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Release of VeraCrypt 1.26.14 disk partition encryption system

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After 11 months of development, the release of VeraCrypt 1.26.14 has been published, which develops a fork of the TrueCrypt disk encryption system that has ceased to exist. VeraCrypt is notable for replacing the RIPEMD-160 algorithm used in TrueCrypt with SHA-512 and SHA-256, increasing the number of hashing iterations, simplifying the build process for Linux and macOS, and addressing problems identified during the TrueCrypt source audit. The code developed by VeraCrypt […]

Malicious code has been identified in the ss-otr plugin for Pidgin.

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The developers of the instant messaging client Pidgin, which supports networks like Jabber/XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr, have announced the detection of malicious code in the ss-otr (ScreenShareOTR) plugin, present in the community-developed plugin directory. The plugin was uploaded to the directory on July 6, distributed only in binary form, and added functionality to Pidgin […]

The release of the Calligra 4.0 office suite, developed by the KDE project

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After more than 4 years of development, the release of the free Calligra 4.0 office suite has been published. It was created in 2010 as a result of the restructuring of the KOffice project. The office suite is built on KDE technologies and applies a unified system of embedded objects for all its applications. The components responsible for functionality and user interface are separated, allowing the creation of both lightweight mobile […]

Release of web browser Chrome 128

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Google has released version 128 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, the stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which forms the basis of Chrome, is also available. Chrome differs from Chromium by the use of Google logos, a crash notification system, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, always-on Sandbox isolation, provision of keys for Google API, and transmission of […]

Linux is 33 years old

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Creating a monolithic kernel in 1991 was a fundamental mistake. Thank your lucky stars that you're not my student: I wouldn't give a high grade for such a design. Professor Andrew Tanenbaum. Original message in the mailing list: I’ve currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, […]

The composite server Wayfire 0.9 using Wayland has been released

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After ten months of development, the release of the Wayfire 0.9 composite server, which uses Wayland and allows the creation of resource-friendly user interfaces with 3D effects similar to the 3D plugins of Compiz (screen switching via a 3D cube, spatial window layout, morphing with windows, etc.), has been presented. Wayfire supports extension through plugins and provides a flexible configuration system. The project's code is written in […]

Linus Torvalds has begun to regret approving the addition of Bcachefs to the Linux kernel.

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During the discussion of another batch of changes proposed for inclusion in kernel 6.11-rc5 by Bcachefs author Kent Overstreet, Linus Torvalds mentioned that he is beginning to regret accepting the Bcachefs filesystem into the kernel. Torvalds' dissatisfaction stems from the fact that Overstreet is sending overly extensive fixes at the candidate release stage, which essentially do not […]

The Linux kernel has turned 33 years old

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On August 25, 1991, after five months of development, 21-year-old student Linus Torvalds announced in the comp.os.minix newsgroup the creation of a working prototype of the new operating system Linux, marking the completion of the porting of bash 1.08 and gcc 1.40. The first public release of the Linux kernel was presented on September 17. Kernel 0.0.1 was 62 KB in compressed form and contained […]

Midnight Commander 4.8.32

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After nearly seven months of development, the release of version 4.8.32 of the console file manager Midnight Commander has been announced. Written in C and distributed under the GNU GPL 3 license, the changelog includes: the implementation of current directory transfer to the terminal emulator using the OSC 7 escape sequence, allowing new tabs to be opened in the terminal with this directory; preserving file attributes when copying or moving […]

Wolvic 1.7 released, a web browser for virtual reality devices

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After six months of development, the release of the Wolvic 1.7 web browser, designed for use in augmented and virtual reality systems, has been presented. The project continues the development of Firefox Reality, which was previously developed by Mozilla. After stagnation of the Firefox Reality codebase, its development continued under the Wolvic project by Igalia, known for their participation in creating free projects such as GNOME, GTK, WebKitGTK, Epiphany, […]

The collaborative development platform Forgejo is switching from the MIT license to GPLv3

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The developers of the collaborative development platform Forgejo announced a license change — starting with release 9.0, all new developments of the project will begin to be distributed under the copyleft GPLv3+ license instead of the previously used permissive MIT license. Old branches of Forgejo, as well as corrective versions based on them, will remain under the MIT license. It is noted that the change in licensing will simplify the involvement of code in the project that is distributed under […]

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