Author: ProHoster

GIMP 2.99.14 graphics editor release

The release of the GIMP 2.99.14 graphics editor is available, which continues the development of the functionality of the future stable branch of GIMP 3.0, in which the transition to GTK3 has been made, native support for Wayland and HiDPI has been added, support for the CMYK color model has been implemented, a significant cleaning of the code base has been carried out, and a new API for plug-in development has been proposed , rendering caching has been implemented, support for multi-layer selection has been added, and […]

wattOS 12 Linux Distribution Released

After 6 years since the last release, the release of the wattOS 12 Linux distribution is available, built on the Debian package base and supplied with the LXDE graphical environment and the PCManFM file manager. The distribution strives to be simple, fast, minimalistic, and usable on legacy hardware. The project was founded in 2008 and initially developed as a minimalist edition of Ubuntu. Installation size […]

Stockfish and ChessBase Settle GPL Litigation

The Stockfish project announced that it had reached an agreement in a lawsuit with ChessBase, which was accused of violating the GPLv3 license by including code from the Stockfish free chess engine in its proprietary products Fat Fritz 2 and Houdini 6 without opening the source code of the derivative work and without informing customers about using GPL code. The agreement provides for the cancellation of the revocation from ChessBase […]

The third candidate for the release of the free RPG game FreedroidRPG

After three years since the release of the previous edition of the isometric RPG game FreedroidRPG, the project has published the third, presumably final, version 1.0 candidate. Sources and installers for Windows and macOSX are available on FTP and HTTPS mirrors. AppImage prepared for Linux. The release is scheduled for December 26, 2022 on Steam. The final touches include refining the user interface, […]

Vulnerability in Bitbucket Server leading to code execution on the server

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-43781) has been identified in Bitbucket Server, a package for deploying a web interface for working with git repositories, which allows a remote attacker to achieve code execution on the server. The vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated user if self-registration is allowed on the server (the "Allow public signup" setting is enabled). Operation is also possible by an authenticated user who has rights to change the username (i.e. has […]

Release of labwc 0.6, a composite server for Wayland

A release of the labwc 0.6 (Lab Wayland Compositor) project is available, developing a composite server for Wayland with features reminiscent of the Openbox window manager (the project is touted as an attempt to create an alternative to Openbox for Wayland). Of the features of labwc, minimalism, compact implementation, extensive customization options and high performance are called. The project code is written in C language and distributed under the GPLv2 license. As a basis […]

Cinnamon 5.6 userspace release

After 6 months of development, the release of the Cinnamon 5.6 user environment has been formed, within which the community of developers of the Linux Mint distribution is developing a fork of the GNOME Shell, the Nautilus file manager and the Mutter window manager, aimed at providing an environment in the classic GNOME 2 style with support for successful interaction elements from the GNOME Shell . Cinnamon is based on the GNOME components, but those […]

Release of VirtualBox 7.0.4 and VMware Workstation 17.0 Pro

Oracle has published a corrective release of the VirtualBox 7.0.4 virtualization system, which notes 22 fixes. Main changes: Improved startup scripts for hosts and guests based on Linux. Linux Guest Additions provide initial support for kernels from SLES 15.4, RHEL 8.7, and RHEL 9.1. Cleaned up the handling of rebuilding kernel modules when […]

Distribution kit AlmaLinux 9.1 published

The AlmaLinux 9.1 distribution kit has been released, synchronized with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 distribution kit and containing all the changes proposed for this release. Installation images are prepared for the x86_64, ARM64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures in boot (840 MB), minimum (1.6 GB) and full (8.6 GB) images. Live builds with GNOME, KDE and Xfce will be generated later, as well as […]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 distribution release

Red Hat has published the release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 distribution. Ready-made installation images are available for registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal (you can also use CentOS Stream 9 iso images to evaluate the functionality). The release is built for the x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le, and Aarch64 (ARM64) architectures. The source code for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rpm packages is located at […]

MariaDB 10.10 stable release

The first stable release of the new MariaDB 10.10 (10.10.2) DBMS branch has been published, within which a branch from MySQL is being developed that maintains backward compatibility and is distinguished by the integration of additional storage engines and advanced features. MariaDB development is overseen by the independent MariaDB Foundation, following an open and transparent development process independent of individual vendors. MariaDB is shipped in place of MySQL in many […]

Mozilla releases 2021 financial report

Mozilla has released its 2021 financial report. In 2021, Mozilla's revenue increased by $104 million to $600 million. For comparison, Mozilla earned $2020 million in 496, $2019 million in 828, $2018 million in 450, $2017 million in 562, […]