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Theo de Raadt has introduced a change that prohibits the use of null characters in shell scripts processed by the default command interpreter, ksh. The presence of null characters in scripts will now lead to a termination with an error message, except for when they are placed among data attached at the end of the file following the code. This change is included as part of […]
Developers at Valve have presented the frog-protocols project, aimed at developing an additional set of protocols for Wayland, complementing the protocols from the wayland-protocols set that supplies Wayland extensions for building composite servers and user environments. The creation of a separate set of protocols for Wayland is explained by the sluggish process and endless discussions surrounding the adoption of new protocols in wayland-protocols, which can take […]
An update to the OpenWrt 23.05.5 distribution has been released, designed for use in various networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports a wide range of platforms and architectures and features a build system that enables easy cross-compilation, allowing the inclusion of various components to easily create customized firmware or disk images for specific tasks […]
After extensive effort, GCC 14.2.0 has been released with fixes for build errors and a number of improvements. It also includes Binutils 2.29.1 and GDB 10.2. Windows users can access it in executable format, while a bash script is provided for building on Linux systems. Improvements include support for C++11 and later in the SDK; a default macro defined for Symbian: […]
After five months of development, version 0.39.0 of the popular open-source media player MPV has been released. Major updates include added support for scaling using the D3D11VA filter for NVIDIA RTX and Intel VSR graphics cards. Multi-touch support has been introduced for enhanced user interaction. The track selection system for multilingual components has been improved. Compatibility with dmabuf-wayland has been enhanced for Wayland users. A new script has been added […]
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in the PCP (Performance Co-Pilot) toolkit, which is used for collecting system performance statistics (for example, in the Cockpit interface). The first vulnerability (CVE-2024-45770) exists in the pmpost utility, which is designed to send messages to the log and can be launched with elevated privileges under certain conditions. Exploiting this vulnerability allows for code execution with root privileges, but an attack requires […]
The CentOS distribution developers have released a new "MIN" build, which includes a bootable Live environment of CentOS Stream that operates solely in console mode. For installing the loaded system onto a disk, the utility "install_to_hard_drive" is offered, providing a text interface. The size of the build is 1.2 GB. In addition to MIN, the project is also creating Live builds for Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE, XFce, and MAX (a collection of different desktop environments). Source: opennet.ru
On September 22, the release of version 24.3 of the popular free planetarium Stellarium took place, visualizing a realistic night sky as if viewed with the naked eye or through binoculars or a telescope. Key changes include: the ability to batch draw asteroid and comet markers has been added; small circles have been introduced as additional markers for small bodies; multi-threaded calculations of the positions of Solar System bodies have been added; […]
Tidelift has published the results of a survey of over 400 maintainers of open projects. The most interesting findings include: 60% of open project maintainers do not receive payment for their project maintenance work, with 14% of them considering this work a hobby and not interested in getting paid, while 44% would not mind receiving funding. 24% […]
In September 2024, a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-8767 (rated 9.9 by CVSS) was discovered, affecting Acronis Backup plugins on cPanel, WHM, Plesk, and DirectAdmin platforms running on Linux. The issue lies in excessive privileges, allowing attackers to remotely disclose and modify confidential data, as well as perform unauthorized operations. The vulnerability affects plugin builds up to 619 (cPanel), 555 (Plesk) […]
In 2024, a group of enthusiasts successfully booted Linux on the world's first microprocessor — the Intel 4004, released in 1971. This 4-bit processor, operating at a frequency of 740 kHz and capable of 60,000 operations per second, formed the basis of an experiment demonstrating the impressive progress in computing technology. The booting process of Linux took over 8 days, which is quite understandable given the limitations […]
Geeqie - an image manager and viewer. It supports various multimedia formats, slide shows, editing, viewing archives, extracting metadata including GPS location of the shot, and is extendable with scripts. Changelog: plugin to set the mtime file equal to Exif.Image.DateTime; autocomplete for the Bash command line; option to hide the window decoration; improvements in display search and execution list; option to search by Exif tags in the search window; inclusion of buttons […]
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