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The AV2 codec demonstrated a bitrate reduction of 30% while maintaining the quality level of AV1.

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At the QoMEX (Quality of Multimedia Experience) conference, one of the presentations showcased the results of testing the AV2 video encoding format, developed by the Open Media Alliance (AOMedia) and set to replace the AV1 format. Using quality assessment metrics VMAF (Video Multi-Method Assessment Fusion) developed by Netflix, the use of the AV2 codec has achieved a bitrate reduction of 32.59% compared to the codec […]

MicroPythonOS — an operating system with a graphical interface for microcontrollers

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The release of MicroPythonOS 0.0.11 has been published, developing an operating system for microcontrollers such as the ESP32, written using the MicroPython toolset. The operating system features a graphical interface inspired by Android and iOS, supporting touch screen controls. Applications of MicroPythonOS include Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home automation management systems, interactive panels, robots, and smart wearables […]

Project for adapting the WSL2 subsystem to run FreeBSD on Windows

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The WSL-For-FreeBSD project develops a version of the WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) toolkit, allowing FreeBSD to run on Windows instead of Linux with minimal changes to the FreeBSD base environment. Modifications are intended to be contributed back to the main open-source WSL2 codebase whenever possible. The project is positioned as personal and experimental. At the current stage, FreeBSD can already be booted in WSL2 in console mode. […]

OpenSSH 10.2 Release

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Four days after the OpenSSH 10.1 release, a patch release OpenSSH 10.2 has been published, providing an open implementation for SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The new version features only bug fixes: In the ssh utility, a problem with terminal parameter handling has been resolved, which previously prevented the use of an SSH session when ControlPersist mode was active. A problem in the ssh-keygen utility has been fixed […]

In Ubuntu 25.10, the installation of Flatpak packages has proven non-functional.

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Users upgrading to the Ubuntu 25.10 release have encountered issues installing or updating Flatpak packages. The problem is caused by changes in AppArmor rules applied when running the fusermount3 utility. Due to incorrectly set access rules, attempts to install or update packages using the flatpak utility result in an error stating that it cannot unmount the directory /var/tmp/flatpak-cache-*. This issue has been assigned a critical severity level. Currently, a fix is being prepared […]

Release of Ubuntu 25.10

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The Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" distribution has been released, classified as an interim release with updates produced over a 9-month period. Installable images are available for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin (the edition for China), Ubuntu Unity, Edubuntu, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. Key changes include: the desktop environment has been updated to GNOME 49. […]

The OpenZL compression system outperforms Zstd and XZ in speed and compression level of structured data.

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Meta* has introduced a toolkit for data compression and decompression called OpenZL, which demonstrates higher compression levels and speed compared to Zstd and XZ formats. OpenZL is designed for efficiently compressing structured datasets, such as those used in machine learning, as well as storage containing fields with various repeating types of information. The OpenZL code is written in C/C++ and is open-source […]

Release of network analyzer Wireshark 4.6.0.

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After a year of development, the release of the new stable branch of the network analyzer Wireshark 4.6 has been published. The program supports over a thousand network protocols and several dozen traffic capture formats. It provides a graphical interface for creating filters, capturing traffic, analyzing saved dumps, and inspecting packets. Advanced features include reassembling packet order, extracting and saving the contents of files transmitted using […]

The Servo GTK library has been introduced for integrating the Servo engine with GTK applications.

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An Amazon employee has introduced the Servo GTK library, designed for embedding the Servo web engine into applications that use GTK4. The library implements a GTK widget, which allows the Servo Webview to render web content. Notable features include rendering acceleration support via OpenGL and the ability to handle events asynchronously. The project is written in Rust and distributed under the […]

Vulnerabilities in Redis and Valkey that allow code execution on the server with database access.

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Researchers from Wiz have discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2025-49844) in the Redis database system that allows for remote code execution (RCE) on the server. The issue has been assigned the highest danger level (CVSS score 10 out of 10); to exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must be able to send requests to the Redis database that allows executing user-defined Lua scripts. In addition to publicly available Redis instances that provide access without authentication, […]

T2 SDE 25.10 release, a platform for creating distributions

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The release of the T2 SDE 25.10 meta-distribution has been published, providing an environment for creating custom distributions, cross-compiling, and maintaining up-to-date package versions. Among popular distributions built on the T2 system is Puppy Linux. The project offers 36 bootable ISO images with a minimal graphical environment in versions with Musl, uClibc, and Glibc libraries. Builds for current architectures are prepared with […]

Cisco has released the antivirus package ClamAV 1.5.0

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After more than a year of development, Cisco has released version 1.5.0 of the free antivirus package ClamAV. The project was taken over by Cisco in 2013 following the acquisition of Sourcefire, the company developing ClamAV and Snort. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Version 1.5.0 is classified as a regular (non-LTS) release, with updates published for at least 4 months after its release […]

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