The Debian developers have published a plan for freezing the package base for the upcoming Debian 12 release, codenamed 'Bookworm'. The release of Debian 12 is expected in mid-2023. The first phase of the package base freeze will begin on January 12, 2023, during which 'transitions' (the updating of packages that require dependency adjustments for other packages, resulting in temporary removals from Testing) will cease, and […]
Microsoft, Igalia, and Bloomberg have launched an initiative to include type syntax in the JavaScript specification, similar to the syntax used in TypeScript. Currently, a prototype of the changes proposed for inclusion in the ECMAScript standard is under preliminary discussion (Stage 0). At the upcoming TC39 committee meeting in March, it is planned to move to the first stage of consideration of the proposal with […]
The first stable release of the Offpunk console browser has been published, supporting not only the opening of Web pages but also working with Gemini, Gopher, and Spartan protocols, in addition to reading news feeds in RSS and Atom formats. The program is written in Python and is distributed under the BSD license. A key feature of Offpunk is its focus on offline content browsing. The browser allows you to subscribe to pages or mark […]
The release of TUF 1.0 (The Update Framework) has been announced, providing tools for securely checking for and downloading updates. The main goal of the project is to protect clients against common attacks on repositories and infrastructures, including combating the delivery of fake updates promoted by attackers who gain access to signatures or compromise the repository. The project is developed under the auspices of the Linux […]
The Blender Foundation has released the Blender 3.1 free 3D modeling suite, suitable for various tasks related to 3D modeling, 3D graphics, game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, sculpting, animation, and video editing. The code is distributed under the GPL license. Pre-built binaries are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Among the improvements added in Blender 3.1: For the system […]
The future of the elementary OS distribution is in question due to a conflict between the project's founders who cannot agree on the company overseeing development and managing incoming funds. The company was co-founded by Cassidy Blaede and Danielle Foré (formerly Daniel Foré), who worked on the project full-time, receiving […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.4 — has been announced. Since the release of version 7.3, 14 bug reports have been closed and 505 changes made. The most significant changes include: The 'Light' theme is enabled by default. The main package has integrated the vkd3d 1.3 library with a Direct3D 12 implementation, working through calls translated to the Vulkan graphic API. WineD3D, D3D12 […]
The release of the Linux distribution Zorin OS 16.1, based on the Ubuntu 20.04 package base, has been announced. The target audience for the distribution is novice users accustomed to working in Windows. To manage the appearance, the distribution offers a special configurator that allows the desktop to resemble various versions of Windows and macOS, and it includes a selection of programs similar to those familiar to Windows users. For […]
The first beta release of FreeBSD 13.1 has been prepared. The FreeBSD 13.1-BETA1 release is available for amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures. Additionally, images have been prepared for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and Amazon EC2 cloud environments. Notable changes in the new version include the inclusion of the LLDB debugger build and the implementation of assembler optimizations for PowerPC architectures. For […]
The release of the LibreELEC 10.0.2 project, which develops a fork of the OpenELEC distribution for creating home theaters, has been announced. The user interface is based on the Kodi media center. Images for loading from USB drives or SD cards (32- and 64-bit x86, Raspberry Pi 4, various devices on Rockchip and Amlogic chips) have been prepared. With LibreELEC, any computer can be turned into a media center, working with […]
The release of xine-lib 1.2.12 has been announced, a cross-platform library for playing video and audio files, along with a set of accompanying plugins. The library can be used in several media players, including xine-ui, gxine, and kaffeine. Xine supports multithreading, works with a wide range of popular and lesser-known formats and codecs, and can handle both local content and multimedia streams transmitted over the network. Its modular architecture […]
Users of the Russian Federation's state services portal (gosuslugi.ru) have been notified about the establishment of a government certification authority with its own root TLS certificate, which is not included in the root certificate stores of operating systems and major browsers. Certificates are issued voluntarily to legal entities and are intended for use in situations where TLS certificates are revoked or not renewed due to sanctions. For instance, certification authorities located in […]