An experimental release of an open implementation of WinAPI - Wine 6.4 - took place. Since the release of version 6.3, 38 bug reports have been closed and 396 changes have been made. The most important changes: Added support for the DTLS protocol. DirectWrite provides support for manipulating font sets (FontSets), defining filters for font sets, and calling GetFontFaceReference(), GetFontSet(), and GetSystemFontSet() to obtain […]
The eighth release of starter kits on the Ninth Alt platform is ready. These images are suitable for starting work with a stable repository for experienced users who prefer to independently determine the list of application packages and customize the system (even creating their own derivatives). How composite works are distributed under the terms of the GPLv2+ license. Options include the base system and one of the desktop environments […]
The release of the free implementation of the OpenGL and Vulkan APIs - Mesa 21.0.0 - has been presented. The first release of the Mesa 21.0.0 branch has an experimental status - after the final stabilization of the code, a stable version 21.0.1 will be released. Mesa 21.0 includes full support for OpenGL 4.6 for the 965, iris (Intel), radeonsi (AMD), zink and llvmpipe drivers. OpenGL 4.5 support is available for AMD GPUs […]
Microsoft has removed from GitHub the code (copy) with a prototype exploit demonstrating the principle of operation of a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange. This action caused outrage among many security researchers, as the prototype of the exploit was published after the release of the patch, which is common practice. The GitHub rules contain a clause prohibiting the posting of active malicious code or exploits (i.e., attacking systems […]) in repositories.
OJSC Russian Railways is transferring part of its infrastructure to the Astra Linux platform. 22 thousand licenses for the distribution have already been purchased - 5 thousand licenses will be used to migrate automated workstations of employees, and the rest to build a virtual infrastructure of workplaces. Migration to Astra Linux will begin this month. The implementation of Astra Linux into the Russian Railways infrastructure will be carried out by JSC […]
Following GitHub and Bitbucket, collaborative development platform GitLab has announced that it will no longer use the default word "master" for master branches in favor of "main." The term “master” has recently been considered politically incorrect, reminiscent of slavery and is perceived by some community members as an insult. The change will be made both in the GitLab.com service and after updating the GitLab platform for […]
Igor Pavlov released the official console version of 7-zip for Linux along with the release of version 21.01 for Windows due to the fact that the p7zip project has not seen an update for five years. The official version of 7-zip for Linux is similar to p7zip, but is not a copy. The difference between the projects is not reported. The program was released in versions for x86, x86-64, ARM and […]
A new version of the decentralized media file sharing platform MediaGoblin 0.11.0 has been published, designed for hosting and sharing media content, including photos, videos, sound files, videos, three-dimensional models and PDF documents. Unlike centralized services like Flickr and Picasa, the MediaGoblin platform aims to organize content sharing without being tied to a specific service, using a model similar to StatusNet […]
A maintenance release of Firefox 86.0.1 is available, which offers several fixes: Fixes a startup crash that occurs on various Linux distributions. The issue was caused by an incorrect memory size check in the ICC color profile loading code written in Rust. We fixed an issue with Firefox freezing after macOS wakes from sleep on systems with Apple M1 processors. The bug has been fixed [...]
The Apache Software Foundation introduced the Apache NetBeans 12.3 integrated development environment, which provides support for the Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript and Groovy programming languages. This is the seventh release produced by the Apache Foundation since the NetBeans code was transferred from Oracle. Key New Features in NetBeans 12.3: Java development tools expand the use of the Language Server Protocol (LSP) server for […]
The Samba 4.14.0 release is presented, which continues the development of the Samba 4 branch with a full-fledged implementation of a domain controller and an Active Directory service that is compatible with the implementation of Windows 2000 and is able to serve all versions of Windows clients supported by Microsoft, including Windows 10. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product , which also provides an implementation of the file server, print service, and identity server (winbind). Key changes […]
The Collabora company announced the adoption of the D3D12 Gallium driver into the main Mesa composition, which implements a layer for organizing OpenGL work on top of the DirectX 12 (D3D12) API. At the same time, it was announced that the driver successfully passed tests for compatibility with OpenGL 3.3 when working on top of the WARP (software rasterizer) and NVIDIA D3D12 drivers. The driver may be useful for using Mesa on devices with drivers that support […]
