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The first release of a new unofficial Ubuntu Linux edition — Rolling Rhino Remix — has been introduced, which implements a continuous delivery model for updates (rolling releases). This edition may be beneficial for advanced users or developers who need to stay informed about all changes or who want access to the most recent software versions. Unlike existing scripts for converting daily experimental builds […]
The third corrective update for the Debian 11 distribution has been released, which includes accumulated package updates and resolves issues in the installer. The release contains 92 updates addressing stability problems and 83 updates fixing vulnerabilities. Notable changes in Debian 11.3 include updates to the latest stable versions of packages such as apache2, clamav, dpdk, galera, openssl, and rust-cbindgen, as well as […]
An experimental release of the Capyloon operating system has been introduced, which is built on web technologies and continues the development of the Firefox OS platform and the B2G (Boot to Gecko) project. The project is being developed by Fabrice Desré, the former leader of the Firefox OS team at Mozilla and the chief architect of KaiOS Technologies, which develops KaiOS, a fork of Firefox OS. Among Capyloon's main objectives is ensuring privacy and providing […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.5 has taken place. Since the release of version 7.4, 28 bug reports have been closed and 360 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: The ALSA sound subsystem driver has been transitioned to use the PE (Portable Executable) file format instead of ELF. A database of locales has been generated from the Unicode CLDR (Unicode Common Locale […]
The release of the Parrot 5.0 distribution is now available, based on the Debian 11 package base and including a set of tools for system security testing, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering. Several ISO images with the MATE desktop environment are available for download, intended for everyday use, security testing, installation on Raspberry Pi 4 boards, and creating specialized installations, such as for cloud environments. […]
A vulnerability has been discovered in the slaacd background process, which is responsible for IPv6 address autoconfiguration (IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration, RFC 4862) in OpenBSD. This vulnerability can lead to a buffer overflow when receiving specially crafted IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) messages. Initially, the IPv6 address auto-configuration functionality was implemented at the kernel level, but starting with OpenBSD 6.2, it was moved to a separate unprivileged process, slaacd. […]
Mozilla has announced the launch of a new paid service, MDN Plus, which will complement commercial initiatives such as Mozilla VPN and Firefox Relay Premium. MDN Plus is an enhanced version of the MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) website, which hosts a collection of documentation for web developers covering technologies supported in modern browsers, including JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and various Web APIs. The main […]
A corrective release of Firefox 98.0.2 is now available, addressing several issues: Compatibility problems with some extensions using the browser.pkcs11 API on Linux and macOS have been resolved. A regression in the session history handler that caused crashes when attempting to load certain sites using iframes (content from the iframe was loaded from session history, even when a different block was expected) has been fixed. […]
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 […]
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