📰 Bcachefs Ships Latest User-Space Utilities With bcachefs-tools 1.35

Kent Overstreet has shipped the latest version of bcachefs-tools, the user-space code complementing the Bcachefs file-system kernel driver. There are a number of improvements present in this latest version with Overstreet remaining committed to advancing Bcachefs even with its current out-of-tree kernel status...

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📰 Hey Fedora! Listen to This Developer and Make Managing Shell Extensions Better For All of Us

I wonder if Extension Manager could make it into Fedora one day.

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https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-gnome-extension-manager-proposal/

KDE Plasma 6.5.5 Is Out, Improves Support for Older Valve Index VR Headsets

KDE Plasma 6.5.5 is now available as the fifth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment series with more bug fixes.
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Block external users in Microsoft Teams from Defender for Office 365

Microsoft integrates Teams with Defender for Office 365, enabling security admins to block external users directly from the Microsoft Defender portal using the Tenant Allow/Block List. This centralized security management feature rolls out in January 2026, supporting up to 4,000 domains and 200 email addresses with automatic blocking across chats, meetings, channels, and calls.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/block-external-users-in-microsoft-teams-from-defender-for-office-365/

📰 New Advanced Linux VoidLink Malware Targets Cloud and container Environments

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented and feature-rich malware framework codenamed VoidLink that's specifically designed for long-term, stealthy access to Linux-based cloud environmentsAccording to a new report from Check Point Research, the cloud-native Linux malware framework comprises an array of custom loaders, implants, rootkits, and modular.

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Wine 11 Officially Released with NTSync Support, Vulkan H.264 Decoding, and More

Wine 11 is now available for download with NTSync support, Vulkan H.264 decoding, clipboard support in the Wayland driver, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Wine 11.0 Release Brings Ntsync Support, Complete WoW64 + More

Wine 11.0, the latest stable release of the open-source compatibility layer that allows Windows games and apps to run on Linux and macOS, has been released. The annual release rounds off another year of development effort, with two standout features: ntsync kernel module support for improved performance, and a fully mature WoW64 mode that now handles 16-bit applications (among other changes). All of these changes were available to sample in the bi-weekly Wine development releases. If you kept pace with those builds throughout last year, the majority of what’s new in Wine 11.0 won’t surprise you. For everyone else, let’s […]
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KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing

KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with various new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Here's what's new!
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📰 Firefox 148 Enters Public Beta Testing with Improved Support for Screen Readers

Firefox 148 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with improved support for screen readers and other changes. Here's what else is new!

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Linux Mint 22.3 Released with New App Menu, OSK & System Apps

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” is now available for download, bringing with it a redesigned Mint Menu, a pair of new system apps, and an expanded set of search options in the Nemo file manager. This is the fourth and final major update in the Linux Mint 22 series, building on the myriad of changes Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” delivered last September. Like those, this release is based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS and inherits the same foundational goodies. You get Linux 6.14 kernel and Mesa 25.0 out-of-the-box (though a new Ubuntu HWE with Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 will be available to […]
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📰 FFmpeg Merges A Number Of Vulkan Improvements To Start 2026

FFmpeg developer Lynne has landed a number of Vulkan-related imporvements to this widely-used open-source multimedia library. Over the past year FFmpeg saw Vulkan shader-based decoding for more video formats, AV1 and VP9 extension work, performance improvements, and other work around Vulkan Video. It will be very exciting to see how FFmpeg delivers in 2026 with Vulkan Video and how the software ecosystem as a whole begins taking up this...

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Релиз Firefox 147

Состоялся релиз web-браузера Firefox 147 и сформированы обновления прошлых веток с длительным сроком поддержки - 140.7.0 и 115.32.0. На стадию бета-тестирования переведена ветка Firefox 148, релиз которой намечен на 24 февраля.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64601

Thunderbird 147 Adds “Show Full Path” Folder Pane Option for Compact View Modes

Mozilla Thunderbird 147 open-source email client is now available for download with new options, improvements, and bug fixes. Here's what's new!
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DJV 3.3.3

9 января состоялся выпуск 3.3.3 DJV –
кроссплатформенной (Linux, macOS и Windows) программы с открытым исходным кодом для воспроизведения и ревью файлов мультимедиа. DJV может воспроизводить последовательности изображений высокого разрешения и фильмы в режиме реального времени с аудио, сравнением A/B, управлением цветом и другими функциями.
Возможности программы:

поддержка изображений с высоким разрешением и высокой битовой глубиной;
сравнение A/B с режимами стирания, наложения и разницы (на втором скриншоте);
поддержка временной шкалы с помощью библиотеки OpenTimelineIO;
управление цветом с помощью библиотеки OpenColorIO (OCIO);
многодорожечное аудио с переменной скоростью и обратным воспроизведением;
экспериментальная поддержка файлов в формате USD.

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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/multimedia/18193977

Стабильный релиз Wine 11.0

После года разработки и 25 экспериментальных версий представлен стабильный релиз открытой реализации Win32 API - Wine 11.0, который вобрал в себя более 6300 изменений и 600 исправлений ошибок. Из ключевых достижений в новой версии выделяется полная поддержка NTSYNC, реализация механизма Reparse Point и задействование новой реализации архитектуры WoW64.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64604

Ubuntu 26.04 Sees ‘Mass Rebuild’ of All Packages in the Archive – But Why?

If you run Ubuntu 26.04 development builds as your daily driver and have noticed a glut of updates in recent days, don’t get excited: there aren’t reams of new features heading your way – at least, not ones you can see. Ubuntu engineers recently began a “mass rebuild of all source packages”, re-compiling them from scratch to ensure that they have the right hardware compatibility features enabled. This ensures apps, libraries and tools spanning the entire resolute archive are using the distro’s preferred baselines where able – yup, even those dusty libraries that rarely see any major update, ever. As […]
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Firefox 147

Доступен Firefox 147.
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https://www.linux.org.ru/news/mozilla/18194287

Компании Anthropic выделила 1.5 млн долларов проекту Python

Компания Anthropic, продвигающая семейство больших языковых моделей Claude, выделила организации Python Software Foundation (PSF) грант, размером 1.5 млн долларов. Средства будут выделятся постепенно в течение двух лет и рассчитаны на финансирование работы по усовершенствованию CPython и усилению защиты от атак, осуществляемых через зависимости (supply-chain), в репозиторий пакетов PyPI (Python Package Index).

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64608

Инструментарий для удаления избыточной функциональности из Chrome, Edge и Firefox

Представлен проект Just the Browser, подготовивший инструментарий для проведения чистки браузеров от излишней функциональности, напрямую не связанной с навигацией в Web. Проекта предоставляет скрипты для изменения конфигурации Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge и Mozilla Firefox, и отключения в них сопутствующих возможностей, часто раздражающих пользователей, таких как работа с AI-сервисами, интеграция со сторонними продуктами, отправка телеметрии и показ рекомендованного контента на странице открытия новой вкладки. Код инструментария написан на Shell и распространяется под лицензией MIT.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64609

Microsoft 365 admin center will block accounts without MFA in February

Microsoft will enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing in to the Microsoft 365 admin center starting February 9, 2026. This critical security measure aims to prevent unauthorized access to administrative accounts that manage tenant configurations, user provisioning, and compliance settings.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-365-admin-center-will-block-accounts-without-mfa-in-february/

📰 Intel Compute Runtime Updated With Initial Crescent Island & Nova Lake S Support

The Intel Compute Runtime 26.01.36711.4 was published today as their first release of 2026 for this open-source GPU compute stack providing Level Zero and OpenCL support across their range of graphics hardware going back to Tiger Lake. Notable with this new Compute Runtime release is having now production-ready Panther Lake support while also introducing early support for next-generation hardware...

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