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Linus Torvalds approved the request to remove the old NTFS filesystem driver from the Linux kernel. Starting with release 5.15, a new NTFS3 driver developed and maintained by Paragon Software has been included in the kernel. Including two drivers with NTFS implementation in the kernel is impractical, considering that the old driver hasn’t been updated for many years and is located in […]
The company Basalt SPO has released the Alt Server 10.2 and Alt Workstation 10.2 distributions, built on the ALT platform 10 (branch p10 Aronia). The 'Alt Workstation' builds are created for x86_64, AArch64, i586, and Elbrus architectures, while the 'Alt Server' builds are available for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures. The distributions are provided under a License Agreement, which allows free use only […]
According to the StatCounter rating, which monitors global web browser usage statistics, the share of Linux desktop distributions has exceeded 4% for the first time. The statistics were gathered based on a counter placed on 1.5 million websites. Notably, eight months ago, Linux desktop distributions surpassed the 3% mark and maintained stable figures until November, after which Linux's position began to gradually strengthen […]
Cisco can now rightfully call itself a fashion retailer, as confirmed by its spring collection, reports The Register. According to Cisco's product marketing and analytics specialist Anjana Iyer, the company plans to offer collections each quarter and 'style guides created by Cisco store employees' explaining 'what is trending each season.' Judging by […]
The developers of the GrapheneOS project, which is developing a secure branch of the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) codebase, have identified a vulnerability in the Bluetooth stack of Android 14 that could potentially lead to remote code execution. The issue is caused by accessing a previously freed memory area (use-after-free) in the audio processing code for sounds transmitted via Bluetooth LE. The vulnerability was discovered thanks to the integration of additional protection into the hardened_malloc call, […]
OpenSSH 9.7 has been released, the open implementation of the client and server for the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The proposed version begins the process of changes leading to the eventual discontinuation of support for DSA-based key algorithms. OpenSSH 9.7 provides an option to disable DSA at the compilation stage, but the default build with DSA support remains in place for now. In the next release, […]
A new version of tenv 1.2.0 has been released — a console manager for managing versions of the Terraform, Terragrunt, and OpenTofu platforms used for managing external resources and automating infrastructure maintenance in accordance with the 'infrastructure as code' model. TenV is written in Go, requires no additional dependencies, and can run on any operating system. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 6.8. Among the most notable changes are: Xe driver for Intel GPU, block device protection mode with mounted filesystems, Deadline server task scheduler mechanism, automatic optimization of identical memory page merging, the first driver written in Rust, system calls listmount and statmount, removal of bpfilter and SLAB, the guest_memfd mechanism in […]
IBM has introduced two new initiatives aimed at developing skilled professionals for mainframe work. The first, the Mainframe Skills Council, will include IBM clients and partners, academic representatives, non-profit organizations, and open communities, as well as virtually everyone interested in enhancing mainframe skills. The second initiative is the IBM Z Mainframe Skills Depot online resource, […]
The Arch Linux distribution has transitioned to using the new release of the package manager Pacman 6.1, which features support for the built-in CacheServer, caching packages to speed up package downloads and simplify mirror creation. Other changes in the new version of Pacman include: additional output formatting specifiers added to the "--print" option, the ability to add extended fields containing package data, and provided output […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have released a portable edition of the LibreSSL 3.9.0 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on robust support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary features, adding additional protections, and undertaking significant cleaning and reworking of the code base. The LibreSSL 3.9.0 release is considered experimental, in which […]
The release of the Chrome OS 122 operating system, based on the Linux kernel, Upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and Chrome browser 122, is now available. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard programs, web applications are used; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The source code is distributed under […]