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Release of the standard C library PicoLibc 1.8.9

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The release of the standard C library PicoLibc 1.8.9 has been published, developed by Keith Packard (leader of the X.Org project) for use on embedded devices with limited persistent storage and RAM. During development, part of the code was borrowed from the newlib library from the Cygwin project and AVR Libc, which was developed for Atmel AVR microcontrollers. The PicoLibc code is distributed under the BSD license. The library build is supported […]

The ONLYOFFICE 8.3 office suite is now available.

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The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 8.3 has been published, featuring a server for online editors of ONLYOFFICE and enabling collaborative work. The editors can be used for working with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. Simultaneously, the release of ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 8.3, built on a unified codebase with the online editors, has been formed. The desktop editors are designed as desktop applications, […]

The crisis in promoting Rust in the kernel is due to concerns about the complexity of maintenance.

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Christoph Hellwig, maintainer of the DMA subsystem, KVM, Slab Allocator, and PowerPC architecture in the Linux kernel, who was once part of the governing technical committee of the Linux Foundation and served as a plaintiff in a GPL-related lawsuit against VMware, has refused to acknowledge patches related to supporting driver development in Rust. The proposed patches added wrappers over several […]

The release of Tails 6.12 addresses critical security vulnerabilities.

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On February 6, 2025, the Tails development team announced the release of a new version of its privacy-focused distribution, Tails 6.12. This version addresses critical security vulnerabilities and includes new functional updates. It should be noted that the distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for installation on a flash drive, includes tools to ensure digital security, and is aimed at […]

curl 8.12.0

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On February 5, after almost two months of development, version 8.12.0 of the console utility and library curl, written in C and distributed under the curl license, was released. Key changes include: Fixing the CVE-2025-0167 vulnerability – when using a .netrc file, there was a possibility of passing the password used for the first host to the next host. Fixing the CVE-2025-0665 vulnerability – in the libcurl library when closing a connection channel […]

Chip production based on the open platform OpenTitan has started

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After six years of work on the project, Google announced the start of production of a chip built on the open platform OpenTitan. The chip is produced by Nuvoton and is noted as the first implementation of OpenTitan ready for use in real-world projects. A trial batch has been released for testing, and mass production is scheduled to start in the spring of this year. OpenTitan represents […]

The release of the Tails 6.12 distribution.

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The release of the specialized distribution Tails 6.12 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), developed as part of the Tor project, has been announced. The distribution is based on the Debian 12 package base, comes with the GNOME 43 desktop, and is intended for anonymous web browsing using Tor tools. By default, all connections other than traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter. User data is stored […]

PCRE2 10.45

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After more than six months of development, version 10.45 of the PCRE2 library, compatible with PERL regular expressions, written in C and distributed under the BSD license, has been released. This is a relatively large release that includes new features, several bug fixes, and a few changes that have a minor impact on backward compatibility. Version 10.45 is the first release prepared by the new maintainers of the project, who thank Philip […]

Arch Linux and Fedora will provide official builds for WSL.

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The Arch Linux developers announced the agreement with Microsoft to publish official builds for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). These builds will be included in the list of Linux distributions available for quick installation in WSL through the WSL repository (to install Arch, it is enough to run the command "wsl --install ArchLinux"). Since Arch Linux operates under a rolling release model, the builds […]

Release of the LibreOffice 25.2 office suite.

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The Document Foundation has released version 25.2 of the LibreOffice office suite. Ready-to-use installation packages have been prepared for various Linux distributions, Windows, and macOS. This release involved 176 developers. 47% of the changes were made by 50 employees from companies overseeing the project, such as Collabora and Allotropia, 31% by seven staff from The Document Foundation, and 22% of changes by 119 independent […]

The OpenWrt 24.10 distribution is now available.

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After more than a year of development, a significant release of the OpenWrt distribution 24.10.0 has been made available, developed for network devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports 1970 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compilation and the creation of custom builds. Such builds allow for the creation of ready-to-use firmware with the desired set of pre-installed packages, optimized for specific tasks. Ready-made builds have been published for 39 […]

nginx 1.26.3 and 1.27.4 updates fix a vulnerability related to TLS

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The release of the main branch nginx 1.27.4 has been formed, which continues the development of new features, along with the release of the parallel stable branch nginx 1.26.3, which only receives changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. The updates fix a vulnerability (CVE-2025-23419) that allows bypassing client TLS certificate verification. This vulnerability is caused by insufficient checks when handling virtual hosts associated with […]

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