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Python 3.11

Python 3.11 reaches its stable version being 10-60% faster than 3.10

Python 3.11 is now available, a version that, although it is true that it includes other new features, stands out for being much faster than 3.10.

linux trojan

Malicious code found inside xploits hosted on GitHub

It has been discovered that they have used the idea of ​​testing vulnerability xploits to introduce malicious code into them.

Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds Proposes Ending Support for i486 in the Linux Kernel

Linus Torvalds has floated the idea of ​​removing support for the Intel 486 (i486) processor from the Linux kernel.

calyptra

Caliptra, a project for the construction of reliable IP chips

The specification provides a common language for chipmakers and vendors to build technologies around...

KDE neon 5.26

KDE neon is now based on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish

KDE neon has become based on Ubuntu 22.04, the latest LTS version of the operating system developed by Canonical.

vulnerability

They identified a vulnerability in the SHA-3 algorithm library

The vulnerability identified in SHA-3 offered in XKCP was present for more than 10 years, going unnoticed.

Pop!_OS 22.10 will not arrive

Pop!_OS will skip a version to focus on the Rust version of Cosmic

Pop!_OS 22.10 will not see the light of day. The project prefers to focus on the Rust-based version of Cosmic and will skip this version.

vulnerability

A vulnerability in LibKSBA allows code execution in GnuPG

The bug affects all versions of Libksba prior to 1.6.2 and can be used for remote code execution.

vulnerability

Several Linux WLAN vulnerabilities discovered that allow remote code execution

They detected about 5 flaws in the Linux Kernel WLAN stack, which can be exploited through malicious packets on Wi-Fi networks.

Linux 6.0.2 fixes WiFi bugs

Linux 6.0.2 and LTS Kernel Updates Arrive to Fix WiFi Stack Vulnerabilities

Linux 6.0.2 has been released along with other kernel updates to fix WiFi security flaws.

SQLite

SQLite founder says project is not open enough and needs to be modernized

The founder of SQLite currently sees a big problem facing the project, as it is not "fully open"...

RetroArch

The new version of RetroArch 1.11 has already been released

RetroArch 1.11 includes several package optimizations, as well as improvements to various emulators, NETPLAY, and more.

Debian 14 Forky

Debian 14 will be codenamed "Forky", and will be the 2027 release

Project Debian has announced that Bookworm will enter the toolchain freeze on January 12, and they have released the Debian 14 codename.

intel-alder-lake

Intel Confirms Alder Lake UEFI Code Leak

Leaked Alder Lake BIOS/UEFI source code information was confirmed by Intel and mentions that the situation is under control.

Opus Codec

Vectis IP attempts to change Opus license status and convenes patent group

Vectis IP calls for changing Opus license status for royalty collection, but without affecting the open codec.

VirtualBox 7.0

VirtualBox 7.0 arrives with full encryption and support for Secure Boot

VirtualBox 7.0 is now available, the latest semi-major software update that comes with support for Secure Boot.

raspberry pi about cost

You can't buy a Raspberry Pi right now, not at a premium 

The situation of the costs of the Raspberry Pi is not exclusive to one country and the situation affects many.

LLVM Logo

LLVM developers propose safe buffer handling in C++

The proposal could benefit many by enabling libc++'s runtime bounds checks.

intel driver crashes screen on linux 5.19.12

They identified a bug in Linux 5.19.12 that could corrupt laptop screens with Intel GPUs

Reports from users of Intel laptops running Linux Kernel 5.19.12 describe "white flickering" on their screens...

Rust drivers on Linux

Rust for Linux is officially merged into Linux 6.1

Linus Torvalds finally announced the merger of the Rust for Linux project into the main code of Linux Kernel 6.1.

elementary OS 7.0

elementary 7.0 is still progressing in its development, and now the stalled is 6.1

elementary OS 7.0 is taking shape for the release of the stable version. On the other hand, 6.1 already receives few new features.

The Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP), the next generation of SUSE

SUSE has published the first ALP prototype

Suse developers want to push their new ALP architecture, the next generation of Linux with modern CPU features.

Debian non-free firmware

They approve in Debian the distribution of proprietary firmware

The results of the Debian vote on including non-free software on installation media have been released.

Nextcloud Hub 3

Nextcloud Hub 3 arrives with a new design, improvements and more

The new version of Nextcloud Hub 3 includes a new and sophisticated design, photos 2.0 with editor and AI and automatic face recognition.

Brave will remove the cookie notices

Brave will start blocking cookie warnings starting with the next stable release

Starting with Brave 1.45, the browser will take care of removing, and where possible blocking, cookie consent notices.

Google Manifest

Google postpones the end of support for the second version of the manifest 

Google has again extended the deadline to end support for the second version of the manifest and lengthening the arrival of V3.

In the United States they presented legislation to strengthen the security of free software

In the United States they presented legislation to strengthen the security of free software

The bill would help prevent vulnerabilities like the one found in Log4j that could compromise critical systems.

Linux Mint 21.1

Linux Mint 21.1 is scheduled for Christmas, its codename will be "Vera" and the desktop will not "look" the same

Linux Mint 21.1 already has a code name and release date: "Vera" will arrive during the Christmas holidays.

OpenWebSearch

openwebsearch.eu, the open alternative to Google that they seek to promote in Europe

The project promises to be independent, transparent and in line with data and personal protection requirements.

Google closes Stadia

Stadia closes. What happened, Google?

Google has announced that it is closing Stadia. What's happening with cloud gaming? Will it be the first of many?

Qt 6.4

Qt 6.4 now available, with improved support for WebAssembly, among others

Qt 6.4 has arrived with new features such as improved support for WebAssembly and several new APIs to improve the library.

Rust drivers on Linux

The tenth version of Rust for Linux arrives, ready for inclusion in Linux 6.1

Miguel Ojeda announced the tenth version of the rust for linux patches, a version that tries to be as reduced and optimized as possible

wsl windows

Systemd support is now available in WSL

Systemd for WLS improves process and service management, while also supporting more applications and improving support.

Audacity 3.1.3 on Fedora 37

Audacity is returning to the official repositories of some Linux distributions

There are distributions that are re-uploading Audacity to their official repositories, and it is believed to be due to a change in telemetry.

GNOME 43

GNOME 43 Arrives With Quick Fixes, GTK4-Related Improvements, and Updated Applications

GNOME 43 has been officially released, and it comes with many new features in its applications and quick settings, among others.

Cloudflare migrates from NGINX to Pingora

Cloudflare switched to Pingora, its own proxy written in Rust

Pingora is Cloudflare's solution that serves more than 1 billion requests and replaces NGINX by increasing the number of operations.

The initiative is the brainchild of Daniel Goldscheider,

OpenWallet a project to develop interoperable digital wallets

OWF's mission is to develop a multipurpose, open source engine that anyone can use to create interoperable wallets.

Flutter-based software center that will replace Ubuntu Software

Is Ubuntu Software's days numbered? It seems so, and we will all win

It seems that Canonical is secretly working on a software store that would replace the current Ubuntu Software.

Manjaro Background 2022-09-12 onwards

Manjaro 2022-09-12 finally brings Plasma 5.25 and the new Calamares

The Manjaro 2022-09-12 stable update is now available, and it comes with the main novelty of KDE Plasma 5.25.5.

Shikitega Operation Process Operation Process

Shikitega: New Stealth Malware Targeting Linux

Stealth malware exploits security flaws to gain privilege escalation and establish persistence.

Raspberry Pi OS 2022-09-06

Raspberry Pi OS 2022-09-06 introduces new menu search and audio input control, among other new features

Raspberry Pi OS 2022-09-06 has arrived with some interesting new features, such as a menu that allows you to search for text.

The first stable version of Arti, the implementation of Tor in Rust, has been released

Arti 1.0 is already stable and comes with a set of security features, fixes some portability bugs and more...

The Teams client for Linux, will change to be a WebApp

The Microsoft Teams application for Linux will have important changes and this will stop being a desktop app in early December

Work is already done on the USB4 2.0 specification

The USB4 2.0 specification has already been released and will support speeds of up to 80 Gbs.

USB2.0 version 4 is in the works and this will double the speeds of the current specification with existing USB-C cables.

Will Weatheron and Linux Mint

Linux Mint is the operating system of choice for Will Weatheron, and the project will try to collaborate with the Steam Deck

The head of the Linux Mint project has purchased a Steam Deck to see what he can do to help improve things on Valve's console.

Godot 4.0 will deprecate VisualScript visual scripting language

In the beta version of Godot 4.0 there is a notable change, this change is that VisualScript will not be part of the beta version, much less...

In the last 6 years Amazon, Google and Microsoft have tripled the number of contributors involved in open source

An Aiven study on GitHub, the repository hosting service, was recently released in the…

Debian and DuckDuckGo

Debian will abandon Google in favor of DuckDuckGo as the default search engine for its Chromium

Debian will start using DuckDuckGo in the Chromium of its official repositories starting with v104 of the browser.

VirtualBox 7.0 Beta

VirtualBox 7.0 Beta allows you to install Windows 11 officially

VirtualBox 7.0 Beta is now available, and among its novelties we have that Windows 11 can now be installed officially.

Debian non-free firmware

Debian debate to decide what to do with non-free firmware

Debian is considering changing the way it supports non-free firmware in its operating system.

duckduckgo email protection

DuckDuckGo Email Protection: Duck protects your email. so you can do it

DuckDuckGo Email Protection is a company initiative to protect our mail from spam and trackers. So it can be used.

Kubuntu 22.04 with Plasma 5.25

Plasma 5.25 is now available for Kubuntu 22.04

KDE now supports installing Plasma 5.25 on Kubuntu 22.04. We explain the steps to follow to install the environment in Jammy Jellyfish.

HDDSuperClone becomes open source and its code is already available

News broke that the people behind the development of HDDSuperClone, a utility for copying data from hard drives...

KDE Gear, the set of applications and libraries designed by the KDE community

The new version of KDE Gear 22.08 has already been released

Recently, the release of the August cumulative update of the applications developed by the KDE project...

PostmarketOS developer leaves Pine64 due to community issues

Recently Martijn Braam, one of the key developers of the postmarketOS distribution and who has also participated in...

The new version of Android 13 has already been released

Google unveiled the release of the new version of Android 13, in which a set of ready-made options is proposed ...

elementary OS 7.0

elementaryOS 7.0 Gets Serious Uploading to GTK 4, While 6.1 Improvements Keep Coming

elementaryOS 7.0 keeps getting better ahead of its release. Work is currently underway to make it use as much GTK 4 as possible.

OpenAI, released a new content moderation API and it's free to use 

OpenAI, the non-profit artificial intelligence research company, recently released a publication...

vulnerability

AEPIC Leak, an attack that leaks Intel SGX keys and affects 10th, 11th and 12th generation

Information recently became known about a new attack on Intel processors, called "AEPIC Leak" leading to data leakage...

Vivaldi 5.4 allows you to mute panels

Vivaldi now lets you mute panels, customize rocker gestures, and keeps improving mail

Vivaldi 5.4 is here and now allows, among other things, to mute the sound of web panels and customize rocker gestures.

Rust drivers on Linux

The ninth version of Rust for Linux arrives and says goodbye to support for versions prior to Linux 3.2

Wow, work on Rust driver support for Linux is well underway and development has started...

vulnerability

A vulnerability in io_uring allowed a user without permissions to become root even in containers

Information on the vulnerability (CVE-2022-29582) in the io_uring asynchronous I/O interface implementation was recently disclosed.

Gitlab prohibits the use of Windows due to licensing costs… Could Linux be the solution?

Regarding the management of the IT team's computers that sparks GitLab's decision to ban the use of Windows...

GitLab retracts deletion of inactive projects

GitLab has reversed its decision to automatically delete projects that have been inactive for more than a year...

ChromeOS

Chrome OS 104 arrives with Smart Lock support, improvements and more

The new version of the operating system Chrome OS 104 was unveiled, coming shortly after the release of the "Chrome 104" browser

GitLab will remove hosted projects with more than a year of inactivity

GitLab plans to amend its terms of service for next month under which projects hosted…

DALL-E 2, OpenAI's artificial intelligence system is now available in beta version

A few days ago OpenAI revealed that DALL-E 2, the artificial intelligence system that can generate images from...

Linux 5.19 has already been released and these are its news

After two months of development, Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 5.19, in the announcement...

The stable version of 4MLinux 40.0 has already been released

After several months of development, the new stable version of "4MLinux 40.0" has just been released.

After Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany also prohibit the use of Google services

A few days ago we shared here on the blog the news that Denmark made the decision to ban Chromebooks...

And this month's winner of Microsoft's FOSS Fund is... Curl

Last month we shared the note that Gnome was the June winner of the Microsoft FOSS Fund and now this month...

Microcode Decryptor, a tool that allows you to decode the microcode of Intel processors

A group of security researchers from the uCode team released the source code of "Microcode Decryptor"

demand

Debian sued the domain debian.community for criticizing the project 

The Debian Project, the non-profit organization SPI (Software in the Public Interest) and Debian.ch, which represents Debian in Switzerland...

Latte Dock

Latte Dock will be discontinued, and will disappear if no new maintainers appear

The main developer of Latte Dock has announced that he will stop working on his software, and will go away if a maintainer doesn't come along.

manjaro 2022-07-21

Manjaro 2022-07-21 and 2022-07-18, two minor updates that have arrived three days apart

Manjaro 2022-07-18 and 2022-07-21 have arrived three days apart, and they are two minor updates without much to write home about.

openuse logo

openSUSE says it will also support Nim

The developers of the openSUSE distribution announced a few days ago through an announcement the start of support ...

Denmark bans Chromebooks and Workspace in schools on data privacy grounds

A few days ago the news was released that in Denmark the decision was made to ban Chromebooks and the set of tools

Tesla AI director resigns after firing of 229 employees 

Tesla's head of artificial intelligence and Autopilot, Andrej Karpathy, announced that he is no longer working for the automaker...

vulnerability

Retbleed: A New Speculative Execution Attack Hitting Intel and AMD

The vulnerabilities were codenamed Retbleed (already cataloged under CVE-2022-29900, CVE-2022-29901) and are of a...

chrome OS Flex

chromeOS Flex, now officially available the system that aims to resurrect your old PC or Mac

chromeOS Flex has already been officially released, and it aims to be your go-to operating system if you have a low-resource machine.

Ubuntu 21.10 is already EOL

Ubuntu 21.10 has reached the end of its life cycle. Time to upgrade to Jammy Jellyfish

Ubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri has reached the end of its life cycle. It will no longer be supported and it is recommended to update to 22.04.

Linux Mint 21 beta

Linux Mint 21 Beta now available for download, with Cinnamon 5.4 in its main version

It will be official soon, but Linux Mint 21 beta ISO images can be downloaded now. It won't include the bad stuff in Ubuntu 22.04.

Lubuntu 22.04

Lubuntu releases a Backports repository with the latest LXQt news

Like KDE, the Lubuntu developers have released a Backports repository with which the software can be installed sooner.

In GCC they approved the implementation of RUST (gccrs)

News recently broke that the GCC Steering Committee has approved the inclusion of the gccrs implementation...

manjaro 2022-07-12

Manjaro 2022-07-12 arrives with GNOME 42.3 and without Plasma 5.25

Manjaro 2022-07-12 has arrived with many new features in the KDE edition, but with the absence of Plasma 5.25 that annoys its users.

Lennart Poettering, creator of Systemd, leaves Red Hat for Microsoft 

Recently, a piece of news was released that has sparked controversy on the network, and that is that on a Fedora mailing list when someone ...

Elon Musk gives up buying Twitter

Elon Musk, the head of Tesla and SpaceX, ended the deal to buy Twitter for $44.000 billion on Friday.

Manjaro stays a while in Plasma 5.24

The KDE edition of Manjaro will stay for a while in Plasma 5.24 for no apparent reason

Without giving a clear reason, one of the Manjaro developers assures that the KDE edition will stay for a while in Plasma 5.24.

Debian 11.4

Debian 11.4 arrives with 160 patches divided between security and a bit of everything

Debian 11.4 has arrived as a new Bullseye point update. It has arrived without new functions and with corrections.

executive slimbook

Slimbook Executive: renewed to be unique

The Slimbook Executive laptop has been renewed by the Spanish firm and they have done it to make it even more unique

Software Freedom Conservancy will stop relying on GitHub

The Software Freedom Conservancy recently announced through an announcement that it will no longer rely on GitHub to host...

KDE Slimbook

Slimbook has brought a new generation of its PROX and KDE Edition

Here it is, the new generation of laptops like the PROX and also the KDE edition of Slimbook have arrived

elementary OS 7.0 on Standby

elementary OS 7.0 stalls, but improvements keep coming to 6.1

The project directed by Danielle Foré has focused on improving what already exists, and that has caused elementary OS 7.0 to stagnate.

manjaro 2022-07-04

Manjaro 2022-07-04 arrives as a new stable version without anything really outstanding

Manjaro 2022-07-04 is a new stable release, but it hasn't come up with anything that we can say that really stands out.

They presented the new Raspberry Pi Pico W and these are its characteristics

The Raspberry Pi Project recently introduced a new board called "Raspberry Pi Pico W", which continues development...

For GTK5 we are considering ending support for X11

Matthias Clasen, Fedora Desktop Team Leader, GNOME Release Team member, and one of the developers...

AMD is investigating a possible breach, “RansomHouse” claims to have stolen 450 gigabytes of data

News recently broke that AMD is investigating a possible data breach after...

Epiphany soon with extensions

Epiphany will support extensions when GNOME 43 is released

GNOME Web, also known as Epiphany, will support extensions when the next version of the GNOME desktop is released.

Fuchsia OS

Google has already started the distribution stage of Fuchsia in the Nest Hub Max

Recently, the news broke that Google has started to distribute a new firmware based on the Fuchsia operating system...

manjaro 2022-06-24

Manjaro 2022-06-24 arrives with Cinnamon 5.4 and few more notable news

Manjaro 2022-06-24 has arrived in what seems to be a transition version to prepare the way for more important ones.

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