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Proxmox, known for developing Proxmox Virtual Environment and Proxmox Mail Gateway, has released Proxmox Backup Server 3.3, presented as a ready solution for backing up and restoring virtual environments, containers, and server configurations. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. A paid option is available for installing updates […]
After a month of development, version 6.10 of the Tails distribution has been released, designed for ensuring privacy and anonymity, and based on Debian GNU/Linux. Key changes include: Tor Browser update to version 14.0.3; Thunderbird update from version 115.16.0 to 128.4.3; fixing hardware wallet support for Trezor in Electrum; resolving the issue of opening the Tails desktop when memory is low; disabling telemetry data saving in […]
The specialized Tails 6.10 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) distribution has been released, developed as part of the Tor project. The distribution is based on the Debian 12 package base, comes with GNOME 43 desktop, and is intended for anonymous web access using Tor tools. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. For storing user […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-52336) has been identified in the tuned background service developed by Red Hat, which performs automatic optimization of hardware and kernel settings based on current load, allowing a local unprivileged user to execute any commands with root privileges. The issue exists in the implementation of the DBus method 'com.redhat.tuned.instance_create', used for creating plugin instances, where parameters 'script_pre' and 'script_post' can be passed to specify scripts, […]
The OpenStreetMap project announced its transition of servers within its infrastructure to Debian GNU/Linux. Previously, for 18 years, the project's servers used the Ubuntu distribution. The migration took place gradually starting in August and resulted in the replacement of existing installations of Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 with Debian 12. This transition also allowed for an upgrade of Ruby from version 3.0 to version 3.1, […]
The Firefox developers announced their switch to using the XZ format, based on the LZMA compression algorithm, for distributing browser builds for the Linux platform. It is noted that compared to `.tar.bz2` archives, delivering builds in `.tar.xz` format will significantly reduce the size of the download and decrease unpacking time. Starting yesterday, nightly builds of Firefox will be produced in the bz2 format […]
On November 24 and 25, after two months of development, the releases of versions 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 of the console utility tree, designed for viewing directory trees, took place. The program is written in C and is distributed under the GNU GPL version 2 or later. In the new versions, a new option —opt-toggle has been added to switch options such as -a, -p, etc. This is useful for […]
The first beta release 0.80.0 of the open engine Medal of Honor — OpenMoHAA has been launched. The goal of the project is to create a cross-platform open-source engine that is fully compatible with the original Medal of Honor, for modern Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, MacOS, and chromeOS systems. The OpenMoHAA project is based on the source code of ioquake3, as the original Medal of Honor used it as a base […]
The Raspberry Pi project announced the availability of the new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, a portable version of the Raspberry Pi 5 model, measuring just 55 × 40 mm. The price of the board ranges from $45 to $135, depending on the memory size and Wi-Fi support. The board is equipped with the BCM2712 SoC, which is also used in the Raspberry […]
The release of elementary OS 8 has been introduced, positioned as a fast, open-source, and privacy-focused alternative to Windows and macOS. The project emphasizes high-quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources while providing fast startup speeds. Users are offered the custom Pantheon desktop environment. Bootable ISO images (3.2 GB) are prepared for download.
Firefox 133 is now available. Linux: Issues with tiling using KDE and CSD (client-side decoration) have been fixed. Support for accent color in Adwaita themes has been implemented. The strict tracking protection mode can now detect tracking attempts through redirects. For example, when a user clicks on a link, they are first redirected to a tracker intermediary site and then to the target site.
On November 6, after six months of development, version 2.25 of the simple and highly reliable distributed cross-platform configuration management system Fossil SCM was released. It is written in C and uses SQLite as the storage database. For extended functionality, it can be compiled with built-in support for TCL. Besides version control, fossil repositories can optionally include a forum, wiki, bug tracker, and chat – all in one […]