Category: Internet News

Release of Redox OS 0.7, written in Rust

After a year and a half of development, the release of the Redox 0.7 operating system has been published, developed using the Rust language and a microkernel concept. The project developments are distributed under the MIT license. For testing Redox OS, installation and Live images are provided, sized at 75 MB. The builds are formed for the x86_64 architecture and are available for systems with UEFI and BIOS. In preparing the new release, primary attention […]

Release of Lakka 4.2, a distribution for creating gaming consoles

The release of the Lakka 4.2 distribution has taken place, allowing computers, set-top boxes, or single-board computers to be transformed into a full-fledged gaming console for running retro games. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally designed for creating home theaters. Lakka builds are created for i386, x86_64 platforms (Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, Cubox-i, Odroid C1/C1+/XU3/XU4, etc. […]

The Genode project has released the general-purpose operating system Sculpt 22.04

The release of the Sculpt 22.04 operating system has been announced, based on Genode OS Framework technologies, developing a general-purpose operating system that can be used by regular users for everyday tasks. The project's source code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image is available for download, sized at 28 MB. It supports operation on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystems […]

Update of voice data in Mozilla Common Voice 9.0.

Mozilla has released an update to the Common Voice voice data sets, which include pronunciation examples from approximately 200,000 individuals. The data is published as public domain (CC0). The provided sets can be used in machine learning systems to build speech recognition and synthesis models. Compared to the previous update, the volume of speech material in the collection has increased by 10% — from 18.2 to 20.2 […]

Release of Redis Database System 7.0

The release of the Redis 7.0 database management system, classified as a NoSQL system, has been published. Redis provides functions for storing data in a key/value format, enhanced by support for structured data formats such as lists, hashes, and sets, as well as the ability to execute server-side handler scripts in the Lua language. The project code is distributed under the BSD license. Additional modules offering extended capabilities for enterprises […]

Release of the Archinstall 2.4 installer used in the Arch Linux distribution.

The release of Archinstall 2.4 has been announced, which has been included as an option in the Arch Linux installation ISO images since April 2021. Archinstall operates in console mode and can be used as an alternative to the default manual installation mode of the distribution. A separate graphical installer implementation is being developed, but it is not included in the Arch Linux installation images and has been further […]

The issue with the lack of support for the NTFS3 module in the Linux kernel.

Issues regarding the maintenance of the new NTFS file system implementation, opened by Paragon Software and included in the Linux kernel 5.15, have been noted on the Linux kernel developer mailing list. One of the conditions for including the new NTFS code in the kernel was ensuring further maintenance of the code as part of the kernel, but since November 24 of last year, any activity in the development of the open […]

Vulnerabilities in networkd-dispatcher that allow root access

Security researchers from Microsoft have discovered two vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-29799, CVE-2022-29800) in the networkd-dispatcher service, code-named Nimbuspwn, which allow an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The issue has been fixed in the networkd-dispatcher 2.2 release. There is currently no information about the release of updates from the distributions (Debian, RHEL, Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu, Arch Linux). Networkd-dispatcher is used in many Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, […]

Chrome 101 Release

Google has released version 101 of its web browser Chrome. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which is the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by using Google logos, having a notification system in case of crashes, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, constant inclusion of Sandbox isolation, provision of keys to Google API, and transmission during […]

The first beta release of the Android 13 mobile platform

Google has introduced the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 13. The release of Android 13 is expected in the third quarter of 2022. To assess the new capabilities of the platform, a preliminary testing program has been proposed. Firmware builds have been prepared for Pixel 6/6 Pro, Pixel 5/5a 5G, and Pixel 4 / 4 XL / 4a / 4a (5G) devices. For those who installed the first test release, […]

The release of the Pop!_OS 22.04 distribution, which develops the COSMIC desktop, has been announced.

System76, a company specializing in laptops, PCs, and servers pre-installed with Linux, has released the distribution of Pop!_OS 22.04. Pop!_OS is based on the Ubuntu 22.04 package base and comes with its own COSMIC desktop environment. The project's developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. ISO images are available for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures with variants for NVIDIA (3.2 GB) and Intel/AMD graphic chips […]

Release of Xpdf 4.04

The release of the Xpdf 4.04 package has taken place, which includes the PDF document viewer program (XpdfReader) and a set of utilities for converting PDF to other formats. On the project's download page, builds for Linux and Windows are available, as well as an archive with the source text. The code is distributed under GPLv2 and GPLv3 licenses. Release 4.04 focuses on fixing […]

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