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Developers of the Zorin OS distribution, based on the Ubuntu package base and aimed at beginner users accustomed to working in Windows, announced that the release of Zorin OS 18 on October 15 has surpassed one million downloads, breaking all previous project records. 78% of all downloads were performed by Windows users. At the same time, it was announced that test support for Zorin OS release updates is being provided […]
The codebase of Firefox, which will form the basis for the release of Firefox 147 on January 13, has been updated to default to using the directory '~/\.config\/mozilla' for storing profiles, extensions, settings, and internal databases on UNIX-like systems (the cache was previously moved to '~/\.cache\/mozilla'). This change was made to align the browser with the Freedesktop.org XDG Base Directory specification (the change request […]
The release of the home library cataloger MyLibrary 4.3 has been announced. The program's code is written in C++ and is available (on GitHub, GitFlic) under the GPLv3 license. The graphical user interface is implemented using the GTK4 library. The program is adapted to work on Linux and Windows operating systems. An Arch Linux build script is available in AUR for users. For Windows users, […]
The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.1 has been published, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and managing virtual servers using LXC and KVM, capable of serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 1.7 GB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully ready virtual […]
The developers of the Xubuntu project have released a report on the hacking of the Xubuntu.org website that occurred a month ago, during which a link to the archive 'Xubuntu-Safe-Download.zip' containing malicious code was placed on the distribution's download page. Inside the archive, masquerading as the Xubuntu installer, there was an executable file for Windows that installed malware on the system, analyzing clipboard data and substituting […]
After 8 months of development, the release of the free hypervisor Xen 4.21 has been published. The development of the new release involved companies such as Amazon, Arm, EPAM Systems, and AMD. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv2+ license. Development is carried out as part of the Linux Foundation organization. Key changes in Xen 4.21 include full support for the Linux stubdomain device model, […]
Cloudflare has published an analysis of one of the largest incidents in its infrastructure, which caused a significant portion of its content delivery network to be inoperable for over 3 hours yesterday. The failure occurred after a change in the structure of the database hosted in ClickHouse, after which the configuration file for the bot mitigation system doubled in size. The database contained […]
After three months of development, the release of the distributed source code management system Git 2.52 has been announced. Git is known for its high performance and provides tools for non-linear development based on branching and merging. To ensure the integrity of the history and resilience against 'backward' changes, implicit hashing of the entire previous history is used in each commit, as well as verification through digital signatures of individual tags by developers […]
The release of AlmaLinux 9.7 is now available, synchronized with the new release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7 and containing all the changes proposed in this release. Installation images have been prepared for x86_64, ARM64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures in the form of bootable (1 GB), minimal (2 GB), and full images (10 GB). Live builds with GNOME, KDE, MATE, and Xfce will be created later […]
The developers of the openSUSE distribution have introduced the zssh project, which attempts to implement the SSH protocol in the Zig language. The implementation includes code for parsing the protocol and working with SSH-related primitives, such as keys, certificates, and the messaging mechanism with ssh-agent. The encryption algorithms are borrowed from existing libraries. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The goals include […]
Simon Josefsson, who maintains 170 packages in Debian, introduced the Debian Libre Live Images project, providing Debian GNU/Linux builds free from non-free components, such as firmware blobs. In accordance with the decision made in 2022, the official Debian ISO images now include both free firmwares from the main repository and proprietary firmwares distributed through the repository […]
The Marathon OS project has been launched, developing a Linux distribution for mobile devices that combines the work done in the PostmarketOS distribution with the Marathon Shell graphical interface. The user environment is built using Qt and QML, and is based on a proprietary composite server utilizing the Wayland protocol, mimicking the gesture control model of the BlackBerry 10 operating system. The project's code is written in C++ and […]