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The Zig programming language has adopted changes that allow the Zig stage2 compiler, written in Zig, to compile itself (stage3), making the language self-hosting. It is expected that this compiler will be offered by default in the upcoming release 0.10.0. Stage2 is still incomplete, lacking support for runtime checks, and there are semantic differences in the language, etc. […]
A stable version of the GNU Coreutils 9.1 basic system utilities set is now available, which includes programs such as sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, ls, etc. Key changes: The dd utility has added support for alternative option names iseek=N for skip=N and oseek=N for seek=N, which are used in the dd variant for […]
GitHub has warned users about an attack aimed at downloading data from private repositories using compromised OAuth tokens generated for Heroku and Travis-CI services. It is reported that during the attack, data leaks occurred from private repositories of some organizations that granted access to their repositories for the PaaS platform Heroku and the Travis-CI continuous integration system. Among the affected was GitHub itself and […]
The release of Neovim 0.7.0, a fork of the Vim editor focused on increasing extensibility and flexibility, has been published. For over seven years, the project has been overhauling the Vim codebase, resulting in changes that simplify code maintenance, provide tools for dividing labor among multiple maintainers, separate the interface from the core (allowing interface changes without touching internals), and implement a new […]
Fedora Linux developers aim to transition the distribution to the new package manager Microdnf instead of the currently used DNF. The first step towards this migration will be a significant update to Microdnf planned for the release of Fedora Linux 38, which will enhance its functionality to be more aligned with DNF and, in some areas, even exceed it. It is noted that the new version of Microdnf will support all major […]
Google has rolled out Chrome version 100.0.4896.127 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which addresses a serious vulnerability (CVE-2022-1364) that is already being exploited by attackers (0-day). Details have not been disclosed yet; it is only known that the 0-day vulnerability is caused by improper type handling (Type Confusion) in the Blink JavaScript engine, allowing an object of an incorrect type to be processed, which, for instance, enables the crafting of a 64-bit pointer […]
Thomas Anderson from Google has released a preliminary set of patches implementing the capability to use Qt for rendering browser interface elements in Chromium on the Linux platform. The changes are still marked as not ready for deployment and are in the early stages of review. Previously, Chromium on Linux supported the GTK library, which is used for displaying […]
eQualite has released version 1.4.0 of its mobile web browser CENO, designed to facilitate access to information in conditions of censorship, traffic filtering, or internet segments being disconnected from the global network. It is based on Firefox for Android (Mozilla Fennec). The functionality related to building a decentralized network has been separated into its own library, Ouinet, which can be used to add censorship circumvention tools […]
After nearly two years of development, the release of Turnkey Linux 17 has been prepared, which includes a collection of 119 minimalist Debian builds suitable for use in virtualization and cloud environments. Currently, only two ready-made builds based on branch 17 have been created — core (339 MB) with a basic environment and tkldev (419 MB) […]
Developers from SUSE have shared their initial plans for the future significant branch of the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution, which is presented under the code name ALP (Adaptable Linux Platform). This new branch is set to offer some radical changes, both in the distribution itself and in its development methods. In particular, SUSE intends to move away from the traditional preparation model of SUSE Linux.
The PGCAC (PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada), representing the interests of the PostgreSQL community and acting on behalf of the PostgreSQL Core Team, has urged the Fundación PostgreSQL to fulfill its previously made promises and transfer rights to the registered trademarks and domain names related to PostgreSQL. It is noted that on September 14, 2021, the day after the public disclosure of the conflict caused by the...
Corrective releases of the distributed version control system Git 2.35.2, 2.30.3, 2.31.2, 2.32.1, 2.33.2, and 2.34.2 have been published, addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-24765 — a potential attack was identified on multi-user systems with shared directories, allowing the execution of commands defined by another user. An attacker may create a ".git" directory in locations overlapping with others (for example, in shared […]