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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. […]
The release of the Geary 3.38 email client has been announced, aimed at use in the GNOME environment. The project was initially founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular photo manager Shotwell, but development has since been taken over by the GNOME community. The code is written in Vala and is distributed under the LGPL license. Ready builds will soon be prepared in the form of a self-contained flatpak package. […]
Rich Geldreich has transferred his compression libraries LZHAM and Crunch to the Public Domain category, meaning he has fully relinquished all property rights and granted the freedom to distribute and use them in any form without restrictions. For jurisdictions where the Public Domain category is not recognized, appropriate stipulations have been included. Previously, the projects were distributed under MIT licenses and […]
GitHub has released the first version of the cross-platform GitHub CLI toolkit, allowing users to manage their projects from the command line. The utility, named 'gh', enables users to create and view issues, create and review pull requests, conduct change reviews, and manage release formations. The toolkit also allows for the creation of scripts using the GitHub API. Builds of the toolkit are available for Linux (deb, […]
The latest version of Windows 10 for insiders (20211) has received another update to the WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Now, with console commands and no additional software, it is possible to mount partitions (or entire disks) into the WSL subsystem, and this file system will be available to all of Windows. There is now no need for third-party software to mount ext4; additionally, it has been stated that […]
A universal build has been prepared for the PinePhone smartphone, developed by the Pine64 community, which offers 13 Linux distributions. This build significantly simplifies familiarization with the existing editions of distributions and user interfaces for the PinePhone. To run any distribution, it is enough to write a single image (5GiB) to an SD card and select the desired distribution from the boot menu. A specially written bootloader, p-boot, is used for loading. Distributions […]
The developers of the Samba project have warned users that the recently discovered ZeroLogin vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) in Windows also manifests in the Samba domain controller implementation. The vulnerability is caused by shortcomings in the MS-NRPC protocol and the AES-CFB8 cryptographic algorithm, and if exploited successfully, it allows an attacker to gain administrator access in the domain controller. The essence of the vulnerability is that the MS-NRPC (Netlogon Remote Protocol) protocol allows […]