The Firefox developers announced their switch to using the XZ format, based on the LZMA compression algorithm, for distributing browser builds for the Linux platform. It is noted that compared to `.tar.bz2` archives, delivering builds in `.tar.xz` format will significantly reduce the size of the download and decrease unpacking time. Starting yesterday, nightly builds of Firefox will be produced in the bz2 format […]
On November 24 and 25, after two months of development, the releases of versions 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 of the console utility tree, designed for viewing directory trees, took place. The program is written in C and is distributed under the GNU GPL version 2 or later. In the new versions, a new option —opt-toggle has been added to switch options such as -a, -p, etc. This is useful for […]
The first beta release 0.80.0 of the open engine Medal of Honor — OpenMoHAA has been launched. The goal of the project is to create a cross-platform open-source engine that is fully compatible with the original Medal of Honor, for modern Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, MacOS, and chromeOS systems. The OpenMoHAA project is based on the source code of ioquake3, as the original Medal of Honor used it as a base […]
The Raspberry Pi project announced the availability of the new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, a portable version of the Raspberry Pi 5 model, measuring just 55 × 40 mm. The price of the board ranges from $45 to $135, depending on the memory size and Wi-Fi support. The board is equipped with the BCM2712 SoC, which is also used in the Raspberry […]
The release of elementary OS 8 has been introduced, positioned as a fast, open-source, and privacy-focused alternative to Windows and macOS. The project emphasizes high-quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources while providing fast startup speeds. Users are offered the custom Pantheon desktop environment. Bootable ISO images (3.2 GB) are prepared for download.
Firefox 133 is now available. Linux: Issues with tiling using KDE and CSD (client-side decoration) have been fixed. Support for accent color in Adwaita themes has been implemented. The strict tracking protection mode can now detect tracking attempts through redirects. For example, when a user clicks on a link, they are first redirected to a tracker intermediary site and then to the target site.
On November 6, after six months of development, version 2.25 of the simple and highly reliable distributed cross-platform configuration management system Fossil SCM was released. It is written in C and uses SQLite as the storage database. For extended functionality, it can be compiled with built-in support for TCL. Besides version control, fossil repositories can optionally include a forum, wiki, bug tracker, and chat – all in one […]
The release of the main branch nginx 1.27.3 has been presented, continuing to develop new features. The parallelly supported stable branch 1.26.x only receives updates related to serious bugs and vulnerabilities. In the future, the stable branch 1.28 will be formed based on the main branch 1.27.x. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the BSD license. Changes include: […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 133 has occurred, along with updates for previous long-term support branches — 115.18.0 and 128.5.0. The Firefox 134 branch has entered beta testing, with a release planned for January 7. Key innovations in Firefox 133: In the enhanced tracking protection (ETP) mode, protection against tracking through redirects has been enabled […]
The release of the Startwine-Launcher 407 application has been published, developed for running programs and games compiled for Windows on Linux systems. The main goal of developing StartWine-Launcher was to simplify the process for beginners to create Wine prefixes — sets of libraries and dependencies required for Windows applications to work on Linux. The code for StartWine-Launcher is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The interface is based on […]
The Blender Foundation has released version 4.3 of the free 3D modeling package Blender, suitable for various tasks related to 3D modeling, 3D graphics, game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, sculpting, animation creation, and video editing. The code is distributed under the GPL license. Ready builds have been prepared for Linux, Windows, and macOS. At the same time, corrective releases of Blender 4.2.4 and 3.6.18 have been prepared […]
The release of GNU Wget2 2.2.0 has been announced, which develops a rewritten and completely revamped version of the GNU Wget program for automating recursive content downloading. Wget2 provides a set of additional options, supports multi-threaded downloads, allows access to available functionality through the libwget library, supports HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3 protocols, enables downloading only changed data, and can save data with […]