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Release of Samba 4.16.0

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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 […]

Release of the WebKitGTK browser engine 2.36.0 and web browser Epiphany 42

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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 vulnerability in CRI-O allows root access to the host environment

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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 […]

Linux kernel release 5.17

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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 […]

Release of Lakka 4.0, a distribution for creating gaming consoles

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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. […]

Release of the Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 distribution

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Two years after the last release, the alternative build of the Linux Mint distribution—Linux Mint Debian Edition 5—has been released, based on the Debian package base (the classic Linux Mint is based on the Ubuntu package base). Besides using the Debian package base, a significant difference of LMDE from Linux Mint is the continuous update cycle of the package base (the rolling update model: partial […]

Release of the backup utility rclone 1.58

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The release of the rclone utility 1.58 has been published. This utility is an alternative to rsync, designed for copying and synchronizing data between a local system and various cloud storage services such as Google Drive, Amazon Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Cloudfiles, Google Cloud Storage, Mail.ru Cloud, and Yandex.Disk. The project's code is written in Go and is distributed under the license […]

Update for the BIND DNS server 9.11.37, 9.16.27, and 9.18.1 addressing 4 vulnerabilities.

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Correction updates have been released for the stable branches of the BIND DNS server 9.11.37, 9.16.27, and 9.18.1, addressing four vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-25220 — the possibility of injecting incorrect NS records into the DNS server’s cache (cache poisoning), which may lead to the use of incorrect DNS servers providing false information. The issue manifests in resolvers operating in the 'forward first' (default) or 'forward only' modes under compromised conditions […]

The first test release of Asahi Linux, a distribution for Apple devices with the M1 chip

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The Asahi project, aimed at porting Linux to work on Mac computers equipped with Apple's ARM M1 chip (Apple Silicon), has released its first alpha version of the reference distribution, allowing anyone interested to see the current level of development of the project. The distribution supports installation on devices with M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max. It is noted that the builds are not yet ready for widespread use by regular users, but […]

A new version of patches for the Linux kernel with support for the Rust language has been released.

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Miguel Ojeda, the author of the Rust-for-Linux project, has proposed for consideration by Linux kernel developers the v5 release of components for developing device drivers in Rust. This is the sixth edition of the patches, taking into account the first variant released without a version number. Rust support is considered experimental but is already included in the linux-next branch and sufficiently developed to begin work on creating layers […]

Release of Pale Moon Browser 30.0

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The release of the Pale Moon web browser 30.0 has been published, branching off from the Firefox codebase to provide higher performance, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and offer additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project’s code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]

Mozilla implements identifiers in downloadable Firefox installation files

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Mozilla has begun utilizing a new method for identifying browser installations. In the builds distributed from the official website, provided as exe files for the Windows platform, dltoken identifiers, unique to each download, are inserted. Consequently, performing multiple downloads of the installation archive for the same platform results in files with different checksums, as the identifiers are added directly […]

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