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Release of Alt Server 10.2

A new image of the Alt Server 10.2 operating system has been released. The build is prepared for x86_64 and AArch64. Download the image from ftp.altlinux.org, download.basealt.ru, mirror.yandex.ru. In the new image: Installation profiles and the basic set of services have been revamped. Samba has been updated to 4.19. Support for RAID arrays based on INTEL VROC technology has been added. More details in the newsletters: altlinux-announce-ru@ community@ Distribution composition Download website Source: linux.org.ru

Release of Alt Workstation 10.2

An update for the operating system "Alt Workstation" 10.2 is available. The build is prepared for x86_64, AArch64, i586, and "Elbrus". Download the release image: ftp.altlinux.org download.basealt.ru mirror.yandex.ru New features in version 10.2: A pre-installation mode (OEM mode) has been added. Timeshift 23.12 has been included. The installer now allows for creating sub-volumes in the BtrFS file system during the disk preparation phase. More details in the newsletters: altlinux-announce-ru@ community@ Distribution components Download site […]

The old NTFS driver has been removed from the Linux 6.9 kernel

Linus Torvalds approved the request to remove the old NTFS filesystem driver from the Linux kernel. Starting with release 5.15, a new NTFS3 driver developed and maintained by Paragon Software has been included in the kernel. Including two drivers with NTFS implementation in the kernel is impractical, considering that the old driver hasn’t been updated for many years and is located in […]

The Alt Server 10.2 and Alt Workstation 10.2 distributions have been released

The company Basalt SPO has released the Alt Server 10.2 and Alt Workstation 10.2 distributions, built on the ALT platform 10 (branch p10 Aronia). The 'Alt Workstation' builds are created for x86_64, AArch64, i586, and Elbrus architectures, while the 'Alt Server' builds are available for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures. The distributions are provided under a License Agreement, which allows free use only […]

The share of Linux desktop distributions has reached 4% according to StatCounter.

According to the StatCounter rating, which monitors global web browser usage statistics, the share of Linux desktop distributions has exceeded 4% for the first time. The statistics were gathered based on a counter placed on 1.5 million websites. Notably, eight months ago, Linux desktop distributions surpassed the 3% mark and maintained stable figures until November, after which Linux's position began to gradually strengthen […]

Cisco has become a fashion retailer and will prepare lookbooks quarterly.

Cisco can now rightfully call itself a fashion retailer, as confirmed by its spring collection, reports The Register. According to Cisco's product marketing and analytics specialist Anjana Iyer, the company plans to offer collections each quarter and 'style guides created by Cisco store employees' explaining 'what is trending each season.' Judging by […]

Vulnerability in Android 14, exploited through Bluetooth LE

The developers of the GrapheneOS project, which is developing a secure branch of the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) codebase, have identified a vulnerability in the Bluetooth stack of Android 14 that could potentially lead to remote code execution. The issue is caused by accessing a previously freed memory area (use-after-free) in the audio processing code for sounds transmitted via Bluetooth LE. The vulnerability was discovered thanks to the integration of additional protection into the hardened_malloc call, […]

Release of OpenSSH 9.7

OpenSSH 9.7 has been released, the open implementation of the client and server for the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The proposed version begins the process of changes leading to the eventual discontinuation of support for DSA-based key algorithms. OpenSSH 9.7 provides an option to disable DSA at the compilation stage, but the default build with DSA support remains in place for now. In the next release, […]

Release of tenv 1.2.0, a utility for managing Terraform, Terragrunt, and OpenTofu

A new version of tenv 1.2.0 has been released — a console manager for managing versions of the Terraform, Terragrunt, and OpenTofu platforms used for managing external resources and automating infrastructure maintenance in accordance with the 'infrastructure as code' model. TenV is written in Go, requires no additional dependencies, and can run on any operating system. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. […]

Release of Linux kernel 6.8

After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 6.8. Among the most notable changes are: Xe driver for Intel GPU, block device protection mode with mounted filesystems, Deadline server task scheduler mechanism, automatic optimization of identical memory page merging, the first driver written in Rust, system calls listmount and statmount, removal of bpfilter and SLAB, the guest_memfd mechanism in […]

Out of fashion and not youthful: IBM will attempt to prepare new professionals in the field of mainframes.

IBM has introduced two new initiatives aimed at developing skilled professionals for mainframe work. The first, the Mainframe Skills Council, will include IBM clients and partners, academic representatives, non-profit organizations, and open communities, as well as virtually everyone interested in enhancing mainframe skills. The second initiative is the IBM Z Mainframe Skills Depot online resource, […]

Arch Linux has updated its package manager to Pacman 6.1 and the installer Archinstall 2.7.2.

The Arch Linux distribution has transitioned to using the new release of the package manager Pacman 6.1, which features support for the built-in CacheServer, caching packages to speed up package downloads and simplify mirror creation. Other changes in the new version of Pacman include: additional output formatting specifiers added to the "--print" option, the ability to add extended fields containing package data, and provided output […]

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