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[$] Fil-C: A memory-safe C implementation

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Par :daroc

Fil-C is a memory-safe implementation of C and C++ that aims to let C code — complete with pointer arithmetic, unions, and other features that are often cited as a problem for memory-safe languages — run safely, unmodified. Its dedication to being "fanatically compatible" makes it an attractive choice for retrofitting memory-safety into existing applications. Despite the project's relative youth and single active contributor, Fil-C is capable of compiling an entire memory-safe Linux user space (based on Linux From Scratch), albeit with some modifications to the more complex programs. It also features memory-safe signal handling and a concurrent garbage collector.

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Comment un navigateur « respectueux de la vie privée » a piégé des millions d’utilisateurs

Dans un rapport publié le 23 octobre 2025, la société de services réseaux Infoblox met en lumière la face cachée du navigateur Universe Browser. L'outil, téléchargé des millions de fois, promettait à ses utilisateurs un respect de leur vie privée et la possibilité de contourner la censure dans les pays où les jeux d'argent en ligne sont interdits.

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Fedora Linux 43 released (Fedora Magazine)

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Par :jzb

The Fedora Project has announced the release of Fedora Linux 43, with "what's new" articles for Fedora Workstation, Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop, and Fedora Atomic Desktops.

For those of you installing fresh Fedora Linux 43 Spins, you may be greeted with the new Anaconda WebUI. This was the default installer interface for Fedora Workstation 42, and now it's the default installer UI for the Spins as well.

If you are a GNOME desktop user, you'll also notice that the GNOME is now Wayland-only in Fedora Linux 43. GNOME upstream has deprecated X11 support, and has disabled it as a compile time default in GNOME 49. Upstream GNOME plans to fully remove X11 support in GNOME 50.

See the release notes for a full list of changes in Fedora 43.

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Security updates for Tuesday

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Par :jzb
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, kernel-rt, libtiff, squid:4, and thunderbird), Debian (strongswan and webkit2gtk), Fedora (pcre2, qt5-qtbase, squid, unbound, and xen), Mageia (icu and libtpms), Oracle (java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, kernel, squid:4, and thunderbird), Red Hat (libtiff, squid, squid:4, and webkit2gtk3), SUSE (cmake, dracut-saltboot, erlang, exim, expat, ffmpeg-4, firefox, golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager, haproxy, java-11-openjdk, kernel, libxslt, multi-linux-manager, openssl-3, podman, rabbitmq-server, spacewalk-web, strongswan, and wireshark), and Ubuntu (gst-plugins-good1.0, linux-aws-5.15, radare2, ruby2.3, ruby2.5, ruby2.7, and strongswan).
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La série The Acolyte a failli sauver une idée bâclée dans les films Star Wars, mais c’est trop tard

Kylo Ren sabre laser

Des explications permettent de rattacher narrativement certains évènements de la troisième trilogie de Star Wars avec la série The Acolyte. Ces nouveaux liens sont intéressants d'un point de vue du lore, et permettent de rattraper une piste gâchée de la postlogie. Hélas, cela n'ira sans doute pas beaucoup plus loin.

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