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Framework Computer has opened the firmware code for its laptops.

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The laptop manufacturer Framework Computer, a proponent of giving users the right to repair independently and aiming to make its products as easy as possible for disassembly, modernization, and component replacement, has announced the release of the source code for the Embedded Controller (EC) firmware used in the Framework Laptop. The code is open under the BSD license. The main idea behind the Framework Laptop is to allow users to customize the laptop from modules, […]

Release of the decentralized communication platform Hubzilla 7.0

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After approximately six months since the last major release, a new version of the platform for building decentralized social networks, Hubzilla 7.0, has been published. The project offers a communication server that integrates with web publishing systems, equipped with a transparent identification system and access management tools in decentralized Fediverse networks. The project code is written in PHP and JavaScript and is distributed under the MIT license, with a data storage system […]

openSUSE is developing a web interface for the YaST installer.

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Following the announcement of the transition to a web interface for the Anaconda installer used in Fedora and RHEL, the developers of the YaST installer have revealed plans to develop the D-Installer project and create a frontend for managing the installation of openSUSE and SUSE Linux distributions via a web interface. It is noted that the WebYaST web interface has been in development for a long time, but it is limited to remote administration and system configuration, and is not intended for […]

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's VFS allows privilege escalation

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-0185) has been discovered in the Filesystem Context API provided by the Linux kernel, allowing a local user to gain root privileges on the system. The researcher who identified the issue has published a demonstration of the exploit that allows code to be executed with root rights in the default configuration of Ubuntu 20.04. The exploit code is planned to be released on GitHub within a week after distributions issue updates with […]

Release of ArchLabs Distribution 2022.01.18

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The Linux distribution ArchLabs 2021.01.18 has been released, based on the Arch Linux package base and supplied with a lightweight desktop environment based on the Openbox window manager (optional environments include i3, Bspwm, Awesome, JWM, dk, Fluxbox, Xfce, Deepin, GNOME, Cinnamon, Sway). For setting up a stationary installation, the ABIF installer is offered. The base system includes applications such as Thunar, Termite, Geany, Firefox, Audacious, MPV […]

New version of the Monitorix monitoring system 3.14.0

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The release of the Monitorix 3.14.0 monitoring system has been introduced, designed for visually tracking the performance of various services, such as monitoring CPU temperature, system load, network activity, and responsiveness of network services. Management of the system is conducted through a web interface, with data presented in the form of graphs. The system is written in Perl, and RRDTool is used for graph generation and data storage. The code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. […]

Release of the GNU Ocrad 0.28 Optical Character Recognition System

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After three years since the last release, the text recognition system Ocrad 0.28 (Optical Character Recognition) has been formed, developed under the auspices of the GNU project. Ocrad can be used both as a library for integrating OCR functions into other applications and as a standalone utility, which produces text in UTF-8 or 8-bit from the provided input image. […]

Firefox 96.0.2 Update

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A corrective release of Firefox 96.0.2 is available, which addresses several bugs: Fixed a crash when resizing the browser window where the Facebook web application is open. Resolved an issue that caused the tab button to misalign in Linux builds when playing audio on the page. Corrected a bug that resulted in the LastPass extension displaying an empty menu in incognito mode. Source: opennet.ru

Vulnerability in the standard library of the Rust language

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-21658) has been identified in the standard library of the Rust language, related to a race condition in the std::fs::remove_dir_all() function. When using this function to delete temporary files in a privileged application, an attacker could delete arbitrary system files and directories, which they normally wouldn't have access to. The vulnerability is caused by improper handling of symbolic link checks before recursion.

SUSE is developing its own replacement for CentOS 8, compatible with RHEL 8.5

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Additional details have emerged about the SUSE Liberty Linux project, announced by SUSE this morning without technical specifics. It turns out that the project has prepared a new edition of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 distribution, built using the Open Build Service platform, suitable as a replacement for the classic CentOS 8, whose support was discontinued at the end of 2021.

The Qt Company has introduced a platform for embedding advertising in Qt applications

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The Qt Company has released the first version of the Qt Digital Advertising platform to simplify the monetization of applications developed with the Qt library. The platform provides a cross-platform Qt module with a QML API for embedding advertisements into application interfaces and managing their delivery, similar to inserting ad blocks in mobile applications. The interface for simplified ad block insertion is designed as...

SUSE Liberty Linux initiative for unifying support for SUSE, openSUSE, RHEL, and CentOS

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SUSE has introduced the SUSE Liberty Linux project, aimed at providing a unified service for supporting and managing mixed infrastructures, which include not only SUSE Linux and openSUSE but also Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS distributions. The initiative includes: Providing unified technical support, which allows users to avoid contacting the manufacturer of each distribution individually and resolve all issues through a single service.

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