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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 […]

Release of MX Linux 23.6 Distribution

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The release of the lightweight MX Linux 23.6 distribution has been published, created through the collaborative efforts of communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. The release is based on the Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and packages from its own repository. The distribution uses the sysVinit initialization system and its own tools for system configuration and deployment. Boot options for 32- and 64-bit are available […]

Support for the COSMIC desktop environment has been added to postmarketOS and Alpine

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The developers of the postmarketOS project, which is developing a Linux distribution for smartphones based on the Alpine Linux package base, the standard C library Musl, and the BusyBox utility set, announced the addition of support for the COSMIC desktop environment, developed in Rust. Ready-made postmarketOS builds with COSMIC are available for x86_64 systems, as well as a separate version optimized for Thinkpad X13s laptops (customized versions can be made upon request […]

The maximum lifespan of TLS certificates will be reduced from 398 to 47 days

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Members of the CA/Browser Forum, a platform for coordinating the cooperation between browser manufacturers and certificate authorities, voted to reduce the maximum lifespan of TLS certificates. The maximum validity of TLS certificates will be shortened from 398 to 47 days, unless the CA/Browser Forum revisits this decision in the future. In addition to the validity period of certificates, it has been decided to significantly shorten the timelines for reusing validation data […]

Buffer overflow in Perl related to character handling

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Corrective updates for the Perl interpreters 5.40.2 and 5.38.4 have been released, fixing a vulnerability (CVE-2024-56406) that leads to a buffer overflow when transliterating specially formatted non-ASCII characters using the "tr/.../..." operator. The possibility of exploiting this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the system cannot be ruled out. The issue has been present in stable Perl releases since 2021 and affects the 5.34, 5.36, […]

Progress in porting NVIDIA graphics drivers for Haiku OS

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Ilya Chugin (x512) and Gerasim Troyeglazov (3dEyes) showcased new achievements in porting NVIDIA graphics drivers for the Haiku OS. The port is developed based on open modules for the Linux kernel published by NVIDIA and used in its proprietary drivers, as well as the user-space Vulkan driver NVK from the Mesa suite. A distinctive feature of the approach used is the ability […]

Release of the Pinta 3.0 Graphics Editor

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After two years of development, the release of the open raster graphics editor Pinta 3.0 has been announced, initially founded in 2010 as an attempt to create a simpler alternative to Paint.NET, built using GTK. The editor is aimed at novice users and provides a basic set of features for drawing and image processing. The interface has been simplified as much as possible. The editor supports an unlimited undo buffer, allows […]

Release of Wine-wayland 10.5

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The release of the Wine-wayland 10.5 project has been published, developing a set of patches for using Wine in environments based on the Wayland protocol, without using XWayland and X11 components. Partially, many developments from Wine-wayland, including the winewayland.drv driver, have already been integrated into the main Wine composition. The new release is noteworthy for its synchronization with the Wine 10 branch (Wine 10.5 is used) and updates to DXVK, VKD3D, and Mangohud versions. […]

Approval of reproducible builds in Fedora 43

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The FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), responsible for the technical development of the Fedora Linux distribution, has approved a project to ensure reproducible builds of packages in the upcoming Fedora 43 release. The initiative aims to enable reproducible builds for at least 99% of the packages in the repository. Reproducible builds will allow the creation of custom RPM packages that match the pre-built binaries available for download […]

Release of Angie 1.9.0, a fork of Nginx

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The release of the high-performance HTTP server and multi-protocol proxy server Angie 1.9.0, forked from Nginx by a group of former developers who left F5 Network, has been announced. The source code of Angie is available under the BSD license. The project has received compatibility certificates with Russian operating systems such as Red OS, Astra Linux Special Edition, Rosa Chrome Server, Alt, and the FSTEC version of Alt. The development is supported by the company 'Web-server', established […]

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