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Release of boot firmware Libreboot 20240504 and Canoeboot 20240504

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The release of the free boot firmware Libreboot 20240504, which has attained stable release status (the previous stable release was published in June 2023), has been announced. The project develops a ready-made build from the Coreboot project, providing an alternative to proprietary UEFI and BIOS firmware responsible for initializing the CPU, memory, peripherals, and other hardware components, with minimal binary insertions. Libreboot aims to form a system environment […]

Corrective updates for some LXQt components

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Developers of the LXQt desktop environment have published corrective updates for some components, mainly related to fixing issues that arose after updating Qt to version 6.7. xdg-desktop-portal-lxqt 1.0.2 — the problem with file paths that contained a null character has been resolved. This issue has been occurring recently when using Firefox. Image-Qt 2.0.1 — the crash when using Qt ≥ […]

A new graphical installer is being developed for FreeBSD. FreeBSD report for Q1

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The FreeBSD Foundation is developing a new graphical installer for FreeBSD, designed to make the installation and initial system setup process more user-friendly for newcomers. It is noted that the new installer will enhance the system's appeal for users accustomed to graphical installers and who view text interfaces as outdated. Furthermore, the graphical installation mode will allow for the formation of a more cohesive environment in builds that use […]

The founder of QEMU and FFmpeg published the TSAC audio codec

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French mathematician Fabrice Bellard, who founded the projects QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL, and TinyCC, has published the TSAC audio encoding format and the associated toolkit for compressing and decompressing audio files. The format is aimed at transmitting data at very low bitrates, for example, 5.5 kb/s for mono and 7.5 kb/s for stereo, while preserving […]

Nintendo has successfully blocked 8,535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator.

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Nintendo has sent a request to GitHub to block 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator. The request is based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) currently in effect in the United States. The projects are accused of circumventing the protection technologies used in Nintendo Switch consoles. GitHub has now complied with Nintendo's request and has blocked the Yuzu fork repositories.

Release of Wine 9.8 and Wine Staging 9.8

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.8 has occurred. Since the release of 9.7, 22 bug reports have been closed and 209 changes have been made. The most significant updates include: The Wine Mono engine with the .NET platform implementation has been updated to version 9.1.0. Files generated using the Interface Definition Language (IDL) now utilize components that fully support execution.

Bypassing verification in the xml-crypto library, which has a million downloads per week.

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A vulnerability (CVE-2024-32962) has been discovered in the xml-crypto JavaScript library, which is used as a dependency in 402 projects and downloaded from the NPM registry about a million times each week. The vulnerability has been assigned the maximum severity level (10 out of 10). The library provides functions for encrypting and verifying XML documents with digital signatures. This vulnerability allows an attacker to sign a fraudulent document that, by default configuration, will be accepted.

Update for VirtualBox 7.0.18

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Oracle has released a corrective update for the VirtualBox virtualization system 7.0.18, which includes 3 fixes: A bug in the network components has been resolved, leading to a recommendation not to install VirtualBox version 7.0.16. The bug caused system crashes in the host environment when using virtual machines with bridge network settings or involving a network adapter working only on the host side.

CIQ extends the lifespan of CentOS 7

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CentOS users who have not yet transitioned to Rocky Linux can extend the lifetime of CentOS with additional support from CIQ Bridge. CIQ Bridge will extend the life for up to three years after EOL for organizations that need extra time to migrate to Rocky Linux, under an annual fixed-rate subscription. CIQ is a founding partner.

The number of extensions for the Android version of Firefox has exceeded 1000.

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Mozilla has announced that it has surpassed the milestone of 1000 add-ons available for the Android version of Firefox in the AMO catalog (addons.mozilla.org). In December 2023, after the addition of the infrastructure for add-ons in the Android version of Firefox, there were 489 add-ons in the catalog. In less than five months, the number of add-ons ported for the Android version of Firefox has doubled. Developers of add-ons already provided for the desktop version of Firefox, […]

Release of Rust 1.78. Borgo language, combining the strengths of Go and Rust

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The release of the general-purpose programming language Rust 1.78 has been published, originally developed by Mozilla but now maintained under the aegis of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation. The language focuses on safe memory handling and provides means for achieving high task parallelism, while avoiding the use of a garbage collector and runtime (runtime is limited to basic initialization and maintenance of the standard library). […]

Valve has released Proton 9.0, a package for running Windows games on Linux.

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Valve has released a stable version of the Proton 9.0 project, based on the Wine codebase, aimed at enabling the launch of gaming applications designed for Windows within the Linux environment and available in the Steam catalog. The project developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows users to run Windows-only gaming applications directly in the Steam client on Linux. The package includes an implementation of […]

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