An experimental release of an open implementation of WinAPI - Wine 6.3 - took place. Since the release of version 6.2, 24 bug reports have been closed and 456 changes have been made. The most important changes: Improved debugger support in the system call interface. The WineGStreamer library has been converted to PE executable file format. The WIDL (Wine Interface Definition Language) compiler has expanded support for WinRT IDL (Interface Definition […]
After more than a year of development, the Tor project has released OnionShare 2.3, a utility that allows you to securely and anonymously transfer and receive files, as well as organize a public file sharing service. The project code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready-made packages are prepared for Ubuntu, Fedora, Windows and macOS. OnionShare runs a web server on the local system running […]
The release of the distributed replicated block device DRBD 9.1.0 has been published, which allows you to implement something like a RAID-1 array formed from several disks of different machines connected over a network (network mirroring). The system is designed as a module for the Linux kernel and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The drbd 9.1.0 branch can be used to transparently replace drbd 9.0.x and is fully compatible at the protocol, file […]
Canonical has made a change to the process for preparing intermediate LTS releases of Ubuntu (for example, 20.04.1, 20.04.2, 20.04.3, etc.), aimed at improving the quality of releases at the expense of meeting exact deadlines. If previously interim releases were formed in strict accordance with the planned plan, now priority will be given to the quality and completeness of testing of all fixes. The changes were adopted taking into account the experience of several past […]
Yesterday, some Ukrainian users noted the inability to access the GitHub Gist code sharing service. The problem turned out to be related to the blocking of the service by providers who received an order (copy 1, copy 2) from the National Commission that carries out state regulation in the field of communications and information. The order was issued based on the decision of the Goloseevsky District Court of the city of Kyiv (752/22980/20) on the grounds of committing a criminal offense […]
A new release of the FreeRDP 2.3 project has been published, offering a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), developed based on Microsoft specifications. The project provides a library for integrating RDP support into third-party applications and a client that can be used to remotely connect to a Windows desktop. The project code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. In the new […]
GitHub has published its annual report, which reflects the notifications received in 2020 regarding intellectual property violations and the publication of illegal content. In accordance with the current US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), GitHub received 2020 blocking requests in 2097, covering 36901 projects. For comparison, in 2019 […]
Red Hat continued to expand programs for the free use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, covering the needs of users in traditional CentOS, which arose after the transformation of the CentOS project into CentOS Stream. In addition to the previously provided free builds for production deployments of up to 16 systems, a new option “Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for Open Source Infrastructure” is offered, which […]
The Debian distribution has launched a new service, debuginfod, which allows you to debug programs supplied in the distribution without separately installing the associated packages with debugging information from the debuginfo repository. The launched service makes it possible to use the functionality introduced in GDB 10 to dynamically load debugging symbols from an external server directly during debugging. The debuginfod process that ensures the operation of the service […]
Owners of an Intel NUC7PJYH mini-computer based on an ex-Atom Intel Pentium J5005 Gemini Lake CPU encountered problems running Linux and Unix-like operating systems after updating the BIOS to version 0058. Until using BIOS 0057, there were no problems running Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD (there was a separate problem with OpenBSD), but after updating the BIOS to version 0058 on this […]
GitHub has made changes to how it handles complaints alleging violations of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The changes concern blocking of forks and determine the possibility of automatically blocking all forks of a repository in which a violation of someone else’s intellectual property is confirmed. The use of automatic blocking of all forks is provided only if more than 100 forks are recorded, the applicant […]
The release of the Kali Linux 2021.1 distribution kit, designed to test systems for vulnerabilities, conduct audits, analyze residual information, and identify the consequences of intruder attacks, has taken place. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. Several variants of iso images have been prepared for download, 380 MB, 3.4 GB and 4 GB in size. Assemblies […]
