The Common Desktop Environment version 2.5.2 has been released. This is primarily a bug-fix release. The Common Desktop Environment is a desktop environment based on Motif, mainly used in proprietary UNIX operating systems, OpenVMS. CDE was developed by The Open Group in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Novell, and Sun Microsystems and is based on HP's VUE. On August 6, 2012, the source […]
The Distrobox 1.6 toolkit has been released, allowing for the quick installation and launch of any Linux distribution in a container and ensuring its integration with the main system. The project code is written in Shell and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The project provides an extension over Docker, Podman, or Lilipod and is distinguished by maximum simplification of the operation and integration of the launched environment with the rest of the system. To create an environment with […]
The OpenBSD project has released version 7.3 of the OpenIKED project, which develops the implementation of the IKEv2 protocol. Originally, IKEv2 components were an indivisible part of the OpenBSD IPsec stack but were later separated into a portable package that can now be used in other operating systems. OpenIKED has been tested on FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS, and various Linux distributions, including Arch, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu. The code is written […]
After five years of development, a new release of EdytorNC, a CNC program editor, is now available. In addition to syntax highlighting, the editor includes several plugins for comfortable G-code work. This release is notable for the addition of new tools. Four programs are now available: EditorNC – the editor itself. SerialPortFileServer – a small utility for exchanging programs with the machine via the serial port. FTPserver (new) – […]
Following the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3, an update has been published for the previous branch Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9, which is being maintained in parallel with the RHEL 9.x branch and will be supported at least until 2029. Installation builds are prepared for x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le, and Aarch64 architectures, but are only available for download to registered Red Hat Customer […]
Dungeon Keeper, DK – a computer game in the god simulation genre, developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997. KeeperFX (short for Dungeon Keeper Fan eXpansion) is an open implementation of Dungeon Keeper for Windows under the GPLv2 license. KeeperFX is written in C and C++. Initially, it was a decompilation project of the original Dungeon Keeper. […]
Canonical has announced the readiness of the MicroCloud toolkit, which allows for the rapid deployment of computing clusters and cloud systems with shared distributed data storage and a secure virtual network on its hardware. The toolkit is packaged as a snap package, including components necessary for managing the operation of cluster nodes. Commercial technical support for solutions based on MicroCloud is provided under the Ubuntu Pro service, but those […]
Today, November 17, 2023, a significant update of the Calibre ebook reader version 7.0 is being released. This update includes several interesting features, including a new option for author notes, book series, tags, and more, with export capabilities. EPUB audio support is also included, although it may not work on Linux due to codec patents. Related files are stored with […]
The LXQt team has announced the release of the lightweight desktop environment LXQt 1.4.0. Key changes in this release: LXQt 1.4.0 is based on Qt 5.15, the latest LTS version of Qt5. According to the developers' plans, this will be the last version using Qt 5, with the next release planned for Qt 6. A new component for generating menus, lxqt-menu-data, has replaced the similar component from LXDE, lxmenu-data. In […]
The third derivative distribution from Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been released by Oracle—Oracle Linux 9.3 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R7, which provides access to new kernel functionalities more quickly. Oracle is a member of the Enterprise Linux OpenELA association. The distribution is fully binary compatible with RHEL 9.3 and currently maintains compatibility with […]
Oracle has released the Oracle Linux 9.3 distribution, based on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 and fully binary compatible with it. Unrestricted installation ISO images of 10 GB and 900 MB, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures, are available for download. Oracle Linux 9 provides unlimited and free access to the yum repository […]
The AlmaLinux 9.3 distribution has been released. This distribution is notable for moving away from one-to-one cloning after Red Hat decided to impose redistribution restrictions and not join the OpenELA association. The distribution features a repository containing packages that differ from Red Hat Enterprise Linux—Synergy. One of the highlights of the repository is the Pantheon environment […]