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On February 15, version 6.13 of the btrfs-progs console utility set for working with the Btrfs file system in a user environment was released. One significant change in this version is the addition of the --compress option to the mkfs.btrfs utility. With this new option, you can enable and configure the compression algorithm and its level. It should be used in conjunction with the --rootdir argument to specify […]
A corrective release of OpenSSH 9.9p2 has been made available, which addresses two vulnerabilities identified by Qualys. An example of exploiting these vulnerabilities for a MITM attack was demonstrated, allowing traffic intended for an SSH server to be redirected to a malicious server, bypass the host key verification, and create the illusion for the client that they are connected to the desired server (the ssh client will accept the host key of the fake server instead of the key [...])
After nearly a year of development, the release of a new stable branch of the Postfix mail server — 3.10.0 — has been announced. At the same time, support for the Postfix 3.6 branch, released in early 2021, has been discontinued. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the EPL 2.0 (Eclipse Public License) and IPL 1.0 (IBM Public License). Postfix is one of [...]
A year after the initial attempt to port Firefox to GTK4 made by Martin Stransky, the maintainer of the Firefox packages in Fedora and RHEL, an enthusiast has taken up further development of the initiative. The project is now in the hands of Jens Persson, co-author of the Panucci application for playing podcasts and audiobooks. The work on the port is not yet complete, but the latest in the project repository [...]
Luboš Kocman, responsible for preparing openSUSE releases, announced that SUSE is considering ending BIOS boot support, which would prevent the use of SUSE and openSUSE distributions on systems lacking UEFI support. The desire to discontinue BIOS support is explained by the fact that starting with the SLES 16 and openSUSE Leap 16 releases, package builds will be made for architectures [...]
The release of the wayland-protocols package 1.41 has been published, containing a set of protocols and extensions that enhance the basic Wayland protocol and provide features necessary for building composite servers and user environments. The new version includes the color-management protocol in the 'staging' category, developed since 2014, offering capabilities for color management and support for High Dynamic Range (HDR). […]
AMD has announced the resolution of six vulnerabilities in its AMD EPYC and AMD Ryzen processors. The three most critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-31342, CVE-2023-31343, CVE-2023-31345) potentially allow for custom code execution at the System Management Mode (SMM), which has a higher priority than hypervisor mode and ring zero protection. Compromising SMM grants unrestricted access to all system memory and can […]
Zyphra has released the first beta version of the AI voice synthesis model Zonos under the Apache 2.0 license. The toolkit offered alongside the model supports voice cloning, enabling speech synthesis in the desired voice by providing a 30-second reference recording of the speaker. Synthesis is supported in English, Japanese, Chinese, French, and German. The model encompasses 1.6 billion parameters and […]
Kent Overstreet, the developer of the Bcachefs file system, has submitted a pull request with fixes for Bcachefs proposed for inclusion in the 6.14-rc3 branch. In addition to information about the fixes, the message announces the stabilization of the Bcachefs disk structure format. Any further changes to the format will be classified as optional and will be implemented as optional extensions. The fixes include: improved performance in […]
The release of Btrfs-Progs 6.13 has been presented, which includes utilities and libraries for working with the Btrfs file system from user space. It contains a summary utility for Btrfs administration, the mkfs.btrfs partition creation utility, the fsck.btrfs partition check program, the btrfstune parameter modification interface, the btrfs-image FS image creation utility, and the libbtrfsutil library. The code is written in C […]
The development of the CADBase platform continues, designed for storing data related to engineering and computer design. The primary task of the platform is to exchange 3D models, drawings, and related information such as accompanying documentation, supplier catalogs, certificates, and standardization and classification documents. The code is written in Rust and distributed under the MIT license. Among the changes: new capabilities added […]
Corrective updates have been released for all supported branches of PostgreSQL 17.3, 16.7, 15.11, 14.16, and 13.19, fixing over 70 bugs and closing a vulnerability (CVE-2025-1094), which in late December was utilized in attacks on BeyondTrust and the U.S. Department of Treasury. The issue in PostgreSQL was identified while analyzing a remote vulnerability (CVE-2024-12356) in BeyondTrust's PRA (Privileged Remote Access) services and BeyondTrust […]