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After two years since the release of the last significant branch, a stable release of the OpenMediaVault 6 distribution has been published, allowing for quick deployment of network-attached storage (NAS). The OpenMediaVault project was established in 2009 following a split among developers of the FreeNAS distribution, where alongside the classic FreeNAS based on FreeBSD, a fork was created, with developers aiming to […]
The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.2 has been published, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and maintaining virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and capable of serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 994 MB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully ready virtual system […]
Cisco has unveiled a significant new release of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.105.0, as well as published corrective releases ClamAV 0.104.3 and 0.103.6 to address vulnerabilities and bugs. Recall that the project came under Cisco's ownership in 2013 after the acquisition of Sourcefire, which developed ClamAV and Snort. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Key improvements in ClamAV 0.105 include […]
A vulnerability has been discovered in the standard C libraries uClibc and uClibc-ng, used in many embedded and portable devices (CVE not assigned), allowing spoofed data to be injected into the DNS cache. This can be exploited to replace the cached IP address of any domain and redirect requests to the domain to the attacker's server. The issue affects various Linux firmware for routers, access points, and Internet of Things devices, as […]
An unofficial build of the Steam OS 3 operating system has been released, adapted for installation on regular PCs. Valve uses Steam OS 3 on the Steam Deck gaming console and initially promised to prepare builds for standard hardware, but the release of official Steam OS 3 builds for devices other than the Steam Deck has been delayed. Enthusiasts have taken the initiative into their own hands and […]
The release of the SeaMonkey 2.53.12 internet application suite has taken place, which combines a web browser, email client, news feed aggregator (RSS/Atom), and WYSIWYG HTML page editor Composer within a single product. Pre-installed add-ons include the IRC client Chatzilla, web developer tools DOM Inspector, and the calendar-scheduler Lightning. The new version includes fixes and changes from the current Firefox codebase (SeaMonkey 2.53 is based on […]
A specialized distribution release of Tails 5.0 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been formed, based on the Debian package base and designed to ensure anonymous internet access. Tails provides anonymous access via the Tor network. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. A method for storing user data between sessions is applied […]
The release of the Firefox 100 web browser has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch — 91.9.0 has been created. The Firefox 101 branch is set to enter beta testing soon, with its release scheduled for May 31. Key new features in Firefox 100 include the ability to use multiple dictionaries for different languages during spell checking. The context menu now allows users to activate […]
The PyScript project has been introduced, allowing the integration of handlers written in Python into web pages and the creation of interactive web applications using Python. Applications gain access to the DOM and an interface for bidirectional interaction with JavaScript objects. The logic of web application development remains the same, with the main difference being the ability to use Python instead of JavaScript. The source code of PyScript is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Unlike […]
The OpenSSF (Open Source Security Foundation), established by the Linux Foundation and aimed at enhancing the security of open-source software, has introduced an open project called Package Analysis, which develops a system for analyzing the presence of malicious code in packages. The project's code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Preliminary scanning of NPM and PyPI repositories using the proposed toolkit has revealed more […]
Oracle has published the sysdiff utility, simplifying the migration of legacy applications from Solaris 10 to a Solaris 11.4 environment. Due to the transition of Solaris 11 to the IPS (Image Packaging System) and the discontinuation of SVR4 package support, direct migration of applications with existing dependencies has become challenging, despite maintaining binary compatibility, making it still one of the most […]
The release of GDB 12.1 has been announced (the first release of the 12.x series, with the 12.0 branch used for development). GDB supports source-level debugging for a wide range of programming languages (Ada, C, C++, Objective-C, Pascal, Go, Rust, etc.) on various hardware (i386, amd64, ARM, Power, Sparc, RISC-V, etc.) and software platforms (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Unix, Windows, macOS). Key […]