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Release of the free 3D modeling system Blender 2.93 LTS

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The free 3D modeling package Blender 2.93 LTS has been released, which will be the last release in the 2.9x branch. This release has been given long-term support (LTS) status and will be supported for another two years alongside the release of seven subsequent versions. The next release, according to the development roadmap, will be 3.0, which is already in progress. In Blender 2.93, the development of the management system has continued [...]

Release of Lakka 3.1, a distribution for creating gaming consoles

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After more than a year of development, the release of the Lakka 3.1 distribution has been published, allowing computers, TV boxes, or single-board computers to be turned into full-fledged gaming consoles for running retro games. The project is a modification of the LibreELEC distribution originally designed for creating home theaters. Lakka builds are available for i386, x86_64 (Intel, NVIDIA, or AMD GPUs), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Cubieboard, Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, […]

Release of the backup distribution Rescuezilla 2.2

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The release of the Rescuezilla 2.2 distribution is now available, intended for backing up, recovering systems after failures, and diagnosing various hardware problems. The distribution is built on an Ubuntu package base and continues the development of the 'Redo Backup & Rescue' project, which was discontinued in 2012. Live builds for 64-bit x86 systems (805MB) are offered for download. Rescuezilla supports backing up and recovering accidentally […]

Release of Wine 6.10

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The release of the experimental branch of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 6.10 has taken place. Since the release of version 6.9, 25 bug reports have been closed, and 321 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Mono engine updated to version 6.2.0. Folder names in the Shell have been aligned with the current state of Windows. The WinePulse library has been converted to the PE executable file format. In C […]

The decentralized communication client Jami "Maloya" is available

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A new release of the decentralized communication platform Jami, codenamed "Maloya", is now available. The project aims to create a communication system that operates in a P2P mode, allowing for both large group chats and individual calls while providing a high level of confidentiality and security. Jami, formerly known as Ring and SFLphone, is among the GNU projects and […]

Release of cache-bench 0.1.0 for researching the effectiveness of file caching under memory shortages

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cache-bench is a Python script that assesses the impact of virtual memory settings (vm.swappiness, vm.watermark_scale_factor, Multigenerational LRU Framework, and others) on the performance of tasks that rely on caching file read operations in low-memory conditions. The code is open under the CC0 license. The primary way to use it is by reading files from a specified directory randomly and adding them to […]

Release of the Qbs 1.19 build tool

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The release of the Qbs 1.19 build tool has been announced. This is the sixth release since the Qt Company stepped away from the project, prepared by a community interested in continuing the development of Qbs. Building Qbs requires Qt as a dependency, although Qbs itself is designed to facilitate the assembly of any projects. Qbs uses a simplified version of the QML language to define project build scripts, allowing […]

Google has launched a service for visually tracking dependencies

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Google has launched a new service called Open Source Insights (deps.dev), which visualizes the complete graph of direct and indirect dependencies for packages distributed through NPM, Go, Maven, and Cargo repositories (with support for NuGet and PyPI coming soon). The main purpose of the service is to analyze the spread of vulnerabilities in modules and libraries present in the dependency chain, which can be […]

Vulnerability in Polkit allows privilege escalation in the system

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A vulnerability (CVE-2021-3560) has been identified in the Polkit component used in distributions to enable unprivileged users to perform actions requiring elevated access rights (such as mounting USB drives). This vulnerability allows a local user to gain root privileges on the system. The issue has been fixed in Polkit version 0.119. The problem appears starting from release 0.113, but many distributions, including RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, and SUSE, have backported the vulnerable functionality in […]

Release of CentOS Linux 8.4 (2105)

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The release of the CentOS 2105 distribution has been announced, which incorporates changes from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4. The distribution is fully binary compatible with RHEL 8.4. Builds of CentOS 2105 are prepared (8 GB DVD and 605 MB netboot) for x86_64, Aarch64 (ARM64), and ppc64le architectures. The SRPMS packages, on which the binary files are based, and debuginfo are available via vault.centos.org. Additionally, […]

Release of Chrome OS 91

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The release of Chrome OS 91, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and Chrome 91 web browser, has occurred. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and web applications are used instead of standard programs; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The build of Chrome OS 91 […]

The GCC project has allowed the acceptance of changes without transferring rights to the code to the Open Source Foundation.

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The committee overseeing the development of the GCC compiler suite (GCC Steering Committee) has approved the cessation of the mandatory transfer of property rights to code to the SPI Foundation. Developers wishing to contribute changes to GCC are no longer required to sign a CLA agreement with the SPI Foundation. To participate in development, it is now sufficient to confirm that the developer has the right to transfer the code and is not attempting to claim […]

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