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Linux kernel 5.13 will have initial support for the Apple M1 CPU

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Hector Martin proposed to include in the Linux kernel the first set of patches prepared by the Asahi Linux project, which is working on adapting Linux for Mac computers equipped with the Apple M1 ARM chip. These patches have already been approved by the maintainer of the Linux SoC branch and accepted into the Linux-next codebase, on the basis of which the functionality of the 5.13 kernel is formed. Technically, Linus Torvalds can block the supply of […]

The FreeBSD project moved the ARM64 port to the number of primary ones and fixed three vulnerabilities

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The FreeBSD developers decided in the new FreeBSD 13 branch, which is expected to be released on April 13, to assign the port for the ARM64 architecture (AArch64) the status of the primary platform (Tier 1). Previously, a similar level of support was provided for 64-bit x86 systems (until recently, the i386 architecture was the primary architecture, but in January it was transferred to the second level of support). First level of support […]

Wine 6.6 release

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An experimental release of an open implementation of WinAPI - Wine 6.6 - took place. Since the release of version 6.5, 56 bug reports have been closed and 320 changes have been made. The most important changes: The Mono engine has been updated to version 6.1.1 with some updates carried over from the main project. The DWrite and DnsApi libraries have been converted to the PE executable file format. Improved driver support for […]

Coq Theorem Proving Toolkit considers name change

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Theorem proving tool Coq is considering changing its name. Reason: To Anglophones, the words "coq" and "cock" (slang for the male sexual organ) sound similar, and some female users have encountered double-entendre jokes when using the name in spoken language. The very name of the Coq language comes from the name of one of the developers, Thierry Coquand. The similarity between the sounds of Coq and Cock (English […]

Vulnerabilities in the eBPF subsystem of the Linux kernel

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A vulnerability (CVE-2021-29154) was identified in the eBPF subsystem, which allows you to run handlers for tracing, analyzing the operation of subsystems and managing traffic, executed inside the Linux kernel in a special virtual machine with JIT, which allows a local user to achieve execution of their code at the kernel level. The problem appears up to the release of 5.11.12 (inclusive) and has not yet been fixed in distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora, SUSE, […]

Ubuntu, Chrome, Safari, Parallels and Microsoft products hacked at Pwn2Own 2021

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The results of three days of the Pwn2Own 2021 competition, held annually as part of the CanSecWest conference, have been summed up. Like last year, the competition was held virtually and the attacks were demonstrated online. Of the 23 targeted targets, working techniques for exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities were demonstrated for Ubuntu Desktop, Windows 10, Chrome, Safari, Parallels Desktop, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. In all cases […]

FFmpeg 4.4 multimedia package release

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After ten months of development, the FFmpeg 4.4 multimedia package is available, which includes a set of applications and a collection of libraries for operations on various multimedia formats (recording, converting and decoding audio and video formats). The package is distributed under LGPL and GPL licenses, FFmpeg development is carried out adjacent to the MPlayer project. Among the changes added to FFmpeg 4.4, we can highlight: The ability to use the VDPAU API (Video Decode […]

GnuPG 2.3.0 release

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Three and a half years since the formation of the last significant branch, a new release of the GnuPG 2.3.0 (GNU Privacy Guard) toolkit has been presented, compatible with the OpenPGP (RFC-4880) and S/MIME standards, and providing utilities for data encryption and working with electronic signatures , key management and access to public key stores. GnuPG 2.3.0 is billed as the first release of a new codebase that includes […]

Signal messenger resumed publishing server code and integrated cryptocurrency

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The Signal Technology Foundation, which develops the Signal secure communications system, has resumed publishing the code for the server parts of the messenger. The project's code was originally open-sourced under the AGPLv3 license, but publication of changes to the public repository was stopped without explanation on April 22 last year. The repository update stopped after the announcement of the intention to integrate a payment system into Signal. The other day we started testing the built-in […]

Apache wraps up development of the Mesos cluster platform

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Apache community developers voted to stop developing the Apache Mesos cluster resource management platform and transfer existing developments to the Apache Attic legacy project repository. Enthusiasts interested in the further development of Mesos are invited to continue development by creating a fork of the project’s git repository. As the reason for the failure of the project, one of the key Mesos developers mentions the inability to compete with the Kubernetes platform, which was […]

New release of the Ergo 1.2 framework for creating network applications

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After a year of development, the Ergo 1.2 framework was released, implementing the full Erlang network stack and its OTP library in the Go language. The framework provides the developer with flexible tools from the world of Erlang for creating distributed solutions in the Go language using ready-made Application, Supervisor and GenServer design patterns. Since the Go language does not have a direct analogue of the Erlang process, […]

IBM to publish COBOL compiler for Linux

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IBM announced its decision to publish a COBOL programming language compiler for the Linux platform on April 16. The compiler will be supplied as a proprietary product. The Linux version is based on the same technologies as the Enterprise COBOL product for z/OS and provides compatibility with all current specifications, including changes proposed in the 2014 standard. Besides […]

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