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The HTTP server hinsightd has been introduced, utilizing the Linux io_uring subsystem

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A compact HTTP server, hinsightd, has been released, notable for utilizing the asynchronous I/O interface io_uring provided in the Linux kernel. The server supports the HTTP/1.1 protocol and is designed for low resource consumption while providing essential functionality. For example, hinsightd supports TLS, reverse proxying (rproxy), caching of dynamically generated content in the local filesystem, on-the-fly data compression, seamless restarts without breaking established connections, and connection […]

Update of X.Org Server 21.1.5 and xwayland 22.1.6 addressing 6 vulnerabilities

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Corrective releases of X.Org Server 21.1.5 and xwayland 22.1.6 have been published, which is the DDX component (Device-Dependent X) enabling the X.Org Server to run X11 applications in Wayland-based environments. The new versions fix 6 vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited for privilege escalation in systems where the X server runs with root permissions, as well as for remote code execution in […]

Release of the cryptographic library LibreSSL 3.7.0

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The developers of the OpenBSD project have introduced a portable release of the LibreSSL 3.7.0 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on quality support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary functionality, adding additional protections, and significantly cleaning up and reworking the codebase. The LibreSSL 3.7.0 release is considered experimental, in which […]

Release of Firefox 108

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The release of the Firefox 108 web browser has been announced. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch—102.6.0—has been formed. The Firefox 109 branch is soon to enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for January 17. Key innovations in Firefox 108 include the addition of the keyboard shortcut Shift+ESC for quick access to the process manager page (about:processes), which allows evaluation of which processes and internal […]

Release of Git source code management system 2.39.

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After two months of development, the release of the distributed version control system Git 2.39 has been published. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, providing flexible tools for non-linear development based on branching and merging. To ensure the integrity of the history and resilience to 'backdating' changes, implicit hashing of all prior history is used in every commit, […]

Release of the OpenNMT-tf 2.30 translation system

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The release of the OpenNMT-tf 2.30.0 (Open Neural Machine Translation) machine translation system has been announced, utilizing machine learning methods. The code for the modules developed by the OpenNMT-tf project is written in Python, uses the TensorFlow library, and is distributed under the MIT license. Simultaneously, a variant of OpenNMT based on the PyTorch library is being developed, which differs at the level of supported capabilities. Additionally, OpenNMT based on PyTorch is presented as more […]

Chrome has proposed memory and energy-saving modes. The deactivation of the second version of the manifest has been postponed.

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Google has announced the implementation of Memory Saver and Energy Saver modes in the Chrome browser, which they plan to roll out to Chrome users for Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS over the coming weeks. The Memory Saver mode significantly reduces RAM consumption by freeing up memory used by inactive tabs, allowing it to provide the necessary resources […]

Fedora 38 is set to establish official builds with the Budgie desktop environment.

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Joshua Strobl, the key developer of the Budgie project, published a proposal to begin forming official Fedora Linux Spin builds with the Budgie desktop environment. To accompany the Budgie packages and create new builds, the Budgie SIG group has been established. The Fedora Spin edition with Budgie is expected to be delivered starting with the Fedora Linux 38 release. This proposal has not yet been reviewed by the FESCo committee (Fedora Engineering Steering […]

Release of Linux kernel 6.1

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After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 6.1. Among the most notable changes are support for driver and module development in the Rust language, modernization of the memory page identification mechanism, a special memory manager for BPF programs, a memory issue diagnostics system called KMSAN, a protection mechanism known as KCFI (Kernel Control-Flow Integrity), and the introduction of the Maple tree structure. A total of 15,115 changes have been accepted into the new version […]

Android TV 13 platform is available

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Four months after the launch of the Android 13 mobile platform, Google has released a version for smart TVs and Android TV set-top boxes, labeled Android TV 13. Currently, the platform is available only for testing by application developers—ready builds have been prepared for the Google ADT-3 set-top box and the Android Emulator for TV. Updates for consumer devices, such as Google Chromecast, are expected in […]

The ping utility check in OpenBSD revealed a bug present since 1998

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The results of fuzz testing for the ping utility included in OpenBSD have been published, following the recent discovery of a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the ping utility provided by FreeBSD. The ping utility in OpenBSD is not affected by the issue identified in FreeBSD (the vulnerability exists in the new implementation of the pr_pack() function, rewritten by FreeBSD developers in 2019), but another error was uncovered during testing that had gone unnoticed […]

Qt 6.5 will introduce an API for direct access to Wayland objects

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In Qt 6.5, a QNativeInterface::QWaylandApplication interface will be added for Wayland, allowing direct access to native Wayland objects used in Qt's internal structures, as well as access to user activity information, which may be needed for protocol extension communications. The new interface is implemented in the QNativeInterface namespace, which also […]

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