The results of the annual Debian Project Leader elections have been announced. Jonathan Carter has won, being re-elected for a fourth term. A total of 274 developers participated in the voting, which represents 28% of all eligible voters, the lowest turnout in the project's history (last year it was 34%, the year before 44%, and the historical maximum is 62%). In […]
The release of CRIU 3.18 (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) has been published, aimed at saving and restoring processes in user space. The toolkit allows saving the state of one or a group of processes and then resuming operations from the saved position, including after a system reboot or on another server without breaking already established network connections. The project's code is distributed under the […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 6.3. Among the most notable changes: cleanup of outdated ARM platforms and graphics drivers, continued integration of Rust language support, a hwnoise utility, support for red-black tree structures in BPF, BIG TCP mode for IPv4, a built-in Dhrystone performance test, the ability to disable execution in memfd, and support for creating HID drivers using BPF in Btrfs […]
The Python Package Index (PyPI) repository has introduced a new secure method for publishing packages, which allows for the avoidance of storing fixed passwords and access tokens for APIs in external systems (for example, in GitHub Actions). This new authentication method is called ‘Trusted Publishers’ and aims to address the issue of malicious updates being published due to the compromise of external systems and […]
The release of Manjaro Linux 22.1 has taken place, which is based on Arch Linux and targeted at novice users. This distribution is noteworthy for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers for operation. Manjaro is delivered as live builds with graphical environments KDE (3.9 GB), GNOME (3.8 GB), and Xfce (3.8 GB). During […]
Enthusiasts have demonstrated the possibility of booting Windows 10 from a Btrfs filesystem partition. Support for Btrfs was enabled through the open-source WinBtrfs driver, which has proven capable enough to fully replace NTFS. An open-source bootloader called Quibble was used to boot Windows directly from the Btrfs partition. In practice, using Btrfs for Windows is relevant for saving disk space in dual-boot systems, […]
The release of KaOS 2023.04 has been announced, a distribution with a continuous update model aimed at providing a desktop environment based on the latest releases of KDE and applications utilizing Qt. Among the distinctive design features of the distribution, a vertical panel on the right side of the screen can be noted. The distribution is developed with consideration of Arch Linux, but maintains its own independent repository containing more than 1500 packages, and […]
The release of the Ubuntu Sway Remix 23.04 distribution is now available, providing a pre-configured and ready-to-use desktop based on the Sway tiling window manager. This distribution is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu 23.04, designed for both experienced GNU/Linux users and newcomers looking to try a tiling window manager environment without the need for extensive setup. Builds are prepared for […]
The Xiph.Org organization, which develops open-source video and audio codecs, has released the Opus 1.4.0 audio codec, which provides high-quality encoding and minimal latency for both high-bitrate streaming audio compression and voice compression in bandwidth-limited VoIP applications. Reference implementations of the encoder and decoder are distributed under the BSD license. Complete specifications of the Opus format are publicly available and free […]
The release of the proprietary Vivaldi 6.0 browser, developed on the Chromium engine, has been published. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, Android, and macOS. Changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The implementation of the interface is available in the source texts, but […]
The release of the Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' distribution has been published, which is classified as an interim release, with updates provided for a period of 9 months (support will continue until January 2024). Installation images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin (the edition for China), Ubuntu Unity, Edubuntu, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. Key changes include: […]
The release of QEMU 8.0 has been announced. As an emulator, QEMU allows running a program compiled for one hardware platform on a system with a completely different architecture, for instance, running an application for ARM on an x86-compatible PC. In virtualization mode, the performance of code execution in an isolated environment approaches that of a hardware system thanks to direct instruction execution on the CPU and the involvement of […]