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Following the porting of Linux to the Sega MegaDrive, the ability to run the Linux kernel with the Busybox utilities on the Atari Jaguar gaming console, released in 1993, has been realized. The console was equipped with a Motorola 68000 CPU, came with 2 MB of RAM, and could use cartridges with up to 6 MB for permanent storage. The device was equipped with two coprocessors: Tom (GPU with […]
The release of the Deepin 25.2 distribution has been published, which develops its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) as well as around 40 user applications, including the Deepin Music player, Deepin Movie video player, installer, and Deepin Store software center. The project is based on a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project and supports the Russian language. The distribution's repository includes over 8000 […]
1 A vulnerability known as Bad Epoll has been discovered in the Linux kernel, registered as CVE-2026-46242. This allows a regular local user without special rights to escalate privileges to root. According to researcher Jayon Chon, the issue affects not only Linux desktops and servers but also some Android devices running newer kernel versions — this is specifically emphasized in the Bad Epoll description. The bug resides in […]
Correction releases X.Org Server 21.1.24 and the DDX component (Device-Dependent X) xwayland 24.1.13 have been published, ensuring the launch of X.Org Server for running X11 applications in Wayland-based environments. The new versions fix 2 vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited to gain elevated privileges in systems where the X server runs with root rights, as well as for remote code execution in […]
Valve has released Proton 11.0-1, based on the Wine project codebase, aimed at enabling the launch of Windows games on Linux via the Steam catalog. Release 11.0-1 is marked as the first stable version of the 11.0 branch. The project developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows Linux users to directly launch games distributed via the Steam client.
The LineageOS project has launched a new section with statistics on firmware usage. It reports nearly 1.5 million active installations, with only 26% (374,000) on official builds and 74% (1.1 million) on unofficial builds from third-party projects. Leading the device rankings is not a smartphone, but Waydroid — an environment for running Android applications on Linux.
2 Russian developer Nikita Aksyonov, known as Carter54, has ported the classic Carmageddon to the browser. This is not an emulation via DOSBox but a native web port of the original game from 1997 that runs directly in modern browsers. According to the author, published on DTF (dtf.ru), the fan project Dethrace, which focuses on reverse engineering Carmageddon and restoring the engine, served as the basis for this port […]
1 Today, version 1.0.18 of the Northern Star web browser has been released. Folks, this version has improved support for HTML and CSS, enhanced performance, and can now almost playback YouTube videos. Forward! https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen/releases/tag/1.0.18 The project is written in C and distributed under the Nordstjernen Source v1.0 license, transitioning to the MIT license ten years after publication. In the browser […]
2 On July 1, ReactOS, a free OS with binary compatibility for Windows applications and drivers, received its first implemented system call from the Windows NT6 family (which corresponds to products like Windows Vista, Windows 7, and 2008 Server). Added: NtGetCurrentProcessorNumberEx (returns the number of the logical processor on which the calling thread is currently running), a test for this function, and the implementation […]
FreeBSD has patched 22 vulnerabilities, one of which could potentially allow remote code execution with root privileges, and 13 that allow privilege escalation. The vulnerabilities have been fixed in updates FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p1, FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p11, 14.4-RELEASE-p7, and 14.3-RELEASE-p16. The most critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-49420) is caused by a buffer overflow in the libalias library, used in the kernel-level packet filter ipfw.
Ravi Sharma from the Ubuntu Foundations Team summarized the work done over the past year to provide full support for the ARM64 architecture in Ubuntu. It was noted that, thanks to improvements in tools and infrastructure, as well as promoting changes in the main Linux kernel, specific ARM64 issues could be resolved this year, such as package distribution through a separate repository, […]
In the firmware used in consumer and industrial routers, switches, wireless access points, and video surveillance systems from Tenda, a backdoor (CVE-2026-11405) has been identified, allowing access to the web interface with administrative rights bypassing the standard authentication process and regardless of the administrator account settings. The provided access rights allow for managing all settings, manipulating traffic, disabling protective measures, and using the device […]