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Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.48

The release of wayland-protocols package 1.48 has been presented, containing a set of protocols and extensions that complement the basic Wayland protocol and provide the necessary features to build composite servers and user environments. In the new version: The ‘staging’ category has added the xdg-session-management protocol, which provides capabilities for restoring the state and position of windows from an interrupted session in Wayland-based environments, for example, after an abrupt termination of the composite […]

Gentoo has released a system image with the GNU Hurd kernel.

The Gentoo project has prepared an experimental system image with the GNU Hurd kernel and published scripts for building the image independently and facilitating further development of the Hurd port. Future releases of stage and automated image builds are planned, as well as achieving parity with Gentoo Linux on x86-64 systems. Those interested can try the ready-made Gentoo GNU Hurd image by running it using QEMU: $ […]

Remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD kernel, Vim, and Emacs.

A vulnerability (CVE-2026-4747) has been fixed in FreeBSD that allows remote code execution at the kernel level by sending network packets to an NFS server. The issue manifests when using the kgssapi.ko module, which implements the RPCSEC_GSS API on the kernel side. In addition to the kernel, the vulnerability affects user-space applications that use the librpcgss_sec library and perform RPC server functions. Such applications, which are not part of the base FreeBSD system, […]

Libastral v2.1.0

On March 30, 2026, another release quietly came out from a popular library among users of linux.org.ru. The main changes from the changelog are characterized as follows: Extensive code refactoring using the AI model Claude Opus 5.6 Some modules have been rewritten in Rust Deprecated APIs for calling ancient deities have been removed (see issue #666) Thanks to collaboration with Marvel Entertainment, significantly […]

Code leak of the Claude Code toolkit due to a forgotten map file in the NPM package.

Anthropic accidentally published the complete unobfuscated and unfiltered source code of the Claude Code toolkit in TypeScript as part of the NPM package release 2.1.88. The code was included in the map file cli.js.map, used during debugging. To prevent such leaks, developers are advised to remember to add the '*.map' mask to the '.npmignore' file. The archive with […]

Release of the Apertis 2026 distribution, allowing the use of code not licensed under GPLv3

Collabora has introduced the Linux distribution Apertis 2026, originally designed to support automotive systems but then reoriented for a wider range of electronic devices, embedded technologies, and industrial equipment. Among the devices using Apertis are the Atari VCS gaming console, Raspberry Pi 4 board, R-car automotive SoCs, and the Bosch D-tect 200 object detection scanner for walls. Benchmark […]

The NPM package axios has been compromised, with 100 million downloads per week.

Attackers were able to hijack a maintainer's account and release two malicious NPM packages of axios, which provides an HTTP client implementation for browsers and Node.js. The axios package has over 100 million downloads per week and is a dependency for 174,000 other packages. The malicious changes were integrated into the releases of Axios 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 through the substitution of the fake dependency plain-crypto-js 4.2.1, […]

Alt Mobile 11.0: the first release

After several years of development, debugging, discussions, improvements, and efforts, the stable release of ‘Alt Mobile’ has come out — a distribution for mobile devices that is kept up to date alongside other distributions on the Eleventh platform. This is not AOSP — it is the familiar ‘Alt’. Unlike most popular mobile operating systems, ‘Alt Mobile’ is not based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and does not […]

The release of Archinstall 4.0, which is used in the Arch Linux distribution

The release of Archinstall 4.0 has been published, which has been an option in the Arch Linux installation ISO images since 2021. Archinstall operates in console mode and can be used instead of the default manual installation mode. The Archinstall code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Archinstall provides both guided and automated modes of operation. In […]

The flagship smartphone Vivo X300 Ultra has been introduced, featuring two 200 MP cameras and removable optics, starting from $1000.

Vivo officially announced the new camera phone X300 Ultra in China. According to Android Authority, the device is capable of raising the bar for video recording on smartphones. Vivo confirmed that the smartphone will also be available for sale in international markets later. The Vivo X300 Ultra is positioned as a camera phone that can compete with the iPhone in video recording capabilities. But let's start with the basics […]

KiCAD 10.0.0

On March 20, 2026, version 10.0.0 of the KiCAD printed circuit board design automation system was released. Most, if not all, of the new version's features and usability improvements are described in discussions on the user forum. Some of them were also presented in a report at FOSDEM 2026. A more detailed and complete list of all changes is available on GitLab. The application area of KiCAD […]

Release of 4MLinux 51.0 distribution.

The release of 4MLinux 51.0 is now available, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on the JWM window manager. 4MLinux can be used both as a live environment for playing multimedia files and solving user tasks, as well as a system for recovery from failures and a platform for launching mini-servers. A live image is prepared for download […]

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