The first release of the Aya library has been introduced, allowing the creation of eBPF handlers in the Rust language, which run inside the Linux kernel in a specialized JIT virtual machine. Unlike other tools for developing eBPF programs, Aya does not utilize libbpf and the bcc compiler, but offers its own implementation written in Rust, which uses the libc crate to directly access kernel system calls. […]
The release of Alpine Linux 3.14 has taken place, a minimalist distribution built on the Musl system library and the BusyBox utility set. The distribution is characterized by increased security requirements and is built with Stack Smashing Protection (SSP). OpenRC is used as the initialization system, and its own package manager apk is used for package management. Alpine is used to create official Docker container images. Bootable […]
The release of the SME Server 10.0, a server Linux distribution based on CentOS and designed for small and medium business server infrastructures, has been announced. A feature of this distribution is the inclusion of pre-configured standard components that are fully operational and customizable via a web interface. Among these components are a mail server with spam filtering, a web server, a print server, file […]
Google has released an open set of libraries and utilities implementing a full homomorphic encryption system, which allows processing data in encrypted form that does not appear in unencrypted form at any stage of computation. The toolkit enables the creation of programs for confidential computing capable of working with data without decryption, including performing mathematical and simple string operations […]
The second release candidate for the installer of the next significant Debian release — 'Bullseye' has been published. Currently, there are 155 critical bugs blocking the release (a month ago there were 185, two months ago — 240, four months ago — 472, at the time of the freeze in Debian 10 — 316, Debian 9 — 275, Debian 8 — 350, Debian 7 — 650). […]
The release of Tor 0.4.6.5 has been announced, which is used for organizing the work of the anonymous Tor network. Version Tor 0.4.6.5 is recognized as the first stable release of the 0.4.6 branch, which has been developed over the past five months. The 0.4.6 branch will be maintained in the regular maintenance cycle — updates will be discontinued after 9 months or 3 months after the release of branch 0.4.7.x. Long-term support (LTS) […]
The release of the distributed database management system rqlite 6.0 has been announced, which uses SQLite as its storage engine and allows for the organization of a cluster of synchronized storage systems. Notable features of rqlite include ease of installation, deployment, and maintenance of a distributed fault-tolerant storage system, somewhat similar to etcd and Consul, but using a relational data model instead of a key/value format. The project code is written in […]
The first alpha release of the new branch of the PHP programming language, PHP 8.1, has been announced. The release is scheduled for November 25. Key innovations, already available for testing or planned for implementation in PHP 8.1, include added support for enumerations; for example, you can now use the following constructs: enum Status { case Pending; case Active; case Archived; } class Post { public function __construct( private Status $status […]
Simon Peter, the creator of the self-contained AppImage package format, has published a release of the helloSystem 0.5 distribution, based on FreeBSD and positioned as a system for ordinary users who may want to switch from macOS due to dissatisfaction with Apple's policies. The system is devoid of the complexities typical of modern Linux distributions, is under full user control, and allows former macOS users to feel comfortable. To learn more about […]
The developers of the CuteFishOS Linux distribution, based on the Debian package base, are developing a new desktop environment called CuteFish, which resembles macOS in style. Mentioned as a friendly project is JingOS, which has a similar interface to CuteFish but is optimized for tablets. The project's developments are written in C++ using Qt and KDE Frameworks libraries. The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The installation builds of the CuteFishOS distribution are still […]
Collabora has announced the implementation of OpenGL ES 3.1 support in the Panfrost driver for Midgard GPUs (Mali T760 and newer) and Bifrost GPUs (Mali G31, G52, G76). These changes will be included in the upcoming release of Mesa 21.2, expected next month. Further plans include working on increasing performance on Bifrost chips and implementing GPU support on […]
The Linux Foundation has announced a partnership with TransTech Social Enterprises, an incubator for LGBTQ talent focused on economic empowerment for the transgender community. The partnership will offer scholarships to promising students, aiming to provide them with more opportunities to start working with open-source technology software. Currently, the partnership provides 50 […]