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The distribution has been published Ubuntu April 25, "Plucky Puffin," is an interim release, with updates being generated over a nine-month period. Ready-to-use installation images are created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin (China edition), Ubuntu Unity, Edubuntu и Ubuntu Cinnamon. Key changes: The desktop has been updated to GNOME 48, […]
After four months of development, the April consolidated update of KDE Gear applications 25.04, developed by the KDE project, is presented. The set contains releases of 250 programs, libraries and plugins. Information about the availability of Live builds with new releases of applications can be found on this page. New versions of individual applications can be downloaded from the Flathub and SnapCraft catalogs. The most notable changes: Work has been carried out to […]
The release of the main branch of nginx 1.27.5 is presented, in which the development of new features continues. In parallel, the stable branch 1.26.x is supported, only changes related to the elimination of serious errors and vulnerabilities are made. In the future, the stable branch 1.27 will be formed on the basis of the main branch 1.28.x. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the BSD license. Among the changes in nginx […]
After 6 months of development, a major release of the specialized browser Tor Browser 14.5 has been released, which continues to develop functionality based on the ESR branch of Firefox 128. The browser is focused on ensuring privacy and security, all traffic is redirected only through the Tor network. It is impossible to contact directly through the regular network connection of the current system (if the browser is hacked, attackers can gain access to system […]
The release of the Deepin 23.1 distribution has been published, developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), as well as about 40 user applications, including the DMusic music player, the DMovie video player, the DTalk messaging system, the installer and the Deepin Software Center. The project was founded by a group of developers from China, but has transformed into an international project and supports the Russian language. Distribution repository […]
For platform Linux An official port of the OCCT package has been published. It's designed for testing system stability in normal mode and during overclocking. The tool is proprietary, but available free of charge with some limitations. A 263-megabyte binary file is available for download. Available features: Comprehensive stress tests – evaluate CPU, GPU, and memory performance under high loads to ensure […]
The US government has renewed funding for MITRE's CVE operations. The contract has been extended for 11 months. Despite this, the CVE Board announced the creation of a non-profit organization, the CVE Foundation, aimed at maintaining the stability and independence of the CVE project. It is noted that the CVE Board has long discussed concerns about the sustainability and […]
In the Google Play Services 25.14 update, Google has implemented the ability to automatically reboot your smartphone after three days of inactivity (without unlocking the screen). To enable this feature, a corresponding option will be added to the settings. The Google Play Services 25.14 update will be released to users next week. The automatic reboot feature was previously implemented in Android-GrapheneOS platform. Rebooting is used to […]
The developers of the Python Package Index repository PyPI have reported a security issue in the implementation of the "Organization Team" feature, which allows you to form a team of several developers collaborating on a project in PyPI. The essence of the identified problems is that the privileges delegated to a user as a member of the "Organization Team" persisted after the user was removed from the organization. The vulnerability in PyPI has been fixed […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has not renewed its contract with MITRE to fund work on assigning CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) identifiers to vulnerabilities, maintaining a centralized database of publicly known vulnerabilities, and maintaining a list of vulnerability types (CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration). In addition, there has been a general reduction in MITRE funding, which has already led to the layoff of more than 400 employees in […]
iXsystems has released the TrueNAS 25.04 distribution, which uses the kernel Linux and package base DebianAfter the FreeBSD-based TrueNAS Core branch was moved into maintenance mode, LinuxThe TrueNAS SCALE edition has been renamed TrueNAS. The ISO image size is 1.9 GB. The source code for the TrueNAS-specific build scripts, web interface, and intermediaries is published on GitHub. Among the features of TrueNAS is the ability to […]
Oracle has published a hotfix release of the VirtualBox 7.1.8 virtualization system, which includes 27 changes. At the same time, an update to the previous VirtualBox 7.0.26 branch was released with 21 fixes. In addition to the changes listed below, the new versions fix three vulnerabilities (maximum severity level 8.1 out of 10), the details of which are not yet disclosed. In addition to the guest additions, Linux: The initial […]