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With the support of the FreeBSD Foundation, a new installer is being developed for FreeBSD, which, unlike the currently used bsdinstall installer, will be able to operate in graphical mode and will be more user-friendly. Currently, the new installer is at the experimental prototype stage but can already perform basic installation operations. An installation […] has been prepared for those interested in participating in testing.
An updated report has been prepared detailing the impact of the performance of the browser and user experience caused by a thousand of the most popular Chrome extensions. Compared to the check performed last year, the new study assessed performance changes not only on a simple placeholder page but also when opening sites like apple.com, toyota.com, The Independent, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The conclusions of the study have not changed: many popular extensions, such […]
Google has released an update for Chrome OS 91.0.4472.165, which contained a bug that caused users to be unable to log in after rebooting. Some users experienced a boot loop where the login screen did not appear, and even when it did, it wouldn’t allow them to connect using their account. A fix for Chrome OS has been released shortly after […]
The developers of Gentoo have announced an expansion of the range of ready-made stage files available for download. Stage archives based on the Musl C library and builds for the ppc64 platform, optimized for POWER9 processors, have started being published. Builds with the system manager systemd have been added for all supported platforms, in addition to the previously available OpenRC-based builds. The delivery of stage files has begun through the official download page for the amd64 platform […]
The release of the dynamically managed firewall firewalld 1.0 has been introduced, implemented as a wrapper over the nftables and iptables packet filters. Firewalld runs as a background process, allowing rules to be changed dynamically through D-Bus, without the need to restart the packet filter rules and without breaking established connections. The project is already used in many Linux distributions, including RHEL 7+, Fedora 18+ […]
A corrective release for Firefox 90.0.2 is available, which includes several fixes: The menu display style has been corrected for certain GTK themes (for example, when using the GTK theme Yaru Colors in Firefox's Light theme, the text in the menu appeared white on a white background, and in the Minwaita theme, context menus became transparent). An issue with truncated output when printing has been fixed. Changes have been made to include DNS-over-HTTPS […]
A new release of the cross-platform library for creating graphical interfaces SixtyFPS 0.1.0 has been published, aimed at use on embedded devices and in desktop applications on Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms, as well as for use in web browsers (WebAssembly). The library's code is written in Rust and is distributed under the GPLv3 license or a commercial license allowing use in proprietary products without disclosing […]
Google has released version 92 of its web browser Chrome. Simultaneously, a stable release of the free project Chromium, which serves as the basis for Chrome, is available. Chrome features Google's branding, a crash notification system, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release, Chrome 93, is scheduled for August 31. Key changes […]
Security researchers from Qualys have revealed details of two vulnerabilities affecting the Linux kernel and the system manager systemd. The kernel vulnerability (CVE-2021-33909) allows a local user to execute code with root privileges through manipulations with deeply nested directories. The risk is exacerbated by the fact that researchers have prepared working exploits that function in Ubuntu 20.04/20.10/21.04, Debian 11, and Fedora 34 […]
The experimental branch of the open-source implementation of WinAPI — Wine 6.13 has been released. Since the release of version 6.12, 31 bug reports have been closed and 284 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Correct theme support for scroll bars has been implemented. Work on converting WinSock and IPHLPAPI into libraries based on the PE (Portable Executable) format has continued. Preparations have been made for the implementation […]
Oracle has released a corrective update for the VirtualBox 6.1.24 virtualization system, which includes 18 fixes. Key changes: Support for kernel 5.13 has been added for guest systems and hosts running Linux, as well as kernels from the SUSE SLES/SLED 15 SP3 distribution. Additional support for Linux kernels provided in Ubuntu has been added to the guest system extensions. The component installer for host systems has been updated to include […]
The Stockfish project, distributed under the GPLv3 license, has sued ChessBase, revoking the GPL license for the use of its code. Stockfish is known as the strongest chess engine used on chess services lichess.org and chess.com. The lawsuit was filed regarding the inclusion of Stockfish code in a proprietary product without releasing the source code of the derivative work. ChessBase is known […]
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