The ISC consortium has released version 3.0 of the DHCP server Kea, which replaces the classic ISC DHCP. Kea 3.0 is noted as the first release that will have a long-term support (LTS) cycle — updates will be provided for three years. New significant stable releases are planned to be formed every six months instead of annually. The source code of the project is distributed under the license […]
The release of the mmc-utils 1.0 utility set, designed for low-level configuration of MMC, eMMC, and SD memory cards from user space, has been published. This release is noted as the first official release (the project has been in development since 2012). The code is written in C and distributed under the GPLv2 license. The utilities can be used to read the CSD registers (card parameters), CID (card identifier), and SCR (configuration […]
After a year of development, SUSE has released the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 distribution. Based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform, products such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing, and SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension are formed. The distribution can be downloaded and used for free, but access to updates […]
Mozilla has officially archived the repository of the open speech recognition engine DeepSpeech. The last change in the codebase was the update of the README file, which added information about the discontinuation of the project's development. Before this, the last commit was dated 2021. In fact, the development of DeepSpeech had stopped back in 2020, after all the developers of the engine were laid off from Mozilla. Developers […]
Google has released version 138 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by using Google logos, having a crash notification system, modules for playing protected content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, the delivery of keys to Google API, and transmission of RLZ parameters […]
The W3C Consortium has published the third edition of the PNG image format specification, which has received recommended standard status. The new version is fully backward compatible with the second edition of the PNG specification released in 2003 and features additional capabilities such as support for High Dynamic Range (HDR), animated images (APNG), integration of EXIF metadata, and CICP (Coding-Independent Code Points) properties for color definition […]
Vulnerabilities have been identified in the package managers GNU Guix, Nix, and Lix, allowing code execution with the user privileges under which build tasks are run (e.g., nixbld* in Nix/Lix). This can be exploited to write data into the build environment and make alterations to the build process. The issues are present in the background processes guix-daemon and nix-daemon, used for organizing […]
The OpenWrt 24.10.2 distribution has been released, developed for networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports 2771 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compilation and custom build creation. Such builds allow the creation of ready-made firmware with a desired set of pre-installed packages optimized for specific tasks. Ready-made builds have been published for 39 target platforms. Key changes in […]
Mozilla has introduced updated guidelines for the publication of extensions in the AMO directory (addons.mozilla.org), effective August 4. The most significant change is the lifting of the ban on restricting access to extensions — authors of extensions can now limit access to extensions posted on AMO at their discretion. For example, the publication of extensions for internal use only or for closed user groups is now allowed. […]
The first release of the new main branch nginx 1.29.0 has been published, continuing the development of new features. The concurrently supported stable branch 1.28.x will only receive changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. Next year, a stable branch 1.30 will be formed based on the main branch 1.29.x. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the […] license.
SUSE has announced the release of the large language model Cavil-Qwen3-4B under the Apache 2.0 license, used in SUSE and openSUSE projects within the Cavil toolkit for analyzing code license compliance. The published model covers 4 billion parameters and is based on the Qwen3-4B model, further optimized for text classification. The main purpose of the model is to determine the licenses used in software source code and […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 140 has taken place. Firefox 140 is classified as an extended support release (ESR), with updates issued over the course of a year. Additionally, updates for previous long-term support branches — 115.25.0 and 128.12.0 — have been formed. The Firefox 141 branch has entered beta testing, with its release scheduled for July 22. Key innovations in Firefox 140 include […]