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The Latin American Free Software Foundation has published a completely free version of the Linux kernel 6.14 — Linux-libre 6.14-gnu, cleaned of firmware elements and drivers containing non-free components or code areas restricted by manufacturers. In Linux-libre, features of the kernel for loading external non-free components not included in the kernel package have been disabled, and mentions of using non-free […]
Starting from March 11, the built-in antivirus package Windows Defender in Windows OS began blocking (quarantining) the free driver WinRing0. The driver is used to access various hardware from user space for which no other API is provided in the system. The WinRing0 driver is in demand in projects that manage hardware settings, both free (OpenRGB, Libre Hardware Monitor, FanControl), as well […]
The composite server Hyprland 0.48 is now available, utilizing the Wayland protocol. The project is oriented towards tiling window management but also supports traditional freeform window placement, tabbed window grouping, pseudo-tiling mode, and full-screen window expansion. It offers capabilities for creating visually appealing interfaces: gradients in window borders, background blur, animation effects, and shadows. Additional functionality can be added […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 6.14. Among the most notable changes are: the ntsync driver with Windows NT synchronization primitives, read operation balancing settings in Btrfs RAID1, reflink support in XFS in real-time mode, the possibility of uncached buffered I/O, a dmem cgroup for limiting GPU memory, the use of io_uring in FUSE, attribute delegation in NFS, support for […]
The release of the wayland-protocols 1.42 package has been published, containing a set of protocols and extensions that complement the basic Wayland protocol, providing functionalities necessary for building composite servers and user environments. In Wayland-Protocols 1.42, a new version of the "cursor-shape" protocol is proposed, expanding the capabilities for customizing the cursor's appearance, adding support for cursor shapes with information indicators (question mark) and resizing. […]
The release of the Live distribution Finnix 250 has been announced, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the project (the first version of Finnix was released on March 22, 2000). The distribution is based on the Debian package base, supports only console operation, and provides a collection of utilities for system administrator needs. It includes over 600 packages with various utilities. The size of the ISO image is 528 MB. In the new version: The package […]
The Landrun project has started developing a new system for isolated execution of individual applications. For isolation, the Landlock LSM module of the Linux kernel is used, allowing the creation of a sandbox environment without performing privileged operations. In its tasks, Landrun is similar to the Firejail utility, but distinguishes itself with a simpler implementation, lightweight nature, and the ability to operate under a regular unprivileged user without being supplied with the suid flag. Code […]
A repeatable builds mode has been proposed for inclusion in the nixpkgs package repository used in the NixOS distribution, allowing the identification of cases where backdoors have been injected into the code, reminiscent of the incident with the XZ project. The presented protection method enables the detection of modifications in the release source code archives that are absent in the code repositories. The essence of the method is that the source code of the new version of the application is built twice […]
The release of the composite server Wayland Maker 0.5 has become available, implementing a user environment styled after Window Maker, built using the Wayland protocol. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Since 2023, the project has been developed by a Google employee who is also working on the minimalist standard C library libbase. Supported features include window stacking layout mode, use of virtual desktops […]
Security researchers from Fenrisk have revealed vulnerabilities in the Pagure and OBS (Open Build Service) tools that allowed compromising the package build infrastructures of the Fedora and openSUSE distributions. The researchers demonstrated the possibility of executing arbitrary code attacks on servers with Pagure and OBS, which could be used to modify packages in the Fedora and openSUSE repositories. […]
After more than three years of development, the release of ReactOS 0.4.15 has been presented, aimed at ensuring compatibility with Microsoft Windows applications and drivers, and also offering a Windows-style interface. An installation ISO image (117 MB) and a Live build (in a zip archive of 85 MB) have been prepared for download. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 and LGPLv2 licenses. Over 8600 changes have been made since the last release […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.4 has been published. Since the release of 10.3, 28 bug reports have been closed and 241 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: improved support for the PDB (Program Database) format in the DbgHelp library. In WineD3D, capabilities have been expanded for accelerating video decoding using the Vulkan API. Tools for accessibility have been added in the SysLink window […]