The release of GCodeWorkShop, a CNC programming editor written in C++ and distributed under GPL3, has occurred. The new version includes settings affecting file opening and saving: File encoding selection. Some CNC systems allow non-Latin characters in comments, which are located in the second half of the code page. The encoding selection allows for correct display of such characters. Deletion […]
The insurance company GEICO has released a preliminary version of the TuxTape toolkit, which allows the deployment of a personal infrastructure for creating, assembling, and delivering live patches for the Linux kernel. Live patches enable the application of fixes to the Linux kernel on the fly, without rebooting or stopping the system. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Vulnerability-fixing live patches are provided for their distributions […]
The Tor Project has announced the release of a new version of its client Arti 1.4.0, developed in Rust. This release includes numerous new features and improvements aimed at enhancing performance and usability. One of the key innovations is the new RPC interface, which replaces the control port in the C Tor implementation. The main advantages of the new interface: a JSON-based protocol reduces […]
Significant changes are coming for users of the popular email client Thunderbird. Starting in March 2025, the Thunderbird Desktop Release channel will become the primary option for downloading, offering monthly feature updates. With version 135.0, which will be released in March 2025, the Thunderbird Desktop Release channel will serve as the main download option. This means that users will receive new […]
The Tor project developers have released Arti 1.4.0, a Tor client implementation written in Rust. The 1.x branch is marked as suitable for use by regular users and provides the same level of privacy, usability, and stability as the main implementation in C. Achieving parity with the C language client is planned for the 2.0 branch. When the Rust code reaches the level of […]
A new version of the Min browser 1.34 has been released, offering a minimalist interface focused on address bar interactions. The browser is built using the Electron platform, which allows for the creation of standalone applications based on the Chromium engine and Node.js platform. The Min interface is written in JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Builds have been created for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Min supports […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.1 has been made. Since the release of 10.0, 35 bug reports have been closed, and 342 changes have been made. It is worth noting that starting from the 2.x branch, the Wine project has switched to a versioning scheme where each stable release increases the first digit in the version number (9.0.0, 10.0.0), while updates to […]
The release of the standard C library PicoLibc 1.8.9 has been published, developed by Keith Packard (leader of the X.Org project) for use on embedded devices with limited persistent storage and RAM. During development, part of the code was borrowed from the newlib library from the Cygwin project and AVR Libc, which was developed for Atmel AVR microcontrollers. The PicoLibc code is distributed under the BSD license. The library build is supported […]
The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 8.3 has been published, featuring a server for online editors of ONLYOFFICE and enabling collaborative work. The editors can be used for working with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. Simultaneously, the release of ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 8.3, built on a unified codebase with the online editors, has been formed. The desktop editors are designed as desktop applications, […]
Christoph Hellwig, maintainer of the DMA subsystem, KVM, Slab Allocator, and PowerPC architecture in the Linux kernel, who was once part of the governing technical committee of the Linux Foundation and served as a plaintiff in a GPL-related lawsuit against VMware, has refused to acknowledge patches related to supporting driver development in Rust. The proposed patches added wrappers over several […]
On February 6, 2025, the Tails development team announced the release of a new version of its privacy-focused distribution, Tails 6.12. This version addresses critical security vulnerabilities and includes new functional updates. It should be noted that the distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for installation on a flash drive, includes tools to ensure digital security, and is aimed at […]
On February 5, after almost two months of development, version 8.12.0 of the console utility and library curl, written in C and distributed under the curl license, was released. Key changes include: Fixing the CVE-2025-0167 vulnerability – when using a .netrc file, there was a possibility of passing the password used for the first host to the next host. Fixing the CVE-2025-0665 vulnerability – in the libcurl library when closing a connection channel […]