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An option for automatic reboot after 3 days of inactivity will appear in Android.

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Google has implemented in the update of Google Play services 25.14 a feature for automatically rebooting smartphones after 3 days of inactivity (when the screen is not unlocked). To enable this feature, the corresponding option will be added to the settings. The Google Play services update 25.14 will be rolled out to users next week. Previously, the automatic reboot feature was implemented in the Android platform GrapheneOS. The reboot is applied for […]

Security incidents in the repositories PyPI and crates.io

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The developers of the Python package index PyPI reported on a security issue with the implementation of the "Organization Team" feature, which allows the formation of a team of several developers working collaboratively on a project in PyPI. The essence of the identified issues is that privileges delegated to a user as a member of the "Organization Team" were retained even after the user was removed from the organization. The vulnerability in PyPI has been fixed […]

Release of the TrueNAS 25.04 distribution for creating network storage

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iXsystems has released the TrueNAS 25.04 distribution, which uses the Linux kernel and Debian package base. After moving the TrueNAS Core branch, which is based on FreeBSD, into maintenance mode, the Linux edition was renamed to TrueNAS instead of TrueNAS SCALE. The size of the ISO image is 1.9 GB. The source code for TrueNAS-specific build scripts, web interface, and layers has been published on GitHub. Notable features of TrueNAS include […]

VirtualBox 7.1.8 update

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Oracle has released a maintenance release of the VirtualBox virtualization system 7.1.8, which includes 27 changes. At the same time, an update for the previous version VirtualBox 7.0.26 has been formed with 21 fixes. In addition to the listed changes, 3 vulnerabilities have been fixed in the new versions (maximum severity level of 8.1 out of 10), details of which are not yet disclosed. In the additions for guest systems with Linux: Initial […]

Oracle has released the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8

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Oracle has introduced the first stable release of Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 (UEK R8), a variant of the Linux kernel developed for use in Oracle Linux as an alternative to the standard package with a kernel from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The kernel is available only for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The source code of the kernel, including separate patches, has been published in a public Git repository […]

Release of Fedora Linux 42 distribution

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The release of Fedora Linux 42 distribution has been announced. The products prepared for download include Fedora Workstation, Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop, Fedora Server, Fedora IoT, Fedora CoreOS, Fedora Cloud Base, Fedora IoT Edition, Fedora Silverblue, Fedora Kinoite, and live images provided in the form of spins with custom environments Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, Phosh, Miracle, LXQt, Budgie, Sway, and Cosmic. The builds are formed for […]

Release of Manjaro Linux 25.0 distribution and alpha release of Manjaro Summit

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The release of Manjaro Linux 25.0, based on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users, has been published. The distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, automatic hardware detection, and installation of necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live images with graphical environments KDE (4.5 GB and 3.7 GB), GNOME (4.3 GB and 3.1 […]

Kexec HandOver mechanism for rebooting the Linux kernel without losing state

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The Linux kernel mailing list has presented the sixth version of patches implementing the Kexec HandOver (KHO) mechanism, developed by engineers from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. The patches have already been accepted into the mm-everything branch, which accumulates changes for the upcoming kernel 6.16 branch related to memory management. Based on Kexec HandOver, Google is developing the Live Update Orchestrator (LUO) subsystem, […]

Release of T2 SDE 25.4, a platform for creating distributions

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The release of the T2 SDE 25.4 meta-distribution has been published, providing an environment for creating custom distributions, cross-compiling, and keeping package versions up to date. Among the popular distributions built on the T2 system, Puppy Linux can be noted. The project offers 25 bootable ISO images with a minimal graphical environment in versions with Musl, uClibc, and Glibc libraries. Builds for current architectures have been prepared with […]

The web browser qutebrowser 3.5.0 is now available

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The release of the web browser qutebrowser 3.5.0 has been published, providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from content viewing and a navigation system in the style of the Vim text editor, built entirely on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt and QtWebEngine. The source code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The use of Python does not affect performance, as rendering and content parsing […]

The release of the OpenWrt distribution 24.10.1

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The release of the OpenWrt 24.10.1 distribution has been presented, developed for networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports 2779 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compiling and creating custom builds. Such builds allow ready-made firmware to be created with the desired set of pre-installed packages, optimized for specific tasks. Ready builds have been published for 39 target platforms. Key changes include […]

The PanVK driver has certified support for Vulkan 1.1

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The Khronos consortium, which develops graphic standards, has recognized the full compatibility of the open driver PanVK with the Vulkan 1.1 specification. PanVK provides support for the Vulkan graphics API on ARM GPU devices based on the V10 architecture, such as Mali-G610 and Mali-G310. The driver successfully passed all tests from the CTS (Khronos Conformance Test Suite) and is included in the list of certified drivers. Receiving […]

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