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The release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 24.01.1 has been published, built on FreeBSD 14-STABLE and offering the MATE desktop environment. Additionally, the community is creating unofficial builds with Xfce. By default, GhostBSD uses the ZFS file system. Both live mode operation and installation on a hard drive are supported (using the custom installer ginstall, written in Python). Boot images have been generated for the architecture […]
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in various implementations of the DNSSEC protocol affecting DNS resolvers BIND, PowerDNS, dnsmasq, Knot Resolver, and Unbound. These vulnerabilities allow denial of service attacks against DNS resolvers performing validation using DNSSEC due to increased CPU load, which hampers the processing of other requests. To carry out the attack, it is sufficient to send a request to a DNS resolver using DNSSEC that leads to a specially crafted […]
Developers of the Chromium project have reported plans to implement support for Web Monetization technology in the browser, allowing automatic micropayments to website owners for viewing their content. It is expected that this technology could be used to monetize websites instead of displaying ads, serving as an equivalent to online tips or providing selective paid access to content without requiring a subscription. The first prototype of Web Monetization implementation […]
The release of OpenVPN 2.6.7 has been prepared, a package for creating virtual private networks that allows for encrypted connections between two client machines or facilitates the operation of a centralized VPN server for simultaneous connection of multiple clients. This new version is notable for its recertification. The project's code has been transitioned from using a pure GPLv2 license to a combined license, which extends the GPLv2 text with an exception that allows linking to code under […]
Following the discontinuation of perpetual license sales, Broadcom, which acquired VMware's business last November, has stopped distributing free versions of VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 7.x and 8.x). The free versions were limited in the number of processor cores and memory size and did not include advanced features. Nevertheless, the basic functionality was present, making them sought after […]
The release of Regolith Desktop 3.1 has been introduced, developed by the creators of the same-named Linux distribution. Regolith is based on GNOME session management technologies, the i3 window manager, Picom and Sway compositing servers, the i3bar panel, the rofication notification system, the i3status-rs status bar, and the ilia application launcher interface. The project's developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. Installation packages are prepared for Ubuntu and Debian. […]
The FreeBSD developers have announced their plan to discontinue support for 32-bit platforms. The FreeBSD 15 branch will not include support for armv6, i386, and powerpc platforms, while support for the armv7 platform will be discontinued in the FreeBSD 16 branch. The ability to build 32-bit programs and use the COMPAT_FREEBSD32 mode to run 32-bit executables in a 64-bit kernel environment will remain available at least until the end of the […]
The ZLUDA project has prepared an open implementation of CUDA technology for AMD GPUs, allowing unmodified CUDA applications to run with performance close to that of applications run without layers. The released toolkit provides binary compatibility with existing CUDA applications compiled using the CUDA compiler for NVIDIA GPUs. The implementation works on top of AMD's developing ROCm stack and the HIP (Heterogeneous-computing Interface for Portability) runtime. Code […]
The UBports project, which has taken over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical stepped back, has announced a transition to a new release model. Instead of releases in the format "OTA-number branch_name," new versions of the Ubuntu Touch firmware will be released using the "year.month.update" scheme, where the year and month correspond to the time of a significant release based on […]
In the nightly builds of Firefox, on the basis of which Firefox 124 will be formed on March 19, the ability to display page thumbnails when hovering over tabs has been added. In addition to the thumbnail, a mention of the link displayed in the tab has also been added to the information block about the tab. The link shown in the popup above the tab will appear in Firefox 123, scheduled for […]
The Arduino community, which develops a series of open boards based on microcontrollers, has released the Arduino IDE 2.3 integrated development environment, providing an interface for writing code, compiling, uploading firmware to hardware, and interacting with the boards during debugging. Firmware development is conducted in a slightly trimmed version of C++ with the Wiring framework. The interface code of the development environment is written in TypeScript (typed JavaScript), […]
The release of the Arkime 5.0 system for capturing, storing, and indexing network packets has been published, providing tools for visual evaluation of traffic flows and searching for information related to network activity. The project was originally developed by AOL with the goal of creating an open replacement for commercial packet processing platforms, supporting deployment on its servers and capable of scaling to handle traffic at speeds […]