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After six months of development, the free game engine Godot 3.4 has been released, suitable for creating 2D and 3D games. The engine supports an easy-to-learn language for game logic scripting, a graphical environment for game design, a one-click deployment system, extensive animation capabilities, and physics simulation, along with a built-in debugger and performance profiling system. Game code […]
Michael Aaron Murphy, the lead developer of the Pop!_OS distribution and a contributor to the development of the Redox operating system, confirmed information regarding System76's development of a new desktop environment that is not based on GNOME Shell and is written in Rust. System76 specializes in manufacturing laptops, PCs, and servers pre-installed with Linux. A custom version of Ubuntu Linux is being developed for pre-installation — […]
The release of project Snoop 1.3.1 has been announced, enhancing a forensic OSINT tool that searches for user accounts in public data (open-source intelligence). The program analyzes various websites, forums, and social networks for the presence of the requested username, allowing users to determine where a person with the specified nickname is present. The project is developed based on research materials in the field of scraping […]
A new release of the compact cryptographic library wolfSSL 5.0.0 is available, optimized for use on embedded devices with limited CPU and memory resources, such as Internet of Things devices, smart home systems, automotive information systems, routers, and mobile phones. The code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The library provides high-performance implementations of modern cryptographic algorithms, including ChaCha20, Curve25519, NTRU, […]
A critical security issue (CVE-2021-34795) has been identified in Cisco Catalyst PON CGP-ONT-* series switches (Passive Optical Network), allowing access to the switch with administrator rights via the telnet protocol when enabled, using a pre-known debug account left by the manufacturer in the firmware. The problem occurs only when the telnet access option is activated in the settings, which is disabled by default. In addition to the presence of the account […]
The LibreWolf 94 web browser is available, which is a rebuild of Firefox 94 with modifications aimed at enhancing security and privacy. The project is developed by a community of enthusiasts. Changes are published under the MPL 2.0 (Mozilla Public License). Builds are available for Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Arch, Flatpak, AppImage), macOS, and Windows. Some of the main differences from Firefox include: Removal of telemetry-related code, […]
After 10 months of development, the Tcl/Tk 8.6.12 release has been presented, a dynamic programming language distributed alongside a cross-platform GUI toolkit. Although Tcl is primarily used for creating user interfaces and as an embedded language, it is also suitable for other tasks, such as web development, network application creation, system administration, and testing. The project code is distributed […]
The experimental branch of the open-source WinAPI implementation — Wine 6.21 — has been released. Since the release of version 6.20, 26 bug reports have been closed and 415 changes made. The most significant changes include: the conversion of WinSpool, GPhoto, and some other modules to the PE (Portable Executable) format. Improved support for inline functions in DbgHelp. The implementation of the OLE DB provider MSDASQL has begun. Bug reports related to […]
A release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.24 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base, has been published. Tails provides anonymous internet access through the Tor network. All connections, except traffic via the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data is stored in a persistence mode between launches with […]
GitLab has warned users about an increase in malicious activity related to the exploitation of a critical vulnerability CVE-2021-22205, which allows remote code execution on the server running the GitLab collaborative development platform without authentication. The issue affects GitLab starting from version 11.9 and was fixed back in April in GitLab versions 13.10.3, 13.9.6, and 13.8.8. Meanwhile […]
After six months of development, the LXQt 1.0 user environment (Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment) has been released, developed by a combined team from the LXDE and Razor-qt projects. The LXQt interface continues to follow the principles of traditional desktop organization while introducing modern design elements and techniques to enhance usability. LXQt is positioned as a lightweight, modular, fast, and user-friendly continuation of the Razor-qt and LXDE desktops, incorporating the best […]
Mozilla has warned about changes to the Firefox Add-ons directory (Mozilla AMO) rules aimed at enhancing user security and privacy, as well as addressing new ecosystem needs. The new edition of the rules will take effect on December 1, 2021. Key changes: Collection of user activity data while navigating websites, such as information on viewed URLs, browsing history […]