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The browser engine WebKit, developed by Apple and used in browsers like Safari and Epiphany (GNOME Web), is transitioning to the Skia library for 2D graphics rendering, which is utilized in Google Chrome, ChromeOS, Android, and Flutter, and supports GPU rendering. The porting is being carried out by Igalia as part of an initiative to optimize WebKitGTK’s performance for GNOME. The reason for the migration […]
Developers of the LXQt (Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment) user environment have discussed the process of transitioning to the Qt6 library and the Wayland protocol. The migration of all components of LXQt to Qt6 is currently regarded as a top priority that the project is fully focused on. After the migration is complete, support for Qt5 will be discontinued. The results of the port to Qt6 will be presented in the LXQt 2.0.0 release, […]
Experts from the German National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE have reported the discovery of a dangerous vulnerability in the DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) mechanism — a set of extensions to the DNS protocol. The vulnerability potentially allows for a DNS server disruption through a DoS attack. The study involved staff from Goethe University Frankfurt and the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technologies […]
Vulnerabilities have been identified in the open-source packages IWD (Intel inet Wireless Daemon) and wpa_supplicant, which are used to connect client Linux systems to wireless networks, leading to bypassing of authentication mechanisms: In IWD, the vulnerability (CVE-2023-52161) only occurs when operating in access point mode, which is atypical for IWD, typically used for connecting to wireless networks. The vulnerability allows connections […]
The release of the ugrep 5.0 project has taken place, which develops an advanced version of the grep utility for searching data in files. Additionally, it comes with an interactive shell named ug that provides a user interface with a preview of surrounding lines. In terms of performance, ugrep significantly outpaces grep. The project's code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. The utility combines the most useful features of the grep program with enhanced functionality, […]
The release of the DuckDB 0.10.0 database management system has been presented, combining properties of SQLite such as compactness, the ability to connect as an embedded library, storage of the database in a single file, and a convenient CLI interface, with tools and optimizations for executing analytical queries that cover a significant portion of stored data, such as aggregating all table contents or merging several large tables. The project's code is distributed under the MIT license. […]
The Sway Input Configurator 1.4.0 is now available — a utility for easily configuring input devices in Sway. The utility is written in Python using Qt6/PyQt6 and allows you to configure keyboard, mouse, and touchpad settings in just a couple of clicks. Settings are stored in a JSON file. Standard options for configuring input devices from Libinput are used, in particular, keyboard layout, key combination for changing layout, configuration […]
A new release of the FeatherPad text editor has occurred. The key feature of this release is the discontinuation of support for Qt5 (for the past two years, the editor could be built with either Qt5 or Qt6). As a result, support for encodings other than UTF-8 has been removed from the editor. Users are advised to use third-party converters to open documents with other encodings. Other changes: […]
Google has unveiled the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 15. The release of Android 15 is expected in the third quarter of 2024. To evaluate the new features of the platform, a beta testing program has been proposed. Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet devices. Key innovations in Android 15 Developer Preview 1: […]
The developers of the openSUSE project have published a plan for the development of the new Agama installer (formerly D-Installer), which is being developed to replace the classic installation interface of SUSE and openSUSE, notable for separating the user interface from the internal components of YaST. Agama allows for the use of various frontends, such as a web interface for managing the installation. Live builds for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures are being created to test the new installer, supporting […]
The new version of the text desktop environment vtm v0.9.69 adds an experimental mode for continuous synchronization of the current working directory between running text consoles. Terminal notifications OSC 9;9, which contain information about the current directory, are used to implement synchronization, followed by generating keyboard input for the entire group of consoles with the active Sync switch in synchronization mode. By default, the keyboard input string template […]
Developers of the collaborative development platform Forgejo have announced a change in their development model. Instead of maintaining a synchronized fork of Gitea, the Forgejo project has now diverged into a completely independent codebase, which will develop autonomously and follow its own path. It is noted that the complete fork is the culmination of the divergence in development and management models of Forgejo and Gitea. The Forgejo project originated in October 2022 as a result of […]