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The release of the DXVK 1.10.3 layer is available, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure), Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, working through translation calls to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers with support for Vulkan API 1.1 are required, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]
A vulnerability has been identified in rsync, the utility for file synchronization and backup (CVE-2022-29154). It allows an attacker controlling an rsync server to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the target directory on the user's side when accessing it. The attack could potentially also be executed as a result of a man-in-the-middle (MITM) intervention in the transit traffic between the client and the legitimate server. The issue has been addressed in the test release of Rsync 3.2.5pre1. […]
Miguel Ojeda, the author of the Rust-for-Linux project, has proposed for consideration by the Linux kernel developers the release of version 8 of the components for developing device drivers in the Rust language. This is a revised edition of the patches taking into account the first version that was published without a version number. Support for Rust is being considered experimental but is already included in the linux-next branch and aims for integration in the upcoming 5.20/6.0 release and is quite […]
After six months of development, the release of the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36 has been published, fully complying with the ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2017 standards. The new release includes fixes from 59 developers. Among the improvements realized in Glibc 2.36, it is worth noting: added support for a new format of relative address relocations DT_RELR (relative relocation), allowing for a reduction in the size of relative relocations in […]
The Q4OS 4.10 distribution has been released, based on the Debian package base and delivered with KDE Plasma and Trinity desktops. The distribution is positioned as resource-friendly and offers a classic desktop layout. It includes several in-house developed applications, including 'Desktop profiler' for quick installation of theme-specific software sets, 'Setup utility' for installing third-party applications, 'Welcome […]
The Rust project developers have warned users about the upcoming increase in requirements for the Linux environment in the compiler, package manager Cargo, and the standard library libstd. Starting from version 1.64 of Rust, scheduled for September 22, 2022, the minimum requirements for glibc will be raised from version 2.11 to 2.17, and for Linux kernels from 2.6.32 to 3.2. The restrictions also apply to executable […]
A corrective release of Firefox 103.0.1 is available, which includes hardware acceleration for new AMD graphics cards and fixes a sound handler bug that led to crashes upon shutdown. Additionally, it is worth noting the start of testing in the nightly builds of Firefox, on the basis of which Firefox 104 will be created, featuring QuickActions, allowing users to perform various standard actions with the browser from the address bar. […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds introduced the release of Linux kernel 5.19. Among the most notable changes are support for the LoongArch processor architecture, integration of the 'BIG TCP' patches, an 'on-demand' mode in fscache, removal of code for supporting the a.out format, the ability to use ZSTD for firmware compression, an interface for managing memory eviction from user space, and improvements in the reliability and performance of the random number generator.
The release of Linux Mint 21 has been announced, transitioning to the package base of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The distribution is fully compatible with Ubuntu but significantly differs in its approach to user interface organization and the selection of default applications. The developers of Linux Mint provide a desktop environment that adheres to classic desktop organization principles, which is more familiar to users who are not adapting to new interface design methods.
The release of 4MLinux 40.0 has been announced, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment for multimedia file playback and solving user tasks but also as a recovery system and a platform for launching LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […]
The release of the OpenNMT 0.28.0 machine translation system (Open Neural Machine Translation), which uses machine learning methods, has been announced. For building the neural network, the project utilizes the capabilities of the TensorFlow deep machine learning library. The code for the modules developed by the OpenNMT project is written in Python and is distributed under the MIT license. Pre-trained models are available for English, German, and Catalan, while models for other languages can be independently […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.14 has taken place. Since the release of version 7.13, 19 bug reports have been closed and 260 changes made. The most significant changes include: Continued the translation of the USER32 library to a system call-based interface. In DirectWrite, improved font handling when accessing a missing font. Issues related to socket closure have been resolved. […]