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Oracle has released a corrective update for the VirtualBox virtualization system version 7.2.16, which includes 9 changes: The additions for guest systems and host environments with Linux have improved clipboard sharing on systems using Wayland. Support for kernel 7.1 with the Intel FRED (Flexible Return and Event Delivery) mechanism enabled, ensuring the return of […]
The release of the Firefox web browser 154 has occurred, along with updates for previous long-term support branches—153.1.0, 140.14.0, and 115.39.0. The Firefox 155 branch will soon enter beta testing, with a release scheduled for September 1. The main innovations in Firefox 154 (1, 2, 3): The application of the LNA (Local Network Access) specification has been extended to WebSocket connections. LNA restricts […]
Con Kolivas has resumed work on the MuQSS (Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler) task scheduler and the ‘-ck patches’ for the Linux kernel, aimed at enhancing responsiveness and interactivity during the execution of user tasks and gaming. Development of these projects was halted in 2021 due to a loss of motivation and lack of time. Now Con has returned to his previous activities and has released […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux kernel 7.2. Among the most notable changes are the USB4STREAM data streaming mechanism, performance optimizations for btrfs, xfs, and ext4, the continuation of the removal of support code for the i486 CPU, the ability to create nested SCHED_EXT schedulers, reduced memory consumption in the swap subsystem, accelerated unnamed pipes, and support for Intel MBEC and AMD GMET extensions in […]
The general voting (GR, general resolution) of developers regarding the use of large language models and AI tools in the distribution development has been announced. Voting will be open until August 28. About a thousand developers participating in package maintenance and Debian infrastructure support have the right to vote. The initially proposed two options for voting have been expanded to a final list during the discussion […]
The release of the Omarchy 4.0 distribution has been published. The project is led by David Heinemeier Hansson, the author of the Ruby on Rails web framework, who is trying to create the ideal Linux environment for himself under the principle of 'Omakase Computing', which suggests that most users at the beginning of their journey do not know what they want, and it is better for them not to torment themselves with the attempts of choice, but […]
The developers of the systemd project have begun investigating and addressing a long-standing architectural issue in the 'systemd-journald' component that leads to a significant write amplification compared to the actual log volume. This issue dates back to March 2020, when a report was registered in the bug tracking system demonstrating that generating about 500 KB of textual […]
At the Black Hat 2026 conference, an attack method was demonstrated that uses the swizzle mode of AMD memory controllers to bypass memory isolation and read or write arbitrary data from memory, including areas with CPU microcode and memory allocated to the PSP processor (Platform Security Processor). This method allows bypassing built-in memory encryption mechanisms (AMD SME/SEV), breaking virtual machine isolation, and rewriting processor microcode. For […]
The organization KDE e.V., together with the companies Kubuntu Focus and Techpaladin Software, has introduced an initiative to provide LTS support for the KDE Plasma 6.6 branch, which entails generating fixes for at least three years. Last year, the KDE project halted support for LTS branches and delegated their maintenance to distribution developers wishing to provide older versions of KDE Plasma. This decision was made in light of significant […]
The developers of the VideoLan project have warned users of a regression occurring on the Windows 11 platform, manifesting as a 30-second freeze before playback of certain types of files, including MP3. This regression is attributed to a bug in the Microsoft Defender application that emerged after the latest Windows 11 update. Due to this bug, the cache directory for VLC plugins was quarantined by Microsoft Defender. To resolve […]
The release of Manjaro Linux 26.1, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users, has been introduced. This distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers for operation. Manjaro is available as live builds with graphical environments KDE (5.2 GB), GNOME (5 GB), and Xfce (4.9 GB), created […]
OpenSSH 10.5 has been released, an open implementation of the client and server for working with SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. Key changes: The portable version of OpenSSH now requires cryptographic support based on elliptic curves (ECC — Elliptic Curve Cryptography) in the libcrypto library, including support for the elliptic curve NISTP521. In the libcrypto implementations from the LibreSSL, OpenSSL, BoringSSL projects, and […]