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The release of the Firefox 141 web browser has occurred, along with updates for previous long-term support branches—140.1.0, 115.26.0, and 128.13.0. The Firefox 142 branch has entered beta testing, with its release scheduled for August 19. Key innovations in Firefox 141: Experimental support for automatic tab grouping has been added, based on the use of a locally running AI model that determines tabs similar in theme. After […]
Google has introduced the OSS Rebuild project, designed to identify hidden changes in completed packages published in repositories. OSS Rebuild operates on the concept of reproducible builds and involves checking the compliance of a package hosted in the repository with a package obtained from rebuilding the reference source code that corresponds to the declared package version. The toolkit code is written in Go and […]
The OpenAPV library has released a standard implementation of the APV (Advanced Professional Video) video codec, designed for professional recording and processing of video without quality loss. The library's code is written in C and is distributed under the BSD license. The project is developed by the Academy Software Foundation, established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (USA) and the Linux Foundation to promote the use of open source software in […]
A phishing attack has been recorded targeting JavaScript library maintainers, during which a message was sent on behalf of the NPM service notifying about the need to confirm their email. The conducted attack allowed attackers to obtain NPM tokens from the maintainer of one of the major JavaScript projects and release updates with malicious code for five NPM packages, totaling about 100 million downloads per week. The message sent to the maintainers was styled […]
The release of the DXVK-Sarek 1.11.0 project has been announced, which develops a branch of the DXVK layer aimed at operating on systems with GPUs or drivers limited to support for older versions of the Vulkan graphics API—1.1 or 1.2. In the main DXVK project, Vulkan 1.3 support became mandatory in DXVK 2.0 release. DXVK-Sarek continues to use the codebase from the DXVK 1.10.x branch (the latest branch of the DXVK series […]
Intel has announced the discontinuation of the Clear Linux project, which developed a distribution with strict application isolation implemented using containers separated with full virtualization. Starting today, Intel will stop maintenance and will no longer release updates and fixes for vulnerabilities. GitHub repositories where the distribution was developed will soon be switched to an archived mode. […]
In the AUR (Arch User Repository), used in Arch Linux for distributing third-party packages, three malicious packages have been identified: firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin, and zen-browser-patched-bin, containing modified builds of the Firefox, Librewolf, and Zen browsers. The package names resembled legitimate packages like firefox-bin, librewolf-bin, and zen-browser-bin, which are maintained by enthusiasts in AUR. The PKGBUILD file in the packages contained a link to patches downloaded […]
The release of the Forgejo 12.0 collaborative development platform has been published, allowing deployment of a system for working with Git repositories on your own servers, similar to the tasks handled by GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab. Forgejo is a fork of the Gitea project, which itself branched off from the Gogs platform. The separation of Forgejo occurred in 2022 after attempts to commercialize Gitea and a transition of management to […]
In January 1999, Simon Tatham released the first public version of the SSH client PuTTY, hosting the project website on his personal page www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. In October 1999, the putty.org domain was registered by an unknown reseller, and in 2008, it was purchased by Denis Bider, co-founder of Bitvise. After the purchase, information was posted on the putty.org site about […]
The Blender Foundation has released the free 3D modeling package Blender 4.5, suitable for various tasks related to 3D modeling, 3D graphics, game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, sculpting, animation, and video editing. The code is distributed under the GPL license. Ready-made builds are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The release has received long-term support status […]
The release of the free PaaS platform Cozystack 0.33, built on Kubernetes, is now available. The project aims to provide a ready platform for hosting providers and a framework for building private and public clouds. The platform installs directly on servers and covers all aspects of preparing infrastructure for managed service delivery. Cozystack allows for the deployment and provision of Kubernetes clusters, databases, and virtual machines. The platform's code […]
The release of the OpenMoHAA project 0.82.0, which recreates the engine for the game 'Medal of Honor: Allied Assault,' has been published, using the open engine ioquake3 as a base, featuring a graphics backend based on the SDL2 library and audio backends based on OpenAL or SDL. The project code is written in C/C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Built packages are available for Linux and Windows platforms. […]