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An update for the AliveColors graphic editor from the Perm-based company AKVIS has been released. This multifunctional graphic editor contains numerous tools and settings for creating and editing images, includes a collection of effects, neural filters, a library of presets and textures, as well as a set of built-in AKVIS plugins and some other company developments. The first release of the program was on July 4, 2017. The program […]
Today marks the release of a new stable version of the Vivaldi 7.0 browser for desktops. The change log includes: A new interface design — a complete overhaul of the tab and control display, a new set of default icons. Widget panel — a new tab on the Speed Dial that hosts date/time, notes, bookmarks, stickers, calendar, and more. Users can also add websites as widgets. Published […]
At the regular biannual meeting with investors during the Loongson Industrial Ecosystem Conference, president and chairman of the board Hu Weiwu revealed plans for 2025. These include the release of three processor lines targeting different segments — mobile, desktop, and server. In the first half of the year, work on commissioning production capacities will be completed, and in the second half, the processors will be launched […]
On October 23, 2024, the latest version of the open-source real-time operating system Embox was released, coinciding with its fifteenth birthday. The OS is written in C, features flexible configurability at the source code level, and is distributed under a two-clause BSD license. Changes include: Improved multi-core support. Enhanced support for RISC-V architecture. Added support for the Russian MCU MIK32 (AMUR). Improved support for OpenSSL. Improved […]
A new version of the Debian installer has been released with support for the Reiser4 file system. It allows installing the chosen version of Debian on Reiser4 during the installation process. It uses a special Linux kernel 5.17.12 and bootloader. Project website Source: linux.org.ru
Harald Welte, a well-known Linux kernel developer and recipient of an award for significant contributions to the development of free software, founder of gpl-violations.org, creator of the Openmoko project, and one of the developers of netfilter/iptables, published his opinion regarding the removal of maintainers from the Linux kernel based on their presumed work in sanctioned companies. According to Harald, he was proud of his involvement in the work […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-9050) has been detected in the NetworkManager-libreswan plugin, which adds functionality to connect to VPNs compatible with servers based on Libreswan and Cisco IPsec, allowing a local user to escalate their privileges. The vulnerability has been resolved in NetworkManager-libreswan version 1.2.24. Updates in distributions can be monitored on the following pages: Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE/openSUSE, Fedora. The issue was caused by […]
Bitwarden password manager developers have migrated the Bitwarden Secrets Manager SDK to the GPLv3 license. The SDK provides a set of wrappers for various programming languages, allowing the creation of extensions for the password manager and integrating functionality and data models used in Bitwarden products into their programs. The client application and server-side code were previously released under GPLv3 and AGPLv3 licenses, but the content […]
James Bottomley, maintainer of the SCSI subsystem and former board member and chair of the Technical Advisory Board of the Linux Foundation, has joined the discussion on the removal of maintainers from Russia. James apologized for how the removal was carried out and explained that it was related to sanctions against companies from Russia that are listed in the OFAC SDN published by the Department of Treasury […]
The release of the proprietary browser Vivaldi 7.0, developed on the Chromium engine, has been announced. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The interface implementation is available in the source texts, but under […]
The release of the open-source PaaS platform Cozystack 0.17.0, built on Kubernetes, has been published. The project aims to provide a ready-made platform for hosting providers and a framework for building private and public clouds. The platform is installed directly on servers and covers all aspects of preparing infrastructure for managed services. Cozystack allows users to launch and provide Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform's code […]
Linus Torvalds has joined the discussion on the removal of developers associated with the Russian Federation from the list of Linux kernel maintainers. He refused to reverse the change, pointed out that compliance requirements are not limited to the United States, confirmed that sanctions against Russia are the reason, and wrote that the hysteria from random anonymous participants in the discussion will change nothing. He also mentioned that blocking him and others […]