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A flaw in the Landlock LSM module allowed revoked privileges to be regained.

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Jann Horn from the Google Project Zero team, who previously uncovered the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, has found a logical error in the implementation of the Linux Security Module (LSM) Landlock that allows a program to regain already dropped privileges if it has access to the system calls fork() and keyctl(). The Landlock mechanism enables unprivileged programs to drop unnecessary privileges needed for operation […]

Release of Wine 9.14 and Wine staging 9.14

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.14 — has been published. Since the release of 9.13, 20 bug reports have been closed and 205 changes made. The most significant updates: The implementation of the one-way inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism Mailslots has been transitioned to use input/output on the server process side. Support for Windows ODBC drivers for DBMS has been expanded. Work is ongoing to place […]

Conversations Classic 2.3

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A new version of the actively developed fork of the XMPP client Conversations – Conversations Classic – has been quietly released. Changes from the previous version include: synchronization with the upstream project (excluding the new UI), restructured and organized app settings, and the ability to set wallpapers for each chat as well as globally. Multiple enhancements related to message replies (XEP-0461) have been made. A 'notification throttling' feature has been added […]

The Funtoo project is coming to an end.

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Daniel Robbins (drobbins) announced that he has decided to end the Funtoo Linux project: 'All Good Things Must Come to an End…'. Briefly: drobbins is tired; there is no new BDFL; he will not seek a successor or transfer the project; Funtoo Linux will exist in some form until the end of August. This unfortunate but expected decision comes against the backdrop of Daniel's decreasing activity. It all started with […]

Release of web browser Chrome 127

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Google has released version 127 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable version of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. Chrome differs from Chromium in that it uses Google logos, includes a crash reporting system, modules for playing DRM-protected video content, an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, provides keys for Google API, and offers transmission via […]

The Zulip messaging platform 9 has been released.

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Release 9 of Zulip, a server platform for deploying enterprise messengers suitable for facilitating communication among employees and development teams, is now available. The project was originally developed by Zulip and was open-sourced following its acquisition by Dropbox under the Apache 2.0 license. The server-side code is written in Python using the Django framework. Client software is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and […]

Side 0.0.2 — a distribution based on Pisi Linux

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Side is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Pisi Linux, featuring the SDE desktop. In version 0.0.2: glibc-2.39; Linux kernel LTS 5.15; ability to run Xorg without root privileges; fixed network settings; new packages: keyd, ayatana-libappindicator, and others. The project is in the alpha stage of development, stable operation is not guaranteed, the repository is sparse, and distro-specific components lack documentation. Password: live. Installation […]

The beta testing of VirtualBox 7.1.0 has begun.

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A year and a half after the last major branch formation, Oracle has released the first beta version of the VirtualBox 7.1 virtualization system. The release is expected in the fall. Beta builds of VirtualBox 7.1 are prepared for RHEL 7/8/9, Fedora 35/36/40, openSUSE 15.3, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04, Debian 10/11/12, macOS, and Windows. Key changes: Improved graphical interface. The ability to choose between modes for regular and advanced users […]

The release of the OPNsense 24.7 distribution for creating firewalls.

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The release of the OPNsense 24.7 distribution for creating firewalls has been published. Nine years ago, it split from the pfSense project with the aim of developing a completely open distribution that could match the functionality of commercial solutions for deploying firewalls and network gateways. Unlike pfSense, the project is positioned as not being controlled by a single company, developed with direct community involvement […]

Release of Multipass 1.14, a toolkit for deploying Ubuntu in virtual machines

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Canonical has released version 1.14 of the multipass toolkit, designed to simplify the installation of various versions of Ubuntu in virtual machines running on Linux, Windows, and macOS virtualization systems. Multipass enables a developer to launch the desired Ubuntu version in a virtual machine with a single command, without additional configurations, for example, for experimentation or testing their application. To start a virtual machine in Linux, […]

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