An experimental release of an open implementation of WinAPI - Wine 7.3 - took place. Since the release of version 7.2, 15 bug reports have been closed and 650 changes have been made. The most important changes: Continued support for 'long' type code (more than 230 changes). Correct support for Windows API sets has been implemented. The translation of the USER32 and WineALSA libraries to use the PE executable file format has continued […]
The first experimental release of the Neptune OS project has been published, developing an add-on to the seL4 microkernel with the implementation of Windows NT kernel components, aimed at providing support for running Windows applications. The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The project is implemented by "NT Executive", one of the Windows NT kernel layers (NTOSKRNL.EXE), responsible for providing the NT Native system call API and interface for driver operation. In Neptune […]
While discussing a set of patches to fix Specter-related problems in the linked list code, it became clear that the problem could be solved more gracefully if C code that complies with a newer version of the standard was allowed into the kernel. Currently, added kernel code must conform to the ANSI C (C89) specification, […]
After more than a year of development, a new release of the operating system dahliaOS 220222 has been published, combining technologies from GNU/Linux and Fuchsia OS. The project's developments are written in the Dart language and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. DahliaOS builds are generated in two versions - for systems with UEFI (675 MB) and older systems/virtual machines (437 MB). The basic distribution of dahliaOS is built on the basis of [...]
The release of the Mir 2.7 display server is presented, the development of which continues by Canonical, despite the refusal to develop the Unity shell and the Ubuntu edition for smartphones. Mir remains in demand in Canonical projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of things (IoT). Mir can be used as a composite server for Wayland, allowing it to run in […]
An update of the Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS distribution kit has been formed, which includes changes related to improved hardware support, updating the Linux kernel and graphics stack, fixing errors in the installer and bootloader. The composition also includes the latest updates for several hundred packages related to the elimination of vulnerabilities and issues that affect stability. Simultaneously presented similar updates Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.4 LTS, Kubuntu […]
A stable release of the interface is available to simplify setting up network parameters - NetworkManager 1.36.0. Plugins to support VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN and OpenSWAN are being developed through their own development cycles. The main innovations of NetworkManager 1.36: The IP address configuration code has been significantly redesigned, but the changes affect mainly internal handlers. For users, everything should work as before, apart from a slight increase in performance […]
The release of the Rust 1.59 general-purpose programming language, founded by the Mozilla project, but now developed under the auspices of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation, has been published. The language focuses on memory safety and provides the means to achieve high job parallelism while avoiding the use of a garbage collector and runtime (runtime is reduced to basic initialization and maintenance of the standard library). […]
After six months of development, the release of OpenSSH 8.9, an open client and server implementation for working over the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols, was presented. The new version of sshd fixes a vulnerability that could potentially allow unauthenticated access. The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the authentication code, but can only be exploited in combination with other logical errors in the code. In the current […]
After a year of development, the MythTV 32.0 home media center platform is released, allowing you to turn your desktop PC into a TV, VCR, stereo, photo album, DVD recording and viewing station. The project code is distributed under the GPL license. At the same time, the release of a separately developing MythWeb web-interface for controlling the media center through a web browser was formed. The architecture of MythTV is based on the division of the backend […]
Intel Corporation announced the purchase of Linutronix, a company that develops technologies for using Linux in industrial systems. Linutronix also oversees the development of the RT branch of the Linux kernel (“Realtime-Preempt”, PREEMPT_RT or “-rt”), aimed at use in real-time systems. The post of technical director at Linutronix is held by Thomas Gleixner, the main developer of the PREEMPT_RT patches and […]
Matthew Wilcox from Oracle, known for creating the nvme driver (NVM Express) and the mechanism for direct access to the DAX file system, proposed removing the ReiserFS file system from the Linux kernel by analogy with the once removed legacy file systems ext and xiafs or shortening the code ReiserFS, leaving only support for working in read-only mode. The motive for removing [...]
