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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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2025-46337) has been identified in the ADOdb library, widely used in many PHP projects for abstracting database access, with approximately 3 million installations from the Packagist repository. This allows for the injection of custom SQL queries. The issue has been assigned a critical severity level (10 out of 10). The vulnerability has been fixed in ADOdb version 5.22.9. It manifests when using ADOdb with PostgreSQL databases in applications that invoke […]
Ingo Molnar, the maintainer of the x86 architecture, locking mechanisms, and task scheduler in the Linux kernel, has put forth a set of patches to discuss the removal of support for 486 processors (M486, M486SX, AMD ELAN) and early series 586 processors from the kernel. The kernel is proposed to only support x86 processors that include the CX8 instruction (CMPXCHG8B) and TSC (Time Stamp Counter) register […]
The Debian Project has announced a general resolution (GR) vote among project developers to establish the criteria for accepting machine learning models into the main repository. Currently, a discussion phase has started, after which the voting will commence (the voting start date is yet to be determined). Approximately one thousand developers, involved in package maintenance and Debian's infrastructure support, are eligible to vote […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2025-47154) has been identified in the LibJS JavaScript engine used in the Ladybird web browser, which enables the execution of custom code on the system when processing specially crafted JavaScript code. This vulnerability is caused by memory being freed on the m_argument_values_buffer vector, while a pointer remained in the arguments_list structure, leading to access to an already freed memory area. A working prototype exploit is available. The researcher who discovered the issue conducted fuzzing tests on LibJS […]