partitions in Linux using the dm-crypt module. Supports dm-crypt, LUKS, LUKS2, BITLK, loop-AES and TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt partitions. It also includes veritysetup and integritysetup utilities for configuring data integrity controls based on the dm-verity and dm-integrity modules. Key improvements: Added support for storage devices encrypted […]
The wayland-protocols 1.31 package has been released, containing a set of protocols and extensions that complement the capabilities of the base Wayland protocol and provide the capabilities necessary for building composite servers and user environments. All protocols sequentially go through three phases - development, testing and stabilization. After completion of the development stage (category “unstable”), the protocol is placed in the “staging” branch and officially included in the wayland-protocols set, […]
A maintenance release of Firefox 107.0.1 is available, which fixes several issues: Resolved an issue with access to some sites that use code to counter ad blockers. The problem appeared in private browsing mode or when the strict mode for blocking unwanted content was enabled (strict). Fixed an issue that resulted in Color Management tools being unavailable for some users. Corrected […]
Oracle has published the release of the Oracle Linux 9.1 distribution, created based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 package base and fully binary compatible with it. Installation iso images of 9.2 GB and 839 MB in size, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures, are offered for downloading without restrictions. Oracle Linux 9 now has unlimited and free access to the yum repository […]
VLC media player 3.0.18 has been released to address four vulnerabilities that could potentially lead to attacker code execution when processing specially crafted files or streams. The most dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2022-41325) can lead to a buffer overflow when loading via a vnc URL. The remaining vulnerabilities that appear when processing files in mp4 and ogg formats can most likely only be used […]
The source code of the engine for the game “The Adventures of Captain Blood” has been opened. The game was created in the “hack and slash” genre based on the works of Rafael Sabatini and tells about the adventures of the main character of these works, Captain Peter Blood. The game takes place in medieval New England. The game engine is a heavily modified version of the Storm 2.9 engine, which was opened in 2021. Engine […]
The developers of the openSUSE project have announced increased hardware requirements in the openSUSE Factory repository and the openSUSE Tumbleweed distribution compiled on its basis, which uses a continuous cycle of updating program versions (rolling updates). Packages in Factory will be built for the x86-64-v2 architecture, and official support for the x86-64-v1 and i586 architectures will be removed. The second version of the x86-64 microarchitecture is supported by processors of approximately […]
NVIDIA has announced the release of a new branch of the proprietary NVIDIA driver 525.60.11. The driver is available for Linux (ARM64, x86_64), FreeBSD (x86_64) and Solaris (x86_64). NVIDIA 525.x became the third stable branch after NVIDIA opened components running at the kernel level. Source texts of the nvidia.ko, nvidia-drm.ko (Direct Rendering Manager), nvidia-modeset.ko and nvidia-uvm.ko (Unified Video Memory) kernel modules from NVIDIA 525.60.11, […]
A Live edition of the Salix 15.0 distribution has been introduced, providing a working boot environment that does not require installation to disk. Changes accumulated in the current session can be saved to a separate area of the USB drive to continue working after a reboot. The distribution is being developed by the creator of Zenwalk Linux, who left the project as a result of a conflict with other developers who defended a policy of maximum similarity to Slackware. Salix 15 is fully compatible with Slackware […]
