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The inclusion of a frontend for the Algol 68 language has been approved for GCC.

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The committee overseeing the development of the GCC compiler suite, known as the GCC Steering Committee, has approved the inclusion of the gcc-a68 frontend into the GCC codebase to support the Algol 68 programming language, developed in the late 1960s. After the integration of the frontend, the standard GCC toolchain will be able to compile programs in Algol 68 without the need to install the GNU Algol 68 compiler. In the experimental […]

Google is ready to reintroduce JPEG-XL format support in Chrome

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Rick Byers, one of the technical leads for the team developing Google Chrome, announced the readiness to include a high-performance, memory-safe decoder for the JPEG-XL image format in the Chromium engine. The main criterion for enabling the JPEG-XL decoder by default is the commitment to its long-term support. It is noted that this decision was made in connection with […]

The Agama 18 installer, used in SUSE and openSUSE, has been released.

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The developers of the openSUSE project have introduced the Agama 18 installer, notable for separating the user interface from the internal components of YaST. Agama supports the use of various frontends, such as a frontend for installation management via a web interface. Agama has replaced the classic installation interface in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 and openSUSE Leap 16 releases. The code for the installer components is distributed under the GPLv2 license and is written in […]

In Tyr, the Rust-written driver for ARM Mali GPUs, compatibility with GNOME has been ensured.

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Collabora has announced progress in the development of the Tyr driver for the Linux kernel, written in Rust. The driver is designed to work with ARM Mali GPUs that utilize the CSF (Command Stream Frontend) technology, such as the Mali G310, G510, and G710. It is noted that Tyr has reached a level suitable for supporting the GNOME desktop environment and the Weston compositing server […]

The release of the nDPI 5.0 deep packet inspection system

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The ntop project, which develops tools for capturing and analyzing traffic, has released the nDPI 5.0 toolkit for deep packet inspection, continuing the development of the OpenDPI library. The nDPI project was established after an unsuccessful attempt to transfer changes to the OpenDPI repository, which has remained unmaintained. The nDPI code is written in C and is distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The system allows for the identification of protocols used in traffic […]

6 vulnerabilities in the GRUB2 bootloader that allow bypassing UEFI Secure Boot

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A patch set has been published addressing 6 vulnerabilities in the GRUB2 bootloader, most of which lead to memory access after it has been freed (use-after-free). The potential issues identified could be used to bypass the UEFI Secure Boot verified boot mechanism. The status of vulnerability mitigation in distributions can be assessed on the following pages: Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, RHEL, Arch, and Fedora. To address the issues […]

Survey results on the use of open-source projects in the corporate environment

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The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with Canonical, conducted a survey (PDF, 43 pages) among representatives of various companies regarding the usage and implementation of open-source software in enterprises. The statistics are based on a survey of 851 participants. Key trends: Participation in open-source software development: 19% of companies using open-source software are actively involved in maintaining or transferring code to key open-source projects from which they […]

Zorin OS 18 has been downloaded one million times in a month

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Developers of the Zorin OS distribution, based on the Ubuntu package base and aimed at beginner users accustomed to working in Windows, announced that the release of Zorin OS 18 on October 15 has surpassed one million downloads, breaking all previous project records. 78% of all downloads were performed by Windows users. At the same time, it was announced that test support for Zorin OS release updates is being provided […]

Firefox switches to using the directory ~/.config/mozilla on Unix-like systems

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The codebase of Firefox, which will form the basis for the release of Firefox 147 on January 13, has been updated to default to using the directory '~/\.config\/mozilla' for storing profiles, extensions, settings, and internal databases on UNIX-like systems (the cache was previously moved to '~/\.cache\/mozilla'). This change was made to align the browser with the Freedesktop.org XDG Base Directory specification (the change request […]

Release of MyLibrary Home Library Organizer 4.3

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The release of the home library cataloger MyLibrary 4.3 has been announced. The program's code is written in C++ and is available (on GitHub, GitFlic) under the GPLv3 license. The graphical user interface is implemented using the GTK4 library. The program is adapted to work on Linux and Windows operating systems. An Arch Linux build script is available in AUR for users. For Windows users, […]

Release of Proxmox VE 9.1, a distribution for organizing the operation of virtual servers.

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The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.1 has been published, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and managing virtual servers using LXC and KVM, capable of serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 1.7 GB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully ready virtual […]

The Xubuntu developers have published a report on the hack of the Xubuntu.org website.

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The developers of the Xubuntu project have released a report on the hacking of the Xubuntu.org website that occurred a month ago, during which a link to the archive 'Xubuntu-Safe-Download.zip' containing malicious code was placed on the distribution's download page. Inside the archive, masquerading as the Xubuntu installer, there was an executable file for Windows that installed malware on the system, analyzing clipboard data and substituting […]

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