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After seven years since the last release and twelve and a half years since the publication of the 2.7 branch, the release of GNU patch utility version 2.8 is presented. The utility applies patches to files that include change lists created by the diff program. The code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv3+ license. In the new version: The year 2038 issue has been resolved – the utility now works correctly […]
The results of a study on the security of the isolated environment for executing Python code, used by Google in the Gemini chatbot, have been published. The Gemini chatbot provides tools for generating code based on task descriptions, and for Python, it allows for immediate execution of the created code, relieving the developer from unnecessary actions during testing. The code runs in an isolated environment, which is cut off from the outside world and allows […]
The developers of the openSUSE distribution have implemented the ability to parallelize the download of packages and metadata in the Zypper package manager. A new backend has also been proposed that more optimally reuses already established connections and increases metadata processing efficiency. When updating 250 packages with a total size of 100 MB, the download time after enabling the new backend and parallel mode decreased from 68.7 seconds to 13.1 seconds, and […]
The release of the cross-platform open-source build script generator CMake 4.0.0 has been announced, serving as an alternative to Autotools and used in projects such as KDE, LLVM/Clang, MySQL, MariaDB, ReactOS, and Blender. The CMake code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. CMake is notable for providing a simple scripting language, functionality extension through modules, support for caching, and tools for cross-compilation, […]
GitHub has announced a limit of 100,000 repositories per user or organization account. The limit will take effect on April 28. Once the threshold of 50,000 repositories is crossed, a warning banner will appear for the owner, and a notification will be sent to the administrator's email. This change aims to prevent performance slowdowns in accounts with an excessive number of […]
A patch release of the Exim mail server 4.98.2 has been published, addressing a vulnerability (CVE-2025-30232) that may allow privilege escalation. It is not specified whether the vulnerability can be exploited remotely. The issue has been present since the release of Exim 4.96. Affected versions have been used in major distributions like Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04/24.10, openSUSE 15.6, Arch Linux, Fedora, and FreeBSD. RHEL and its derivatives are not […]
After 6 months of development, the release of the Linux distribution Zorin OS 17.3, based on the Ubuntu 22.04 package base, has been published. The target audience of the distribution is beginner users familiar with working in Windows. To manage the appearance, the distribution offers a dedicated configurator that allows the desktop to resemble various versions of Windows and macOS, and it includes a selection of applications similar to programs that […]
David Edmundson and Oliver Beard presented a project for a new display manager — Plasma Login Manager — in the KDE developer mailing list. The desire to replace the login manager is explained by unresolved architectural issues in the SDDM (Simple Desktop Display Manager), which replaced KDM starting from Plasma 5. As a golden […]
Cloudflare has introduced the opkssh (OpenPubkey SSH) toolkit, which allows integration of centralized authentication into OpenSSH with login capabilities through OpenID Connect providers. With opkssh, you can eliminate manual management and configuration of SSH keys, and connect to the server from any host without the need to create private keys on each client machine and without manual […]
The release of the LibrePCB 1.3.0 free printed circuit board design package has been announced. LibrePCB is positioned as an intuitive package for quick board development that lags in functionality behind KiCad but is much easier to use, catering not only to beginners but also to professional engineers. The software is available in builds for Linux (Flatpak, Snap, AppImage), FreeBSD, macOS […]
The release of the AerynOS 2025.03 distribution has been presented, which is the first update following the renaming of the Serpent OS project. The distribution uses its own package manager and an atomic system update model. Development is being carried out by the old team of the Solus distribution, which includes Ikey Doherty — the creator of Solus, and Joshua Strobl — the key developer of the Budgie desktop environment. The builds […]
After six months of development, the release of the CRIU 4.1 (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) toolkit has been published, designed to save and restore processes in user space. The toolkit allows saving the state of a single or group of processes, and then resuming work from the saved position, even after a system reboot or on another server without interrupting already established network connections. Code […]