Michael Forney, developer of the swc composite server based on the Wayland protocol, is developing a new cproc compiler that supports the C11 standard and some GNU extensions. To generate optimized executable files, the compiler uses the QBE project as a backend. The compiler code is written in C and is distributed under the free ISC license. Development has not yet been completed, but at the current […]
A release of the Bubblewrap 0.5.0 Sandboxing Toolkit is now available, typically used to restrict individual applications to unprivileged users. In practice, Bubblewrap is used by the Flatpak project as a layer to isolate applications launched from packages. The project code is written in C language and distributed under the LGPLv2+ license. For isolation, traditional Linux container virtualization technologies are used, […]
Valve has published the release of the Proton 6.3-6 project, which is based on the developments of the Wine project and is aimed at enabling gaming applications created for Windows and presented in the Steam catalog to run on Linux. The developments of the project are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows you to directly run Windows-only game applications on the Steam Linux client. The package includes a DirectX implementation […]
After four months of development, the release of OpenSSH 8.7, an open implementation of a client and server for working over the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols, was presented. Major changes: An experimental data transfer mode using the SFTP protocol has been added to scp instead of the traditionally used SCP/RCP protocol. SFTP uses more predictable name handling methods and does not use shell glob processing […]
The release of packet filter nftables 1.0.0 has been published, unifying packet filtering interfaces for IPv4, IPv6, ARP and network bridges (aimed at replacing iptables, ip6table, arptables and ebtables). The changes required for the nftables 1.0.0 release to work are included in the Linux 5.13 kernel. A significant change in the version number is not associated with any fundamental changes, but is only a consequence of the sequential continuation of numbering […]
The release of the BusyBox 1.34 package is presented with the implementation of a set of standard UNIX utilities, designed as a single executable file and optimized for minimal consumption of system resources with a package size of less than 1 MB. The first release of the new branch 1.34 is positioned as unstable, full stabilization will be provided in version 1.34.1, which is expected in about a month. The project code is distributed under the license [...]
The Manjaro Linux 21.1.0 distribution, built on Arch Linux and aimed at novice users, has been released. The distribution is notable for the presence of a simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatically detecting hardware and installing the drivers necessary for its operation. Manjaro comes in live builds with KDE (3 GB), GNOME (2.9 GB) and Xfce (2.7 GB) desktop environments. At […]
The release of the Rspamd 3.0 spam filtering system has been presented, providing tools for evaluating messages according to various criteria, including rules, statistical methods and blacklists, on the basis of which the final weight of the message is formed, used to decide whether to block. Rspamd supports almost all the features implemented in SpamAssassin, and has a number of features that allow you to filter mail in an average of 10 […]
The Document Foundation presented the release of the office suite LibreOffice 7.2. Ready-made installation packages are prepared for various Linux, Windows and macOS distributions. In preparation for the release, 70% of the changes were made by employees of the companies overseeing the project, such as Collabora, Red Hat and Allotropia, and 30% of the changes were added by independent enthusiasts. The LibreOffice 7.2 release is labeled "Community", will be supported by enthusiasts and will not […]
After a year and a half of development, the release of the MATE 1.26 desktop environment was published, within which the development of the GNOME 2.32 code base continued while maintaining the classic concept of creating a desktop. Installation packages with MATE 1.26 will soon be prepared for Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, ALT and other distributions. In the new release: Continued porting of MATE applications to Wayland. […]
A major new release of the free content management system Joomla 4.0 is available. Among the features of Joomla we can note: flexible tools for user management, an interface for managing media files, support for creating multilingual page versions, an advertising campaign management system, a user address book, voting, built-in search, functions for categorizing links and counting clicks, WYSIWYG editor, template system, menu support, news feed management, XML-RPC API […]
A release of the Pale Moon 29.4 web browser is available, which forks from the Firefox code base to provide higher performance, preserve the classic interface, minimize memory consumption and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to the classic interface organization, without […]
