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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

Release of the Hyprland 0.49 Composite Server

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The Hyprland 0.49 composite server is now available, utilizing the Wayland protocol. The project focuses on a tiling window layout but also supports traditional floating window arrangements, tabbed window grouping, a pseudo-tiling mode, and full-screen window expansion. It provides opportunities for creating visually appealing interfaces with window frame gradients, background blur, animation effects, and shadows. Features can be extended by connecting […]

Release of the Puzzle 2502 distribution

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The release of the lightweight distribution Puzzle 2502 has been published, offering a preconfigured and ready-to-use desktop environment LWDE (Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment) based on the Labwc composite server. The distribution is built on the Arch Linux package base using its proprietary repository. The project may be useful for enthusiasts looking to create their environment to transition from LXDE to setups using Wayland. For downloading, prepare […]

iVentoy has been found to substitute the root certificate when booting Windows.

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Suspicious activity has been identified in the iVentoy toolkit, used for network booting and installing arbitrary operating systems. When booting Windows from the network, the toolkit performed a substitution in the system for the binary driver httpdisk.sys and installed its self-signed certificate into the system's root certificate store, which is used to attest to the driver with a digital signature. 31 out of 70 antivirus packages checked […]

Release of the network security scanner Nmap 7.96

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After a year of development, the Nmap 7.96 network security scanner has been released, designed for conducting network audits and identifying active network services. The project code is provided under the NPSL (Nmap Public Source License), based on the GPLv2 license, which is supplemented by recommendations (not requirements) for using the program with OEM licensing and purchasing a commercial license if the manufacturer does not wish to open their product's source code […]

In Ubuntu 25.10, an alternative to sudo written in Rust will be used

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Canonical plans to use an alternative to the sudo utility by default in the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release, developed by the sudo-rs project and written in Rust. In March, a similar decision was made regarding the replacement of GNU Coreutils utilities with the uutils toolkit. Initiatives are being considered to replace zlib and ntpd with zlib-rs and ntpd-rs, as well as to involve Sequoia […]

Official builds of Fedora, AlmaLinux, and Arch Linux for WSL have been released

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Microsoft has announced the formation of official builds with Fedora Linux for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). At the end of April, similar builds began to be published for Arch Linux and AlmaLinux. Builds for Arch Linux are planned to be updated monthly, while for the others, updates will occur as new releases are made. Builds with Fedora, AlmaLinux, and Arch Linux are included […]

Node.js version 24.0.0 has been released

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The release of Node.js 24.0.0 has taken place, a platform for running network applications in JavaScript. Node.js 24.0 is classified under the Long-Term Support branches, but this status will be assigned only in October, after stabilization is completed. Support for Node.js 24.x will continue until April 30, 2028. Maintenance for the previous LTS branch, Node.js 22.x, will last until April 2027, while the prior LTS branch […]

The GNOME SDK has added support for the Blueprint interface building language.

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The proposed GNOME Software Development Kit (GNOME SDK) includes the blueprint-compiler, which allows using the Blueprint markup for defining application interfaces. Support for Blueprint in the GNOME SDK will enable the use of this interface description language in GNOME applications without the need for manual installation of additional dependencies. Currently, Blueprint has been added to the nightly builds of GNOME SDK and will be included in […]

Open WebUI has transitioned to a restrictive license that prohibits the removal of branding.

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The Open WebUI project, which develops a platform for deploying large language models on its own hardware and interacting with them via a web interface, has transitioned to a restrictive license that prohibits renaming. Initially, the project was distributed under the BSD-3 license, but starting with version 0.6.6, restrictive changes were added to the license text. Additionally, the project requires a mandatory agreement to transfer ownership rights for […]

The CoMaps project has started the development of a fork of the Organic Maps application.

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CoMaps has been introduced—a fork of the Organic Maps project, developing a mobile application for offline navigation using OpenStreetMap mapping data. The fork was created by community members unhappy with the project's dependence on the interests of shareholders of the commercial company Organic Maps OÜ, the closed management process, and the lack of transparency in distributing donations. The created fork will develop based on the principles of openness, transparency, and collaboration. Decision-making […]

New versions of the service manager s6-rc and the s6-linux-init initialization system

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The release of the s6-rc 0.5.6.0 service manager is introduced, designed for managing the launch of initialization scripts and services. It supports tracking dependency trees and automatically starting or stopping services to achieve the specified state. The s6-rc toolkit can be used in both initialization systems and for organizing the launch of arbitrary services tied to events reflecting system state changes. The system supports initialization scripts, […]

Release of BleachBit 5.0.0, an application for freeing up disk space

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The release of the BleachBit 5.0.0 application, which frees up disk space by removing unnecessary files, is published. The program offers a list of recommended components for deletion, from which the user can exclude certain items. The application supports both console and graphical interfaces and can operate on Linux and Windows. The code is written in Python using PyGTK and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready-made […]

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