Specialists from JSOF research labs reported seven new vulnerabilities in the DNS/DHCP server dnsmasq. The dnsmasq server is very popular and is used by default in many Linux distributions, as well as in network equipment from Cisco, Ubiquiti and others. Dnspooq vulnerabilities include DNS cache poisoning as well as remote code execution. The vulnerabilities have been fixed in dnsmasq 2.83. In 2008 […]
RedHat has changed the terms of free use of the full-featured RHEL system. If earlier this could only be done by developers and only on one computer, now a free developer account allows you to use RHEL in production for free and completely legally on no more than 16 machines, with independent support. In addition, RHEL can be used free of charge and legally […]
On January 14, a new version of the simple console text editor GNU nano 5.5 “Rebecca” was published. In this release: Added the set minibar option which, instead of the title bar, shows a line with basic editing information: file name (plus an asterisk when the buffer is modified), cursor position (row, column), character under the cursor (U+xxxx), flags , plus the current position in the buffer (in percent […]
The Ministry of Digital Development has developed proposals for its own digitalization: for the modernization of public services, etc. It is proposed to allocate more than 118 billion rubles from the budget. Of these, 19,4 billion rubles. it was proposed to invest in the purchase of 700 thousand tablets for doctors and teachers on the Russian operating system (OS) Aurora, as well as the development of applications for it. For now, it is the lack of software that limits the once large-scale [...]
The first version of the new stable 1.10.x branch of the Flatpak package manager has been released. The main new feature in this series compared to 1.8.x is support for a new repository format, which makes package updates faster and downloads less data. Flatpak is a deployment, package management, and virtualization utility for Linux. Provides a sandbox in which users can run applications without being affected […]
On January 12, the Open Source Security company, known for developing grsecurity, announced that it was sponsoring the development of a front-end for the GCC compiler to support the Rust programming language - gccrs. Initially, gccrs was developed in parallel with the original Rustc compiler, but due to the lack of specifications for the language and frequent changes breaking compatibility at an early stage, development was temporarily abandoned and resumed only after the release of Rust […]
The Astra Linux Group has released the next update for the release of Astra Linux Common Edition 2.12.40. In the updates: The installation disk image has been updated with support for kernel 5.4 with improved support for 10th generation processors from Intel and AMD, GPU drivers. User interface improvements: 2 new color schemes have been added: light and dark (fly-data); redesigned the design of the “Shutdown” dialog (fly-shutdown-dialog); improvements […]
I installed it via Rpm... but there is a Readme file and it is not written very clearly, please help... where should I write down thank you Source: linux.org.ru
The once popular creator of 410chan Sous-kun released the legendary unfinished game of his own production “Labuda”™. This project can be considered as a “correct” version of the first Russian visual novel “Endless Summer” (probably without eroge), in the development of which the author also managed to participate in the initial stage of creation. Earlier, in 2013, a demo version of Labuda™ was already released. Official Description: Throughout human history, magical girls have fought […]
The Wine development team is proud to announce the availability of the new stable release of Wine 6.0. This release represents a year of active development and contains over 8300 changes. Significant changes: Kernel modules in PE format. Vulkan backend for WineD3D. DirectShow and Media Foundation support. Redesign of the text console. This release is dedicated to the memory of Ken Thomases, who retired from […]
The man.archlinux.org manual index has been launched, containing and automatically updating manuals from packages. In addition to traditional searching, related manuals can be accessed from the sidebar of the package information page. The authors of the service hope that keeping the guides up to date will improve the availability and documentation of Arch Linux. Source: linux.org.ru
The release of Alpine Linux 3.13.0 took place - a Linux distribution focused on security, lightweight and low-resource requirements (used, among other things, in many docker images). The distribution uses the musl C language system library, a set of standard UNIX busybox utilities, the OpenRC initialization system and the apk package manager. Major changes: Formation of official cloud images has begun. Initial support for cloud-init. Replacing ifupdown from […]
