After a year and a half of development, the release of the ncurses 6.3 library has been announced, designed for creating cross-platform interactive console user interfaces and supporting the emulation of the curses API from System V Release 4.0 (SVr4). The ncurses 6.3 release is source-level compatible with the ncurses 5.x and 6.0 branches but expands the ABI. Among the popular applications built using ncurses are […]
A significant release of the specialized browser Tor Browser 11.0 has been made, which has transitioned to the ESR branch of Firefox 91. The browser focuses on ensuring anonymity, security, and privacy, with all traffic being routed exclusively through the Tor network. Direct access through the current system's standard network connection is not possible, which prevents tracking of the user's real IP address (in the event of a browser hack, attackers could access […]
The developers of the Raspberry Pi project have released the autumn update of the Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) distribution, based on the Debian package base. Three builds are prepared for download— a slim version (463 MB) for server systems, a desktop version (1.1 GB), and a full version with an additional set of applications (3 GB). The distribution comes with the PIXEL user environment (a fork of LXDE). For installation from repositories […]
Microsoft has unveiled a significant new release of the open-source .NET 6 platform, developed through the unification of the .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono products. .NET 6 allows for the creation of cross-platform applications for browsers, cloud systems, desktops, IoT devices, and mobile platforms, using a unified library and a common build process that is independent of the application type. The .NET SDK 6 builds, .NET […]
After six months of development, the free game engine Godot 3.4 has been released, suitable for creating 2D and 3D games. The engine supports an easy-to-learn language for game logic scripting, a graphical environment for game design, a one-click deployment system, extensive animation capabilities, and physics simulation, along with a built-in debugger and performance profiling system. Game code […]
Michael Aaron Murphy, the lead developer of the Pop!_OS distribution and a contributor to the development of the Redox operating system, confirmed information regarding System76's development of a new desktop environment that is not based on GNOME Shell and is written in Rust. System76 specializes in manufacturing laptops, PCs, and servers pre-installed with Linux. A custom version of Ubuntu Linux is being developed for pre-installation — […]
The release of project Snoop 1.3.1 has been announced, enhancing a forensic OSINT tool that searches for user accounts in public data (open-source intelligence). The program analyzes various websites, forums, and social networks for the presence of the requested username, allowing users to determine where a person with the specified nickname is present. The project is developed based on research materials in the field of scraping […]
A new release of the compact cryptographic library wolfSSL 5.0.0 is available, optimized for use on embedded devices with limited CPU and memory resources, such as Internet of Things devices, smart home systems, automotive information systems, routers, and mobile phones. The code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The library provides high-performance implementations of modern cryptographic algorithms, including ChaCha20, Curve25519, NTRU, […]
A critical security issue (CVE-2021-34795) has been identified in Cisco Catalyst PON CGP-ONT-* series switches (Passive Optical Network), allowing access to the switch with administrator rights via the telnet protocol when enabled, using a pre-known debug account left by the manufacturer in the firmware. The problem occurs only when the telnet access option is activated in the settings, which is disabled by default. In addition to the presence of the account […]
The LibreWolf 94 web browser is available, which is a rebuild of Firefox 94 with modifications aimed at enhancing security and privacy. The project is developed by a community of enthusiasts. Changes are published under the MPL 2.0 (Mozilla Public License). Builds are available for Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Arch, Flatpak, AppImage), macOS, and Windows. Some of the main differences from Firefox include: Removal of telemetry-related code, […]
After 10 months of development, the Tcl/Tk 8.6.12 release has been presented, a dynamic programming language distributed alongside a cross-platform GUI toolkit. Although Tcl is primarily used for creating user interfaces and as an embedded language, it is also suitable for other tasks, such as web development, network application creation, system administration, and testing. The project code is distributed […]
The experimental branch of the open-source WinAPI implementation — Wine 6.21 — has been released. Since the release of version 6.20, 26 bug reports have been closed and 415 changes made. The most significant changes include: the conversion of WinSpool, GPhoto, and some other modules to the PE (Portable Executable) format. Improved support for inline functions in DbgHelp. The implementation of the OLE DB provider MSDASQL has begun. Bug reports related to […]