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Release of Samba 4.24.0

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After 6 months of development, the release of Samba 4.24.0 has been presented, continuing the development of the Samba 4 branch with a full implementation of the domain controller and Active Directory service, compatible with the Windows Server implementation and capable of servicing all supported Microsoft versions of Windows clients, including Windows 11. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product that also offers a file server implementation, print service, and server […]

Release of GNOME 50 desktop environment removes support for X11.

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After six months of development, the release of the GNOME 50 desktop environment has been published. To quickly assess the capabilities of GNOME 50, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared as part of the GNOME OS initiative have been offered. GNOME 50 is also included in the experimental builds of Ubuntu 26.04 and Fedora 44. In this new release: From the GNOME Shell user interface and […]

The Linux Foundation has received funding to address security issues related to open-source software.

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The Linux Foundation has announced the acquisition of grants totaling $12.5 million from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google, and Microsoft to invest in enhancing the security of the open-source software ecosystem. "As the security situation becomes more complex, advancements in artificial intelligence significantly accelerate both the speed and scope of vulnerability detection […]

Vulnerabilities in snapd and Rust Coreutils that allow root privilege escalation in Ubuntu.

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Qualys has identified a vulnerability (CVE-2026-3888) in the way the snap-confine and systemd-tmpfiles interact in Ubuntu, allowing an unprivileged user to gain root access to the system. The issue occurs in Ubuntu with the default configuration starting from release 24.04. In Ubuntu versions 16.04-22.04, the vulnerability can be exploited in non-standard configurations that mimic the behavior of newer distribution versions. A fix for the issue is available in yesterday's […]

Firefox 149 will feature a built-in VPN with 50 GB of free traffic.

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Mozilla has announced several upcoming changes that will be activated in the Firefox 149 release scheduled for March 24. The most significant addition will be the integration of the free VPN service Firefox VPN (not to be confused with Mozilla VPN), which will allow access to websites not directly but through intermediate proxy servers in various countries, hiding the user's IP address. Initially, the VPN service will be available to users from […]

Google has opened access to 'Personal Intelligence' for free users of Chrome, Gemini, and AI Mode.

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Google has announced the launch of the 'Personal Intelligence' feature for free users. Previously, this capability was only available to subscribers of paid Google AI plans. The technology is now being integrated into the Gemini app, the Chrome browser through the web version of Gemini, as well as in the new AI Mode. The essence of the update is that artificial intelligence learns to utilize the user's personal data for […]

systemd 260

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The anniversary release of the free (GPL) GNU/Linux systems manager brought us: the cessation (as promised in the last release) of support for System V scripts; varlinkctl list-registry now shows all public interfaces from /run/varlink/registry/; systemd-report and experimental support for the reporting system in /run/systemd/report/; the ability to embed DeviceTree into /usr/lib/systemd/boot/hwids/ so it can be easily accessed from UKI; support for SCHED_EXT in CPUSchedulingPolicy […]

The postmarketOS project has introduced Duranium, an atomically updated edition for smartphones.

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Developers of the postmarketOS project, which is developing a Linux distribution for mobile devices, have announced the creation of an atomically updated version of the distribution. The new edition, named Duranium, is notable for delivering the system as a single whole, without dividing it into separate packages. It is noted that the new version aligns with the idea that the device should just work, without the user needing to know about the existence of a terminal or understand […]

Release of Java SE 26 and OpenJDK 26. Project for integrating JavaScript and Python support into the JVM.

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After six months of development, Oracle has released Java SE 26 (Java Platform, Standard Edition 26), with the open project OpenJDK serving as its reference implementation. Except for the removal of some deprecated features, Java SE 26 maintains backward compatibility with previous releases of the Java platform—most previously written Java projects will function without changes when run under […]

FFmpeg 8.1

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After more than six months of development, the release of project FFmpeg 8.1, codenamed 'Hoare' (in honor of Sir Charles Hoare (January 11, 1934 – March 5, 2026)), has taken place. This is a set of free libraries and utilities with open source code that allows you to record, convert, and stream digital audio and video in various formats. The name originates from the expert group MPEG and […]

Facebook has resumed development of the jemalloc memory management library.

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Meta* has announced the resumption of development on the jemalloc memory management library, which was archived in June of last year. The jemalloc library provides an alternative implementation of malloc functions, optimized for reducing fragmentation and working on multiprocessor systems. It is noted that Meta recognized the benefits of using jemalloc in its infrastructure and decided to resume work on the code […]

Mistral has released Leanstral, an AI model for vibe coding with formal verification.

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Mistral AI has introduced a large language model called Devstral, aimed at application development (vibe coding) and optimized for formal code verification. It is expected that Devstral can be used to create AI assistants capable of not only generating code but also ensuring its correctness. Devstral is the first open model to support the Lean 4 programming language and its related […]

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