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In the bcachefs file system, which has been part of the Linux kernel since the 6.7 release, two serious problems were discovered and fixed while preparing for the 6.8 kernel release (the fixes will be included in the 6.8-rc4 release). The first issue is related to incorrect functioning of locks when working with directories, causing the first attempt to delete non-existent subvolumes to potentially fail […]
The release of OpenSilver 2.1 has been published, continuing the development of the Silverlight platform and allowing the creation of interactive web applications using C#, F#, XAML, and .NET technologies. Applications compiled with OpenSilver can run in any desktop and mobile browsers that support WebAssembly, but compilation is currently only possible on Windows using the Visual Studio environment. The project's code is written in […]
Google provided the Rust Foundation with a targeted grant of 1 million dollars, which will fund work to enhance the interaction of Rust code with code bases written in C++. The grant is seen as an investment that will help expand the use of Rust in various components of the Android platform in the future. It is noted that as tools for ensuring portability develop […]
The release of SBCL 2.4.1 (Steel Bank Common Lisp), a free implementation of the Common Lisp programming language, has been published. The project code is written in Common Lisp and C, and is distributed under the BSD license. New in this release: A partial support for compact instance headers has been added to the parallel garbage collector using the mark-region algorithm. For functions with declared return types in optimization modes with large […]
The developers of Kubuntu Linux announced their efforts to switch the distribution to using the Calamares installer, which is independent of specific Linux distributions and uses the Qt library to create the user interface. The use of Calamares will allow for a unified graphical stack in the KDE-based environment. Among official Ubuntu editions, Lubuntu and UbuntuDDE have previously switched to the Calamares installer. In addition to replacing the installer, […]
Intel excels in producing the Core i5 series of processors. The Core i5-14600K once again confirms this truth: its superiority over the Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 7 5800X3D is undeniable, even in the absence of noticeable changes. Source: 3dnews.ru
The developers of Debian have published a plan to switch all packages to using the 64-bit time_t type in the distribution's ports for 32-bit architectures. These changes will be included in Debian 13 "Trixie", which will fully address the year 2038 problem. Currently, the 64-bit time_t type has already been implemented in Debian's ports for 32-bit architectures x32, riscv32, arc, and loong32, but in […]
CBL, a data recovery company, stated that unreliable memory chips are often found in the latest microSD cards and USB drives. Experts are increasingly encountering devices with trimmed memory chips that have had the manufacturer information removed, as well as USB drives that use modified microSD cards soldered onto the board. Against this backdrop, CBL has come to […]
The Gentoo project developers announced the deployment of a separate repository with binary packages compiled with support for the third version of the x86-64 microarchitecture (x86-64-v3), used in Intel processors since around 2015 (starting with Intel Haswell) and characterized by the presence of extensions such as AVX, AVX2, BMI2, FMA, LZCNT, MOVBE, and SXSAVE. The repository offers a separate set of packages being built in parallel […]
Barry Kauler, the founder of the Puppy Linux project, has released the EasyOS 5.7 distribution, which combines Puppy Linux technologies with container isolation for running system components. Management of the distribution is through a developing set of graphical configurators. The size of the boot image is 857 MB. Features of the distribution include: Each application, as well as the desktop itself, can be launched in separate containers for isolation […]
American company Cloudflare has reported a hacker intrusion into its IT infrastructure. Security specialists from CrowdStrike were engaged in investigating the incident: it is alleged that government hackers from an unspecified country may have been involved in the cyber attack. As a result of the investigation, the company decided to upgrade its data center in Brazil. It is said that the attackers used an access token and account […]
A vulnerability CVE-2024-21626 has been found in the toolset for launching isolated containers runc, used in Docker and Kubernetes, allowing access to the host environment's file system from an isolated container. During the attack, an attacker can overwrite certain executable files in the host environment and thus achieve code execution outside the container. In the runtime crun and youki, which use runc, as well as in […]