Author: ProHoster

Apache http server release 2.4.48

The release of the Apache HTTP server 2.4.48 has been published (release 2.4.47 was skipped), which introduces 39 changes and eliminates 8 vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-30641 - incorrect operation of the section in 'MergeSlashes OFF' mode; CVE-2020-35452 - Single null byte stack overflow in mod_auth_digest; CVE-2021-31618, CVE-2020-26691, CVE-2020-26690, CVE-2020-13950 - NULL pointer dereferences in mod_http2, mod_session and mod_proxy_http; CVE-2020-13938 - possibility of stopping […]

OBS Studio 27.0 Live Streaming Release

The release of OBS Studio 27.0 for streaming, compositing and video recording has been announced. The code is written in C/C++ and distributed under the GPLv2 license. Assemblies are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS. The goal of developing OBS Studio is to create a free analogue of the Open Broadcaster Software application, not tied to the Windows platform, supporting OpenGL and extensible through plugins. The difference is also [...]

Cinnamon 5.0 desktop environment release

After six months of development, the release of the user environment Cinnamon 5.0 was formed, within which the community of developers of the Linux Mint distribution is developing a fork of the GNOME Shell shell, the Nautilus file manager and the Mutter window manager, aimed at providing an environment in the classic style of GNOME 2 with support for successful interaction elements from the GNOME Shell . Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]

Util-linux 2.37 release

A new version of the Util-linux 2.37 system utilities package has been released, which includes both utilities closely related to the Linux kernel and general-purpose utilities. For example, the package contains the utilities mount/umount, fdisk, hwclock, cal, blkid, fsck/cfdisk/sfdisk, blockdev, chrt, mkfs, ionice, more, renice, su, kill, setsid, login, shutdown, dmesg, lscpu, logger, losetup, setterm, mkswap, swapon, taskset, etc. IN […]

Firefox 89 release with a redesigned interface

The Firefox 89 web browser was released. In addition, an update to the long-term support branch 78.11.0 was created. The Firefox 90 branch will soon be transferred to the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for July 13. Main innovations: The interface has been significantly modernized. Icon icons have been updated, the style of different elements has been unified, and the color palette has been redesigned. The design of the tab bar has been changed - the corners [...]

GNAT Community Edition 2021 Released

A package of development tools in the Ada language has been published - GNAT Community Edition 2021. It includes a compiler, an integrated development environment GNAT Studio, a static analyzer for a subset of the SPARK language, a GDB debugger and a set of libraries. The package is distributed under the GPL license. The new version of the compiler uses the GCC 10.3.1 backend and provides a number of new features. Added implementation of the following innovations of the upcoming Ada standard […]

JingOS 0.9, tablet distribution available

The release of the JingOS 0.9 distribution has been published, providing an environment specially optimized for installation on tablet PCs and laptops with a touch screen. The project is being developed by the Chinese company Jingling Tech, which has a representative office in California. The development team includes employees who previously worked at Lenovo, Alibaba, Samsung, Canonical/Ubuntu and Trolltech. The installation image size is 3 GB (x86_64). The project's developments are distributed under license [...]

Release of decentralized video broadcasting platform PeerTube 3.2

The release of a decentralized platform for organizing video hosting and video broadcasting PeerTube 3.2 took place. PeerTube offers a vendor-neutral alternative to YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo, using a content distribution network based on P2P communications and linking visitors' browsers together. The project's developments are distributed under the AGPLv3 license. Key innovations: The interface has been redesigned to provide a more visible separation of channels and accounts, for example to […]

Release of OpenRGB 0.6, a toolkit for managing RGB devices

A new release of OpenRGB 0.6, a free toolkit for managing RGB devices, has been published. The package supports ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock and MSI motherboards with an RGB subsystem for case lighting, backlit memory modules from ASUS, Patriot, Corsair and HyperX, ASUS Aura/ROG, MSI GeForce, Sapphire Nitro and Gigabyte Aorus graphics cards, various controllers LED strips (ThermalTake, Corsair, NZXT Hue+), […]

For the D language, a runtime is presented for programming microcontrollers

Dylan Graham presented a lightweight runtime LWDR for D programming of microcontrollers equipped with a real-time operating system (RTOS). The current version is aimed at ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers. The development does not aim to fully cover all D capabilities, but provides basic tools. Memory allocation is done manually (new / delete), there is no garbage collector implemented, but there are a number of hooks for […]

NGINX Unit 1.24.0 Application Server Release

The NGINX Unit 1.24 application server was released, within which a solution is being developed to ensure the launch of web applications in various programming languages ​​(Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Go, JavaScript/Node.js and Java). NGINX Unit can simultaneously run multiple applications in different programming languages, the launch parameters of which can be changed dynamically without the need to edit configuration files and restart. Code […]

Release of Electron 13.0.0, a platform for building applications based on the Chromium engine

The release of the Electron 13.0.0 platform has been prepared, which provides a self-sufficient framework for developing multi-platform user applications, using Chromium, V8 and Node.js components as a basis. The significant change in version number is due to an update to the Chromium 91 codebase, the Node.js 14.16 platform and the V8 9.1 JavaScript engine. Among the changes in the new release: Added the process.contextIsolated property to determine whether the current […]