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Raymond Hill, the author of the uBlock Origin ad-blocking system, has archived the uMatrix browser extension repository. This indicates the cessation of its development, with the code now available only in read-only mode. In a comment published two days ago, Raymond Hill cited that he can no longer and will not spend his time on […]
Release 4MLinux 34.0 has been published, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of any other projects and utilizes a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can serve not only as a live environment for multimedia playback and user tasks but also as a recovery system and a platform for launching LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […]
The Vue.js development team has announced the official release of Vue.js 3.0 'One Piece', a significant new release of the framework that, according to the developers, 'provides improved performance, smaller package sizes, better integration with TypeScript, new APIs for addressing large-scale tasks, and a solid foundation for future framework iterations in the long term.' The project's code is distributed under the MIT license. Vue is a progressive […]
A serious vulnerability has been identified in the implementation of the SSDP protocol in Firefox for Android, which is used for discovering network services in the local network. This vulnerability allows an attacker on the same local or wireless network to respond to Firefox's probing requests with a UPnP XML 'LOCATION' message containing intent commands, which can open an arbitrary URI in the browser or trigger handlers of other applications. […]
The default eeprom firmware with a bootloader for Raspberry Pi 4 boards has been enhanced to support booting from USB drives. Previously, Raspberry Pi 4 boards could only boot from an SD card or over the network. Experimental support for USB booting was added in May, but it was unavailable in the default firmware. The initial lack of USB boot capability and […]
Mikuláš Patočka, one of the developers of LVM and the author of several inventions related to optimizing storage system performance, who works at Red Hat, presented in the Linux kernel developers mailing list a new filesystem called NVFS, aimed at creating a compact and fast filesystem for non-volatile memory (NVM, non-volatile memory, such as NVDIMM), combining RAM performance with the capability of […]
Mozilla has decided to shut down the Firefox Send and Firefox Notes services. Firefox Send has officially ceased operations as of today (though access was actually closed back in July), and Firefox Notes will be disabled on November 1. The freed-up resources are planned to be directed towards the development of Mozilla VPN, Firefox Monitor, and Firefox Private Network. The service has been […]
The Gentoo Distribution Kernel project has released new Linux kernel packages. The kernel with applied genpatches, built using the package manager, with default settings or a custom sys-kernel / gentoo-kernel configuration Precompiled (binary) version of gentoo-kernel sys-kernel / gentoo-kernel-bin Unmodified 'vanilla' kernel sys-kernel / vanilla-kernel The main advantage of using Distribution Kernels is the ability to upgrade to new versions during an overall system update […]
At the XDC2020 (X.Org Developers Conference), it was announced that ARM has joined the development process of the Panfrost project, which is working on an open driver for Mali GPUs. ARM has expressed its willingness to provide driver developers with the necessary information and documentation for a better understanding of the hardware and to focus attention on development, without wasting time deciphering puzzles during the reverse engineering of binary drivers […]
The first release of the Simplest Studio program is available, designed for lossless file optimization (FLAC, WAV) and conversion of FLAC, WAV, and MP3 formats. There are 4 different optimization modes available, utilizing an automated smart quality detection mode. The code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The FFmpeg package is used for content manipulation. Packages have been prepared in […]
The release of the Sculpt 20.08 operating system has been announced, which is being developed based on the Genode OS Framework technologies. This general-purpose operating system will be usable by regular users for everyday tasks. The project's source code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image, sized at 26 MB, is available for download. It supports operation on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystems with […]
As a result of the vulnerability check, support for scrolling buffers was removed from the vgacon and fbcon drivers. With the new kernel versions, scrolling the console using Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn will no longer be possible. Linus Torvalds has promised to reintegrate the code into the kernel if a new maintainer can be found to handle the buffer overflow checks. It seems all developers have shifted to graphical interfaces, and the bare console has been largely abandoned. […]