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Corrective releases of X.Org Server 21.1.24 and the Device-Dependent X (DDX) component xwayland 24.1.13 have been released. These releases enable X.Org Server to run X11 applications in Wayland-based environments. These new versions address two vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited to escalate privileges on systems running the X server as root, as well as for remote code execution in […]
Valve has released Proton 11.0-1, a project based on the Wine project codebase that aims to ensure the launch of Linux gaming applications created for Windows and presented in the Steam catalog. Release 11.0-1 is marked as the first stable release of the 11.0 branch. The project's developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows you to directly run in Linux-Steam client gaming applications supplied […]
The LineageOS project has launched a new section with firmware usage statistics. It claims to have nearly 1.5 million active installations, of which only 26% (374) are official builds, while 74% (1.1 million) are unofficial builds compiled by third-party projects. The device ranking is led not by the smartphone itself, but by Waydroid, the launcher. Android-applications in Linux. [...]
Russian developer Nikita Aksyonov, also known as Carter54, has ported the classic Carmageddon to the browser. This isn't a DOSBox emulation, but a native web port of the original 1997 game that runs directly in a modern browser. According to the author, published on DTF (dtf.ru), the project is based on the fan project Dethrace, which reverse-engineers Carmageddon and restores its engine […]
Today, version 1.0.18 of the Northern Star web browser was released. This version features improved HTML and CSS support, performance enhancements, and can now almost play YouTube videos. Go ahead! https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen/releases/tag/1.0.18 The project is written in C and distributed under the Nordstjernen Source License v1.0, with each release transitioning to the MIT License ten years after publication. The browser […]
July 2, ReactOS, a free OS with binary compatibility for applications and drivers Windows, received the first implemented system call from the family Windows NT6 (in the Microsoft product line corresponds to, for example, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and 2008 Server). Added: NtGetCurrentProcessorNumberEx (returns the number of the logical processor on which the calling thread is currently executing), a test for this function, an implementation […]
FreeBSD has fixed 22 vulnerabilities, one of which potentially allows remote code execution with root privileges, and 13 of which allow privilege escalation. The vulnerabilities were fixed in FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p1, FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p11, 14.4-RELEASE-p7, and 14.3-RELEASE-p16. The most severe vulnerability (CVE-2026-49420) is caused by a buffer overflow in the libalias library, which is used by the ipfw kernel packet filter […]
The fheroes2 project, version 1.1.17, is now available. It recreates the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine from scratch. The project code is written in C++ and is licensed under the GPLv2. To run the game, you need game resource files, which can be obtained from the original Heroes of Might and Magic II. The project includes a script for automatically loading […]
Ravi Sharma from the team Ubuntu The Foundations Team has summarized the work carried out over the past year to ensure full support for the ARM64 architecture in UbuntuIt is noted that due to the improvement of the toolkit and infrastructure, as well as the promotion of changes in the main composition of the core Linux, over the course of a year, we managed to solve ARM64-specific issues, such as distributing packages through a separate repository, […]
A backdoor (CVE-2026-11405) has been discovered in firmware used in Tenda consumer and industrial routers, switches, wireless access points, and video surveillance systems. This backdoor allows access to the web interface with administrator privileges, bypassing the standard authentication process and regardless of the administrator account settings. The granted access privileges allow for managing all settings, manipulating traffic, disabling security features, and using the device […]
The f15se2-ex 0.1.0 project has been published—a port of the MicroProse F-15 Strike Eagle II flight simulator to modern systems. The project is based on reconstructed source codes for F-15 Strike Eagle II v451.03 with the Desert Storm Expansion Disk add-on from 1991. The goal of the project is to port the game to modern architectures while preserving the spirit of the original and improving the technical components. The graphical and […]
After three months of development, OpenSSH 10.4, an open-source client and server implementation for the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols, has been released. Key changes include: Experimental support for the "mldsa44-ed25519" combined digital signature scheme, which combines the ML-DSA 44 post-quantum algorithm and the Ed25519 elliptic curve algorithm. To enable support, add "mldsa44-ed25519" to the HostKeyAlgorithms and PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms directives. […]