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After two months of development, Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux 5.15 kernel. Among the most notable changes are a new NTFS driver with write support, the ksmbd module implementing an SMB server, the DAMON subsystem for monitoring memory access, locking primitives for real-time mode, fs-verity support in Btrfs, the process_mrelease system call for out-of-memory handling, and a remote attestation module […]
The Wayland developers are working on extending the protocol to allow applications to continue functioning during the crash and restart of the window compositor. This extension will address the long-standing issue of application termination when there is a failure in the window environment. The necessary changes to keep the socket active during restarts have already been prepared for the KWin window manager and are included in the KDE […]
The release of Vaultwarden 1.23.0 (formerly bitwarden_rs) has taken place, developing an alternative server side for the Bitwarden password manager, compatible at the API level and able to work with the official Bitwarden clients. The project's goal is to provide a cross-platform implementation that allows running Bitwarden servers on private infrastructure while consuming significantly fewer resources than the official Bitwarden server. The Vaultwarden project code is written in […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2021-39341) has been identified in the WordPress plugin OptinMonster, which has over a million active installations and is used for pop-up notifications and offers. This vulnerability allows an attacker to place their JavaScript code on a site using the plugin. The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.6.5. To block access via compromised keys after the update, the OptinMonster developers have revoked all previously created API access keys and added […]
The release of version 1.13.0 of the Tokio platform has taken place, designed for creating high-performance applications in Rust based on an event-driven architecture that supports multithreading and asynchronous network request handling. The project is written in Rust and is licensed under the MIT license. The new version features an expansion of the documentation, several fixes in the networking subsystem, and the synchronization system. Tokio includes […]
Nearly two years after the last release, a new version of the real-time embedded operating system BuguRTOS-4.1.0 has been released. ( read more... ) bugurtos, embedded, opensource, rtos
The development of the Trident custom distribution has been officially discontinued, originally developed based on FreeBSD and TrueOS (PC-BSD), but relocated to a package base of Void Linux two years ago. The distribution used the ZFS file system and the OpenRC initialization system. The decision to discontinue was made by key developers whose life circumstances have changed recently, as have their personal preferences. A gradual phase-out of elements […]
The release of the network analyzer sniffglue 0.14.0 has taken place, performing traffic analysis in passive mode and utilizing multithreading to distribute the packet parsing workload across all processor cores. The project is aimed at safe and reliable operation when intercepting packets in untrusted networks, as well as outputting the most useful information in the default configuration. The product code is written […]
PostgREST is an open web server that allows you to turn any database stored in PostgreSQL into a full-fledged RESTful API. The motivation for writing PostgREST was the desire to move away from manual CRUD programming, as this can lead to issues: writing business logic often duplicates, ignores, or complicates the database structure; object-relational mapping (ORM mapping) is an unreliable abstraction that leads to […]
After three and a half years since the release of the last significant version, X.Org Server 21.1.0 has been released. The version numbering system has been changed: the first digit now represents the year, the second indicates the ordinal number of major releases in that year, and the third denotes a patch update. Significant changes include: support for 2D acceleration via Glamor has been added to xvfb. Full support for the Meson build system has been introduced. […]
Microsoft has released the first stable version of its proprietary Edge browser for Linux. The package microsoft-edge-stable_95 is available in rpm and deb formats for Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and Debian. This release is based on the Chromium 95 engine. In 2018, Microsoft discontinued development of the EdgeHTML engine and began developing Edge based on the Chromium engine. chrome, edge
On October 28, 2021, SUSE S.A. announced the acquisition of NeuVector, Inc., a company specializing in container security. NeuVector was founded in 2015 by Fei Huang and Gary Duan. NeuVector is headquartered in San Jose, California, and serves all industry sectors, including highly regulated ones such as financial services and the public sector. The total acquisition amount is $130 million: […]