The release of the nftables 1.0.2 packet filter has been published, unifying the packet filtering interfaces for IPv4, IPv6, ARP, and network bridges (aimed at replacing iptables, ip6tables, arptables, and ebtables). Necessary changes for the operation of nftables 1.0.2 are included in the Linux kernel 5.17-rc. The nftables package includes user-space packet filtering components, while at the level of […]
After five years of development, the stable version of the FreeDOS operating system 1.3 has been released, which develops a free alternative to DOS with an environment of GNU utilities. At the same time, a new release of the FDTUI 0.8 (FreeDOS Text User Interface) shell is available, providing a user interface implementation for FreeDOS. FreeDOS is distributed under the GPLv2 license, and the size of the bootable ISO image is 375 MB. The FreeDOS project was […]
The release of the labwc 0.5 project has been announced, which develops a compositing server for Wayland with capabilities reminiscent of the Openbox window manager (the project is presented as an attempt to create an alternative to Openbox for Wayland). Features of labwc include minimalism, compact implementation, extensive customization options, and high performance. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. It is based on the […]
Oracle has released an update for Solaris 11.4 SRU 42 (Support Repository Update), which offers a series of further fixes and enhancements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed fixes in the update, simply execute the ‘pkg update’ command. In this new release: Packages with a new branch of the OpenSSL 3.0 library have been added. In one of the following releases, OpenSSL 3.0 will […]
In the Expat 2.4.5 library, used for parsing the XML format in many projects including Apache httpd, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Firefox, Chromium, Python, and Wayland, five critical vulnerabilities have been fixed, four of which potentially allow remote code execution when processing specially crafted XML data in applications using libexpat. Two of the vulnerabilities have reported working exploits. Keep track of the publications […]
The release of OpenBot 0.5 has been published, which is developing a platform for creating mobile wheeled robots based on ordinary Android smartphones. The platform was created in the research division of Intel and advances the idea of utilizing the computational capabilities of smartphones along with the GPS, gyroscopes, compasses, and cameras built into them. The software for controlling the robot, analyzing the surrounding space, and […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-0633) has been identified in the WordPress plugin UpdraftPlus, which has over 3 million active installations, allowing unauthorized users to download a copy of the site's database, which contains not only content but also user parameters and password hashes. The issue has been fixed in versions 1.22.3 and 2.22.3, which are recommended for all UpdraftPlus users to install as soon as possible. UpdraftPlus is presented as the most popular plugin for […]
The release of Bastille 0.9.20220216 has been published, a system for automating the deployment and management of applications running in containers isolated using the FreeBSD Jail mechanism. The code is written in Shell, requires no external dependencies to operate, and is distributed under the BSD license. A command-line interface, bastille, is provided for managing containers, allowing users to create and update Jail environments based on the selected version of FreeBSD, and perform […]
The release of the open platform webOS Open Source Edition 2.15 has been published, which can be used on various portable devices, boards, and automotive infotainment systems. The reference hardware platform considers Raspberry Pi 4 boards. The platform is being developed in a public repository under the Apache 2.0 license, and the development is managed by the community following a collaborative model. The webOS platform was originally developed by […]
The UBports project, which has taken over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical stepped back, has released the OTA-22 firmware update (over-the-air). The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-22 update is designed for smartphones BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google […]
A warning has appeared in the support section of the Mozilla website indicating that some users will experience a change in the default search engine in the upcoming release of Firefox 98, scheduled for March 8. It is stated that the change will affect users from all countries, but the specific search engines that will be removed have not been disclosed (the list is not defined in the code, search engine handlers are loaded […]
The GNOME project has designated the Clutter graphics library as obsolete, ceasing its development. Starting with GNOME 42, the Clutter library and its related components Cogl, Clutter-GTK, and Clutter-GStreamer will be removed from the GNOME SDK, and the related code will be moved to archived repositories. To ensure compatibility with existing extensions, internal […] will remain in GNOME Shell.