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The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.22 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and intended for anonymous internet access, has been published. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. By default, all connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by a packet filter. For storing user data in persistence mode between sessions, a dedicated storage mechanism is used.
The release of Chrome OS 93 has been published, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage build toolchain, open components, and web browser Chrome 93. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, utilizing web applications instead of standard programs; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The build of Chrome OS 93 […]
The release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 21.09.06 has been presented, built on FreeBSD and offering the MATE user environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the ZFS file system. It supports both live mode operation and installation on a hard disk (using its own ginstall installer written in Python). Boot images are created for the x86_64 architecture (2.6 GB). In the new version: To launch […]
After three years of development and 19 test releases, the library OpenSSL 3.0.0 has been released, implementing SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption algorithms. The new branch includes changes that break backward compatibility at the API and ABI levels, but these changes will not affect the operation of most applications, as recompilation from OpenSSL 1.1.1 is often sufficient. Support for the previous branch OpenSSL 1.1.1 will […]
The release of the Whonix 16 distribution, aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity, security, and privacy protection, has occurred. Whonix boot images are designed to run under the KVM hypervisor. Builds for VirtualBox and for use in the Qubes operating system are delayed (while test builds of Whonix 16 continue to be provided). The project developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and […]
The release of the Firefox 92 web browser has taken place. Additionally, updates for the long-term support branches — 78.14.0 and 91.1.0 — have been created. The Firefox 93 branch has moved to beta testing, with a release scheduled for October 5. Key innovations: An automatic HTTPS redirect feature has been added, using the "HTTPS" record in DNS as an equivalent to the Alt-Svc HTTP header (HTTP Alternate Services, RFC-7838), which allows […]
A new version of the Tarantool DBMS 2.8 is available, providing persistent data storage with information retrieval from memory (in-memory database). The DBMS combines the high query processing speed characteristic of NoSQL systems (such as Memcached and Redis) with the reliability of traditional DBMSs (Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL). Tarantool is written in C and allows you to create stored procedures in Lua. The code is distributed under […]
The release of nEMU version 3.0.0 has taken place. nEMU is an ncurses interface for QEMU that simplifies the creation, configuration, and management of virtual machines. The code is written in C and is distributed under the BSD-2 license. Key changes: Support for -netdev user (hostfwd, smb). This allows you to provide access to the external network for a virtual machine without any additional network settings. Support for QMP commands snapshot-{save, load, delete}, which appeared […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds presented the release of Linux kernel 5.14. Among the most notable changes are: new system calls quotactl_fd() and memfd_secret(), removal of ide and raw drivers, a new input/output priority controller for cgroup, task scheduling mode SCHED_CORE, and infrastructure for creating loaders for verified BPF programs. The new version includes 15,883 fixes from 2,002 developers, with a patch size of 69 […]
Starting with the locales package version 2.31-14, locales in encodings other than UTF-8 have been deprecated and are no longer offered in the debconf dialog. This does not affect locales that are already enabled; however, users of such locales are strongly encouraged to switch their systems to a locale that uses UTF-8 encoding. Note that iconv still supports conversion to and from […]
Filippo Valsorda, a cryptographer responsible for the security of the Go programming language at Google, has released the first stable version of a new data encryption utility — Age (Actually Good Encryption). The utility provides a simple command line interface for encrypting files using symmetric (password-based) and asymmetric (public key) cryptographic algorithms. The project code is written in Go and […]
The release of Live distribution Finnix 123, based on the Debian package base, is now available. The distribution only supports console operations but includes a good selection of utilities for administrative needs. It contains 575 packages with various utilities. The size of the ISO image is 412 MB. In the new version: Options have been added to be passed at boot time in the kernel command line: 'sshd' to enable the ssh server and 'passwd' […]