Version 1.4 of the P2P messenger Communist has been released. The source code is written in C++ and is distributed (GitHub, GitFlic) under the GPLv3 license. The graphical interface is built on the GTK 4 library. It supports operation in Linux and Windows operating systems. Ready packages are prepared for Arch Linux (AUR) and distributions based on the tenth platform Alt Linux. Communist is a simple P2P messenger designed for […]
KaOS 2022.06 has been released, a distribution with a continuous update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications using Qt. Notable design features specific to the distribution include a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution is developed with a look at Arch Linux but maintains its own independent repository containing over 1500 packages, and […]
Google has begun rolling out a new firmware based on Fuchsia OS for the Nest Hub Max smart photo frames, released since 2019. In the initial phase, the Fuchsia-based firmware will be delivered to participants of the Google Preview Program, and if no unforeseen issues arise during the trial implementation, it will be applied to the devices of other Nest Hub users […]
Due to disagreements with Mozilla's policy and distributions not to release builds of Firefox that have unlocked capabilities for installing unsigned extensions and using the WebExtensions Experiments API, a tool was developed that converts standard builds of Firefox into a "Developer Edition" variant that allows the use of extensions without a digital signature. The development of the tool was facilitated by the fact that the desired functionality in Firefox is implemented in ECMAScript code and […]
Google has announced the release of the web browser Chrome 103. At the same time, a stable version of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the basis for Chrome, is also available. Chrome differs from Chromium through the use of Google logos, a crash notification system, modules for playing DRM-protected video content, an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, the provision of keys to Google APIs, and the transmission of […]
The creator of the GeckoLinux distribution, based on the openSUSE package base and focusing on desktop optimization and details like high-quality font rendering, has introduced a new distribution — SpiralLinux, built using Debian GNU/Linux packages. The distribution offers 7 ready-to-use Live editions shipped with Cinnamon, Xfce, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Mate, Budgie, and LXQt desktops, whose settings […]
At the ongoing Open-Source Summit 2022, during a Q&A session, Linus Torvalds mentioned the potential for soon integrating components for developing device drivers in Rust into the Linux kernel. There is a possibility that patches supporting Rust will be accepted in the upcoming merge window for kernel version 5.20, scheduled for late September. Request […]
Volker Hilsheimer has been appointed as the Chief Maintainer of the Qt project, replacing Lars Knoll, who held the position for the last 11 years and announced his departure from Qt Company last month. The leader's candidacy was approved during a general vote of maintainers. With a majority of 24 votes against 18, Hilsheimer surpassed Alan […]
Microsoft has announced the integration of Linux environment support based on the WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) framework in the recently released June cumulative update for Windows Server 2022. Initially, the WSL2 subsystem, which allows the execution of Linux executables on Windows, was offered only in Windows versions for workstations. To enable the execution of Linux executables in WSL2 instead of using an emulator, […]
The first release of the new main branch nginx 1.23.0 has been introduced, under which the development of new capabilities will continue. Changes in the parallelly supported stable branch 1.22.x are limited to addressing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. Next year, a stable branch 1.24 will be formed based on the main branch 1.23.x. Key changes: The internal API has been revamped, header strings are now passed in […]
The developers of the AlmaLinux distribution, which is a free clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux similar to CentOS, have presented a new build system ALBS (AlmaLinux Build System), already utilized in the releases of AlmaLinux 8.6 and 9.0, prepared for x86_64, Aarch64, PowerPC ppc64le, and s390x architectures. In addition to building the distribution, ALBS is also used for generating and publishing correction updates (errata), and for ensuring […]
Engineers from Facebook (banned in the Russian Federation) have published a report on the implementation last year of the TMO (Transparent Memory Offloading) technology, which allows for significant savings in RAM on servers by offloading unnecessary secondary data to cheaper storage, such as NVMe SSDs. According to Facebook's estimates, the use of TMO can save between 20% and 32% […]