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Release of NixOS 23.11 distribution, which uses the Nix package manager

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The release of NixOS 23.11 has been announced, based on the Nix package manager and offering a range of custom developments to simplify the configuration and maintenance of the system. For instance, in NixOS, all system configuration is done through a single system configuration file (configuration.nix), enabling quick rollback to a previous version of the configuration, supporting the ability to switch between different system states, and allowing individual users to install packages separately, […]

Corrective Updates for Firefox 120.0.1 and Chrome 119.0.6045.199

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A corrective release of Firefox 120.0.1 is available, which includes the following fixes: Resolved an issue that caused slow startup processes. Fixed a problem that led to 100% CPU load when opening certain websites, including Google Maps. Fixed a problem that resulted in a green screen when attempting to watch videos on YouTube if hardware acceleration for video decoding was enabled in the system. […]

The First Release of Mozilla's Llamafile Tool

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Developers from Mozilla have released the first version of the llamafile utility, allowing the creation of universal executable files for running large language models (LLM). With llamafile, you can take a machine learning model parameter file in GGUF format and convert it into an executable file that can run on six different operating systems on AMD64 processor hardware. […]

The Traffic Optimization Platform LibreQoS 1.4 is Available

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The release of the LibreQoS 1.4 platform has been published, designed for fair bandwidth distribution among users and reducing the negative effects caused by intermediate packet buffering (Bufferbloat) on network equipment. The platform can be used by providers or administrators of private networks to optimize traffic streams, maintain minimal latency, and distribute bandwidth according to priorities. The project code is written in […]

The release of the Cinnamon 6.0 user environment with initial support for Wayland.

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After six months of development, the Cinnamon 6.0 user environment has been released. Within this framework, the Linux Mint distribution community develops a fork of the GNOME Shell, Nautilus file manager, and Mutter window manager, aimed at providing a classic GNOME 2 style environment while incorporating successful interaction elements from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]

Release of CRIU 3.19, a system for saving and restoring process states in Linux.

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The release of the CRIU 3.19 toolkit (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) has been published, designed for saving and restoring processes in user space. The toolkit allows you to save the state of one or a group of processes, and then resume work from the saved position, even after a system reboot or on another server without breaking already established network connections. The project's code is distributed under the license […]

Release of Armbian 23.11

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The release of the Armbian 23.11 Linux distribution has been announced, providing a compact system environment for various single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V, and x86 architectures, including various models of Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi, and Cubieboard based on Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, Radxa, and Samsung Exynos processors. To form […]

Nextcloud GmbH has acquired the Roundcube email client

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Nextcloud GmbH, which develops the open platform Nextcloud for creating cloud storage and organizing collaborative work for enterprises and teams, has announced the acquisition of the Roundcube email client. Financial details of the deal are undisclosed, but it is stated that Roundcube will continue to evolve as a standalone email client that can be used independently of the Nextcloud platform. The direct merging of the Roundcube codebases […]

Release of SBCL 2.3.11, an implementation of the Common Lisp language

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The release of SBCL 2.3.11 (Steel Bank Common Lisp), a free implementation of the Common Lisp programming language, has been announced. The project's code is written in Common Lisp and C, and is distributed under the BSD license. In the new release: Minor incompatibilities: Streams with the external-format parameter set using ":REPLACEMENT" will apply the replacement data to the stream information only once, leading to errors […]

Changing the IP address of the root DNS server 'B'

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On November 27, 2023, a scheduled change of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses took place for one of the 13 root DNS servers that support the operation of the DNS root zone. For the server B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, the IP address 199.9.14.201 has now been replaced by 170.247.170.2, and instead of 2001:500:200::b, now 2801:1b8:10::b is in use. Despite the changes in the root DNS server list, the old addresses will continue to accept requests at least until November 27, 2024 […]

BLUFFS — vulnerabilities in Bluetooth that allow for MITM attacks

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Daniele Antonioli, a Bluetooth security researcher who previously developed the BIAS, BLUR, and KNOB attack techniques, has identified two new vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-24023) in the Bluetooth session negotiation mechanism. These affect all Bluetooth implementations that support the 'Secure Connections' and 'Secure Simple Pairing' secure pairing modes, as defined in the Bluetooth Core specifications from 4.2 to 5.4. To demonstrate the practical application of these vulnerabilities, six attack variations have been developed, […]

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