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A vulnerability in Firefox for Android allows control of the browser via public Wi-Fi

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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 Raspberry Pi 4 now supports booting from USB drives

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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 […]

Red Hat is developing a new filesystem NVFS, optimized for NVM memory.

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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 is shutting down the Firefox Send and Firefox Notes services.

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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 […]

Gentoo announced the binary release of gentoo-kernel-bin

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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 […]

ARM begins supporting the open-source Panfrost driver

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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 Simplest Studio 2020 SE program release for optimizing FLAC and WAV

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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 Genode project has released the general-purpose OS Sculpt 20.08

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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 […]

Scroll support has been removed from the Linux kernel console

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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 email client 3.38

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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. […]

The LZHAM and Crunch compression libraries have been released into the public domain

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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 GitHub CLI 1.0 command line interface

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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, […]

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