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Rocky Linux has launched a repository with packages to enhance security.

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The developers of the Rocky Linux distribution, aimed at creating a free build of RHEL to take the place of classic CentOS, announced the creation of a new SIG (Special Interest Group) dedicated to Security, which will be responsible for maintaining packages related to providing enhanced protection and delivering additional tools for security assurance. The group will also publish alternative versions of existing packages, compiled with various mechanisms for […]

Release of VictoriaMetrics 1.94, a DBMS for building monitoring systems.

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The release of the VictoriaMetrics platform 1.94.0 is available, providing a database for storing and processing data in the form of time series (a record forms time and a set of corresponding values, for example, obtained through periodic polling of sensor states or gathering metrics), optimized for monitoring tasks. This project competes with solutions such as InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, Thanos, Cortex, and Uber M3, and is distinguished by […]

Release of P2P VPN 0.11.2

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The release of P2P VPN 0.11.2 has occurred — a decentralized virtual private network implementation that operates on a Peer-To-Peer basis, where participants are connected directly to each other rather than through a central server. Participants in the network can find each other via a BitTorrent tracker or BitTorrent DHT, or through other participants in the network. Changes include: the ability to use the application in headless mode (without a graphical interface). […]

Google has implemented functionality to prevent website scanning by neural network robots.

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Google has enabled the option to prevent website crawling by robots used for the training of the company's neural networks. Content can be hidden from Bard and VertexAI robots, while such a restriction will not affect the website's indexing by the search engine itself. To do this, you need to add the corresponding entry to the robots.txt file. With the expansion of AI model databases, Google plans to automatically extend the ability to prohibit site indexing […]

Release of the continuously updated Rhino Linux 2023.3 distribution

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The release of Rhino Linux 2023.3 has been announced, implementing a variant of Ubuntu with a continuous delivery model for updates, allowing access to the most recent versions of software. New versions are mainly transferred from the devel branches of Ubuntu repositories, where packages with new application versions are built, synchronized with Debian Sid and Unstable. Desktop components, the Linux kernel, boot splash screens, themes […]

VeraCrypt 1.26 disk partition encryption system is available, replacing TrueCrypt.

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After a year and a half of development, the release of VeraCrypt 1.26 has been published, advancing the fork of the TrueCrypt disk encryption system, which is no longer in existence. VeraCrypt is notable for replacing the RIPEMD-160 algorithm used in TrueCrypt with SHA-512 and SHA-256, increasing the number of hashing iterations, simplifying the build process for Linux and macOS, and addressing issues identified in the audit of TrueCrypt's source code. The last official release of VeraCrypt […]

Critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exim, allowing arbitrary code execution on the server.

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ZDI (Zero Day Initiative) has published details about three critical vulnerabilities found in the Exim mail server, allowing the execution of arbitrary code on behalf of the server process that opened port 25. No authentication is required for the attack on the server. CVE-2023-42115 — allows unauthorized data to be written outside the designated buffer. This is caused by an input validation error in the SMTP service. CVE-2023-42116 – caused by copying […]

Red Hat is transitioning to the Jira platform for bug tracking.

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Red Hat, one of the largest contributors to open source software, is transitioning to the proprietary Jira platform for tracking bugs in RHEL. The company claims that moving away from Bugzilla will unify ticket management across all Red Hat products and increase the efficiency of technical support engineers. Key changes for RHEL users: The existing ticket tracker for RHEL and CentOS Stream […]

Release of the mobile platform Android 14

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Google has released the open mobile platform Android 14. The source code related to this release has been published in the project's Git repository (branch android-14.0.0_r1). Firmware updates are prepared for Pixel series devices. Later updates will be prepared for smartphones from Samsung Galaxy, iQOO, Nothing, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, Sony, Tecno, vivo, and Xiaomi. Additionally, generic system images (GSI) have been created.

Release of Elementary OS 7.1

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The distribution release of Elementary OS 7.1 has been announced, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project focuses on high-quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources and offers high boot speed. Users are provided with a custom desktop environment called Pantheon. Bootable ISO images (3 GB) are available for download.

Announcement of the Raspberry Pi 5 board

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the Raspberry Pi 5 board, which will be available for sale in late October to early November 2023, priced at $60 for 4 GB of RAM and $80 for 8 GB of RAM. According to statements, the performance of the Raspberry Pi 5 is 2-3 times better than that of the Raspberry Pi 4, which was released in 2018.

The Umvirt LFS Auto Builder automated build system is available

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Thanks to the Umvirt LFS Auto Builder automated build environment, users can create a basic bootable image of Linux From Scratch 12.0-systemd with just one command. Step-by-step builds are also possible. It is expected that after the image is created, it will be further customized and configured by the user according to their preferences. In addition to its primary purpose, the build environment can be used for comparative performance testing of hardware.

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