The release of the TeX Live 2021 distribution, created in 1996 based on the teTeX project, has been prepared. TeX Live is the simplest way to deploy infrastructure for preparing scientific documentation, regardless of the operating system used. A DVD build (4.4 GB) of TeX Live 2021 has been formed, which contains a working Live environment, a complete set of installation files for various operating systems, and a copy of the CTAN repository […]
Oracle has released the second functional update for the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R6, positioned for use in the Oracle Linux distribution as an alternative to the default Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel package. The kernel is available for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The kernel's source code, including a breakdown into individual patches, has been published in Oracle's public Git repository. The Unbreakable Enterprise package […]
Proxmox, known for developing the Proxmox Virtual Environment distribution for deploying virtual server infrastructures, has released Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.4. Proxmox Mail Gateway is presented as a ready-to-use solution for quickly creating a system to monitor mail traffic and protect the internal mail server. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are released under the AGPLv3 license. For […]
The Fedora Project Board has published a statement regarding Richard Stallman's return to the board of the Free Software Foundation. The statement emphasizes that Fedora advocates building an inclusive, open, and friendly community that does not tolerate harassment, bullying, or any other forms of abusive behavior in communications. Furthermore, the Fedora Board is stunned that the Free Software Foundation allowed Stallman to return with […]
The beta release of Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" has been introduced, following which a full package freeze was implemented and the developers moved on to final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for April 22. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, and UbuntuKylin (the edition for China). Key changes: As […]
Valve has released Proton 6.3-1, which is based on the work of the Wine project and aims to enable the running of gaming applications created for Windows on Linux, available in the Steam catalog. The project advancements are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows gaming applications that are only available for Windows to be launched directly in the Linux Steam client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX […]
The developers of the Arch Linux distribution announced the integration of the Archinstall installer into the installation ISO images, which can be used instead of manual installation. Archinstall operates in console mode and is offered as an option to automate the installation. By default, as before, the manual mode is suggested, which involves using a step-by-step installation guide. The announcement of the installer integration was made on April 1, but this is not […]
The developers of the LineageOS project, which succeeded CyanogenMod following the discontinuation of the project by Cyanogen Inc, have released LineageOS 18.1, based on the Android 11 platform. The 18.1 release was created skipping 18.0 due to the peculiarities of tag assignments in the repository. It is noted that the LineageOS 18 branch has reached parity in functionality and stability with branch 17 and is considered ready for transition to […]
The release of the Deepin 20.2 distribution has taken place, based on the Debian package base but developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and about 40 user applications, including the music player DMusic, video player DMovie, messaging system DTalk, installer, and software center Deepin Software Center. The project is based by a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project. The distribution […]
A variant of the Gabeldorsh (GD) Bluetooth stack, rewritten in Rust, has been placed in the repository with the source code of the Android platform. Details about the project are currently unavailable, with only the build instructions provided. The Android-based inter-process communication mechanism Binder has also been rewritten in Rust. Notably, another Bluetooth stack is being developed for the Fuchsia OS, also using Rust for development. More […]
After four months of development, the release of the system manager systemd 248 has been presented. The new release provides support for images to expand system directories, the configuration file /etc/veritytab, the systemd-cryptenroll utility, LUKS2 unlocking using TPM2 chips and FIDO2 tokens, running units in an isolated IPC namespace, the B.A.T.M.A.N. protocol for mesh networks, and the nftables backend for systemd-nspawn. systemd-oomd has been stabilized. Key changes: The concept of […]
Leah Rowe, the founder of the Libreboot distribution and a well-known advocate for minority rights, despite past conflicts with the FSF and Stallman, has publicly defended Richard Stallman against recent attacks. Leah Rowe believes the witch hunt is orchestrated by those ideologically opposed to free software and is aimed not only at Stallman but also at […]