The experimental branch of the open implementation of the WinAPI — Wine 6.20 — has been released. Since the release of version 6.19, 29 bug reports have been closed and 399 changes have been made. The most important changes include the conversion of MSXml, XAudio, DInput, and some other modules to the PE (Portable Executable) format. Some system libraries have been included to support builds based on the PE format. In […]
Researchers from the National University of Defense Technology of the People's Liberation Army of China, the National University of Singapore, and ETH Zurich have developed a new attack method on Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) isolated enclaves. The attack, named SmashEx, is triggered by reentrancy issues when handling exceptional situations during the operation of runtime components for Intel SGX. The proposed attack method provides an opportunity to […]
Daniel Kolesa from Igalia, involved in the development of Void Linux, WebKit, and Enlightenment projects, is advancing a new Chimera Linux distribution. The project uses the Linux kernel, but instead of GNU tools, it forms the user environment based on the core system of FreeBSD, and uses LLVM for building. The distribution is initially being developed as cross-platform and supports x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64 architectures, […]
The lightweight distribution MX Linux 21 has been released, created as a result of collaboration among communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. The release is based on the Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and packages from its own repository. The distribution uses the sysVinit initialization system and its own tools for configuring and deploying the system. 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available for download […]
SiFive, founded by the creators of the RISC-V instruction set architecture and which previously prepared the first RISC-V-based processor prototype, has introduced a new RISC-V CPU core in the SiFive Performance line, which is 50% faster than the previous flagship P550 core and outperforms the ARM Cortex-A78, the most powerful processor based on the ARM architecture. SoCs based on the new core are targeted […]
The release of the Bareflank 3.0 hypervisor has occurred, providing tools for quickly developing specialized hypervisors. Bareflank is written in C++, supports C++ STL, and its modular architecture allows easy expansion of existing hypervisor capabilities and the creation of custom hypervisor variants, both running on hardware (like Xen) and those operating within an existing software environment (like VirtualBox). There is the possibility of running the host environment operating system […]
Researchers from Google Project Zero have published a method for exploiting a vulnerability (CVE-2020-29661) in the implementation of the ioctl handler TIOCSPGRP from the Linux kernel's tty subsystem, as well as a detailed examination of the protective mechanisms that could block such vulnerabilities. The problematic error was fixed in the Linux kernel as early as December 3 of last year. The issue appears in kernels prior to version 5.9.13, but most distributions have eliminated […]
The release of Redcore Linux 2102 is now available, which aims to combine the functionalities of Gentoo with user-friendliness for average users. The distribution provides a simple installer that allows for the quick deployment of a working system without requiring the recompilation of components from source code. Users are offered a repository with ready-made binary packages, supported by a rolling update model. A proprietary package manager, Sisyphus, is used for package management. […]
Google has released the web browser Chrome 95. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which underpins Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, a notification system for crash reports, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. In accordance with the new 4-week development cycle, the next release of Chrome […]
Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox virtualization system, version 6.1.28, which includes 23 fixes. Key changes: Initial support for kernels 5.14 and 5.15 has been added for guest systems and hosts with Linux, as well as for the RHEL 8.5 distribution. For Linux hosts, improvements have been made to the detection of installed kernel modules to avoid unnecessary recompilation of modules. The virtual machine manager has resolved an issue […]
Karanbir Singh has announced his departure from the position of chair of the CentOS project governing board and has relinquished his role as project leader. Karanbir has been involved with the distribution since 2004 (the project was founded in 2002), taking over leadership after the departure of Gregory Kurtzer, the founder of the distribution, and leading the governing board after CentOS transitioned to […]
The release of Node.js 17.0 has occurred, a platform for running network applications in JavaScript. Node.js 17.0 falls under the regular support branch, with updates being released until June 2022. In the coming days, the stabilization of the Node.js 16 branch will be completed, which will attain LTS status and will be supported until April 2024. Support for the previous LTS branch, Node.js 14.0 […]