After two months of development, Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 5.12. Among the most notable changes are: support for zoned block devices in Btrfs, the ability to map user IDs for file systems, the cleanup of outdated ARM architectures, a 'lazy' write mode in NFS, LOOKUP_CACHED mechanism for resolving file paths from cache, and support for atomic instructions in BPF, along with the KFENCE debugging system for identifying errors […]
After seven months of development, the release of the open-source game engine Godot 3.3 has been published, suitable for creating 2D and 3D games. The engine supports an easy-to-learn scripting language for game logic, a graphical environment for game design, a one-click game deployment system, extensive animation features, and a physics simulation engine, along with a built-in debugger and a performance bottleneck detection system. The game code […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-29468) has been identified in Git, which only manifests during builds for the Cygwin environment (a library for emulating the basic Linux API on Windows and a collection of standard Linux programs for Windows). The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute code when checking out data ('git checkout') from a repository controlled by the attacker. The problem has been fixed in the git package 2.31.1-2 for Cygwin. In the main Git project, the issue is still […]
A group of researchers from the University of Minnesota, whose change proposals were recently blocked by Greg Kroah-Hartman, published an open letter of apology explaining their motivations. Recall that the group was researching the weaknesses in the review of incoming patches and evaluating the possibility of integrating changes with hidden vulnerabilities into the kernel. After receiving a dubious patch from one of the group members […]
The source texts of the Kubegres project have been published. This project is designed to create a cluster of replicated servers with the PostgreSQL DBMS, deployed in a containerized isolation infrastructure based on the Kubernetes platform. The package also allows managing data replication between servers, creating fault-tolerant configurations, and organizing backups. The project's code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The created cluster consists of one […]
The release of the T2 SDE 21.4 meta-distribution has occurred, providing an environment for creating custom distributions, cross-compilation, and keeping package versions up to date. Distributions can be built based on Linux, Minix, Hurd, OpenDarwin, Haiku, and OpenBSD. Among the popular distributions built on the T2 system, Puppy Linux stands out. The project provides basic bootable ISO images (ranging from 120 to 735 MB) with […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 6.7 — has been made. Since the release of version 6.6, 44 bug reports have been closed and 397 changes made. The most important changes include: the conversion of NetApi32, WLDAP32, and Kerberos libraries into the PE executable file format. The implementation of the Media Foundation framework has been improved. The mshtml library has implemented the ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) JavaScript mode, which is activated when turned on […]
The release of the Geary 40.0 email client, aimed at use in the GNOME environment, has been published. The project was originally founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular photo manager Shotwell, but later the development transitioned to the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and is distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared as a self-contained flatpak package. […]
A release candidate for the installer of the next significant release of Debian — 'Bullseye' — has been published. The release is expected in the summer of 2021. Currently, there are 185 critical bugs blocking the release (240 reported a month ago, 472 three months ago, during the freeze in Debian 10 — 316, Debian 9 — 275, Debian 8 — 350, Debian 7 — 650). The final […]
OpenBSD has accepted changes for the implementation of a port for the RISC-V architecture. Currently, support is limited to the OpenBSD kernel, and further development is required for the system to function fully. As it stands, the OpenBSD kernel can already boot in a RISC-V emulator based on QEMU and hand control over to the init process. Future plans include implementing support for multiprocessing (SMP) and ensuring system boot capabilities in […]
The developers of the data visualization platform Grafana announced a transition to the AGPLv3 license, replacing the previously used Apache 2.0 license. A similar change in licensing has been made for the Loki log aggregation system and the Tempo distributed tracing backend. Plugins, agents, and some libraries will continue to be provided under the Apache 2.0 license. Interestingly, some users note that one of the reasons for the success of the Grafana project is […]
The release of the Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" distribution is now available, which is categorized as an interim release, with updates provided for 9 months (support will continue until January 2022). Installation images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, and Ubuntu Kylin (the edition for China). Key changes include the continuation of […]