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Release 9 of Zulip, a server platform for deploying enterprise messengers suitable for facilitating communication among employees and development teams, is now available. The project was originally developed by Zulip and was open-sourced following its acquisition by Dropbox under the Apache 2.0 license. The server-side code is written in Python using the Django framework. Client software is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and […]
Side is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Pisi Linux, featuring the SDE desktop. In version 0.0.2: glibc-2.39; Linux kernel LTS 5.15; ability to run Xorg without root privileges; fixed network settings; new packages: keyd, ayatana-libappindicator, and others. The project is in the alpha stage of development, stable operation is not guaranteed, the repository is sparse, and distro-specific components lack documentation. Password: live. Installation […]
Security researchers from Binarly discovered a way to bypass UEFI Secure Boot verification mode on over 800 products released by companies such as Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, HP, Intel, Lenovo, and Supermicro. The issue has been codenamed PKfail and is related to the use of an untrusted Platform Key (PK) generated by AMI (American Megatrends International) […]
A year and a half after the last major branch formation, Oracle has released the first beta version of the VirtualBox 7.1 virtualization system. The release is expected in the fall. Beta builds of VirtualBox 7.1 are prepared for RHEL 7/8/9, Fedora 35/36/40, openSUSE 15.3, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04, Debian 10/11/12, macOS, and Windows. Key changes: Improved graphical interface. The ability to choose between modes for regular and advanced users […]
The release of the OPNsense 24.7 distribution for creating firewalls has been published. Nine years ago, it split from the pfSense project with the aim of developing a completely open distribution that could match the functionality of commercial solutions for deploying firewalls and network gateways. Unlike pfSense, the project is positioned as not being controlled by a single company, developed with direct community involvement […]
Canonical has released version 1.14 of the multipass toolkit, designed to simplify the installation of various versions of Ubuntu in virtual machines running on Linux, Windows, and macOS virtualization systems. Multipass enables a developer to launch the desired Ubuntu version in a virtual machine with a single command, without additional configurations, for example, for experimentation or testing their application. To start a virtual machine in Linux, […]
After significant successes in the mobile sector achieved by the Ryzen 4000 platform, followed by the Ryzen 5000 chips, AMD's CPUs have again fallen behind competitors. The vast majority of work laptops today are based on Intel processors, either the 13th generation Core or the latest Core Ultra. The Ryzen AI 300 chips, announced just a month ago, will become equal counterparts to the Core Ultra […]
After a few days of slowly appearing ISO images for the new version on mirrors, the Linux Mint project officially announced the release of version 22 of the distribution (based on Ubuntu 24.04), named 'Wilma.' Among the new features, the developers note improved support for various languages, a switch to kernel version 6 (initially 6.8), and pipewire for sound (though, of course, users can revert to […]
The release of Linux Mint 22 has been presented, transitioning to a package base of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The distribution is fully compatible with Ubuntu but significantly differs in its approach to user interface organization and the selection of default applications. Linux Mint developers provide a desktop environment that adheres to classic desktop organization principles, which is more familiar to users who do not embrace new interface-building methods […]
Despite the launch this week of spot ETFs trading on Ethereum on the stock exchanges, the second largest cryptocurrency faced a record daily price drop of 7% on Thursday, marking its largest decline in the past three months. Currently, the price of Ethereum stands at $3182. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's price fell by 2 […]
A change has been implemented in the JavaScript codebase of the Node.js platform that adds the capability to run files with TypeScript code. TypeScript support is enabled using the option '--experimental-strip-types,' which cleans up type definitions specific to the language, i.e., transforming the source code into JavaScript before execution. Features of TypeScript unrelated to type definitions, such as namespaces, decorators, […]
Truffle Security has published attack scenarios for several typical methods used with repositories on GitHub, allowing for data extraction from remote repositories that have public forks or were created as forks. The ability to access commits by hash across all related forked repositories arises because GitHub, for optimization and duplication reduction purposes, stores them together […]