The Mir 2.7 display server release has been presented, which continues to be developed by Canonical, despite the abandonment of the Unity shell and Ubuntu editions for smartphones. Mir remains in demand in Canonical's projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). Mir can be used as a compositing server for Wayland, allowing applications to run in environments […]
An update for the Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS distribution has been released, which includes changes related to improved hardware support, updates to the Linux kernel and graphics stack, and bug fixes in the installer and bootloader. Also included are up-to-date updates for several hundred packages aimed at fixing vulnerabilities and stability issues. Concurrently, similar updates have been released for Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.4 LTS, Kubuntu […]
A stable release of the interface for simplifying network settings — NetworkManager 1.36.0 — is now available. Plugins for VPN support, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN are being developed within their respective development cycles. Key innovations in NetworkManager 1.36 include a significant overhaul of IP address configuration code, but the changes mostly affect internal handlers. For users, everything should work as before, except for a slight performance boost, […]
After six months of development, OpenSSH 8.9 has been released, providing an open implementation of a client and server for SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. In this version, a vulnerability has been fixed in sshd that could potentially allow access without authentication. The issue was caused by an integer overflow in the authentication code, but exploitation is only possible when combined with other logical errors in the code. In the current […]
Intel Corporation has announced the acquisition of Linutronix, a company that develops technologies for using Linux in industrial systems. Linutronix is also overseeing the development of the RT branch of the Linux kernel (‘Realtime-Preempt’, PREEMPT_RT or ‘-rt’), aimed at systems operating in real-time mode. The position of technical director at Linutronix is held by Thomas Gleixner, the main developer of the PREEMPT_RT patches and maintainer […]
Matthew Wilcox of Oracle, known for creating the nvme (NVM Express) driver and the direct access mechanism for the DAX filesystem, has proposed removing the ReiserFS filesystem from the Linux kernel, similar to previously removed outdated filesystems ext and xiafs, or reducing the ReiserFS code to retain only read-only support. The motive for removal […]
The company iXsystems, which develops a distribution for the rapid deployment of network storage FreeNAS and commercial products based on it such as TrueNAS, has released the first stable version of the TrueNAS SCALE distribution, notable for using the Linux kernel and Debian package base, while all previously released products of this company, including TrueOS (formerly PC-BSD), were based on FreeBSD. Like TrueNAS CORE […]
The NPM repository has identified 25 malicious packages that were distributed using typosquatting, i.e., with names similar to those of popular libraries, intending for users to make a typing error or not notice the differences when selecting a module from the list. 17 of these packages contained malicious code to search for Discord tokens in the local file system and […]
The release of the I2P anonymous network 1.7.0 and the C++ client i2pd 2.41.0 has occurred. Recall that I2P represents a multi-layer anonymous distributed network operating over the normal internet, actively utilizing end-to-end encryption, ensuring anonymity and isolation. The network is built in a P2P mode and is formed thanks to resources (bandwidth) provided by the network's users, allowing it to operate without the need for centrally managed servers (communications […]
After 14 months since the last release, the free web browser Otter 1.0.3 is available, aiming to recreate the classic interface of Opera 12, independent of specific browser engines, and focused on advanced users who do not accept trends towards simplifying interfaces and reducing customization options. The browser is written in C++ using the Qt5 library (without QML). The source codes […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2022-25636) that allows code execution at the kernel level has been discovered in Netfilter, a subsystem of the Linux kernel used for filtering and modifying network packets. A proof-of-concept exploit is reportedly being prepared, allowing a local user to escalate their privileges in Ubuntu 21.10 with the KASLR protection mechanism disabled. The issue manifests starting from kernel 5.4. A fix is currently available as a patch (corrective kernel releases […]
After a two-year hiatus, the release of the compact Live distribution Slax 11.2 has been prepared. Since 2018, the distribution has been switched from Slackware's base to a Debian package base, using the APT package manager and systemd for initialization. The graphical environment is built on the FluxBox window manager and the program launch interface xLunch, specially developed for Slax by project participants. The boot image occupies 280 MB […]