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The nonprofit Apache Software Foundation, which provides a neutral and vendor-independent platform for developing nearly 400 open-source products, has announced its decision to completely change its logo, removing the image of the feather that has symbolized Apache projects since 1997. The new logo, which will be chosen through a vote among the organization’s members, is set to be unveiled on October 7 at the Community […]
The release of the nxs-backup 3.9.0 backup tool has been published, allowing users to create backups, perform rotation, and save them on local or external storage. In addition to file backups, it supports creating backups of various databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis. The project code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Backups can be stored both locally and in remote storage (S3, FTP, SSH, […]
Kent Overstreet, the developer of the Bcachefs filesystem, proposed an addition to the Linux kernel 6.11 that implements the capability for automatic transparent recovery of corrupted data within Bcachefs, using stored redundant error recovery codes. The logic of this proposed functionality is similar to that of a similar feature in Btrfs: if an input/output error occurs during reading or a checksum mismatch is calculated, […]
A group of researchers from Canadian and American universities developed a Port Shadow attack technique, allowing manipulation of address translation tables on the VPN server side to send a response to a request to another user connected to the same VPN server. This method can be used to intercept or redirect encrypted traffic, perform port scanning, and deanonymize VPN users. As an example […]
Nobara 40 is a new version of the Linux distribution based on Fedora, designed for gamers and content creators. Key innovations include: A completely redesigned update application: Instead of the old bash script, a modern Python application with a graphical interface has been implemented, integrated with the Nobara package manager. Updates for KDE and GNOME: The latest versions of these desktop environments -- KDE […]
It's amusing how the history of open models for converting text prompts into images, developed and trained by Stability AI, resembles a series of ups and downs like the successions of Microsoft OS releases. After the legendary success of XP, we saw the problematic Vista; then the fantastic 'Seven' — followed by the fruitless Windows 8. Stable Diffusion, though initially unremarkable, has gradually […]
The release of Nobara 40 distribution has been published, based on the Fedora Linux 40 package base and includes additional fixes addressing known issues encountered when running computer games, streaming, and performing content creation tasks. Nine installation images have been prepared for download: the official version with a styled KDE, additional ones with clean GNOME and KDE environments, and Steam-HTPC for Steam Deck on […]
The StartWine-Launcher project has developed an application designed to run Windows-based applications and games on Linux systems. The main goal of the StartWine-Launcher development was to simplify the process for beginners to create Wine prefixes — sets of Windows libraries and dependencies needed to run Windows applications on Linux. Features include a container based on runimage, no need to install system dependencies, and […]
American cloud-based software development tool provider GitLab, which counts Alphabet (the parent company of Google) among its investors, is exploring the possibility of a sale amid interest from potential buyers. This was reported by Reuters citing its own informed sources. The report states that GitLab, valued at around $8 billion, is working with investment bankers on the sales process. […]
The release of the nftables 1.1.0 packet filter has been published, unifying the filtering interfaces for IPv4, IPv6, ARP, and network bridges (aiming to replace iptables, ip6tables, arptables, and ebtables). The significant change in version number is not due to any radical changes, but rather a result of the continuous decimal numbering (the previous release was 1.0.9). At the same time, the release of the associated library libnftnl has been published […]
An international team of scientists led by British colleagues has broken their own record for data transmission speed over standard fiber optics. Previously achieving data transmission at a level of 302 Tbps, the new record has been set at 402 Tbps. An important aspect of this achievement was that ordinary off-the-shelf fiber was used in the experiment, which promises to raise speeds already […]
Audacity, a free and cross-platform audio editor, has been updated to version 3.6. Key features include: Master Effects: These effects are applied to the entire project at once, simplifying sound processing. New compressor and limiter effects: These effects now show the gain reduction history when used in real-time. New and improved themes: New dark and light themes have been added. Users can switch between themes […]