The release of Cambalache 0.10.0 has been announced, which develops a rapid interface development tool for GTK 3 and GTK 4, utilizing the MVC paradigm and the philosophy of prioritizing the data model. Unlike Glade, Cambalache provides support for managing multiple user interfaces within a single project. The code is written in Python and available under the LGPLv2.1 license. A package is available for installation in the […]
Drew DeVault has introduced his new project — the Helios microkernel. The project is currently in its early development stage and only supports demonstration booting on x86_64 architecture systems. Future plans include support for iscv64 and aarch64 architectures. The project's code is written in Hare, a systems programming language close to C, with assembly insertions and […]
Canonical has released Ubuntu Core 22, a compact version of the Ubuntu distribution tailored for use on Internet of Things (IoT) devices, containers, consumer, and industrial equipment. Ubuntu Core is delivered as an indivisible monolithic image of the base system, without breaking it down into separate deb packages. Ubuntu Core 22 images are synchronized with the package base of Ubuntu 22.04, […]
A group of researchers from the University of Texas, the University of Illinois, and the University of Washington has revealed information about a new family of side-channel attacks (CVE-2022-23823, CVE-2022-24436) dubbed Hertzbleed. The proposed attack method is based on the features of dynamic frequency management in modern processors and affects all current Intel and AMD CPUs. The issue may also manifest in processors from other manufacturers that support dynamic frequency scaling […]
The release of the EuroLinux 9.0 distribution has been published, prepared by recompiling the source texts of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 packages and is fully binary compatible with it. Installation images of 6.5 GB (appstream) and 1.4 GB are available for download. The distribution is functionally analogous to RHEL 9.0 with the added innovations. EuroLinux builds are available both through a paid subscription and for free. […]
Valve has released Proton 7.0-3, which is based on the Wine project’s codebase and aims to enable the launch of Windows-created gaming applications on Linux that are listed in the Steam catalog. The project’s developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows Windows-only games to be run directly in the Linux Steam client. The package includes […]
After over a year of development, the release of the open source parametric 3D modeling system FreeCAD 0.20 has been published, featuring flexible customization options and increased functionality through the addition of plugins. The interface is built using the Qt library. Plugins can be created in Python. It supports saving and loading models in various formats, including STEP, IGES, and STL. The FreeCAD code is distributed under […]
Mozilla has announced the default inclusion of Total Cookie Protection for all users. Previously, this mode was only enabled when opening websites in private browsing mode and when selecting strict blocking for unwanted content. The proposed protection method implies the use of an isolated storage for cookies for each site, preventing […]
To protect against account takeover attacks aimed at gaining control over dependencies, the RubyGems package repository has announced the implementation of mandatory two-factor authentication for accounts maintaining the 100 most popular packages (by download count), as well as packages with more than 165 million downloads. The use of two-factor authentication will significantly complicate access in case of compromise […]
Oracle has introduced the preview release of Oracle Linux 9, built on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and fully binary-compatible with it. An unrestricted installation ISO image, sized at 8 GB, is available for download, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. Oracle Linux 9 provides unrestricted and free access to the yum repository with binary […]
A distribution called browser-linux has been proposed, designed to run a console Linux environment in a web browser. This project can be used for a quick introduction to Linux without the need to run virtual machines or boot from external media. A streamlined Linux environment is created using the Buildroot toolset. An emulator called v86 is used to run the resulting build in the browser, translating machine code into WebAssembly representation. The repository management is implemented […]
The developers of Thunderbird and K-9 Mail have announced the merger of their projects. The K-9 Mail client will be renamed "Thunderbird for Android" and will start to be supplied under the new brand. The Thunderbird project has long considered the possibility of creating a version for mobile devices, but during discussions, it concluded that there was no point in scattering efforts and doing double work when they could combine […]