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CentOS has launched a repository with RealTime packages developed for RHEL 8.3

The developers of the CentOS project announced the continuation of the development of the continuously updated version CentOS Stream, which provides access to packages being prepared for the next intermediate release of RHEL (the rolling variant of RHEL). The most notable innovation is the launch of the new RealTime (RT) repository, which offers a set of packages aimed at applications demanding minimal latency. These packages are being developed as part of the "Red […

OpenBSD has begun forming builds for the powerpc64 architecture.

OpenBSD developers have organized snapshots for systems running on POWER9 processors. If the developers maintain their interest, powerpc64 will become the thirteenth officially supported hardware platform in OpenBSD, not including the 20 obsolete platforms that have been deprecated. Currently, the list of officially supported architectures in OpenBSD includes: alpha, amd64, arm64, armv7, hppa, i386, landisk, loongson, luna88k, macppc, […]

Release of NomadBSD 1.3.2

The release of the Live distribution NomadBSD 1.3.2 is available, which is a version of FreeBSD adapted for use as a portable desktop, bootable from a USB drive. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. DSBMD is used for mounting drives (supporting CD9660, FAT, HFS+, NTFS, Ext2/3/4), while wifimgr is used for configuring the wireless network. The size of the boot image is 2.6 GB (x86_64). In the new release: […]

Release of the integrated internet applications suite SeaMonkey 2.53.3

The release of the SeaMonkey 2.53.3 suite of internet applications has taken place, which combines a web browser, email client, RSS/Atom feed aggregator, and WYSIWYG HTML page editor Composer in a single product. Pre-installed add-ons include the IRC client Chatzilla, the web development tools DOM Inspector, and the calendar-scheduler Lightning. This release includes fixes and changes from the current codebase of Firefox (SeaMonkey 2.53 is based on […]

The developers of LibreOffice intend to release new versions under the label 'Personal Edition'

The Document Foundation, which oversees the development of the free LibreOffice suite, has announced upcoming changes regarding the branding and positioning of the project in the market. The anticipated release of LibreOffice 7.0, currently available for testing in release candidate form, is planned to be distributed as 'LibreOffice Personal Edition.' The code and distribution conditions will remain unchanged, and the office suite, as […]

Release of Clonezilla Live 2.6.7

The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.6.7 is available, designed for quick disk cloning (only the used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to those of the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution's ISO image is 277 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 […]

Linus Torvalds on the issues of finding maintainers, Rust, and workflows

At the virtual conference 'Open Source Summit and Embedded Linux' held last week, Linus Torvalds discussed the present and future of the Linux kernel in an opening talk with Dirk Hohndel from VMware. During the discussion, the topic of generational change among developers was addressed. Linus pointed out that despite the project's nearly 30-year history, in general, the community […]

Dismantling EncroChat

Recently, Europol, NCA, the National Gendarmerie of France, and a joint investigative team formed with the participation of France and the Netherlands conducted a joint operation aimed at compromising the EncroChat servers by 'installing technical devices' on the servers in France(1) to facilitate the 'calculation and identification of criminals through the analysis of millions of messages and hundreds of thousands of images.'(2) Some time after the operation, […]

Release of SMTP server Sendmail 8.16.1

Five years after the last release, the SMTP server Sendmail 8.16.1 has been released. The new version includes a significant number of improvements related to STARTTLS support (for instance, the ability to use elliptic curve-based encryption algorithms has been added), logging has been enhanced, new options SSLEngine and SSLEnginePath for using OpenSSL engines have been introduced, and initial support for DANE (DNS-based Authentication of Named […] has been added.

Release of MaXX 2.1, adaptation of the IRIX Interactive Desktop for Linux

The release of the MaXX 2.1 desktop has been presented, with developers trying to recreate the user shell of the IRIX Interactive Desktop (SGI Indigo Magic Desktop) using Linux technologies. The development is conducted under an agreement with SGI, allowing for the complete recreation of all functions of the IRIX Interactive Desktop for the Linux platform on x86_64 and ia64 architectures. The source code is available upon special request and represents […]

The information security community has refused to change the terms 'white hat' and 'black hat'.

Most information security professionals opposed the proposal to abandon the use of the terms 'black hat' and 'white hat'. The proposal was initiated by David Kleidermacher, Vice President of Engineering at Google, who declined to present at the Black Hat USA 2020 conference and suggested the industry move away from the terms 'black hat', 'white hat', and MITM (man-in-the-middle) in favor of […]

Linux kernel developers are considering the shift to using inclusive terms.

A new document has been proposed for inclusion in the Linux kernel, prescribing the use of inclusive terminology. It suggests abandoning the use of the words 'slave' and 'blacklist' for identifiers within the kernel. The word 'slave' is recommended to be replaced with 'secondary', 'subordinate', 'replica', 'responder', 'follower', 'proxy', and 'performer', while 'blacklist' should be replaced with 'blocklist' or 'denylist'. These recommendations apply to new code added to the kernel, but […]

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