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The release of the web browser Firefox 156 has taken place, and updates for the long-term support branches 153.3.0, 140.16.0, and 115.41.0 have been formed. As part of the new two-week release cycle, the Firefox 157 branch has moved to the beta-testing stage, with its release scheduled for September 29. Key innovations in Firefox 156 (1, 2, 3): The built-in PDF viewer has been launched 45% faster. Reduced consumption […]
The stable version of the GNU Coreutils 9.12 package of basic system utilities is now available, which includes programs such as sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, and ls. Key innovations: The env utility now includes the option "--env0-from=FILE" for loading the list of environment variables from a file, which can also be used to filter existing variables […]
Andrea Brancaleoni has ceased maintaining 113 packages in the Void Linux distribution in response to intolerance towards the use of AI tools for change analysis and performing routine tasks. Packages such as alacritty, arpwatch, asus-kbd-backlight, clementine, docker-cli, etcd, flint, forego, fscrypt, kubernetes, libguestfs, libnfc, moby, openresolv, packer, racket, rancher-compose, terraform, thermald, trollock, ttf-ubuntu-font-family, vagrant, and […] have been left without support.
Canonical has stopped distributing the installation iso image of Ubuntu Desktop 24.04.5 LTS for the x86-64 architecture (ubuntu-24.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso) due to the discovery of a bug that leads to the installer crashing. The problem occurs when selecting the advanced installation mode in the installer interface and arises in the livecd-rootfs package due to the invocation of a previously removed handler "enhanced-secure-boot" which implements support for full disk encryption based on TPM. The server live build and image for […]
In the package repository of Ubuntu 26.10, set to be released on October 15, a complete transition to uutils coreutils (Rust Coreutils), written in Rust, has been implemented. The utilities included in Rust Coreutils have completely replaced all components of the GNU Coreutils package, including the cp, mv, and rm utilities, which were supplied in Ubuntu 26.04 in the GNU Coreutils version. The rust-coreutils package […]
The seventh correction update for the Debian 13 distribution has been formed, which includes accumulated package updates and improvements to the installer. The release includes 106 updates addressing stability issues and 107 updates addressing vulnerabilities. Notable changes in Debian 13.7 include updates to fresh stable versions of packages like ansible-core, llvm-toolchain-22, openssl, qemu, and samba. The audit package […]
The release of the ESP-KVM project has been published, developing open firmware that turns the debugging board based on the ESP32-P4 microcontroller into a fully functional IP-KVM — a device that provides access to the screen, keyboard, and mouse of a remote computer via a browser. Unlike remote desktop tools, nothing is installed on the managed machine, and nothing is required from its operating system: the device connects to the video output […]
The release of RT-Thread 5.3, a real-time operating system (RTOS) for Internet of Things devices, has been published. The system has been in development since 2006 by a community of Chinese developers and is currently ported for 155 boards, chips, and microcontrollers based on x86, ARM, MIPS, C-SKY, Xtensa, ARC, and RISC-V architectures. The minimalist RT-Thread (Nano) build requires only 3 KB of Flash and 1.2 […]
Corrective releases of the Forgejo collaborative development platform 16.0.4 and 15.0.8 have been published, addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE not assigned) that allows a remote attacker to execute their code on the server. Forgejo server administrators are urged to update their systems immediately and to ensure there are no signs of compromise. The vulnerability was caused by inadequate sanitization when creating a new repository from a template. To prevent injection […]
System76, the company behind the Pop!_OS Linux distribution, has released the COSMIC 1.8.0 desktop environment. Packages for COSMIC 1.8.0 are available in the Pop!_OS 24.04 distribution and are expected soon in Fedora, NixOS, Arch Linux, openSUSE, Aeyrin OS, Redox, and CachyOS. The code is written in Rust and is distributed under GPLv3 licenses (for applications) and MPL-2.0 (for libraries). COSMIC is being developed as a versatile […]
The Automake 1.19 release has been published, a utility for the automatic generation of makefiles that comply with GNU project coding standards. The new version includes not only bug fixes but also the addition of the autoconf macro AM_OPTIONAL_AUTOMAKE, which makes the processing of the specified 'dist-XXX' options optional when running the 'make dist' command. In practice, the new macro allows skipping the creation of archives without an error message if the necessary compression utilities are missing from the system. For example, the operation […]
An update for the Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS distribution has been released, which includes changes related to improved hardware support, an updated Linux kernel and graphics stack, and bug fixes in the installer and bootloader. It also includes current updates for several hundred packages addressing vulnerabilities and issues affecting stability. Similar updates for Kubuntu 24.04.5 LTS and Ubuntu Budgie have been released as well.