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The company System76, which develops the Linux distribution Pop!_OS, has begun testing the second alpha version of the COSMIC desktop environment, written in Rust (not to be confused with the old COSMIC based on GNOME Shell). For testing, ISO images for systems with NVIDIA GPUs (3 GB) and Intel/AMD (2.5 GB) have been provided, built on a test build of the Pop!_OS 24.04 distribution. Ready packages are also available […]
Recently published source texts of the multimedia player Winamp have revealed code borrowing distributed under GPL and LGPL licenses. Specifically, among the Winamp code were the file fir_proc.cpp, the BladeMP3 encoder, the in_vorbis plugin, and components of the GNU Bison parser generator, all distributed under the GPL license. Additionally, modified code from the libdiscid 0.6.2 library, distributed under LGPLv2.1, was included. In […]
Oracle has released a patch for the VirtualBox virtualization system, version 7.1.2, which includes 15 fixes: A setting has been added to the user interface to change the method of protecting remote access to the screen. Issues related to the multi-window interface and translations have been resolved. The problem of incomplete removal of virtual machines created in Unattended Install mode has been fixed. The ability to enable 3D acceleration has been added for […]
The release of DXVK 2.4.1 is available, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 8, 9, 10, and 11, which operates through call translation to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting API Vulkan 1.3 are required, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games […]
Hello, LOR! After 27 years since version 8.0, a new version of the once-popular programming language Tcl and its associated toolkit for creating user interfaces, Tk, has finally been released. Tcl is a high-level scripting language with dynamic typing. A distinctive feature of the language is that all data, including the code of the program itself, can be represented as strings, which creates vast […]
The official server was shut down in 2021. The license prohibits commercial use – but feel free to improve the game; the community is already working on it. What about a build for Linux? Even the server currently runs on Windows; one of the main current tasks is the transition to Linux, and you can help with that; the community is also in need of a more powerful Windows server (for now […]
Simone Margaritelli, the author of the OpenSnitch firewall and the bettercap network analyzer, has prematurely disclosed information about previously announced critical vulnerabilities that allow remote attacks on GNU/Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and some other BSD systems. The publication was originally scheduled for October 6, but due to information leakage, it had to be published early before most distributions could prepare package updates. […]
The developers of the Tor anonymous network and the Tails distribution have announced the merger of their projects. Further development of the Tails distribution will be carried out as part of the Tor project, simplifying collaboration, enhancing viability, reducing overhead, and expanding capabilities to counter digital threats. The Tails distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is based on a Debian package base, comes with the GNOME desktop, and is intended […]
After a year of development, a new stable branch of the PostgreSQL database system, PostgreSQL 17, has been released. Updates for the new branch will be available for five years until November 2029. Support for PostgreSQL 12.x, the oldest supported branch, will end on November 14. Key new features: A new data structure is used during the VACUUM operation (garbage collection, cleanup, and disk storage packing), consuming up to […]
The release of version 4.7.4 of the cross-platform RSS client RSS Guard, written in C++ using the Qt framework (5 or 6) and distributed under the GPL 3.0 license, has been announced. Change log: the priority of worker threads for fetching feeds is now lowered to low. This is likely to improve the interface responsiveness during feed retrieval; the user-agent can now be set in the settings; improved appearance […]
Google has summarized the results of its Safe Coding initiative for Android, which includes the use of programming languages that ensure safe memory management, application of static analysis tools, and designing APIs with security in mind. These changes have reduced the share of memory-related vulnerabilities in Android from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024, which […]
The release of ELKS 0.8 (Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset) has been published, which develops a Linux-like operating system for 16-bit Intel processors 8086, 8088, 80188, 80186, 80286, and NEC V20/V30. The OS can be used on old IBM-PC XT/AT class computers, the domestic MK-88 computer, the vintage Monotech NuXT 2.0 board, and on SBC/SoC/FPGA that replicate the IA16 architecture. The project […]
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