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The release of the OnlyOffice Desktop 6.4 suite is now available, designed for working with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The editors are formatted as desktop applications that are built with JavaScript using web technologies, but combine client-side and server-side components, designed for standalone use on the user's local system, without referencing an external service. The project's code is distributed […]
Corrective releases of the Redis DBMS 6.2.6, 6.0.16, and 5.0.14 have been published, addressing 8 vulnerabilities. All users are strongly advised to urgently update Redis to the new versions. Four vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-41099, CVE-2021-32687, CVE-2021-32628, CVE-2021-32627) may lead to buffer overflow when processing specially crafted commands and network requests, but exploitation requires specific configuration parameters (proto-max-bulk-len, set-max-intset-entries, hash-max-ziplist-*, proto-max-bulk-len, client-query-buffer-limit) […]
The Eigen project has encountered technical issues with its main repository. A few days ago, the source code of the project hosted on GitLab became unavailable. Accessing the page results in a 'No repository' error. The releases of the package hosted on the pages are also inaccessible. Discussion participants note that the prolonged unavailability of Eigen has already disrupted the build and continuous testing of many projects, as well […]
The release of the lightweight HTTP server lighttpd 1.4.60 has taken place. The new version includes 437 changes, mainly related to bug fixes and optimizations. Key innovations: Support for the Range header (RFC-7233) has been added for all non-streaming responses (previously, Range was only supported for serving static files). The implementation of the HTTP/2 protocol has been optimized, reducing memory usage and speeding up the processing of heavily sent initial […]
Simon Peter, the creator of the self-contained AppImage package format, has published the release of helloSystem 0.6, based on FreeBSD 12.2 and aimed at common users who are looking to move from macOS due to dissatisfaction with Apple's policies. The system is free of the complexities typical of modern Linux distributions, is fully under user control, and allows former macOS users to feel comfortable. For more information […]
After a year and a half of silence in development, the release of the Lumina 1.6.1 desktop environment has been announced, which has been developed following the cessation of TrueOS development within the Trident project (a desktop distribution of Void Linux). The components of the environment are written using the Qt5 library (without using QML). Lumina adheres to a classic approach to organizing the user environment. It includes a desktop, application panel, session manager, application menu, configuration system […]
The release of Lakka 3.5 has been published, allowing computers, set-top boxes, or single-board computers to be turned into a full-fledged gaming console for playing retro games. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally aimed at creating home theaters. Lakka builds are available for i386, x86_64 platforms (Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Cubieboard, Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, Cubox-i, […]
Changes have been made to the Ruby project code of conduct, which defines the principles of friendly and respectful communication within the developer community, aimed at clarifying language that allows for abuse: a clause defining tolerance for opposing opinions has been removed. The phrase prescribing a welcoming attitude towards newcomers, young participants, their teachers, and supporters of individuals who cannot control their emotions (‘fire breathing wizards’) has been expanded to all users. […]
Google has introduced the Secure Open Source (SOS) initiative, which will organize bounty payments for work related to enhancing the security of critical open-source software. A million dollars has been allocated for the initial payments, but if the initiative is deemed successful, investment in the project will continue. The following bounties are provided: $10,000 and above for contributions that are complex and significant […]
Martin Stransky, the maintainer of the Firefox packages in Fedora and RHEL, who is working on porting Firefox for Wayland, published a report outlining the latest achievements regarding Firefox's performance in Wayland-based environments. Upcoming Firefox releases are set to address the issues observed in Wayland builds related to clipboard handling and popup management. These capabilities […]
The expiration of the root certificate from IdenTrust (DST Root CA X3), used for cross-signing the root certificate of the Let’s Encrypt Certificate Authority, has led to issues with the verification of Let’s Encrypt certificates in projects using outdated versions of OpenSSL and GnuTLS. Problems have also affected the LibreSSL library, whose developers did not account for past experiences related to failures that occurred after the root certificate became obsolete […]
GitHub has re-blocked the repository of the RE3 project and 861 forks of its content following a new complaint from Take-Two Interactive, which owns the intellectual property related to the games GTA III and GTA Vice City. Recall that the re3 project involved reverse engineering the source code of the games GTA III and GTA Vice City, released about 20 […]