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On July 3, the release of Wine 5.12 took place. Wine is a compatibility layer for Windows applications with POSIX-compliant operating systems, translating Windows API calls to POSIX calls on the fly rather than emulating Windows logic like a virtual machine. In addition to over 48 bug fixes, this new release includes: NTDLL converted to PE format, support for WebSocket API added, improved RawInput support, and updated Vulkan specification. […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 5.12 — has occurred. Since the release of version 5.11, 48 bug reports have been closed and 337 changes made. The most significant changes include: the NTDLL library converted to PE format; support for WebSocket API added; improved RawInput support; updated Vulkan API specification; and closure of bug reports related to the operation of games and applications: Grand […]
The release of Elementary OS 5.1.6 has been introduced, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project focuses on quality design aimed at creating a user-friendly system that consumes minimal resources and offers high startup speed. Users are provided with their own Pantheon desktop environment. The original components of Elementary OS are developed using GTK3, […]
Ubuntu developers have restricted access to the utility /usr/bin/dmesg only for users in the 'adm' group. Currently, non-privileged Ubuntu users do not have access to /var/log/kern.log, /var/log/syslog, and system events in journalctl but can view the kernel event log through dmesg. The reason given is the presence of information in the output of dmesg that could be exploited by attackers for […]
Sebastian Krause identified the source of a strange incompatibility with the Bypass service of the dehydrated script, which is used for automating TLS certificate acquisition via the ACME protocol. Both the reference client and uacme work with Bypass, but not dehydrated (to be precise, it also worked with some workarounds, but exclusively in dns-1 mode). The reason turned out to be trivial: instead of parsing the response in JSON format by […]
After more than a year of development, the openSUSE Leap 15.2 distribution has been released. The release is built using the base set of packages from the developing SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 distribution, on top of which newer releases of user applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository are provided. A universal DVD image is available for download, sized at 4 GB, as well as a slim installation image that allows package downloads via […]
Vimeo has released a new version of the static analyzer Psalm 3.12, which helps identify both obvious and subtle errors in PHP code and can automatically fix certain types of errors. The system is suitable for detecting issues in both legacy code and code making use of modern features introduced in new PHP branches. The project's code is written in […]
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), which develops internet protocols and architecture, has completed the creation of the RFC for the "DNS Push Notifications" mechanism and published the related specification under the identifier RFC 8765. The RFC has received the status of "Proposed Standard," after which work will commence to promote the RFC to Draft Standard status, effectively signifying full protocol stabilization and consideration of all […]
PPSSPP is an emulator for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) video game console that operates using high-level emulation technology (HLE). The emulator works on a wide variety of platforms, including Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS, and Android, allowing users to run a vast array of games on the PSP. PPSSPP does not require the original PSP firmware (and is unable to run it). In version 1.10: Graphics and compatibility improvements Performance enhancements […]
After two years of development, a new version of the Lua programming language — 5.4 — was quietly released on June 29. Lua is a simple, interpreted programming language that is easy to embed in applications. Because of these qualities, Lua is widely used as an extension language or for program configuration (particularly in computer games). Lua is distributed under the MIT license. The previous version (5.3.5) was released […]
An emergency patch release of Firefox 78.0.1 has been published, which addresses an issue that arose in Firefox 78 causing installed search engines to disappear. After updating the browser, the quick access list to search engines was empty for some users, disrupting the auto-completion feature in the address bar and preventing queries from being sent through the search field on the homepage. The cause of the failure was related to enabling […]
Developers of Fedora are discussing the discontinuation of booting using the classic BIOS and leaving the option for installation only on systems that support UEFI. It is noted that systems based on the Intel platform have been shipped with UEFI since 2005, and by 2020, Intel planned to cease support for BIOS in client systems and data center platforms. The discussion on phasing out BIOS support […]
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