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Release of Samba 4.16.0

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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 […]

Release of WebKitGTK 2.36.0 browser engine and Epiphany 42 web browser

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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 […]

Vulnerability in CRI-O allowing root access to the host environment

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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 [...]

Linux 5.17 kernel release

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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 […]

Release of Lakka 4.0, a distribution for creating game consoles

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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. […]

Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 distribution release

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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 […]

The second preview release of the Android 13 mobile platform

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Google has presented the second test version of the open mobile platform Android 13. The release of Android 13 is expected in the third quarter of 2022. To evaluate the new capabilities of the platform, a preliminary testing program is proposed. Firmware builds have been prepared for Pixel 6/6 Pro, Pixel 5/5a 5G, Pixel 4 / 4 XL / 4a / 4a (5G) devices. For those who installed the first test release [...]

Free Software Foundation announces the winners of the annual award for contribution to the development of free software

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At the LibrePlanet 2022 conference, which, as in the past two years, was held online, a virtual awards ceremony was held to announce the winners of the annual Free Software Awards 2021, established by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and awarded to people who have made the most significant contributions to the development of free software, as well as socially significant free projects. Commemorative plaques and […]

rclone 1.58 backup utility released

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The release of the rclone 1.58 utility has been published, which is an analogue of rsync, designed to copy and synchronize data between the local system and various cloud storages, such as Google Drive, Amazon Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Cloudfiles, Google Cloud Storage, Mail.ru Cloud and Yandex.Disk. The project code is written in the Go language and distributed under the […]

BIND DNS Server Update 9.11.37, 9.16.27 and 9.18.1 fixes 4 vulnerabilities

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Corrective updates to the stable branches of the BIND DNS server 9.11.37, 9.16.27 and 9.18.1 have been published, which eliminate four vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-25220 - the ability to substitute incorrect NS records into the DNS server cache (cache poisoning), which may result in access to incorrect DNS servers that provide false information. The problem manifests itself in resolvers operating in “forward first” (default) or “forward only” modes, subject to compromise […]

First test release of Asahi Linux, a distribution for Apple devices with the M1 chip

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The Asahi project, aimed at porting Linux to run on Mac computers equipped with the Apple M1 ARM chip (Apple Silicon), presented the first alpha release of the reference distribution, allowing anyone to get acquainted with the current level of development of the project. The distribution supports installation on devices with M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max. It is noted that the assemblies are not yet ready for widespread use by ordinary users, but […]

New version of patches for the Linux kernel with support for the Rust language

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Miguel Ojeda, the author of the Rust-for-Linux project, proposed the release of v5 components for developing device drivers in the Rust language for consideration by Linux kernel developers. This is the sixth edition of the patches, taking into account the first version, published without a version number. Rust support is considered experimental, but has already been included in the linux-next branch and is mature enough to start working on […]

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