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AMD Develops Its Own ACS Composite Server Using Wayland

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AMD has announced the creation of its own composite server ACS (AMDGPU Composition Stack), based on the code base of the reference composite server Weston, developed by the Wayland project. ACS is presented as a synchronized fork of Weston, including advanced features. The fork is planned to be synchronized with the current Weston code base twice a year. The project code is distributed under the MIT license. The project was created as a testing ground for […]

Apache 2.4.63

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Apache HTTP Server 2.4.63 has been released. The most important changes are: mod_ssl: Improvements have been made to OpenSSL initialization error handling. The server now gracefully terminates startup if OpenSSL initialization fails. This is important to ensure reliable server startup. mod_md (updates): Changes have been made to ACME certificate handling: Increased the ACME server domain verification timeouts from 30 seconds to […]

Dovecot IMAP Server 2.4.0 Available

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Seven years after the formation of version 2.3.0, a new branch of the multi-platform IMAP server Dovecot 2.4.0 is presented, supporting the POP3 and IMAP4rev1 protocols with popular extensions such as SORT, THREAD, MULTIAPPEND, QUOTA, ACL, COMPRESS, NOTIFY, METADATA and IDLE, and authentication and encryption mechanisms (SASL, TLS, SCRAM, XOAUTH2). Dovecot maintains full compatibility with classic mbox and Maildir, using external indexes […]

Apache http server release 2.4.63

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Apache HTTP Server 2.4.63 is now available, introducing 24 changes, including: The experimental mod_tls module, built on top of rustls, has been removed. This module is now being developed separately. The reason for the removal is the unstable rustls API and the mismatch between the rustls and Apache httpd development cycles. The mod_md module, used to automate the receipt and maintenance of certificates using the ACME protocol (Automatic […]

Llama 3.1 Recognized as Non-Free by FOSS Foundation

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The Free Software Foundation has published the results of its analysis of the Llama 3.1 license, under which Meta's machine learning models are distributed. The FOSS Foundation has found the Llama 3.1 license to be non-free and has recommended against using products distributed under it. It is noted that Meta misleads users by presenting the Llama 3.1 license as providing certain freedoms. In fact, the Llama 3.1 license deprives users of freedom, […]

Based on Clang, a buffer bounds checking mode has been implemented for the C language

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Engineers from Apple have announced that they are ready to test the "-fbounds-safety" mode for the Clang compiler, which provides guarantees for safe work with buffers in C code. The mode is included in the LLVM fork supported by Apple for the Swift project. In the future, the "-fbounds-safety" functionality is planned to be gradually transferred to the main LLVM/Clang code base. It is noted that the proposed protection mechanism has already […]

Midnight Commander 4.8.33 file manager release

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After five months of development, the Midnight Commander 4.8.33 console file manager has been released. It has been developed since 1994 and provides a two-panel interface in the style of Norton Commander. Midnight Commander has such features as mouse support, a built-in file viewer and text editor with syntax highlighting, the use of virtual FS for navigation inside archives, packages and network storage (SFTP, SSH), connection […]

Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment U24.04 Release

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The Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment (LWDE) distribution is now available, providing a pre-configured, ready-to-use desktop environment based on the Labwc composite server. The distribution is built on a package base. Ubuntu 24.04 using its own repository. The project may be useful for enthusiasts looking to create their own environment for migrating from LXDE to environments using Wayland. A build for the […]

VirtualBox 7.1.6

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The VirtualBox 7.1.6 virtualization system has been released. Among the changes, two serious vulnerabilities that could allow a local user to escalate their privileges have been fixed. List of changes: VMM: Fixed an issue that caused the guest system Windows 11 24H2 could experience BSOD in rare cases. GUI: Improved display of the contents of disabled options (mask + font) when using certain themes. Linux. GUI: Fixed […]

Stable release of Vivaldi 7.1 browser for desktops

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Today, the Vivaldi 7.1 web browser was released. It is created by former Opera Presto developers on the core of the open source Chromium engine. The new version has an improved widget panel: a new weather widget has appeared, and widget design customization options have been added. It is also possible to import open tabs from other browsers and a new dialog for saving a bookmark to the Express Panel. Additionally, the developers have improved the recovery system […]

MySQL 9.2.0 Release

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Oracle has released a new branch of the MySQL 9.2.0 database management system. MySQL Community Server 9.2.0 builds are available for all major distributions. Linux, FreeBSD, macOS и WindowsAs part of the new release model introduced in 2023, MySQL 9.2 has been assigned to the "Innovation" branches, which will also include the next major release, MySQL 9.3. The Innovation branches are recommended for those who want […]

A typo in the settings allowed attackers to replace MasterCard's DNS server

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A security researcher from Seralys has discovered a way to spoof the DNS server for the mastercard.com domain used in the infrastructure of the MasterCard payment system. Since June 2020, there has been a typo in the settings of the mastercard.com domain zone — instead of the host "a22-65.akam.net" (Akamai DNS service), the host "a22-65.akam.ne" was indicated in the list of DNS servers servicing the zone. The root zone ".ne" is assigned to the Republic of Niger and the domain "akam.ne" turned out to be […]

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