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The release of version 1.20 of Zen Browser has taken place – a Firefox fork featuring a beautiful design, a focus on privacy, and numerous additional features. What's new: This update introduces an important new feature called "Boosts," which allows you to customize the appearance of any website according to your preferences. To start using Boosts, click on the site control icon in the address bar and the new button […]
Corrective releases of Samba package versions 4.24.3, 4.23.8, and 4.22.10 have been presented, providing an open implementation of SMB and Active Directory protocols. The new versions address 6 vulnerabilities, of which two allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute their code on the server: CVE-2026-4408 – a vulnerability in the SAMR (Security Account Manager) server implementation over DCE/RPC, used for managing credentials and databases […]
New versions of the web browsers Gecko Wolvic 1.9 and Chromium Wolvic 1.3 have been released, designed for use in augmented and virtual reality systems. The browsers provide a 3D interface for navigating sites using a 3D headset, and in addition to traditional flat pages, they allow web developers to create three-dimensional web applications for virtual reality systems using the WebXR, WebAR, and WebVR APIs. The differences between the browsers come down to […]
The AlmaLinux project has announced the release of two stable versions of the distribution: AlmaLinux OS 9.8 “Olive Jaguar” and AlmaLinux OS 10.2 “Lavender Lion.” The project highlights that this is the first time two stable branches of AlmaLinux have been released on the same day. This release is the result of improvements to the build infrastructure, automation, and QA procedures that allow for maintaining two parallel branches without delay […]
The ReactOS project, which has been developing a free OS with binary compatibility for Windows applications and drivers for many years, has reported the first successful boot of an experimental build for ARM64. Until now, the main target architectures for ReactOS have been i586 and AMD64, and now the system has successfully booted on a 64-bit ARM platform. The demonstration was published on May 26, 2026. As noted by Phoronix, the shown build […]
The Chromium developers have implemented support for the Wayland protocol in the ANGLE library. The implementation is based on the use of the EGL extension EGL_EXT_platform_wayland. The ANGLE library translates OpenGL ES calls to the graphics APIs OpenGL, Direct3D 9/11, and Vulkan, and is used in Chrome as a backend for WebGL, and in Android for implementing OpenGL ES over Vulkan. It is mentioned that this change will allow support for Wayland […]
The accompanying web browser Dillo proposes a method for filtering changes prepared through AI. The Dillo project accepts patches created only by humans, but analyzing submitted changes is time-consuming and it's not always clear whether a patch was created by a person or not. To simplify the filtering of AI-generated patches, participants submitting changes to the project for the first time are asked to provide evidence of their work […]
The GlobalPlatform consortium has announced the Pavona project, which develops an open distribution of hardware components that can be assembled into production-ready secure chips based on RISC-V microarchitecture. This distribution provides a modular library of IP blocks and reference chip implementations that are ready for certification and proven for manufacturing (tapeout-proven). By combining elements from this library, one can create custom chips for various fields […]
The release of AlmaLinux 10.2 has been announced, along with an update of the previous branch — AlmaLinux 9.8. The releases are synchronized with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 and 10.2 and include all changes proposed in these versions. Installation images are prepared for the architectures x86_64_v3, x86_64_v2, ARM64, ppc64le, and s390x in the form of bootable (1 GB), minimal (1.6 GB), and full images (10 GB). […]
The release of AppGrid 1.8.0 has been published — a third-party application launcher for KDE Plasma 6, designed as an application grid and positioned as an alternative to the standard Kickoff and Kicker menus. The release was posted on GitHub on May 25, 2026; the project description notes that AppGrid is distributed under the GPL-2.0-or-later license. AppGrid comes in two variants of the plasmoid: as a separate centered pop-up window […]
The release of Sway 1.12 has been published — a new version of the tiling Wayland compositor that is conceptually and configurationally compatible with i3. The release took place on May 25, 2026. According to the project, Sway 1.12 includes 138 changes from 50 contributors, and building it now requires wlroots 0.20.0. The main user-facing change is the support for HDR10 when using the Vulkan renderer. This does not imply automatic […]
Google accidentally opened public access to a report (public copy) containing a detailed explanation and example exploit for a vulnerability that has not yet been patched in the Chromium engine. The vulnerability is deemed dangerous, and a $1,000 reward was paid to the researcher who disclosed the issue. Information about the problem was sent back in 2022 and has since been raised periodically but not brought to […]