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GitHub has released its annual report detailing the notifications of intellectual property infringement and illegal content published in 2022. According to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), GitHub received 2,321 DMCA takedown requests in 2022, resulting in the blocking of 25,387 projects. By comparison, in 2021 […]
Cisco has released new versions of the free antivirus package ClamAV 1.0.1, 0.105.3, and 0.103.8, addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-20032) that could allow code execution when scanning HFS+ formatted disk images in ClamAV. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient buffer size checking, allowing data to be written outside the buffer and […]
CodeWeavers has released version 22.1 of its Crossover package, based on Wine code and designed to run applications and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is a key contributor to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and integrating innovations from its commercial products back into the project. The source code of the open components of CrossOver 22.1 can be downloaded on this page. […]
Patch releases for the distributed version control system Git 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8 have been published, addressing two vulnerabilities related to optimizations in local cloning and the 'git apply' command. Updates for distributions can be tracked on the pages of Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE/openSUSE, Fedora, Arch, and FreeBSD. If installing the update is not feasible […]
The results of the redesign of the sidebar in the new interface of the Thunderbird email client have been revealed, which is planned for release in July in version 115. The new interface is expected to be user-friendly for beginners while remaining familiar and convenient for long-time users. Key improvements include a new unified design mode for the panel with email folders, which is more intuitive for newcomers. Experienced users will be […]
Canonical has announced the completion of testing for Linux kernel packages for systems operating in real-time mode. The real-time kernel package is now deemed ready for widespread use and is no longer positioned as experimental. Ready builds have been prepared for the x86_64 and Aarch64 architectures and are distributed through the Ubuntu Pro service for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu Core 22. […]
The release of the "Alt Virtualization Server" operating system 10.1 on the ALT 10 platform (p10 Aronia branch) has taken place. The operating system is designed for use on servers and for implementing virtualization functions within corporate infrastructure. A service for working with Docker images is available. Builds are prepared for x86_64, AArch64, and ppc64le architectures. The product is provided under a License Agreement that permits free use […]
The release of the Firefox 110 web browser has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch — 102.8.0 — has been formed. The Firefox 111 branch will soon enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for March 14. Key features in Firefox 110 include the ability to import bookmarks, browsing history, and passwords from the Opera, Opera GX, and Vivaldi browsers (previously similar […]
The release of the Wolvic 1.3 web browser, designed for use in augmented and virtual reality systems, has been published. The project continues the development of the Firefox Reality browser, which was previously developed by Mozilla. After the stagnation of the Firefox Reality codebase, the Wolvic project was continued by Igalia, known for its contributions to free projects such as GNOME, GTK, WebKitGTK, Epiphany, GStreamer, Wine, Mesa […]
After a year of development, the release of the communication client Dino 0.4 has been published, supporting chat, audio calls, video calls, video conferencing, and text messaging using the Jabber/XMPP protocol. The program is compatible with various XMPP clients and servers, focuses on ensuring the confidentiality of discussions, and supports end-to-end encryption. The project code is written in Vala using the GTK toolkit and is distributed under the GPLv3+ license. For […]
Microsoft has announced the implementation of hardware acceleration for video encoding and decoding in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), the layer for running Linux applications on Windows. This implementation allows for the use of hardware acceleration for processing, encoding, and decoding video in any applications that support VAAPI. Acceleration is supported for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics cards. GPU video acceleration in applications run via WSL […]
Mozilla has removed the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension from addons.mozilla.org (AMO) without prior notice and without disclosing the reasons, which had 145,000 users. According to the extension's author, the reason for removal was a complaint of violation of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The extension can no longer be restored in the Mozilla catalog, so […]