KaOS 2023.04 is released, a continuous update distribution aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications using Qt. Of the distribution-specific design features, one can note the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution is developed with Arch Linux in mind, but maintains its own independent repository of over 1500 packages, and […]
The Ubuntu Sway Remix 23.04 release is available, providing a pre-configured and ready-to-use desktop based on the Sway tiled composite manager. The distribution is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu 23.04, created with an eye on both experienced GNU/Linux users and newbies who want to try out the tiled window manager environment without the need for lengthy setup. Prepared for download assemblies for […]
The April 23.04 summary update of applications developed by the KDE project has been released. As a reminder, the consolidated set of KDE applications has been published since April 2021 under the name KDE Gear, instead of KDE Apps and KDE Applications. In total, releases of 546 programs, libraries and plug-ins were published as part of the update. Information about the availability of Live builds with new releases of applications can be found on this page. Most […]
Free video and audio codec developer Xiph.Org has released the Opus 1.4.0 audio codec, which provides high-quality encoding and minimal latency for both high-bitrate streaming audio and voice compression in bandwidth-constrained VoIP applications. telephony. The encoder and decoder reference implementations are distributed under the BSD license. The complete specifications of the Opus format are publicly available, free […]
The release of the proprietary browser Vivaldi 6.0, developed on the basis of the Chromium engine, has been published. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, Android and macOS. Changes made to the Chromium code base are distributed by the project under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, the Node.js framework, Browserify, and various prebuilt NPM modules. The implementation of the interface is available in the source code, but […]
The release of the Rust 1.69 general-purpose programming language, founded by the Mozilla project, but now developed under the auspices of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation, has been published. The language focuses on memory safety and provides the means to achieve high job parallelism while avoiding the use of a garbage collector and runtime (runtime is reduced to basic initialization and maintenance of the standard library). […]
The release of the Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" distribution has been published, which is classified as an intermediate release, updates for which are formed within 9 months (support will be provided until January 2024). Install images are created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin (China Edition), Ubuntu Unity, Edubuntu, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. Major changes: […]
The release of the mobile platform /e/OS 1.10, aimed at preserving the confidentiality of user data, has been introduced. The platform was founded by Gaël Duval, creator of the Mandrake Linux distribution. The project provides firmware for many popular smartphone models, and under the Murena One, Murena Fairphone 3+/4 and Murena Galaxy S9 brands, offers editions of OnePlus One, Fairphone 3+/4 and Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphones with […]
Amazon has introduced the aws-lc-rs cryptographic library, which is intended for use in Rust applications and is API-compatible with the ring Rust library. The project code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 and ISC licenses. The library supports Linux (x86, x86-64, aarch64) and macOS (x86-64) platforms. The implementation of cryptographic operations in aws-lc-rs is based on the AWS-LC library (AWS libcrypto) written […]
The developers of the GIMP graphics editor announced the successful completion of tasks related to the transition of the codebase to use the GTK3 library instead of GTK2, as well as the use of the new CSS-like style definition system used in GTK3. All changes needed to build with GTK3 are included in the main GIMP branch. The transition to GTK3 is also marked as a work done in terms of preparing the […]
The release of the QEMU 8.0 project is presented. As an emulator, QEMU allows you to run a program built for one hardware platform on a system with a completely different architecture, for example, run an ARM application on an x86-compatible PC. In the virtualization mode in QEMU, the performance of code execution in an isolated environment is close to a hardware system due to the direct execution of instructions on the CPU and […]
The release of Tails 5.12 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a specialized distribution kit based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous access to the network, has been released. Anonymous exit to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by the packet filter. Encryption is used to store user data in the save user data between runs mode. […]
