TIOBE Software has published the September ranking of programming languages popularity. This release is notable for the significant rise in popularity of the Perl language, which climbed from 27th to 10th place in the ranking over the year. In February, the popularity index of Perl was 0.49%, after which it began to rise to 0.7% in March, 0.9% in April, 1.2% in May, 1.47% in June, 1.76% in July, and […]
The GNOME project has released version 1.8 of the Libadwaita library, which includes a set of components for styling user interfaces in accordance with GNOME HIG (Human Interface Guidelines). The library contains ready-made widgets and objects for building applications that comply with the overall GNOME style, and its interface can adapt to screens of any size. The library code is written in C and is distributed under […]
Kent Overstreet, the developer of the Bcachefs filesystem, has announced the transition to distributing Bcachefs using the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) toolkit, where the module is supplied in source form and built on the user's system, immediately after the package is installed. After updating the Linux kernel, the module is automatically rebuilt in the system. The DKMS distribution will allow for decoupling from each update […]
The release of Q4OS 6.1, based on the Debian package base and shipped with the KDE Plasma and Trinity desktops (continuing the development of the KDE 3.5.x codebase), has been announced. Both user environments can coexist simultaneously in a single system, allowing users to switch between them. The distribution is positioned as being light on hardware resources while offering a classic desktop layout. The size of the bootable […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.15, has been announced. Since the release of 10.14, 16 bug reports have been closed and 277 changes made. The most significant changes include: Partial support for the ntsync driver has been added, which significantly increases the performance of Windows games run through Wine. The driver has been part of the Linux kernel since release 6.14 and implements a character device […]
After six months of development, the release of Samba 4.23.0 has been presented, continuing the Samba 4 branch with a full implementation of the domain controller and Active Directory service compatible with the Windows 2008 implementation, capable of serving all supported Microsoft versions of Windows clients, including Windows 11. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product that also provides file server implementation, printing services, and server […]
According to The Register, Oracle has laid off 70 employees involved in the development of the MySQL database, including several experienced developers. Michael 'Monty' Widenius, co-founder of MySQL and creator of the MariaDB project, stated that it pains him to hear about the mass layoffs at MySQL, and while he is not surprised by Oracle's actions, he is still […]
The Apache Software Foundation, a nonprofit organization offering a neutral and independent platform for developing around 400 open-source products, has unveiled a new logo, revamped the design of the apache.org website, and announced a shift to using the brand ASF instead of the full name 'Apache Software Foundation.' The new logo depicts […] instead of the feather, which has been a symbol of Apache projects since 1997.
Oracle has released a patch for the virtualization system VirtualBox 7.2.2, which includes 21 changes: For hosts running Linux with kernel versions 6.16 or later, the KVM API has been utilized to access VT-x processor extensions. The open-source version of the base package now includes a driver for a virtual webcam with a USB interface. Additionally, a new experimental […]
The release of Electron 38.0.0 has been announced, providing a self-sufficient framework for developing cross-platform desktop applications based on Chromium, V8, and Node.js components. Among the changes in this new release: Updated versions of the Chromium browser engine to 140, Node.js platform to 22.18.0, and JavaScript engine V8 to 14.0 (the previous branch used Chromium 138, Node.js 22.16.0, and V8 13.8). The ability to change accent colors […]
By the end of 2024, attempts by some users to search on Google with JavaScript disabled resulted in being redirected to a page that requested enabling JavaScript in the browser. In January 2025, a selective testing phase prohibiting access without JavaScript was completed, and the restriction was applied to all users, while leaving a few loopholes. For instance, access to the search engine from […]
The composite server Hyprland 0.51 is now available, utilizing the Wayland protocol. The project focuses on a tiling window layout but also supports traditional arbitrary window placement, window grouping in tab form, a pseudo-tiling mode, and full-screen window expansion. The code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. It provides capabilities for creating visually appealing interfaces: gradients in window borders, blurring […]