The Russian company RED SOFT, known for developing the RHEL-based distribution RED OS and the database Rед База Данных (a version of the open-source database Firebird), has registered the operating system RED OS M in the Russian software registry, aimed at use on mobile devices and stationary systems with touch screens. RED OS M is built from the source code of the Android platform, available at […]
The release of Sculpt 23.10 has been announced, within which an operating system for general purposes is being developed based on Genode OS Framework technologies, intended for use by everyday users for routine tasks. The source code of the project is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image, sized at 28 MB, is available for download. It supports operation on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystems with […]
The developers of the Linux Mint distribution have announced the start of work on adapting the Cinnamon desktop environment for Wayland. Experimental support for Wayland will appear in the upcoming Cinnamon 6.0 release, which will be included in Linux Mint 21.3 (based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + fresh software versions from Ubuntu 23.10). The release of Linux Mint 21.3 is scheduled for December. Linux Mint will provide the option […]
The release of the Simply Linux 10.2 operating system for x86_64, AArch64, and i586 on platform 10 (branch p10 Aronia) has occurred. Simply Linux is an operating system for home use and tackling everyday tasks. Download the release image Changes: Linux kernel versions 5.10 and 6.1. XFCE 4.18 desktop environment. Chromium 117.0 web browser. Pidgin 2.14 messenger. Improved interface interaction. Added new […]
Bulky, sluggish, energy-hungry — what derogatory epithets SSD advocates use for the good old magnetic hard drives! However, are HDD technologies really that outdated — and why have NAND memory-based storage devices not yet displaced "hard drives" from data centers, home/office NAS, or desktop PCs? Source: 3dnews.ru
The developers of the Linux Mint project have announced work on adapting the Cinnamon desktop environment for operation in a Wayland protocol-based environment. Experimental support for Wayland will be available in Cinnamon 6.0, scheduled for release in November, and an optional session with Cinnamon on Wayland will be offered for testing in the upcoming Linux Mint 21.3 release, expected in December. The porting is currently underway […]
Today, October 26, 2023, the release of the Qucs-S electronic circuit simulation tool has taken place. The recommended simulation engine for Qucs-S is Ngspice. Release 2.1.0 includes significant changes. Here's a list of the main ones. Tuner mode simulation has been added (see the screenshot), allowing component values to be adjusted using sliders and viewing results on graphs. A similar tool is available, for example, in AWR; For Ngspice, added […]
The developers of the Tor anonymous network have published the results of the audit of the Tor Browser and the tools being developed by the project, including OONI Probe, rdsys, BridgeDB, and Conjure, which are used to bypass censorship. The audit was conducted by Cure53 from November 2022 to April 2023. During the review, 9 vulnerabilities were identified, two of which were classified as critical, one assigned a medium severity level, […]
Bluetuith is a TUI-based Bluetooth manager for Linux designed to serve as an alternative to most Bluetooth managers. The program can perform various operations with Bluetooth, such as connecting to Bluetooth devices and managing them in general, with information about the device—such as battery percentage, RSSI, etc.—displayed if available. More detailed information about the device can be […]
The company "Bazalt SPO" has released Simply Linux 10.2, built on the 10th ALT platform. The distribution is a user-friendly and resource-light system with a classic desktop based on Xfce, providing complete Russian localization of the interface and most applications. The product is distributed under a license agreement that does not transfer distribution rights, but allows unrestricted use […]
Jina has launched under the Apache 2.0 license a machine learning model for vector representation of text — jina-embeddings-v2. This model allows arbitrary text, including up to 8192 characters, to be transformed into a small sequence of real numbers forming a vector associated with the original text and reproducing its semantics (meaning). Jina Embedding became the first open machine learning model with characteristics that are on par with proprietary models […]
Oracle has formed a new branch of the MySQL database system 8.2 and published corrective updates for MySQL 8.0.35 and 5.7.44. MySQL Community Server 8.2.0 builds are prepared for all major Linux distributions, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows. MySQL 8.2.0 is the second release generated under the new release model, which includes two types of MySQL branches — 'Innovation' and 'LTS'. The Innovation branches […]