RedHat has changed the terms for free use of the full-featured RHEL system. Previously, this was only available to developers and on a single computer, but now a free developer account allows for the free and completely legal use of RHEL in production on no more than 16 machines, with self-support. Additionally, RHEL can be used for free and legally for […]
On January 14, a new version of the simple console text editor GNU nano 5.5 "Rebecca" was released. In this release: The set minibar option was added, which shows a line with key editing information instead of a header line: file name (plus an asterisk when the buffer is modified), cursor position (line, column), character under the cursor (U+xxxx), flags, plus current position in the buffer (in percentage […]
The first version of the new stable branch 1.10.x of the Flatpak package manager has been released. The main feature of this series compared to 1.8.x is support for a new repository format that makes package updates faster and downloads less data. Flatpak is a utility for deploying, managing packages, and virtualization for Linux. It provides a sandbox where users can run applications without impact […]
On January 12, the company Open Source Security, known for developing grsecurity, announced sponsorship of the frontend development for the GCC compiler to support the Rust programming language — gccrs. Initially, gccrs was developed in parallel with the original Rustc compiler, but due to the lack of language specifications and frequent breaking changes at the early stage, development was temporarily halted and resumed only after the release of Rust […]
The company Astra Linux has released another update for Astra Linux Common Edition 2.12.40. The updates include: An updated installation disk image supporting kernel 5.4 with enhanced support for 10th generation processors from Intel and AMD, and GPU drivers. User interface improvements: two new color schemes have been added: light and dark (fly-data); the design of the 'Shutdown' dialog has been redesigned (fly-shutdown-dialog); enhancements […]
The Wine development team proudly announces the availability of the new stable release Wine 6.0. This release represents a year of active development and contains over 8300 changes. Significant changes include: PE format kernel modules, a Vulkan backend for WineD3D, support for DirectShow and Media Foundation, and a redesign of the text console. This release is dedicated to the memory of Ken Thomases, who passed away […]
The release of Alpine Linux 3.13.0 has taken place — a Linux distribution focused on security, lightweight design, and resource efficiency (also used in many Docker images). The distribution utilizes the musl C library, the BusyBox set of standard UNIX utilities, the OpenRC initialization system, and the apk package manager. Key changes include: the beginning of the formation of official cloud images. Initial support for cloud-init. Replacement of ifupdown from […]
The release of bladeRF-wiphy has occurred — an open implementation of a WiFi modem in VHDL by Nuand. Wiphy operates on bladeRF 2.0 micro xA9 and supports both client and access point modes. It also supports network monitoring mode. The source code is published on GitHub under the GPL-2.0 license. Source: linux.org.ru
The release of the cross-platform frameserver for video processing AviSynth+ 3.7.0 has occurred, written in C++ and using its own scripting language. Ready packages, including plugins, are provided in the Arch Linux repository. Instructions for building your own version are available here. Key changes and features include: Added support for ARM, Haiku, and PowerPC. All built-in plugins are compiled under Linux. Built-in audio support. Support for 16-bit […]
xVA-Synth is a language engine that allows text to be voiced by characters from games. Currently, it supports the games Oblivion, Morrowind, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and Fallout New Vegas. Voices such as Serana, Geoffrey, Jiub, and others are available. The best results are achieved with voiced text no longer than 5 seconds. It is written in Electron. You can download the Haskill voice and others here […]
JuiceFS is a POSIX-compliant file system with open source code, built on top of Redis and object stores (e.g., Amazon S3), developed and optimized for cloud environments. Key features: JuiceFS is a fully POSIX-compliant file system. Existing applications can work with it without any changes. Outstanding performance. Latencies can be as low as a few milliseconds, and throughput can be […]
The first major update of the Linux Mint 20 distribution (codenamed 'Ulyssa') has been released. Linux Mint is based on the Ubuntu package base, but has a number of differences, including the default distribution policy of certain software. Linux Mint positions itself as a ready-to-use solution for the end user, so many common applications and dependencies are included in the standard distribution. The main […]