An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.2 has been made. Since the release of version 7.1, 23 bug reports have been closed and 643 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: A major cleanup of the MSVCRT library code and support for the 'long' type has been ensured (over 200 changes from 643). The Wine Mono engine with the .NET platform implementation has been updated to release 7.1.1. Improvements include […]
The release of the free graphical client Nicotine+ 3.2.1 for the P2P file-sharing network Soulseek has taken place. Nicotine+ aims to be a convenient, free, open-source alternative to the official Soulseek client, providing additional functionality while maintaining compatibility with the Soulseek protocol. The client code is written in Python using the GTK graphical library and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Builds are available for GNU/Linux, […]
The first stable release of the EdgeDB database management system is available, which is built on top of PostgreSQL, implementing a relational-graph data model and the EdgeQL query language optimized for working with complex hierarchical data. The code is written in Python and Rust and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Client libraries are prepared for Python, Go, Rust, and TypeScript/Javascript. A command-line toolkit is provided for […]
A new non-profit organization, OSFF (Open-Source Firmware Foundation), has been established to promote open firmware and facilitate collaboration and interaction among individuals and companies interested in developing and using open firmware. The founders of the foundation include 9elements Cyber Security and Mullvad VPN. Among the organization's goals are conducting research, training, and developing joint projects in a neutral space, […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2022-0435) has been identified in the Linux kernel module responsible for the TIPC (Transparent Inter-process Communication) network protocol, potentially allowing for the execution of arbitrary code at the kernel level via the sending of a specially crafted network packet. This issue affects only systems with the tipc.ko kernel module loaded and the TIPC stack configured, which is typically used in clusters and not enabled by default in non-specialized distributions […]
Corrective updates have been released for all supported branches of PostgreSQL: 14.2, 13.6, 12.10, 11.15, and 10.20, addressing 55 bugs identified in the last three months. This includes fixing issues that could lead to index corruption in rare circumstances when modifying HOT (heap-only tuple) chains during a VACUUM operation or executing REINDEX CONCURRENTLY for […]
After six months of development, the first stable release of the new MariaDB database branch 10.7 (10.7.2) has been published, continuing the fork from MySQL that maintains backward compatibility and features additional storage engines and enhanced capabilities. The development of MariaDB is overseen by the independent organization MariaDB Foundation, adhering to a fully open and transparent development process that is not dependent on individual vendors. MariaDB […]
The release of the GNU Binutils 2.38 suite of system utilities has been announced, which includes programs such as the GNU linker, GNU assembler, nm, objdump, strings, and strip. In the new version: the assembler and linker have added support for the LoongArch architecture used in Loongson processors. The assembler includes the option "--multibyte-handling=[allow|warn|warn-sym-only]" to choose the method of handling multibyte characters. When the warn option is specified, a warning is displayed […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.27 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous internet access, has been finalized. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor network. By default, all connections except traffic over the Tor network are blocked by a packet filter. User data storage in persistence mode between sessions is achieved through […]
The release of the Firefox 97 web browser has taken place. Additionally, a long-term support branch update—91.6.0—has been created. The Firefox 98 branch has entered the beta testing stage, with a release scheduled for March 8. Key innovations: The 18 seasonal Colorway themes proposed in Firefox 94 have expired and were implemented as a built-in add-on available for a limited time. Users intending to […]
The new version of the static code analyzer cppcheck 2.7 has been released, allowing the identification of various classes of errors in C and C++ code, including when using non-standard syntax typical for embedded systems. A collection of plugins is provided, enabling integration of cppcheck with various development, continuous integration, and testing systems, as well as features such as compliance checking […]
The release of Chrome OS 98, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage build tool, open components, and the Chrome 98 web browser, is now available. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and standard applications are replaced with web apps; however, Chrome OS includes a full-fledged multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The Chrome OS 98 build […]