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Maria DB 12. 3 LTS Debuts with Support Until June 2029
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (230+ words) Maria DB 12. 3 LTS is now available, with 12. 3. 2 as the first GA release and maintenance planned through June 2029. Maria DB 12. 3. 2 has been released as the first stable build of the new Maria DB Server 12. 3 LTS series, a leading My SQL alternative…...
Nix OS 26. 05 "Yarara" Arrives with GNOME 50, Plasma 6. 6, and Linux 6. 18
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (338+ words) Nix OS 26. 05 "Yarara" is now available with systemd stage 1 by default, GNOME 50, Plasma 6. 6, Linux kernel 6. 18, and a major Nixpkgs refresh. Nix OS 26. 05 "Yarara" is now available as the latest release of the independent Linux distribution based on the Nix package…...
GNOME Circle Adopts AI Policy and Stops New App Submissions
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (396+ words) GNOME Circle is closing new submissions temporarily, citing a large backlog and concerns over low-quality AI-generated software. GNOME Circle, which supports apps and libraries within the broader GNOME ecosystem that are not part of GNOME Core, has temporarily paused new…...
Bottles 64. 0 Adds ntsync Support for Running Windows Apps on Linux
13+ hour, 9+ min ago (390+ words) Bottles 64. 0 has been released, adding ntsync support, new Eagle-based security scanning, and many fixes for running Windows applications and games on Linux. Bottles, a graphical tool for managing Wine environments that lets users create isolated "bottles" for Windows software with…...
Wine 11. 10 Released with Bundled VKD3 D 2. 0
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (312+ words) Wine 11. 10 is out with VKD3 D 2. 0, rewritten XPath support without libxml2, VBScript improvements, and 17 bug fixes. Wine 11. 10 has been released as the latest version of the compatibility layer for running Windows applications and games on Linux, mac OS, and other Unix-like systems....
Rocky Linux 10. 2 Released with Updated Enterprise Linux Stack
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (756+ words) Rocky Linux 10. 2 is now available, bringing the latest RHEL-compatible enterprise Linux updates to the community, powered by Linux kernel 6. 12. Powered by Linux kernel 6. 12, Rocky Linux 10. 2 has been officially released as the latest update in the project's Enterprise Linux 10 series, following…...
QEMU May Relax Its Ban on AI-Generated Contributions
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (487+ words) QEMU is considering limited acceptance of AI-assisted patches, covering tests, documentation, mechanical changes, and small bug fixes. Paolo Bonzini has proposed updating QEMU's code provenance documentation to permit AI-assisted patches in limited cases. Previously, QEMU declined contributions believed to include…...
IBM and Red Hat Launch $5 B Open Source Security Project
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (407+ words) IBM and Red Hat announce Project Lightwell, a $5 billion effort to secure open-source software supply chains with AI-assisted engineering. IBM and Red Hat have announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion initiative designed to secure open-source software used across enterprise infrastructure, cloud…...
CIFSwitch Vulnerability Exposes Some Linux Distros to Local Root Access
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (692+ words) The flaw affects the boundary between the Linux CIFS client and cifs-utils, allowing local root access on some systems. A newly disclosed Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability, CIFSwitch, allows an unprivileged local user to gain root access on certain systems…...
Rust 1. 96 Introduces New Copy-Friendly Range Types
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (345+ words) Rust 1. 96 lands with new core range types, stabilized assert matching macros, Web Assembly linker changes, and Cargo security fixes. Rust 1. 96 is now available as the latest stable release of the Rust programming language, bringing new range types, stabilized assertion macros,…...