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The OpenBao project has started the development of a fork of Hashicorp Vault

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Under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, the OpenBao project has been established, which will continue the development of the Hashicorp Vault codebase under the free MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). This fork was created in response to HashiCorp's transition of its products to a proprietary BSL 1.1 license, which restricts code usage in cloud systems competing with HashiCorp's products and services. The creators of OpenBao aim to continue […]

Release of the CMake 3.28 build system

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The release of the cross-platform open build script generator CMake 3.28 has been announced, serving as an alternative to Autotools and utilized in projects such as KDE, LLVM/Clang, MySQL, MariaDB, ReactOS, and Blender. CMake is notable for providing a simple scripting language, extending functionality through modules, supporting caching, offering tools for cross-compilation, and generating build files for a wide range of build systems and compilers […]

Official announcement regarding the upcoming release of Lubuntu version 24.04 LTS.

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On December 9, the developers of the Lubuntu distribution shared some plans for the upcoming Lubuntu 24.04 LTS release. In this version of the distribution, which is set to be released in April, an additional Wayland session is planned to be created. This session will not be installed by default; however, starting from version 24.10, Wayland will be used as the standard option. The Lubuntu developers also hope to fully switch […]

Data corruption in Ext4 under LTS kernel branch 6.1.X.

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Due to a problematic patch that was backported from Linux 6.5 to 6.1, causing interference between Ext4 code and iomap, there is a risk of data corruption in older kernels — especially in the latest point releases of Linux 6.1 LTS, which can currently be found in distributions such as Debian 12. The potential bug related to EXT4 filesystem data corruption is encountered […]

Linux Mint 21.3 is available for beta testing

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Starting from December 10, 2024, the beta version of Linux Mint 21.3, codenamed 'Virginia', will be available for download. Some changes include the Snap Store being disabled. For more information or instructions on how to re-enable it, you can find it at this link. Guest sessions. You can enable guest sessions in the 'Login Window' utility, but this option is currently turned off by default. Touchpad drivers. In this release […]

New versions of browsers SeaMonkey 2.53.18, Qutebrowser 3.1.0, and Tor Browser 13.0.6

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The release of the SeaMonkey 2.53.18 internet application suite has taken place, which consolidates a web browser, an email client, an RSS/Atom feed aggregator, and a WYSIWYG HTML page editor called Composer into a single product. Pre-installed add-ons include the IRC client Chatzilla, the DOM Inspector web development tools, and the Lightning calendar-planner. This new release includes fixes and changes from the current Firefox codebase (SeaMonkey 2.53 is based on […]

Debian 12.4 update

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A corrective update for the Debian 12.4 distribution has been released, which includes accumulated package updates and fixes for the installer. The release contains 94 updates addressing stability issues and 65 updates fixing vulnerabilities. The Debian 12.3 release will be skipped due to the discovery of an error in the linux-image-6.1.0-14 package during the final stages of its preparation, which may lead to data corruption […]

The Lubuntu distribution will transition to using Qt 6 and Wayland.

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The developers of the Lubuntu project have published a plan to transition the distribution to Qt 6 and Wayland. Support for an optional Wayland-based session will be introduced in Lubuntu 24.04, while in Lubuntu 24.10 this session will be enabled by default. Meanwhile, work continues on integrating Wayland and Qt 6 support into the LXQt desktop environment provided in Lubuntu (the latest LXQt release is 1.4 […]

The release of Debian 12.3 has been postponed due to an issue that can cause damage to the Ext4 file system.

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The Debian project developers have announced the suspension of publishing installation images with the Debian 12.3 update due to the discovery of an error in the Linux kernel that leads to data corruption in the Ext4 file system. Users of already installed systems are advised to refrain from installing kernel package updates from the repository until a fix is released. The problem occurs in the stable branch of the Linux kernel 6.1, in which […]

Vulnerability in Bluetooth stacks of Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS

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Marc Newlin, who discovered the MouseJack vulnerability seven years ago, has revealed details about a similar vulnerability (CVE-2023-45866) affecting Bluetooth stacks in Android, Linux, macOS, and iOS. This vulnerability allows for keypress spoofing by simulating the activity of a Bluetooth-connected input device. Once access to the keyboard input is gained, an attacker can perform various actions, such as executing system commands […]

A vulnerability in the Bluetooth stacks of Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS allows for key press substitution

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Marc Newlin, who identified the MouseJack vulnerability seven years ago, has disclosed information about a similar vulnerability (CVE-2023-45866) affecting Bluetooth stacks in Android, Linux, macOS, and iOS, which allows for keypress substitution through simulating the activity of an input device connected via Bluetooth. With access to keyboard input, an attacker can perform actions, such as executing commands in the system, installing applications, and […]

GitHub CLI 2.40.0

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On December 7, the release 2.40.0 of the GitHub CLI console tool, written in Go and distributed under the MIT license, took place. This release focuses on supporting multiple accounts on GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise: adding multiple accounts for GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise with the gh auth login command; manual switching between accounts in gh and git using the command gh auth […]

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