Author: Yuri Gagarin

Release of the Integrated Suite of Internet Applications SeaMonkey 2.53.19

The release of the SeaMonkey 2.53.19 suite of internet applications has occurred, combining a web browser, an email client, an RSS/Atom news feed aggregator, and a WYSIWYG HTML page editor (Composer) into a single product. Pre-installed add-ons include the IRC client Chatzilla, a set of web development tools (DOM Inspector), and the Lightning calendar and task manager. The new release carries fixes and changes from the current Firefox codebase (SeaMonkey 2.53 is based on […]

Release of the Composite Server Weston 14.0

After nine months of development, a stable release of the composite server Weston 14.0 has been published, advancing technologies that support full Wayland protocol integration in Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, and other desktop environments. The development of Weston aims to provide a high-quality codebase and working examples for utilizing Wayland in desktop environments and embedded solutions, such as platforms for automotive infotainment systems, smartphones, and televisions […]

Release of Firefox 130

The web browser Firefox 130 has been released, and updates for previous long-term support branches — 115.15.0 and 128.2.0 — have been prepared. The Firefox 131 branch has moved to the beta testing stage, with the release scheduled for October 1. Key innovations in Firefox 130 include: machine translation capability for selected text snippets on a page after executing the full-page translation operation (i.e. […]

Firefox 130

Firefox 130 is available. Linux: On touchscreen devices, elastic scrolling has been enabled (overscroll, bounce animation when scrolling with two fingers over the edge of a container; apz.overscroll.enabled). Support for MP4 videos using the YUV444 format has been included. Support for RGB/BGR formats during video capture via PipeWire has been implemented. A section with experimental features has been added to the settings interface. In the homepage settings (gear icon in […]

Release of GhostBSD 24.07.1

The desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 24.07.1 has been released, built on FreeBSD 14-STABLE and offering the MATE desktop environment. Additionally, the community provides unofficial builds with Xfce. By default, GhostBSD uses the ZFS filesystem. Both Live mode operation and installation to hard disk are supported (using a custom installer ginstall written in Python). Boot images have been prepared for the architecture […]

Release of Samba 4.21.0

After 6 months of development, the release of Samba 4.21.0 has been announced, continuing the Samba 4 branch with a complete implementation of the domain controller and Active Directory service, compatible with the Windows 2008 implementation and able to support all supported Microsoft versions of Windows clients, including Windows 11. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product that also provides file server implementation, print service, and server […]

Linux From Scratch 12.2

The Linux From Scratch community has announced the release of the book-distribution LFS 12.2-SysV and LFS 12.2-systemd, a translation into Russian is also available. Key changes include updates of the toolchain to binutils-2.43.1, gcc-14.2.0, and glibc-2.40. A total of 45 packages have been updated since the last release, and one new package, lz4, has been added. Extensive text changes have been made for improved readability. The Linux kernel […]

Tab support has been introduced in the prototype browser based on the Servo engine

The developers of the Servo browser engine, written in Rust, have published a report outlining the latest achievements of the project. Among the interesting innovations is the addition of tab support, the implementation of a new tab opening page, improved tools for web developers, and a redesign of the toolbar in the Servo prototype web browser, developed based on Servo. WebXR and Flexbox support are included by default in Servo, along with the ability […]

Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.36

The release of the wayland-protocols package 1.36 has been published, containing a set of protocols and extensions that enhance the capabilities of the basic Wayland protocol and provide the necessary features for building composite servers and user environments. All protocols go through three phases — development, testing, and stabilization. Upon completion of the development stage (the "unstable" category), the protocol is moved to the "staging" branch and officially included in the set […]

55% of Python developers use Linux

The Python Software Foundation has published the results of a joint annual survey involving over 25,000 developers using the Python programming language. Key trends: 55% of Python developers use Linux in their development environment (down from 59% in the last report), 55% (down from 58%) use Windows, 29% (up from 26%) use MacOS, and 2% (down from 3%) use BSD. 6% (down from 7% in the previous report) continue […]

Linux From Scratch 12.2 and Beyond Linux From Scratch 12.2 released

New releases of the Linux From Scratch 12.2 (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch 12.2 (BLFS) guides have been presented, available in two variants using SysVinit and systemd as the init systems. Linux From Scratch provides instructions for building a basic Linux system from the ground up using only the source code of the necessary software. Beyond Linux From Scratch complements the LFS instructions with information on building […]

New versions of Debian 12.7 and 11.11

The seventh correction update of the Debian 12 distribution has been released, which includes accumulated package updates and installer fixes. This release includes 51 updates addressing stability issues and 55 updates fixing vulnerabilities. Notable changes in Debian 12.7 include the removal of the bcachefs-tools package containing utilities for managing the Bcachefs file system. The reason for this removal is […]

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