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The release of CoreBoot 4.22 is now available, which develops a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. A total of 135 developers contributed to the new version, preparing 977 changes. It is noted that starting from the next release, the project will switch to a new version naming scheme tied to the date (year.month.update), for example, in February 2024 […]
The release of 4MLinux 44.0 has been announced, a minimalistic user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment for playing multimedia files and solving user tasks but also as a system for recovery from failures and a platform for running LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […]
After more than three months of development, version 4.7.0 of the LaTeX document editor TeXstudio, written in C++ using the Qt framework (versions 5 and 6 supported), has been released. Change log: automatic removal of the inserted closing bracket if the opening bracket was deleted by pressing backspace; parsing optimized; the TeXdoc dialog now shows packages (optionally all) in a list with the ability to search. A new button […]
Google released version 14 of the Fuchsia operating system, which serves as the basis for preliminary firmware updates for the Google Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max smart displays. The Fuchsia OS has been developed by Google since 2016, addressing the shortcomings in scalability and security present in the Android platform. Key changes in Fuchsia 14: Enhanced capabilities of the Starnix layer, providing […]
I present to you the first version of the multimedia library Little DirectMedia Layer, abbreviated as LDL, developed by me. The library is written in C++98 standard, allowing it to be compiled starting from Visual C++ 6.0. The code is distributed under the Boost Software License 1.0. However, the library does not restrict programmers in their choice of C++ language standards, and they can use any modern standard of the language. I […]
The release of the integrated development environment Apache NetBeans 20 has been announced, providing support for the programming languages Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript, Rust, and Groovy. Ready-made builds have been created for Linux (snap, flatpak), Windows, and macOS. Among the proposed changes: For Java projects, support for JDK 21 has been added. The input enhancement system has been updated with new features from Java 21. […]
The non-linear video editor Shotcut 23.11 has been released. The main innovation is the addition of easing control for keyframes. Other updates include: A button for Crop: Rectangle > Apply to Source for quick video cropping without changing the aspect ratio. Added opacity settings for the GPS text, Text: Simple, and Timer filters. Improved performance for zooming in the timeline. Rectangular selection has been implemented on the timeline […]
Cinelerra-gg is a multi-track video editor and compositor for Linux (a port for Free/NetBSD is also in development). Notable features include: independence from python/qt/gtk during operation (python3 is required for building); a relatively fast engine; the ability to work with 32-bit floating-point data per channel (however, currently there is clipping of samples with values exceeding 1.0f; […]
Researchers from Binarly have uncovered a series of vulnerabilities in the image parsing code used in UEFI firmware from various manufacturers. These vulnerabilities allow for the execution of arbitrary code during boot by placing specially crafted images in the ESP (EFI System Partition) or in parts of the firmware update that lack a valid digital signature. The proposed attack method can be used to bypass the verified boot mechanism […]
Proxmox, known for developing Proxmox Virtual Environment and Proxmox Mail Gateway products, has released Proxmox Backup Server 3.1, presented as a ready solution for backing up and restoring virtual environments, containers, and server components. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. Paid […] is available for installing updates.
Corrective releases for OpenZFS 2.1.14 and 2.2.2 have been finalized, advancing the implementation of the ZFS file system for Linux and FreeBSD. The updates address an issue in the dnode cache consistency check code that led to data corruption in files containing empty areas when copied after modifications. The problem was initially attempted to be fixed in version 2.2.1, but the solution proved ineffective. The error persisted […]
An update for the Telegram messenger has been released, now version 10.3. It is now easier to find similar channels, users can repost stories from friends and channels, add video messages to stories, customize personal profile colors, and much more. Free users are now provided with transcriptions of voice and video messages, but with limitations. Now, when subscribing to a new channel, the user will see […]