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The Gentoo project has come under the wing of the SPI organization.

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The developers of the Gentoo distribution have announced the project's transition to the oversight of the non-profit organization SPI (Software in the Public Interest), which is delegated to handle administrative tasks unrelated to technology. This move will eliminate the need to maintain its own legal entity, reduce administrative burden, and increase attractiveness for commercial companies wishing to make donations, as such donations will provide a tax deduction […

The BatBadBut vulnerability affecting standard libraries of various programming languages.

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Applications that execute scripts in bat and cmd format on the Windows platform using standard process launch functions are vulnerable to an exploit that allows the execution of custom code if arguments are passed without separately escaping special characters. The vulnerability has been dubbed BatBadBut and appears in applications that use standard libraries of languages such as Rust, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, […

The Kubuntu project has introduced a new logo and branding elements

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The results of the competition among graphic designers, organized to update the branding elements of the distribution, have been summarized. The contest aimed to create a recognizable and modern design that reflects the essence of Kubuntu, appealing to both newcomers and longtime users, and harmoniously integrating with the stylistic design of KDE and Ubuntu. Based on the works submitted in the competition, recommendations have been formulated for modernizing the project's logo, splash screen […

A new variant of the BHI attack on Intel CPUs allows bypassing protection in the Linux kernel

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A group of researchers from the Free University of Amsterdam has identified a new attack method called 'Native BHI' (CVE-2024-2201), which allows the content of the Linux kernel memory to be determined on systems with Intel processors when an exploit is executed in user space. When applied to virtualization systems, an attacker from the guest system can determine the memory contents of the host environment or other guest systems. The Native BHI method offers a different […]

Release of OpenSSL cryptographic library 3.3.0

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After five months of development, the release of library OpenSSL 3.3.0 has been formed with implementations of SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption algorithms. Support for OpenSSL 3.3 will continue until April 2026. Support for the previous branches OpenSSL 3.2, 3.1, and 3.0 LTS will last until November 2025, March 2025, and September 2026, respectively. The project’s code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. […]

Microsoft at a Crossroad: the Company Expands its Data Center Fleet while Trying to Improve Eco-Sustainability

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Without pause to announce projects for expanding or building new data centers, Microsoft nevertheless insists on its commitment to a 'green agenda.' According to DigiTimes, the hyperscaler will face several serious challenges to maintain ecological balance amidst its business expansion. As stated by Microsoft, the implementation of AI solutions is accelerating, and the intensity of consumption […]

Project for Integration with the Qt Web Engine Servo, Developed in the Rust Language

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KDAB has announced the development of the Servo WebView component for Qt, using the Servo browser engine instead of the Qt WebEngine (based on Chromium) for rendering web content in QML applications. The project is expected to reduce the attack surface for Qt applications using the WebView API, by employing a component where vulnerabilities caused by errors in handling […] are minimized through the use of the Rust language.

Release of the nxs-backup 3.4.0 backup system

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The release of the nxs-backup 3.4.0 backup toolkit has been published, allowing for backups, rotation, and storage on local or external storage. In addition to backing up files, support for backing up various DBMS is included. The project code is released under the GPLv3 license. Starting with the nxs-backup 3.x branch, the project code has been completely rewritten in the Go language (previously Python was used) to enhance […] performance.

Firefox adds support for machine translation of selected text fragments

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In the nightly builds of Firefox, upon which the release of Firefox 126 will be based on May 14, an automated machine translation feature for selected text fragments on the page has been added (previously only full page translation was supported). The translation function is invoked through the context menu that appears when right-clicking on the selected block of text. To enable fragment translation, a setting browser.translations.select.enable has been added in about:config, […]

Fedora 41 approves the transition to the DNF5 package manager

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The FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), responsible for the technical part of the Fedora Linux distribution development, has approved the default use of the DNF5 package manager in the upcoming Fedora 41 release. The dnf, libdnf, and dnf-cutomatic packages will be replaced in Fedora 41 with the DNF5 toolkit and the new libdnf5 library, and the symbolic link /usr/bin/dnf will point to the dnf5 executable. Despite […]

The first release of the Pingora framework for creating network services

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Cloudflare has released the first version of the Pingora framework, designed for developing secure, high-performance network services in Rust. Built with Pingora, a proxy has been in use within Cloudflare's content delivery network for about a year, replacing nginx and handling over 40 million requests per second. The code is written in Rust and published under the Apache 2.0 license. Key features include support for HTTP/1 […]

Schleswig-Holstein: migrating 30,000 machines from Windows/MS Office to Linux/LibreOffice

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The German state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to transition 30,000 computers in local government agencies from Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux and LibreOffice, according to a blog post by the Document Foundation, the organization overseeing the development of LibreOffice. This decision was made following a ruling by the European Data Protection Supervisor that the European Commission's use of Microsoft 365 constitutes a violation of data protection laws […]

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