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Release of Vivaldi 6.6 for Android

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Today, the stable release of the Vivaldi 6.6 browser for Android, developed on the Chromium core, was announced. In this new version, the developers introduced features such as the ability to set custom wallpapers on the start page (available as a collection of pre-installed options as well as setting your own image), an improved built-in translator, and the ability to save pinned tabs when restarting the browser. Additionally, work was done on restructuring […]

The PiDP-10 project develops a clone of the PDP-10 mainframe based on the Raspberry Pi 5 board.

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Retro computer enthusiasts have published the PiDP-10 project, aimed at creating a working reconstruction of the DEC PDP-10 KA10 mainframe from 1968. A new plastic control panel case was made for the device, equipped with 124 tube indicators and 74 switches. The computational components and software environment were recreated using the Raspberry Pi 5 board with a Raspberry Pi OS distribution based on Debian, and tools […]

Performance improvements for Btrfs have been announced in kernel 6.9.

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Ahead of the release of Linux Kernel 6.9, David Sterba from SUSE introduced updates for the Btrfs filesystem, which include not only stability improvements and bug fixes but also performance optimizations. New performance features in Btrfs Among the key performance optimizations for Btrfs in Linux 6.9, Sterba highlights the following improvements: Logging speedup: a slight increase in logging speed when […]

Linux kernel 6.8 has been released.

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Recently, Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.8. Key changes: A new DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) driver for Intel Xe GPUs. Improvements to the P-State driver for Meteor Lake processors. Added support for audio on Arrow Lake and Thunderbolt/USB4 support for Lunar Lake. A new P-State Preferred Core driver has been added. Support for future Zen 5 chips and RDNA graphics has been implemented […]

Plans for supporting versions two and three of the Chrome manifest in Firefox.

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Developers from Mozilla have updated information regarding plans related to supporting the second and third versions of the Chrome manifest in Firefox. Google intends to discontinue support for extensions using the second version of the manifest in the test releases of Chrome 127 (Dev, Canary, and Beta) starting in June of this year. In the stable branch, support for the second version of the manifest will be discontinued no earlier than July. In […]

Release of Alt Server 10.2

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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, […]

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