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The desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 25.02 has been released, based on FreeBSD 14 and offering builds with custom environments such as MATE, Xfce, and Gershwin. The ZFS file system is used by default in GhostBSD. Both Live mode operation and installation on a hard drive are supported (using a proprietary installer ginstall, written in Python). Boot images have been created for the x86_64 architecture (3.7 […]
In the daily updated experimental builds of Ubuntu, reflecting the development of the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release, the sudo-rs project, written in Rust, is now used by default instead of the sudo utility. The decision to adopt sudo-rs in Ubuntu was made in May, but it was unclear until recently whether developers would implement the necessary missing features in sudo-rs before Ubuntu 25.10 transitioned to the […]
The release of the traffic analysis and network intrusion detection system Zeek 8.0.0 has been published, previously known as Bro. Zeek is a traffic analysis platform primarily focused on monitoring security-related events, though not limited to that application. The system's code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. The platform offers modules for analysis and […]
On August 25, 1991, after five months of development, 21-year-old student Linus Torvalds announced in the comp.os.minix newsgroup the creation of a working prototype of the new operating system Linux, marking the completion of the porting of bash 1.08 and gcc 1.40. The first public release of the Linux kernel was presented on September 17. Kernel 0.0.1 was 62 KB in compressed form and contained […]
The release of the CachyOS 250824 distribution has been published, based on the Arch Linux package base and utilizing a continuous delivery model for updates. The distribution is notable for including optimizations for enhanced performance and providing the ability to install various desktop environments. In addition to the KDE-based base environment, GNOME, Xfce, i3WM, Wayfire, LXQT, OpenBox, Cinnamon, Cosmic, Niri, UKUI, LXDE, Mate, Budgie, Qtile, […] are available for installation.
The release of the 86Box 5.0 project has been announced, developing an emulator for x86 architecture systems, allowing the execution of old operating systems and applications, including those used in the early 1980s on IBM PC 5150 and IBM PS/2 computers. It supports precise low-level emulation of systems, from 8086 processors to Intel Celeron Mendocino. The project's code is written […]
At DEF CON 33, a method of attack on browser extensions that inject their interface elements into the viewed page was presented. Applying this attack to extensions with password managers could lead to the leakage of information stored in those managers, such as authentication credentials, credit card details, personal information, and one-time passwords for two-factor authentication. The issue affects all tested password managers, […]
The release of the authoritative DNS server PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0 has been published, designed for managing DNS zones. At its peak, PowerDNS Authoritative Server handled up to 30% of all domains in Europe and up to 90% of domains with DNSSEC. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. PowerDNS Authoritative Server allows for domain information storage in various databases, including […]
The first public release of the Nitro project has been published, which develops a minimalist initialization system with process execution control features. The project is developed by Leah Neukirchen, one of the maintainers of the packages in the Void Linux distribution. The code is written in C and is distributed under the 0BSD license. Nitro can be used as an init process (pid 1) or as an unprivileged process, […]
The Wine project has released the vkd3d 1.17 package with Direct3D 12 implementation, working through call translation to the Vulkan graphics API. The package includes the libvkd3d libraries with Direct3D 12 implementation, libvkd3d-shader with a translator for shader models 4 and 5, and libvkd3d-utils with functions to facilitate porting Direct3D 12 applications, along with a set of demonstration examples, including the port of glxgears […]
To identify applications that create disk space-consuming files in the user's home directory, a background process called whomade has been prepared, tracking the appearance of new files using the fanotify mechanism. The project is written in C++ and distributed under the GPLv3 license. Data is stored in a SQLite3 database, which is periodically cleared of outdated information (for example, data on deleted files). For the required functionality to be implemented […]
The release of MiniOS 5.0.0, based on Debian 13 'Trixie' and running directly from a USB flash drive, has been announced. The graphical environment is based on Xfce. The distribution uses a modular architecture, allowing for the creation of specialized configurations by excluding and adding components to tailor the system for specific tasks. The release is available in three editions: Standard (amd64, 798 MB) — a compact build for everyday tasks, characterized by high […]