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Alpha-Omega initiative to improve the security of 10 open source projects

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The OpenSSF (Open Source Security Foundation) introduced the Alpha-Omega project, aimed at improving the security of open source software. Initial investments for the development of the project in the amount of $5 million and personnel to launch the initiative will be provided by Google and Microsoft. Other organizations are also invited to participate, both through the provision of engineering personnel and at the funding level, which […]

Wayland uses less than 10% of Firefox Linux users

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According to statistics from the Firefox Telemetry service, which analyzes data received as a result of sending telemetry and users accessing Mozilla servers, the share of Linux Firefox users working in environments based on the Wayland protocol does not exceed 10%. 90% of Firefox users on Linux continue to use the X11 protocol. The pure Wayland environment is used by approximately 5-7% of Linux users, and XWayland by approximately […]

Postfix 3.7.0 mail server available

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After 10 months of development, a new stable branch of the Postfix mail server, 3.7.0, was released. At the same time, the end of support for the Postfix 3.3 branch, released in early 2018, was announced. Postfix is ​​one of the rare projects that combine high security, reliability and performance at the same time, which was achieved thanks to a well-thought-out architecture and a rather rigid code […]

Release of the distribution kit OpenMandriva Lx 4.3

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After a year of development, the release of the OpenMandriva Lx 4.3 distribution was presented. The project is being developed by the community after Mandriva SA handed over the management of the project to the non-profit organization OpenMandriva Association. Available for download is a 2.5 GB Live build (x86_64), a “znver1” build optimized for AMD Ryzen, ThreadRipper and EPYC processors, as well as images for use on PinebookPro, Raspberry […]

Release of Absolute Linux 15.0 distribution

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The release of the lightweight distribution Absolute Linux 15.0, based on the Slackware 15 code base, has been published. The graphical environment of the distribution is built on the basis of the IceWM window manager, the ROX Desktop and the qtFM and arox (rox-filer) file managers. To configure, use your own configurator. The package includes applications such as Firefox (optional Chrome and Luakit), OpenOffice, Kodi, Pidgin, GIMP, WPClipart, […]

Release of the vector graphics editor Inkscape 1.1.2 and start of testing of Inkscape 1.2

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An update of the free vector graphics editor Inkscape 1.1.2 is available. The editor provides flexible drawing tools and provides support for reading and saving images in SVG, OpenDocument Drawing, DXF, WMF, EMF, sk1, PDF, EPS, PostScript, and PNG formats. Ready builds of Inkscape are prepared for Linux (AppImage, Snap, Flatpak), macOS and Windows. In preparing the new version, the focus was on […]

Yandex has published skbtrace, a utility for tracing network operations in Linux

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Yandex has published the source code of the skbtrace utility, which provides tools for monitoring the operation of the network stack and tracing the execution of network operations in Linux. The utility is implemented as an add-on to the BPFtrace dynamic debugging system. The code is written in Go and distributed under the MIT license. Supports work with Linux kernels 4.14+ and with the BPFTrace 0.9.2+ toolkit. In progress […]

Release of the Linux distribution Zenwalk 15

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After more than five years since the last significant release, the release of the Zenwalk 15 distribution has been published, compatible with the Slackware 15 package base and using a user environment based on Xfce 4.16. For users, the distribution may be of interest due to the delivery of more recent versions of programs, user friendliness, high speed of operation, a rational approach to the selection of applications (one application for one task), [...]

Release of SciPy 1.8.0, a library for scientific and engineering calculations

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The library for scientific, mathematical and engineering calculations SciPy 1.8.0 has been released. SciPy provides a large collection of modules for tasks such as evaluating integrals, solving differential equations, image processing, statistical analysis, interpolation, applying Fourier transforms, finding the extremum of a function, vector operations, converting analog signals, working with sparse matrices, etc. The project code is distributed under the BSD license and uses […]

GNOME Commander 1.14 release

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The release of the two-panel file manager GNOME Commander 1.14.0, optimized for use in the GNOME user environment, has taken place. GNOME Commander introduces features such as tabs, command line access, bookmarks, changeable color schemes, directory skip mode when selecting files, access to external data via FTP and SAMBA, expandable context menus, automatic mounting of external drives, access to navigation history, [ …]

Kasper, a speculative code execution problem scanner in the Linux kernel, is available

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A team of researchers from the Free University of Amsterdam has published a Kasper toolkit designed to identify code snippets in the Linux kernel that can be used to exploit Specter-class vulnerabilities caused by speculative code execution on the processor. The source code for the toolkit is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Let us remind you that to carry out attacks such as Specter v1, which make it possible to determine the contents of memory, […]

Release of OS Qubes 4.1 using virtualization for application isolation

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After almost four years of development, the Qubes 4.1 operating system was released, implementing the idea of ​​using a hypervisor to strictly isolate applications and OS components (each class of applications and system services runs in separate virtual machines). To work, you need a system with 6 GB of RAM and a 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU with support for VT-x with EPT/AMD-v with RVI technologies […]

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