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Wayback 0.1 released

7 óra 29 perc óta

Version 0.1 of the Wayback project has been released:

Wayback is an X11 compatibility layer that allows for running full X11-only desktop environments using Wayland. It is essentially an X11 server backed by Wayland, leveraging wlroots and Xwayland. Our goal is for Wayback to eventually be a completely drop-in replacement to the Xorg binary, thus reducing maintenance burden for distro maintainers.

Ever since Wayback was announced on June 28, we have been making lots of progress to get it as stable and functional as possible, and while this is a preview release it is already daily-driveable by users with simple requirements, as long as they don't mind bugs.

The release is considered alpha-quality and is missing a number of features, including multi-monitor support and DPMS, but adventurous users can find the code here.

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[$] Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build

8 óra 11 perc óta
People tend to put a lot of trust into their phones. Those devices have access to no end of sensitive data about our lives — our movements, finances, communications, and more — so phones belonging to even relatively low-profile people can be high-value targets. Android devices run free software, at least at some levels, so it should be possible to ensure that they are working in their owners' interests. Off-the-shelf Android installations tend to fall short of that goal. The GrapheneOS Android rebuild is an attempt to improve on that situation.
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Security updates for Thursday

8 óra 14 perc óta
Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium, firefox-esr, and mediawiki), Fedora (firefox), Oracle (git, kernel, redis, and sudo), Red Hat (aardvark-dns, firefox, kernel, and thunderbird), Slackware (httpd), SUSE (php7, php8, and salt), and Ubuntu (linux-raspi-realtime and ruby-rack).
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Discovering and recovering from PostgreSQL corruption on Matrix.org

1 nap 4 óra óta

Richard van der Hoff, a member of the team that runs the Matrix.org homeserver, has written a detailed blog post about diagnosing and fixing a problem where Matrix rooms would simply stop working:

We know that there are plenty of users out there who will have been affected by the problem, and found themselves unable to communicate as a result. We very much share your frustration, and we'd like to apologise for the disruption to service.

With that said, we're glad that we were able to get to the bottom of most of the problem, and get the lost data restored within a relatively short time. If nothing else, hopefully this blog post will be of use to future generations faced with Postgres index corruption!

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[$] Understanding Debian's security processes

1 nap 5 óra óta

Providing security updates for a Linux distribution, such as Debian, involves a lot of work behind the scenes—and requires much more than simply shipping the latest code. On July 15, at DebConf25 in Brest, France, Samuel Henrique walked through the process of providing security updates to users; he discussed how Debian learns about security vulnerabilities, decides on the best response, and the process of sending out updates to keep its users safe. He also provided guidance on how others could get involved.

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An update on Home Assistant's Android app

1 nap 6 óra óta

The Home Assistant project has published an update on improvements in its Android app, and plans for upcoming releases:

In our latest update of the Android app 2025.7.1, we've added a couple of useful features. Including a new basic invite flow, which will be shared between Android and iOS, adding a good layer of consistency between our most-used companion apps. The idea is to make it much more seamless to add new users or set up new devices (no need to type the URL in your Android Automotive device!).

We've also made My Links work better. If you're unfamiliar with My Links, they're those cool links (that anyone can make) that bring you right to an integration, blueprint, add-on, or settings page. They have always worked great on desktop, but up until recently, they were a bit clunky to use on mobile. Now you can get to the link's destination with a single click.

LWN looked at Home Assistant in May.

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