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After six months of development, the GNOME 42 desktop environment has been released. To quickly assess the capabilities of GNOME 42, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative have been offered. GNOME 42 is also included in the experimental build of Fedora 36. In the new release: Global settings for dark theme styling have been implemented, informing applications of […]
After six months of development, Oracle has released Java SE 18 (Java Platform, Standard Edition 18), with the reference implementation being the open project OpenJDK. Except for the removal of some deprecated features, Java SE 18 maintains backward compatibility with previous versions of the Java platform—most previously written Java projects will run without changes when launched under […]
CodeWeavers has released version 21.2 of the Crossover package, based on Wine code and designed for running applications and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key contributors to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and returning all innovations implemented for its commercial products back to the project. The source code of the open components of CrossOver 21.2 can be downloaded from this page. […]
A significant release of the cross-platform password manager KeePassXC 2.7 has been published, providing tools for securely storing not only regular passwords but also one-time passwords (TOTP), SSH keys, and other information that users consider confidential. Data can be stored in both local encrypted storage and external cloud storages. The project's code is written in C++ using the Qt library […]
Details have been released about a phishing method that creates an illusion for the user of working with a legitimate authentication form by recreating the browser interface in an area displayed over the current window using an iframe. Whereas previously, attackers tried to deceive users by registering similarly written domains or manipulating parameters in the URL, this proposed method uses HTML and CSS to overlay the […]
Starting from the release of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, the deb packages for firefox and firefox-locale will be replaced with stubs that install the Snap package of Firefox. The option to install the classic deb package will be discontinued, and users will have to either use the provided snap package or download builds directly from the Mozilla website. For deb package users, there is a transparent transition process to snap through […]
The Latin American Free Software Foundation has released a fully free version of the Linux kernel 5.17 — Linux-libre 5.17-gnu, cleansed of firmware and driver elements containing non-free components or sections of code restricted by the manufacturer. Additionally, Linux-libre disables kernel functions for loading external non-free components not included with the kernel and removes references to the use of […]
The release of Samba 4.16.0 has been announced, continuing the development of the Samba 4 branch with a complete implementation of a domain controller and Active Directory service compatible with Windows 2000, capable of supporting all currently supported Microsoft Windows client versions, including Windows 10. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product that also provides a file server implementation, printing service, and identification server (winbind). Key changes […]
The release of the new stable branch WebKitGTK 2.36.0 has been announced, a port of the WebKit browser engine for the GTK platform. WebKitGTK enables the use of all WebKit features through a GNOME-oriented programming interface based on GObject and can be used for integrating web content processing tools into any applications, from specialized HTML/CSS parsers to creating fully functional web browsers. Notable projects that use WebKitGTK include the in-house […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-0811) has been identified in CRI-O, the runtime for managing isolated containers, allowing attackers to bypass isolation and execute their code on the host system side. If CRI-O is used instead of containerd and Docker for running containers under the Kubernetes platform, an attacker could gain control over any node in the Kubernetes cluster. The only requirement for carrying out the attack is the rights to launch […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released Linux kernel 5.17. Among the most notable changes are a new performance management system for AMD processors, the ability to recursively map user IDs in file systems, support for portable compiled BPF programs, a shift of the pseudo-random number generator to the BLAKE2s algorithm, the RTLA utility for real-time execution analysis, and a new fscache backend for caching […]
The release of Lakka 4.0 has occurred, enabling 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 theater systems. Lakka builds are available 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. […]