In the nightly builds of Ubuntu Desktop 21.10, testing has begun of a new installer, implemented as an add-on to the low-level installer curtin, which is already used in the Subiquity installer used by default in Ubuntu Server. The new installer for Ubuntu Desktop is written in Dart and uses the Flutter framework to build the user interface. The design of the new installer is designed taking into account the modern style [...]
The InitWare project, which develops an experimental fork of the systemd system manager, has implemented support for the OpenBSD operating system at the level of ability to manage user services (user manager - “iwctl -user” mode, allowing users to manage their own services). PID1 and system services are not yet supported. Previously, similar support was provided for DragonFly BSD, and the ability to manage system services and login control for NetBSD […]
The discussion platform Stack Overflow published the results of an annual survey in which more than 83 thousand software developers took part. The most frequently used language by survey participants is JavaScript 64.9% (a year ago 67.7%, the majority of Stack Overflow participants are web developers). The greatest increase in popularity, as last year, is demonstrated by Python, which over the year moved from 4th (44.1%) to 3rd place (48.2%), […]
CodeWeavers has released the release of the Crossover 21.0 package, based on the Wine code and designed to run programs and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key contributors to the Wine project, sponsors its development and returns to the project all the innovations implemented for its commercial products. The source code for the open components of CrossOver 21.0 can be downloaded from this page. […]
A release of the Chrome OS 92 operating system has been published, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage assembly tools, open components and the Chrome 92 web browser. The Chrome OS user environment is limited to a web browser, and instead of standard programs, web applications are used, however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. Building Chrome OS 92 […]
Christian Rioux announced the decision to open source the L0phtCrack toolkit, designed to recover passwords using hashes. The product has been developing since 1997 and was sold to Symantec in 2004, but in 2006 it was bought by the three founders of the project, including Christian Riou. In 2020, the project was absorbed by Terahash, but in July […]
Google has warned that starting September 27, it will no longer be able to connect to a Google account on devices running Android editions older than 10 years ago. The reason cited is concern for user safety. When trying to connect to Google products, including Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps services, from an older version of Android, the user will receive an error […]
Jason A. Donenfeld, author of VPN WireGuard, introduced the WireGuardNT project, which develops a high-performance WireGuard VPN port for the Windows kernel, compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10, and supporting AMD64, x86, ARM64 and ARM architectures. The implementation code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The new driver is already included in the WireGuard client for Windows, but is currently marked as experimental […]
According to Valve's July report on the preferences of users of the Steam game delivery service, the share of active Steam users using the Linux platform reached 1%. A month ago this figure was 0.89%. Among the distributions, the leader is Ubuntu 20.04.2, which is used by 0.19% of Steam users, followed by Manjaro Linux - 0.11%, Arch Linux - 0.10%, Ubuntu 21.04 - […]
The third release candidate for the installer for the next major Debian release, “Bullseye,” has been published. Currently, there are 48 critical errors blocking the release (a month ago there were 155, two months ago - 185, three months ago - 240, four months ago - 472, at the time of freezing in Debian 10 - 316, Debian 9 - 275, Debian 8 - […]
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in the Linux kernel that allow the eBPF subsystem to be used to bypass protection against the Specter v4 attack (SSB, Speculative Store Bypass). Using an unprivileged BPF program, an attacker can create conditions for speculative execution of certain operations and determine the contents of arbitrary areas of kernel memory. The eBPF maintainers in the kernel have access to a prototype exploit demonstrating the ability to carry out […]
After six months of development, the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.34 system library has been released, which fully complies with the requirements of the ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2017 standards. The new release includes fixes from 66 developers. Among the improvements implemented in Glibc 2.34, we can note: The libpthread, libdl, libutil and libanl libraries are integrated into the main structure of libc, the use of functionality of which in applications […]
