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The Qucs-S electronic circuit simulator version 24.1.0 has been released

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On February 16, 2024, the release of the Qucs-S electronic circuit simulator version 24.1.0 was announced. It is recommended to use the open Ngspice modeling engine: https://ngspice.sourceforge.io/. Starting from this version, the version numbering system has switched to CalVer. Now, the first digit indicates the year, the second is the release number in that year, and the third is the patch number. Release v24.1.0 contains both new features and bug fixes: […]

Vulnerabilities in Node.js and libuv

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Correcting releases of the Node.js server JavaScript platform 21.6.2, 20.11.1, and 18.19.1 are available, which fix 8 vulnerabilities, 4 of which are assigned a high danger level: CVE-2024-21892 — a vulnerability allowing an unprivileged user to inject code that inherits elevated privileges under which the process runs. This vulnerability is caused by an error in the exception handling implementation that allows an unprivileged user to manipulate environment variables in a privilege-escalated process. Exception […]

Google has opened the source code of the AI system Magika for identifying file content types.

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Google has announced the opening of the Magika project source code, designed for content type determination based on file data analysis. Magika can accurately identify programming languages, compression methods, installation packages, executable code, markup types, audio, video, document, and image formats used in the content. The related toolkit and ready-to-use machine learning model have been published under the license […]

The first chip based on the open platform OpenTitan has been introduced.

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The non-profit organization lowRISC, overseeing the development of a free microprocessor based on the RISC-V architecture, has announced the availability of the first chip ready for commercial production, built on the open platform OpenTitan, developed as an independent collaborative project. The project was initially founded by Google, but after the transfer to lowRISC, companies like Western Digital, Seagate, Nuvoton Technology, and Winbond joined its development. […]

The mobile platform LineageOS 21 based on Android 14 has been released.

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The release of the mobile platform LineageOS 21, based on the Android 14 codebase, has been announced. It is noted that the LineageOS 21 branch has reached parity in functionality and stability with branch 20, and has been deemed ready for the first release. Builds are prepared for 109 device models. LineageOS can also be run in the Android Emulator and in Android Studio. Additionally, the option to [...]

Release of DOSBox Staging 0.81

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After two years of development, the release of DOSBox Staging 0.81 has been published, which develops a cross-platform emulator for the MS-DOS environment, written using the SDL library and aimed at running old DOS games on Linux, Windows, and macOS. DOSBox Staging is developed by a separate team and is not connected to the original DOSBox, which has seen only minor changes in recent years. The code is written in C++ [...]

GNU ed 1.20.1 has been released

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The GNU Project has released a new version of the classic text editor ed, which was the first standard text editor for UNIX operating systems. The new version is numbered 1.20.1. This version includes: New command-line options ‘+line’, ‘+\/RE’, and ‘+?RE’, which set the current line to a specified line number or to the first or last line matching the regular expression 'RE'. Filenames containing control […]

New version Louvre 1.2, a library for developing composite servers based on Wayland

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The release of library Louvre 1.2.0 is now available, providing components for developing compositing servers based on the Wayland protocol. The library takes care of all low-level operations, including graphics buffer management, interaction with input subsystems, and graphics APIs in Linux, and also offers ready-made implementations of various extensions of the Wayland protocol. A composite server created based on Louvre consumes significantly fewer resources […]

Release of the performance and energy consumption optimizer auto-cpufreq 2.2.0

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The release of the utility auto-cpufreq 2.2.0 has been published, designed for automatically optimizing CPU speed and energy consumption in the system. The utility monitors the laptop battery status, CPU load, CPU temperatures, and system activity, and depending on the situation and selected options, dynamically activates power-saving or high-performance modes. It supports operation on devices with Intel, AMD, and ARM processors. […]

FreeNginx has been introduced, a fork of Nginx created due to disagreements with the policy of the company F5.

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Maxim Dunin, one of the three active key developers of Nginx, has announced the creation of a new fork — FreeNginx. Unlike the Angie project, which also created a branch from Nginx, the new fork will be developed solely as a non-commercial project, evolving within the community. FreeNginx positions itself as the main descendant of Nginx — "considering the details — rather, the fork stayed with F5." The goal of FreeNginx is announced […]

Attack Scenario on the Handler for Uninstalled Applications in Ubuntu

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Researchers from Aqua Security have noted the potential for an attack on users of the Ubuntu distribution, exploiting the features of the "command-not-found" handler, which provides suggestions when attempting to launch a non-existent program in the system. The issue is that when evaluating the commands being executed that are not present in the system, "command-not-found" uses not only packages from standard repositories but also snap packages […]

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