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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: […]
SUSE S.A. has announced the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 — a lightweight and secure operating system designed for use in containers and virtualization environments. This release of SLE Micro adds security features focused on edge computing, such as secure device registration and live patching, and also allows for the modernization of existing solutions with support for IBM Z […]
A new version of the free audio editor Audacity has been released. Changes include: Each clip now has a title that can be dragged instead of using the clip move tool on the timeline. Non-destructive trimming of clips by dragging the right or left edge has been added. The looping playback has been revamped, with editable loop boundaries now visible on the timeline. A context menu has been added for right-click actions. The hard binding to local […]
eMKatic is a cross-platform emulator for modern EKVMs of the 'Elektronika' series, supporting skins MK-152, MK-152M, MK-1152, and MK-161. It is written in Object Pascal and builds with Lazarus and Free Pascal Compiler. ( read more… ) mk-152, programmable calculator, emulator
Phoronix conducted a series of performance tests on environments based on Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 20.04 in the pre-release Windows 11 22454.1000 WSL2 environment. A total of 130 tests were carried out, with the Ubuntu 20.04 environment in Windows 11 WSL2 achieving 94% of the performance of Ubuntu 20.04 running directly on bare metal in the same configuration.
A critical vulnerability CVE-2021-21703 has been identified in PHP-FPM, the FastCGI process manager included with the main PHP distribution since version 5.3. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged hosting user to execute code with root privileges. The issue manifests on servers using PHP-FPM for running PHP scripts, typically paired with Nginx. Researchers who discovered the issue were able to prepare a working exploit prototype.
The Raspberry Pi project announced the release of a new generation of the Raspberry Pi Zero W board, combining compact size with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support. The new model, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, is implemented in the same miniature form factor (65 x 30 x 5 mm), which means it is about twice as small as the standard Raspberry Pi. Sales have begun […]
The release of the free emulator RustZX 0.15 has taken place, fully written in the Rust programming language and distributed under the MIT license. The developers highlight the following features of the project: Full emulation of ZX Spectrum 48k and ZX Spectrum 128k; Sound emulation; Support for compressed gz-resources; Ability to work with resources in tap (tape storage), sna (snapshots), and scr (screenshots) formats; High-accuracy emulation of the AY chip; Emulation […]
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