Daniel J. Bernstein, a renowned expert in cryptography and secure software development, known for projects like qmail, djbdns, NaCl, Ed25519, Curve25519, and ChaCha20-Poly1305, published the release of the cdb project 20250121, which offers a data storage format and a corresponding library for embedding database functions in key/value form into applications. The release has been formed after more than 25 years […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds presented the release of Linux kernel 6.18. Among the most notable changes are: dm-pcache for disk caching in non-volatile memory (PMEM), removal of Bcachefs, online XFS check mode, Binder (Android IPC) and Tyr (Mali GPU) drivers in Rust, the ability to create USB drivers in Rust, optimization of caching in the SLUB memory allocator, namespace addressing by file descriptors, […]
The release of the CachyOS 251129 distribution, based on the Arch Linux package base and using a continuous delivery model for updates, has been introduced. The distribution is noted for including optimizations to improve performance and providing the option to install various desktop environments. Along with the basic environment based on KDE, installations available include GNOME, Xfce, i3WM, Wayfire, LXQT, OpenBox, Cinnamon, Cosmic, Niri, UKUI, LXDE, Mate, Budgie, Qtile, […]
The release of the EndeavourOS 25.11 'Mercury' distribution has been presented, continuing the Antergos project and aiming to provide a straightforward way to install Arch Linux with a chosen desktop environment. The desktop environment matches the original delivery of the selected project. The installation image size is 3.4 GB (x86_64). The distribution offers a simple installer for setting up the basic Arch Linux environment, based on the Calamares toolkit. For […]
The release of the Linux distribution Solus 4.8 has been published, which is not based on packages from other distributions and develops its own installer, package manager, and configurator. Previously, the Budgie desktop was part of the distribution, but it has now been separated into an independent project. The next branch, Solus 5, will be developed using technologies from the AerynOS distribution. The project's source code is distributed under the GPLv2 license, and development uses languages […]
The release of 4MLinux 50.0 is available, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on the JWM window manager. 4MLinux can be used both as a Live environment for playing media files and solving user tasks, as well as a system for recovery after failures and a platform for running mini-servers. A live image is prepared for download […]
The release of the MiniOS 5.1.0 distribution has been introduced, which is based on Debian 13 'Trixie' and operates directly from a USB drive. The graphical environment is based on Xfce. The distribution uses a modular architecture, allowing for the creation of specialized configurations by excluding and adding components to tailor the system for specific tasks. The release is available in three editions: Standard (amd64, 812 MB) — a compact build for everyday tasks. It is characterized by high […]
After three months of development, the release of the Niri 25.11 composite server has been published, implementing a tiling layout method in the style of the GNOME extension PaperWM, where windows are grouped into an infinitely scrollable ribbon on the screen. Opening a new window expands the ribbon, while previously added windows do not change size. The project is based on the use of the Wayland protocol but allows running X11 applications […]
After 8 months of development, the first prototype of the Unix-like Moss kernel has been released, which is partially compatible with Linux. The code is written in Rust with assembly inserts and is distributed under the MIT license. Currently, the project supports only the Aarch64 architecture, can run in QEMU, and has been tested on Raspberry Pi 4, Jetson Nano, AMD Kria, and imx8 boards. According to the developers […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.20 has been published. Since the release of 10.19, 31 bug reports have been closed and 337 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: The embedded Vkd3d package with the Direct3D 12 implementation has been updated to version 1.18. A dialog box has been added to display the progress of document scanning. The implementation of the Reparse Point mechanism, which allows […]
The release of Redis 8.4, a NoSQL system, has been published. Redis provides functions for storing data in key/value format, enhanced by support for structured data formats such as lists, hashes, and sets, as well as the ability to run handler scripts written in Lua on the server side. The project code is written in the C language and is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. Redis supports transactions, […]
Proxmox, known for developing Proxmox Virtual Environment and Proxmox Mail Gateway products, has released the Proxmox Backup Server 4.1 distribution, presented as a ready-made solution for backing up and restoring virtual environments, containers, and server components. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. A paid subscription is available for updates […]