Release of Armbian 24.5: 28/05/2024 Armbian 24.5 has been published, providing a compact system environment for various single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V and x86 architectures, including various models of Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi and Cubieboard based on Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, Radxa and Samsung Exynos processors. Debian and Ubuntu are used to generate builds, but the environment is completely rebuilt using its own build system, including optimizations to reduce size, increase performance, and apply additional security mechanisms. For example, the /var/log partition is mounted using zram and stored in RAM in a compressed form with data flushed to the drive once a day or upon shutdown. The /tmp partition is mounted using tmpfs. The project supports more than 30 Linux kernel builds for different ARM and ARM64 platforms. An SDK is provided to simplify the creation of your own system images, packages and distribution editions. ZSWAP is used for swapping, also when logging in via SSH, an option is provided to use two-factor authentication. The box64 emulator is included, allowing you to run programs compiled for processors based on x86 architecture. Ready-made packages are offered for running custom environments based on KDE, GNOME, Budgie, Cinnamon, i3wm, Mate, Xfce and Xmonad. https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-24-5-1-havier/

Release of KaOS 2024.05: 28/05/2024 A new release of KaOS 2024.05 has been published, a rolling-release distribution aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest releases of KDE and applications using Qt. Distribution-specific design features include the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution is developed with an eye on Arch Linux, but maintains its own independent repository of more than 1,500 packages, and also offers a number of its own graphical utilities. The default file system is XFS. Builds are published for x86_64 systems (3.4 GB). https://kaosx.us/news/2024/kaos05/

Ubuntu 24.04 builds for the RISC-V board Milk-V Mars: 29/05/2024 Canonical has announced the preparation of separate builds of Ubuntu 24.04, specially optimized to run on the Milk-V Mars board, equipped with a 4-core 64-bit StarFive JH7110 (1.5GHz) processor based on the RISC-V architecture (RV64GC). This is the first miniature board based on the RISC-V architecture, the size of a credit card (board size 85 x 56 mm). The board is also notable for its relatively low cost for RISC-V boards - in the minimum configuration with 2 GB of RAM, the board retails for $39. The board comes in RAM sizes of 1, 2, 4 or 8 GB (LPDDR4) and is equipped with slots for eMMC and Micro SD cards, three USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, an HDMI 2.0 port with support for 4K resolution, an RJ45 connector (Ethernet ), an M.2 E-Key slot for connecting a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module, a MIPI CSI (Camera Serial Interface) interface and a 40-pin GPIO. You can connect two monitors to the board (one via HDMI, and the second via MIPI DSI) and provide power via Ethernet (PoE). It supports hardware acceleration for H.264, H.265 (4K@60fps) and JPEG decoding, as well as H.265 (1080p@30fps) and JPEG encoding. There are two options for Ubuntu builds available for download - a pre-built boot environment for copying to an SD card and an installation image for installation on an eMMC, USB drive or NVMe. The builds correspond to Ubuntu Server 24.04 with the Linux 6.8 kernel. Limitations include the lack of support for the built-in GPU and incomplete support for PCIe are mentioned (an NVMe drive can be used, but connecting modules with Wi-Fi and an external GPU is not yet supported); as for the USB ports, only USB 3.0 ports are currently supported, and the USB port 2.0 is not available. As part of a strategic cooperation agreement between Milk-V and Canonical, the Ubuntu distribution will be adapted to work on other Milk-V devices, including future products. The Ubuntu platform will be promoted as the primary supported and maintained system for all Milk-V board variants, with a focus on support for compute acceleration and AI engines. In addition to Milk-V devices, specially optimized builds of Ubuntu 24.04 are also available for AllWinner Nezha, Microchip Polarfire, SiFive Unmatched, Sipeed LicheeRV Dock and StarFive VisionFive 2 boards. Builds for boards based on the RISC-V architecture are also being developed by the Debian , Armbian , Alpine , DietPi projects, Fedora and Arch Linux. https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-enables-ubuntu-on-milk-v-mars

Release of Rhino Linux 2024.1: 29/05/2024 Rhino Linux 2024.1, which implements a variant of Ubuntu with a continuous update delivery model, allowing access to the latest versions of programs, is out. New versions are mainly transferred from devel branches of Ubuntu repositories, which build packages with new versions of applications synchronized with Debian Unstable. Desktop components, the Linux kernel, boot screens, themes, the Firefox browser and utilities developed by the project are distributed through a separate Pacstall repository. Live installation images are prepared for x86_64 (2.3 GB) and ARM64 (2.2 GB) architectures, as well as for ARM devices PineTab, PineTab2, PinePhone, PinePhone Pro and Raspberry Pi. Package management is carried out using its own package manager rhino-pkg (rpk), which implements a binding over the package managers APT, Pacstall, flatpak and snap. Rhino-pkg allows you to use one universal utility to perform common operations with various package formats, such as installing, uninstalling, updating and searching for packages. To build the distribution, the LiveBuild toolkit from the Debian project is used with modifications borrowed from VanillaOS. Calamares installer is the default installer. The graphical interface is built on Unicorn's own user environment, which is a redesigned version of Xfce, in style to GNOME, but remaining lightweight. In Unicorn, the developers tried to combine a more modern design with a traditional approach to building a desktop. Plank Dock is used as the sidebar, and the standard Xfce panel is used as the top panel. To navigate through installed applications, the App Grid mode, implemented based on Lightpad, is used. https://rhinolinux.org/news-13.html

The XZ project published the result of a commit audit and the first update after the backdoor was identified: 30/05/2024 Lasse Collin, the old maintainer of the xz project, who in 2022 transferred rights to the new maintainer Jia Tan, whose activities led to the introduction of a backdoor, published corrective releases of the XZ Utils packages 5.2.13, 5.4.7 and 5.6.2, which removed backdoor components and other suspicious changes added as a result of malicious activities of the previous maintainer. In addition, a review report has been published on the Git repository and changes added since December 2022 during Jia Tan's tenure as maintainer. Changes are analyzed at the level of individual commits. The commits in the repository were not digitally signed, but there were no signs of tampering on the part of the committers. A total of 8 malicious commits were removed from the repository. https://www.mail-archive.com/xz-devel@tukaani.org/msg00681.html

Canonical has published Real-time Ubuntu 24.04: 30/05/2024 Canonical has announced the availability of Real-time builds of Ubuntu 24.04, optimized for real-time tasks. The builds use the Linux 6.8 kernel with RT patches (“Realtime-Preempt”, PREEMPT_RT or “-rt”), which reduce latency and allow for predictable event processing times. The builds additionally include optimizations aimed at improving performance and reducing latency on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 boards, and systems based on Intel Core processors that support TCC (Time Coordinated Computing) and TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking) technologies. Ready-made builds are generated for x86_64 and Aarch64 architectures and are distributed through the Ubuntu Pro service, which is a paid for commercial application. For personal use, you can connect up to 5 machines to Ubuntu Pro for free (50 machines for Ubuntu Community members). https://canonical.com//blog/real-time-24-04

Major release of Solaris 11.4 SRU69: 31/05/2024 Oracle has published Solaris 11.4 SRU 69 (Support Repository Update), which offers a series of significant changes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the fixes offered in the update, simply run the 'pkg update' command. Users can also take advantage of the free Solaris 11.4 CBE (Common Build Environment) edition, which is developed using a continuous release model. https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/post/whats-new-in-oracle-solaris-114-sru69

Release of NetworkManager 1.48.0: 31/05/2024 A stable release of NetworkManager 1.48.0 has been introduced to simplify the configuration of network parameters. Plugins for VPN support (Libreswan, OpenConnect, Openswan, SSTP, etc.) are developed as part of their own development cycles. https://networkmanager.dev/blog/networkmanager-1-48/

Fedora 41 intends to remove network-scripts and allow updating of atomic editions without a password: 31/05/2024 The Fedora 41 release proposed removing the network-scripts package, which provides support for classic network configuration scripts based on the ifup and ifdown commands. Such scripts have been declared obsolete since 2018. The reason for the deletion is said to be plans to remove ISC dhcp, because the maintenance of it was discontinued at the end of 2022. The proposals are still at the discussion stage and have not been reviewed by the FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), which is responsible for the technical part of the development of the Fedora distribution. https://www.mail-archive.com/devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/msg03290.html

Release of the Rocky Linux 8.10: 01/06/2024 A new release of the Rocky Linux 8.10 distribution is out, aimed at creating a free build of RHEL capable of taking the place of the classic CentOS, after Red Hat prematurely stopped supporting the CentOS 8 branch at the end of 2021, and not in 2029, as originally planned. Rocky Linux builds are prepared for x86_64 and aarch64 architectures. Additionally, builds are generated for cloud environments Oracle Cloud Platform (OCP), GenericCloud, Amazon AWS (EC2), Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, as well as images for containers and virtual machines in RootFS/OCI and Vagrant formats (Libvirt, VirtualBox, VMWare). Among the changes specific to Rocky Linux, are the supply of additional repositories: plus with the open-vm-tools package, nfv with packages for virtualization of network components developed by the NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) SIG group, RT with packages for working in real time, PowerTools, ResilientStorage and HighAvailability. https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-8-10-ga-release

Kaspersky Lab has published a free malware scanner for Linux: 01/06/2024 Kaspersky Lab introduced the KVRT application for scanning Linux systems for threats and malicious applications, such as viruses, backdoors, Trojans, adware and spyware, as well as applications that can facilitate attacks on the system. In addition to checking files, the program scans memory and boot sectors. Console and graphical operating modes are supported, as well as the ability to run without root permissions (the functionality will be limited to checking files available to the user). During operation, telemetry is sent, including data on detected malware, to KSN (Kaspersky Security Network) servers. The scanner is designed as a universal, self-sufficient application that supports 64-bit environments based on distributions like AlmaLinux OS 8+, AlterOS 7.5+ Astra Linux Common Edition 2.12+, CentOS 6.7+, Debian GNU/Linux 10.0+, EulerOS 2.0+, Linux Mint 19.2+, openSUSE Leap 15.0+, Oracle Linux 7.3+, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7+, Rocky Linux 8.5+, SUSE Linux 12.5, Ubuntu 12.04+, AltLinux 8+, Rosa 12+ and RED OS 7.3+. The program is distributed free of charge. The size of the executable file offered for download is 175 MB. Automatic updates of anti-virus databases are not supported in KVRT - to obtain the latest anti-virus data, you need to download a new version (the program is updated several times a day). https://www.kaspersky.ru/blog/kvrt-for-linux/37571/

LyX 2.4.0 published: 02/06/2024 After six years of development, a major release of the visual editor for scientific documents LyX 2.4.0 has been published, allowing you to create texts using TeX/LaTeX markup, while visually editing the document layout in a WYSIWYM view. The resulting document is saved in LaTeX format, but text can be imported and exported into formats such as PDF, Postscript, DVI, ASCII, HTML, OpenDocument, RTF, ODF, DOC and ePub. Binary builds are generated for Windows and macOS. http://www.lyx.org/News

Release of MATE 1.28: 03/06/2024 After almost three years of development, the MATE 1.28 desktop environment has been officially announced, continuing the development of the GNOME 2.32 codebase, while maintaining a classical desktop layout. The announcement of the release indicated February 27, but the announcement on the MATE project website appeared 03/06/2024, and before that, a new branch was mentioned only in the form of tags in the Git repository of the project, without a clear announcement of the release and without the publication of the general list of changes. Packages with MATE 1.28 are already available in distribution repositories such as Fedora 40, Gentoo, Mageia, Manjaro, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Arch Linux, ALT Linux, Artix, OpenIndiana, GhostBSD, Parabola, Solus and Void Linux. https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2024-02-27-mate-1-28-released/

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