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The release of Chrome OS 91, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and Chrome 91 web browser, has occurred. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and web applications are used instead of standard programs; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The build of Chrome OS 91 […]
The committee overseeing the development of the GCC compiler suite (GCC Steering Committee) has approved the cessation of the mandatory transfer of property rights to code to the SPI Foundation. Developers wishing to contribute changes to GCC are no longer required to sign a CLA agreement with the SPI Foundation. To participate in development, it is now sufficient to confirm that the developer has the right to transfer the code and is not attempting to claim […]
The release of the Kali Linux 2021.2 distribution, intended for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting audits, analyzing residual information, and identifying the consequences of attacks by malicious actors, has occurred. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through the public Git repository. Several iso images are prepared for download, sized at 378 MB, 3.6 GB, and 4.2 GB. The builds […]
The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.7.2, designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied), is available. The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution's iso image is 308 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, udpcast. Booting from […]
A specialized distribution release of Tails 4.19 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been formed, based on the Debian package base and designed to provide anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is guaranteed by the Tor network. By default, all connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by a packet filter. To store user data in persistent mode between sessions, […]
The release of NixOS 21.05 has been presented, based on the Nix package manager and offering several in-house developments that simplify system configuration and maintenance. For example, NixOS uses a single system configuration file (configuration.nix), provides the ability to quickly roll back updates, supports switching between different system states, allows individual users to install specific packages (the package is placed in the home directory), and permits simultaneous installation […]
After nearly a year of development, the release of the openSUSE Leap 15.3 distribution has taken place. This release is based on the core package set of the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution, with some user applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository. A universal DVD image is available for download, with a size of 4.4 GB (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64les, 390x), a minimal installation image for network package loading (146 MB), and Live images with […]
The release of the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.48 has been published (release 2.4.47 was skipped), which includes 39 changes and fixes 8 vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-30641 — incorrect triggering of the section in 'MergeSlashes OFF' mode; CVE-2020-35452 — stack overflow by one null byte in mod_auth_digest; CVE-2021-31618, CVE-2020-26691, CVE-2020-26690, CVE-2020-13950 — dereferencing of NULL pointers in mod_http2, mod_session, and mod_proxy_http; CVE-2020-13938 — the possibility of crashing […]
After six months of development, the release of the Cinnamon 5.0 desktop environment has been formed, within which the Linux Mint community is developing a fork of the GNOME Shell, Nautilus file manager, and Mutter window manager, aimed at providing a classic GNOME 2 style environment with successful interaction elements from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]
A new version of the Util-linux system utilities package 2.37 has been released, which includes both utilities closely related to the Linux kernel and general-purpose utilities. For example, the package includes the mount/umount, fdisk, hwclock, cal, blkid, fsck/cfdisk/sfdisk, blockdev, chrt, mkfs, ionice, more, renice, su, kill, setsid, login, shutdown, dmesg, lscpu, logger, losetup, setterm, mkswap, swapon, taskset utilities, etc. In […]
The release of the Firefox 89 web browser has occurred. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 78.11.0 has been formed. The Firefox 90 branch will soon enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for July 13. Key innovations: A significant modernization of the interface has been conducted. Icons have been updated, the style of various elements has been unified, and the color palette has been redesigned. The tab panel design has changed — the angles […]
The development package in Ada language — GNAT Community Edition 2021 has been released. It includes the compiler, integrated development environment GNAT Studio, static analyzer for the SPARK language subset, GDB debugger, and a set of libraries. The package is distributed under the GPL license. The new version of the compiler uses the GCC 10.3.1 backend and provides a number of new features. Implementation of the following innovations of the upcoming Ada standard has been added […]
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