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The distribution release of Elementary OS 7.1 has been announced, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project focuses on high-quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources and offers high boot speed. Users are provided with a custom desktop environment called Pantheon. Bootable ISO images (3 GB) are available for download.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the Raspberry Pi 5 board, which will be available for sale in late October to early November 2023, priced at $60 for 4 GB of RAM and $80 for 8 GB of RAM. According to statements, the performance of the Raspberry Pi 5 is 2-3 times better than that of the Raspberry Pi 4, which was released in 2018.
Thanks to the Umvirt LFS Auto Builder automated build environment, users can create a basic bootable image of Linux From Scratch 12.0-systemd with just one command. Step-by-step builds are also possible. It is expected that after the image is created, it will be further customized and configured by the user according to their preferences. In addition to its primary purpose, the build environment can be used for comparative performance testing of hardware.
The release of LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 6 Faye has taken place. LMDE is based on a Debian package base. LMDE is available only in the Cinnamon edition. What's new: The package base for LMDE is based on Debian 12; Linux kernel 6.1; Cinnamon 5.8; Python has been upgraded to version 3.11.2; Systemd 252; GCC compiler has been updated to version 12.2; Rust compiler has been updated to version 1.63.
Firefox 118 is now available. It features a built-in web page translator powered by the Bergamot engine (developed by Mozilla in collaboration with European universities with financial support from the European Union). The translation is carried out by a neural network on the user's side without sending text to online services. A processor supporting SSE4.1 is required to use this feature. English, Bulgarian, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, and French languages are available (language models need to be installed […]
The beta version of Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" is now available for download. The stable release is scheduled for October 12. Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The main developer and sponsor is Canonical. The project is currently being actively developed and supported by the free community. Key changes include: • Desktop updated to GNOME 45 • Linux kernel updated to […]
Mozilla has announced the inclusion of support for the Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) mechanism in the stable branch of Firefox for users, continuing the development of the Encrypted Server Name Indication (ESNI) technology and designed to encrypt information about TLS session parameters, such as the requested domain name. Initially, the code for ECH support was added in Firefox version 85 but was disabled by default. In […]
On September 13, HyperDX was released on GitHub — a monitoring and debugging tool that allows users to correlate logs, traces, and sessions in one place. The source code is available and distributed under the MIT license. HyperDX helps engineers understand the reasons for production failures and resolve issues more quickly. It is an open-source alternative to Datadog and New Relic. It can be deployed on your own […]
After six months of development, GNOME 45 was released under the codename 'Rīga'. The new release is already available in the experimental builds of Fedora 39 and Ubuntu 23.10. The GNOME project is an international community supported by a non-profit foundation, focusing on user experience quality, top-notch internationalization, and accessibility. Key changes include: • A new virtual desktop indicator and the removal of the […]
Angie is an efficient, powerful, and scalable web server built by some of the former core developers of nginx with the intention of expanding functionality far beyond the original version. It is distributed under the BSD license. Angie is a complete replacement for nginx, allowing you to use your existing nginx configuration without significant changes. A key feature of Angie is its acquisition by the project […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-4692) has been identified in the driver handling NTFS filesystem operations in the GRUB2 bootloader, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code at the bootloader level when accessing a specifically crafted filesystem image. This vulnerability can be exploited to bypass the UEFI Secure Boot verified boot mechanism. The vulnerability stems from an error in parsing the NTFS attribute '$ATTRIBUTE_LIST' (grub-core/fs/ntfs.c), which can be used to write […]
Version 1.3 of the fwmx software suite has been released, which includes the window manager (fwm), an application launcher menu, and a volume control. The layout indicator used is xxkb. What's new since the last release (v1.2): added root daemon for monitoring battery status and managing screen brightness on laptops, along with corresponding elements in the taskbar; improved drag and drop behavior […]