Author: Yuri Gagarin

Mozilla is discontinuing the Onerep service due to its founder's connection to data collection on individuals.

Mozilla has decided to terminate its partnership with Onerep, the company developing a centralized personal data removal service that was the basis for the Mozilla Monitor Plus product, which extends the capabilities of the built-in Mozilla Monitor system in Firefox (enabled through the setting browser.contentblocking.report.monitor.enabled in about:config). This decision comes after the connection of the founder of Onerep with networks involved in the search and sale of personal data was revealed. The founder […]

Second preview release of Android 15

Google has introduced the second beta version of the open mobile platform Android 15. The release of Android 15 is expected in the third quarter of 2024. A beta testing program has been proposed to assess the new capabilities of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet devices. Changes in Android 15 Developer Preview 2 […]

Published release of SDS Vitastor 1.5.0 with support for clustered file system

Version 1.5.0 of the Vitastor data storage software has been released, now supporting a clustered file system (VitastorFS). Vitastor is a distributed block storage software system, meaning it is a storage solution for virtual machine images or container disks, developed by the author since 2019. Starting from version 1.5.0, it is also a clustered file system. VitastorFS is mounted using the NFS 3.0 protocol either locally or […]

First alpha release of etcd operator for Kubernetes

The first alpha version of the etcd-operator project has been released, which develops tools to simplify the deployment of the distributed etcd storage in a Kubernetes environment and manage etcd clusters. The toolkit can handle tasks such as deploying nodes, configuration, management, scaling, and recovery in case of failures. Configuration is specified in YAML format. The project code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The project was created […]

Available are Wine 9.5, Wine staging 9.5, Proton 9.0beta16, and GE-Proton9-2.

An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.5 has been made. Since the release of 9.4, 27 bug reports have been closed and 264 changes have been made. The most important changes include initial support added to the Web Interface Definition Language (WIDL) compiler for generating a type library (TypeLib) in the old format (SLTG). For the ARM64EC (ARM64 Emulation Compatible) ABI, implementation has been achieved […]

GitLab has blocked the Suyu emulator repository

Nintendo has achieved the suspension of the main repository of the Suyu project on GitLab, one day after the first release was published. The repository was blocked after a complaint was sent to GitLab regarding violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States. An alternative repository has been launched on a self-hosted server using the Forgejo platform (a fork of Gitea), as well as a repository with […]

The Redict project has been established to develop a fork of the Redis DBMS

In response to the licensing change for the Redis DBMS, a fork has been created that will be distributed under the name Redict and will continue to develop the codebase corresponding to Redis version 7.2.4, the last one under the BSD license. Redict can be used as a drop-in replacement for Redis 7.2.4, but compatibility with future versions of Redis, which will be formed under a proprietary license, is not guaranteed. The fork was established by Drew […]

Redis is changing to a non-free license

The authors of Redis announced a change in the project's license to a dual one—Redis Source Available License and SSPLv1. Neither of these is considered free according to the criteria of Debian, FSF, and the Open Source Initiative. Accordingly, new changes to Redis will no longer be published under the BSD license. Fedora developers are considering excluding Redis from the repositories. Source: linux.org.ru

Suyu — the new incarnation of the Yuzu emulator

Suyu is a fork of the Yuzu emulator, which ceased to exist due to lawsuits with Nintendo. The Suyu repository is on GitLab (Yuzu used GitHub). Builds are available for Windows, Linux, MacOS (Apple Silicon definitely, Intel is unknown), Android, and FreeBSD. An experimental version 0.0.2 is available. Release features include: complete rebranding; ICNS icon generation; error handling; initial Qlaunch integration; *for automated builds […]

The Redis DBMS is switching to a proprietary license. Discussion on removing Redis from Fedora

Redis Ltd has announced a change in the license for the Redis DBMS, which belongs to the NoSQL systems class. Starting from Redis version 7.4, the project code will be distributed under two proprietary licenses RSALv2 (Redis Source Available License v2) and SSPLv1 (Server Side Public License v1), instead of the previously used BSD license. Previously, only the code for additional modules was supplied under a proprietary license, […]

New versions of DXVK 2.3.1 and vkd3d-proton 2.12 featuring Direct3D over Vulkan API

The release of the DXVK 2.3.1 layer is now available, providing implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure) and Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, which operate through call translation to the Vulkan API. DXVK requires drivers that support Vulkan API 1.3, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]

Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.34

After six months of development, the wayland-protocols 1.34 package has been released, containing a set of protocols and extensions that enhance the capabilities of the core Wayland protocol and provide the necessary features for building composite servers and user environments. All protocols go through three phases — development, testing, and stabilization. After completing the development phase (category 'unstable'), the protocol is moved to the 'staging' branch and officially included in […]

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