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The release of the uutils coreutils 0.3.0 project (Rust Coreutils) has been published, which develops an alternative to the GNU Coreutils package written in Rust. Coreutils includes over a hundred utilities, including sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, and ls. The project's aim is to create a cross-platform alternative implementation of Coreutils, capable of running on Windows, Redox […]
The replacement of the GNU Coreutils toolkit with Rust Coreutils (uutils) in Ubuntu 25.10 has disrupted the script for automatically checking package updates. Among other issues, the mechanism for automatically installing updates that address vulnerabilities, used in some installations of Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server, as well as in configurations for cloud systems and containers, has become non-functional. The failure did not affect […]
In the upcoming release of Fedora Linux 44, scheduled for spring 2026, digital signature package verification in RPM is planned to be enabled by default. If this plan is approved by the FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), which is responsible for the technical aspects of developing Fedora Linux, by default only packages with a valid digital signature will be installable. Manual installation of packages will still be allowed […]
Mozilla has announced changes to the rules for submitting extensions to the AMO catalog (addons.mozilla.org). Starting November 3, all new Firefox extensions that collect or transmit personal data to external servers must declare this activity in the manifest.json file. During the installation of the extension, information regarding operations with personal data will be displayed alongside the permission request. Information about data collection […]
Oracle has released a new branch of the MySQL Database Management System 9.5.0. MySQL Community Server 9.5.0 builds have been prepared for all major Linux distributions, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows. In accordance with the release model implemented in 2023, MySQL 9.5 is classified under the 'Innovation' branches. Innovation branches are recommended for those who want to gain access to new features earlier, with releases published every 3 months […]
The STF (Sovereign Tech Fund) has introduced new open projects that are set to receive funding. The organization was established in Germany to promote the development of open digital infrastructure and open-source ecosystems. The fund is created with resources provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany and is overseen by the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND). It is noted that investment […]
The developers of the AlmaLinux project, which develops the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution, have announced the addition of support for the Btrfs file system and the implementation of the capability to partition drives using Btrfs in the installer. The reason mentioned is the progress in Btrfs development and its advanced features, such as checksums for detecting data and metadata corruption, snapshots, convenient volume management, transparent compression […]
The Fedora project governing board has approved rules governing the use of AI tools in the development of Fedora Linux. AI tools are viewed as a potential opportunity to improve the platform, but there are concerns regarding privacy, security, ethics, and quality. It has been decided not to prohibit the use of AI assistants, provided there is mandatory human oversight of their output and the developer remains responsible for the code. The main principles of use […]
The release of the free UNIX-like operating system OpenBSD 7.8 has been presented. The OpenBSD project was founded by Theo de Raadt in 1995 after a conflict with the developers of NetBSD, which resulted in Theo being denied access to the NetBSD CVS repository. Following this, Theo de Raadt, along with a group of like-minded individuals, created a new open project based on the NetBSD source tree […]
The release of OpenWrt distribution 24.10.4 has occurred, developed for networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports 2815 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compilation and the creation of custom builds. Such builds allow the formation of ready-made firmware with the desired set of pre-installed packages optimized for specific tasks. Ready-made builds have been published for 39 target platforms. Key changes are in […]
The release of the Valkey 9.0 DBMS has taken place, which branched off from the Redis DBMS last year. The fork was formed after Redis 7.4 was switched to a proprietary license. In the Redis 8.0 release, the code was returned to the free AGPLv3 license, but this did not affect the development of the Valkey project. Valkey is being developed on a neutral platform under the auspices of the Linux Foundation with the participation of developers from […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2025-62518, code name TARmageddon) has been discovered in the async-tar library written in Rust, which provides functions for reading and writing tar archives. This vulnerability allows, when unpacking a specially crafted tar archive, not only the extraction of files contained within, but also files contained in nested tar archives. The vulnerability can be exploited to bypass archive verification systems and unpack files for which […]