The release of the NsCDE 2.1 (Not so Common Desktop Environment) project has been published, developing a desktop environment with a retro interface in the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) style, adapted for use on modern Unix-like systems and Linux. The environment is based on the FVWM window manager with a theme, applications, patches and add-ons to recreate the original CDE desktop. The project code is distributed under license […]
CodeWeavers has released the release of the Crossover 21.2 package, based on the Wine code and designed to run programs and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key contributors to the Wine project, sponsors its development and returns to the project all the innovations implemented for its commercial products. The source code for the open components of CrossOver 21.2 can be downloaded from this page. […]
A significant release of the open cross-platform password manager KeePassXC 2.7 has been published, providing tools for securely storing not only regular passwords, but also one-time passwords (TOTP), SSH keys and other information that the user considers confidential. Data can be stored both in local encrypted storage and in external cloud storages. The project code is written in C++ using the Qt library […]
Information has been published about a phishing method that allows the user to create the illusion of working with a legitimate form of authentication by recreating the browser interface in an area displayed on top of the current window using an iframe. If earlier attackers tried to deceive the user by registering domains with similar spellings or manipulating parameters in the URL, then using the proposed method using HTML and CSS at the top […]
Starting with the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, the firefox and firefox-locale deb packages will be replaced with stubs that install the Snap package with Firefox. The ability to install a classic package in deb format will be discontinued and users will be forced to use either the offered package in snap format or download assemblies directly from the Mozilla website. For users of the deb package, a transparent process for migrating to snap via […]
With a slight delay, the Latin American Free Software Foundation published a completely free version of the Linux 5.17 kernel - Linux-libre 5.17-gnu, cleared of elements of firmware and drivers containing non-free components or code sections, the scope of which is limited by the manufacturer. In addition, Linux-libre disables the kernel's ability to load external non-free components not included in the kernel distribution and removes mention of […]
The Samba 4.16.0 release is presented, which continues the development of the Samba 4 branch with a full-fledged implementation of a domain controller and an Active Directory service that is compatible with the implementation of Windows 2000 and is able to serve all versions of Windows clients supported by Microsoft, including Windows 10. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product , which also provides an implementation of the file server, print service, and identity server (winbind). Key changes […]
The release of the new stable branch WebKitGTK 2.36.0, a port of the WebKit browser engine for the GTK platform, has been introduced. WebKitGTK allows you to use all the features of WebKit through a GNOME-based GObject-based API and can be used to integrate web content processing tools into any application, from use in specialized HTML/CSS parsers to building full-featured web browsers. Of the well-known projects using WebKitGTK, one can note the regular […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-0811) has been identified in CRI-O, a runtime for managing isolated containers, that allows you to bypass isolation and execute your code on the host system side. If CRI-O is used instead of containerd and Docker to run containers running under the Kubernetes platform, an attacker can gain control of any node in the Kubernetes cluster. To carry out an attack, you only need permission to launch [...]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds presented the release of the Linux kernel 5.17. Among the most notable changes: a new performance management system for AMD processors, the ability to recursively map user IDs in file systems, support for portable compiled BPF programs, a transition of the pseudo-random number generator to the BLAKE2s algorithm, an RTLA utility for real-time execution analysis, a new fscache backend for caching […]
The distribution kit Lakka 4.0 has been released, allowing you to turn computers, set-top boxes or single-board computers into a full-fledged game console for running retro games. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally designed to create home theaters. Lakka builds are generated for i386, x86_64 (Intel, NVIDIA or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, Cubox-i, Odroid C1/C1+/XU3/XU4, etc. platforms. […]
Two years after the last release, the release of an alternative build of the Linux Mint distribution was published - Linux Mint Debian Edition 5, based on the Debian package base (classic Linux Mint is based on the Ubuntu package base). In addition to the use of the Debian package base, an important difference between LMDE and Linux Mint is the constant update cycle of the package base (continuous update model: partial […]
