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Criticism of the inclusion of the Idle Detection API in Chrome 94. Experiments with Rust in Chrome

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The default inclusion of the Idle Detection API in Chrome 94 has led to a wave of criticism, citing objections from Firefox and WebKit/Safari developers. The Idle Detection API allows websites to determine when a user is inactive, i.e., not interacting with the keyboard/mouse or working on another monitor. The API also provides information on whether a screensaver is running on the system. Notification […]

Release of CRIU 3.16, a system for saving and restoring the state of processes in Linux.

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The release of the CRIU 3.16 (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) toolkit has been announced, designed for saving and restoring processes in user space. The toolkit allows the state of a single process or a group of processes to be saved and then resumed from that saved position, even after a system reboot or on another server without breaking already established network connections. The project's code is distributed under the license […]

The Waydroid project develops a package for running Android on GNU/Linux distributions.

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The Waydroid project has developed a toolkit that allows for the creation of an isolated environment in a standard Linux distribution for booting a complete system image of the Android platform and running Android applications using it. The code of the proposed toolkit is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready-made packages are created for Ubuntu 20.04/21.04, Debian 11, Droidian, and Ubports. The environment is set up using standard technologies […]

Release of the GNOME 41 user environment.

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After six months of development, the GNOME 41 desktop environment has been released. To quickly assess the capabilities of GNOME 41, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installer image prepared as part of the GNOME OS initiative have been offered. GNOME 41 is also already included in the experimental build of Fedora 35. The new release includes: enhanced power consumption settings. It provides the opportunity for a quick change of mode […]

Release of Chrome 94

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Google has released version 94 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free project Chromium, which underlies Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, a notification system in case of crashes, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update system, and transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release of Chrome, version 95, is scheduled for October 19. Starting from […]

The nineteenth firmware update for Ubuntu Touch

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The UBports project, which has taken over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical stepped away from it, has released the OTA-19 (over-the-air) firmware update. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 update has been created for smartphones including BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google […]

The EFF organization is transitioning the HTTPS Everywhere project into a deprecated status.

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The non-profit human rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced the decision to classify the browser extension HTTPS Everywhere as deprecated. The HTTPS Everywhere extension was available for all popular browsers and allowed users to utilize HTTPS on all sites where possible, addressing the issue of sites that provide unencrypted access by default but support HTTPS, as well as resources using links […]

The Panfrost driver is certified for compatibility with OpenGL ES 3.1 for the Mali-G52 GPU.

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Collabora has announced the certification of the Panfrost graphics driver by Khronos, which successfully passed all tests of the Khronos Conformance Test Suite (CTS) and is recognized as fully compatible with the OpenGL ES 3.1 specification. The driver is certified using the Mali-G52 GPU, but certification for other chips is planned for the future. In particular, non-certified support for OpenGL ES 3.1 has already been implemented for chips […]

A kernel module has been introduced that can significantly speed up OpenVPN.

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The developers of the OpenVPN VPN package have introduced the ovpn-dco kernel module, which significantly boosts VPN performance. Although the module is still in development, focusing only on the linux-next branch and has an experimental status, it has already reached a level of stability that allows it to be used for enabling the OpenVPN Cloud service. Compared to the configuration based on the interface […]

Support time for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 has been extended to 10 years.

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Canonical has announced an extension of the update formation period for the LTS releases of Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 from 8 to 10 years. A similar decision to extend the support period was previously made for Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04. Thus, updates will be released for Ubuntu 14.04 until April 2024, for Ubuntu 16.04 until April 2026, and for Ubuntu […]

Google has released HIBA, an extension for OpenSSH for certificate-based authorization.

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Google has released the source code for the HIBA (Host Identity Based Authorization) project, which offers an implementation of an additional authorization mechanism for managing SSH user access tied to hosts (checks whether access to a specific resource is allowed or not during authentication using public keys). Integration with OpenSSH is ensured by specifying the HIBA handler in the AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand directive in \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config. The project's code is written […]

Vulnerability in OpenOffice Allows Code Execution When Opening a File

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A vulnerability (CVE-2021-33035) has been identified in the Apache OpenOffice office suite, allowing for code execution when opening a specially crafted DBF file. The researcher who discovered the issue advised about the creation of a working exploit for the Windows platform. A fix for the vulnerability is currently available only in the form of a patch in the project's repository, which has been included in the test builds of OpenOffice 4.1.11. Updates for the stable branch are still […]

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