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 […]
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 [...]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The VideoLAN and FFmpeg communities have published the release of the dav1d 1.0.0 library with the implementation of an alternative free decoder for the AV1 video encoding format. The project code is written in C (C99) with assembly inserts (NASM/GAS) and is distributed under the BSD license. Support for x86, x86_64, ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures, and operating systems FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS has been implemented. The dav1d library supports […]
The release of the Pale Moon 30.0 web browser has been published, which forked from the Firefox codebase to provide higher performance, retain the classic interface, minimize memory consumption and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are generated for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to the classical organization of the interface, without […]
Mozilla has launched a new method for identifying browser installations. Assemblies distributed from the official website, delivered in the form of exe files for the Windows platform, are supplied with dltoken identifiers, unique for each download. Accordingly, several successive downloads of the installation archive for the same platform result in downloading files with different checksums, since the identifiers are added directly […]
