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Chrome Release 112

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Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome 112 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which is the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium in its use of Google logos, a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, always turning on Sandbox isolation, supplying keys to the Google API and passing […]

Wayland 1.22 is available

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After nine months of development, a stable release of the protocol, interprocess communication mechanism and Wayland 1.22 libraries is presented. The 1.22 branch is API and ABI backwards compatible with the 1.x releases and contains mostly bug fixes and minor protocol updates. The Weston Composite Server, which provides code and working examples for using Wayland in desktop environments and embedded solutions, is being […]

The third prototype of the ALP platform replacing SUSE Linux Enterprise

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SUSE has published the third prototype of the ALP "Piz Bernina" (Adaptable Linux Platform), positioned as a continuation of the development of the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution. The key difference between ALP is the division of the distribution's core foundation into two parts: a stripped-down "host OS" for running on top of the hardware and an application support layer focused on running in containers and virtual machines. ALP is initially developed from […]

Fedora is considering using filesystem encryption by default

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Owen Taylor, creator of GNOME Shell and the Pango library, and a member of the Fedora for Workstation Development Working Group, has put forward a plan for encrypting system partitions and user home directories in Fedora Workstation by default. Among the advantages of switching to encryption by default is the protection of data in case of theft of a laptop, protection against […]

First stable release of FerretDB, MongoDB implementation based on PostgreSQL DBMS

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The release of the FerretDB 1.0 project has been published, which allows you to replace the document-oriented DBMS MongoDB with PostgreSQL without making changes to the application code. FerretDB is implemented as a proxy server that translates calls to MongoDB into SQL queries to PostgreSQL, which allows you to use PostgreSQL as the actual storage. Version 1.0 is marked as the first stable release ready for general use. The code is written in Go and […]

Tux Paint 0.9.29 release for children's drawing software

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The release of the graphic editor for children's creativity - Tux Paint 0.9.29 has been published. The program is designed to teach drawing to children aged 3 to 12 years. Binary builds are generated for Linux (rpm, Flatpak), Haiku, Android, macOS and Windows. In the new release: Added 15 new "magic" tools, effects and filters. For example, the Fur tool has been added to create fur, Double […]

Tor and Mullvad VPN launch new web browser Mullvad Browser

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The Tor Project and VPN provider Mullvad have unveiled Mullvad Browser, a privacy-focused web browser that is being developed jointly. Mullvad Browser is technically based on the Firefox engine and includes almost all the changes from the Tor Browser, with the main difference being that it does not use the Tor network and sends requests directly (a variant of the Tor Browser without Tor). Mullvad Browser is supposed to be […]

Qt 6.5 framework release

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The Qt Company has published a release of the Qt 6.5 framework, in which work continues to stabilize and increase the functionality of the Qt 6 branch. Qt 6.5 provides support for Windows 10+, macOS 11+, Linux platforms (Ubuntu 20.04, openSUSE 15.4, SUSE 15 SP4, RHEL 8.4 /9.0), iOS 14+, Android 8+ (API 23+), webOS, WebAssembly, INTEGRITY and QNX. Source code for Qt components […]

New releases of coreutils and findutils variants rewritten in Rust

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The release of the uutils coreutils 0.0.18 toolkit is available, within which an analogue of the GNU Coreutils package, rewritten in the Rust language, is being developed. Coreutils comes with over a hundred utilities, including sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, and ls. The goal of the project is to create a cross-platform alternative implementation of Coreutils, capable of running on […]

RT-Thread 5.0 real-time operating system available

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RT-Thread 5.0, the real-time operating system (RTOS) for IoT devices, has been released. The system has been developed since 2006 by a community of Chinese developers and is currently ported to almost 200 boards, chips and microcontrollers based on x86, ARM, MIPS, C-SKY, Xtensa, ARC and RISC-V architectures. Minimalist build of RT-Thread (Nano) requires only 3 KB Flash and […]

Pine64 Project Launches STAR64 Board Based on RISC-V Architecture

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The Pine64 open source community announced the availability of the STAR64 single board computer, built using the StarFive JH7110 (SiFive U74 1.5GHz) quad-core processor based on the RISC-V architecture. The board will be available for order on April 4 and will retail for $70 with 4GB RAM and $90 with 8GB RAM. The board is equipped with 128 MB […]

Bloomberg established a fund to pay grants to open projects

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Bloomberg news agency announced the creation of the FOSS Contributor Fund, aimed at providing financial support to open projects. Once a quarter, Bloomberg staff will select up to three open source projects to receive $10 in grants. Candidates for grants can be nominated by employees of different divisions and departments of the company, taking into account their specific work. Choice […]

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