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Release of the LibreELEC distribution for creating home theater systems 10.0.2

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The release of the LibreELEC 10.0.2 project, which develops a fork of the OpenELEC distribution for creating home theaters, has been announced. The user interface is based on the Kodi media center. Images for loading from USB drives or SD cards (32- and 64-bit x86, Raspberry Pi 4, various devices on Rockchip and Amlogic chips) have been prepared. With LibreELEC, any computer can be turned into a media center, working with […]

Release of xine 1.2.12

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The release of xine-lib 1.2.12 has been announced, a cross-platform library for playing video and audio files, along with a set of accompanying plugins. The library can be used in several media players, including xine-ui, gxine, and kaffeine. Xine supports multithreading, works with a wide range of popular and lesser-known formats and codecs, and can handle both local content and multimedia streams transmitted over the network. Its modular architecture […]

Promotion of the domestic root TLS certificate has begun in Russia

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Users of the Russian Federation's state services portal (gosuslugi.ru) have been notified about the establishment of a government certification authority with its own root TLS certificate, which is not included in the root certificate stores of operating systems and major browsers. Certificates are issued voluntarily to legal entities and are intended for use in situations where TLS certificates are revoked or not renewed due to sanctions. For instance, certification authorities located in […]

Release of Tor Browser 11.0.7 and Tails 4.28 distribution

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A release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.28 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been formed, based on Debian's package base and designed to ensure anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are by default blocked by a packet filter. For storing user data in persistent mode between launches, […]

Release of Firefox 98

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The release of the web browser Firefox 98 has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch has been formed — 91.7.0. The Firefox 99 branch has entered beta testing, with a release scheduled for April 5. Key changes: The behavior of file downloads has been modified — instead of prompting for approval before starting a download, files now begin to download automatically, and a notification appears in the panel indicating the start of the […]

In Fedora Linux 37, it is planned to cease building optional packages for the i686 architecture.

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To be implemented in Fedora Linux 37, a directive is proposed recommending maintainers to cease building packages for the i686 architecture if the necessity for such packages is doubtful or leads to significant time or resource expenditure. This recommendation does not apply to packages used as dependencies in other packages or utilized in the context of "multilib" to ensure the execution of 32-bit programs on 64-bit systems […]

Release of DentOS 2.0, a network operating system for switches

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The release of the DentOS 2.0 network operating system, based on the Linux kernel and designed for switches, routers, and specialized network equipment, is now available. The development is being carried out with the participation of companies such as Amazon, Delta Electronics, Marvell, NVIDIA, Edgecore Networks, and Wistron NeWeb (WNC). The project was initially founded by Amazon to equip network equipment for its infrastructure. The DentOS code is written in […]

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel that allows for the corruption of files that are read-only.

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-0847) has been identified in the Linux kernel that allows for overwriting the contents of the page cache for any files, including those in read-only mode, opened with the O_RDONLY flag, or located in filesystems mounted in read-only mode. Practically, this vulnerability can be exploited to inject code into arbitrary processes or corrupt data in opened […]

The first release of LWQt, a variant of the LXQt shell based on Wayland

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The first release of LWQt, a variant of the LXQt user interface 1.0, translated to use the Wayland protocol instead of X11, has been introduced. Like the LXQt project, LWQt is presented as a lightweight, modular, and fast user environment that adheres to classic desktop organization methods. The project code is written in C++ using the Qt framework and is distributed under the LGPL 2.1 license. The first release includes […]

A vulnerability in cgroups v1 allows escaping from an isolated container

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Details of the vulnerability (CVE-2022-0492) in the implementation of the resource limit mechanism cgroups v1 in the Linux kernel have been revealed, which can be used to escape isolated containers. The issue manifests starting with Linux kernel 2.6.24 and is fixed in kernel releases 5.16.12, 5.15.26, 5.10.97, 5.4.177, 4.19.229, 4.14.266, and 4.9.301. You can track updates for package releases in distributions on these pages: Debian, SUSE, […]

Chromium is available for Fuchsia OS

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Google has released a full version of the Chromium web browser for the Fuchsia operating system, which has replaced the previously available Simple Browser designed for running isolated web applications rather than functioning with websites. Indirectly, the provision of support for a standard web browser confirms Google's intention to develop Fuchsia not just for IoT and consumer devices like the Nest Hub, but also for […]

Release of Chrome OS 99

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The release of Chrome OS 99, based on the Linux kernel, system manager upstart, build tools ebuild/portage, open components, and web browser Chrome 99, is now available. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to a web browser, and instead of standard applications, web applications are used. However, Chrome OS includes a fully-featured multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The build of Chrome OS 99 […]

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