In 2021, CentOS 8 will cease to exist as a separate corporate rebuild distribution and will become CentOS Stream, which will act as a 'gateway' between Fedora and RHEL. This means it will contain newer packages relative to RHEL. However, CVEs will be fixed for RHEL first and then ported to CentOS, as is the current practice. According to the maintainers, this will not […]
The release of the proprietary archiver RAR version 6.00 has taken place. Change log for the console version: Options 'Skip' and 'Skip All' have been added to the error reading requests. The 'Skip' option allows processing to continue only with the portion of the file that has already been read, while 'Skip All' does the same for all subsequent reading errors. For example, if you are archiving a file, part of which has been locked […]
New features in Qt 6.0: Unified hardware rendering interface supporting Direct 3D, Metal, Vulkan, and OpenGL 2D and 3D graphics rendering combined into a single Qt graphical stack Qt Quick Controls 2 received a more native look Support for fractional scaling for HiDPI displays A QProperty subsystem has been added, providing seamless integration of QML into C++ source code Improved Concurrency […]
Vivaldi Technologies has announced the final release of the Vivaldi 3.5 web browser for personal computers. The browser is developed by former Opera Presto developers, whose main goal is to create a customizable and functional browser that protects users' data privacy. The new version includes the following changes: A new grouped tab list view; Customizable context menus for the Speed Dial; Added shortcuts […]
The release of the free, cross-platform real-time strategy game Mindustry has occurred, featuring a major new version 6.0. This strategy significantly emphasizes building supply chains and producing construction materials, ammunition, fuel, and units. Changes from the previous version 5.0 include: A revamped single-player campaign. Now the battlefield is a planet where players must combat opponents while developing a technology tree. […]
A new stable version of the Vivaldi 3.5 browser for Android has been released today. Among the new features are: The ability to selectively clear browsing data upon exiting the browser; The option to close all tabs upon exit; Note and bookmark sorting; An option to disable IP broadcasting for WebRTC. Other changes include improvements to the Speed Dial and browser interface, as well as bug fixes. The browser […]
A major update to the OpenZFS file system and its maintenance tools has been released: version 2.0.0. This new version supports Linux kernels starting from 3.10 and FreeBSD starting from version 12.2, and additionally merges code for both operating systems into a single repository. Among the most significant changes, developers highlight: The addition of the ability to sequentially (LBA) rebuild a damaged RAID mirror array […]
The PHP development team has announced the release of a new version of the language — PHP 8.0.0. Improvements and new features include: Union Types. Instead of PHPDoc annotations for combining types, you can use native union type declarations that are checked at runtime. Named arguments. Instead of PHPDoc annotations, structured metadata can now be used with native PHP syntax. Nullsafe operator. Instead of checking for […]
The long-awaited (for the news author) release of the most well-known of the system managers in the GNU/Linux world (and even a bit beyond) — systemd. In this release: udev tags now refer to the device rather than the event associated with the device, breaking backward compatibility, but only to correctly handle the backward compatibility break introduced earlier […]
Version 0.9.2 of the libmdbx library, which implements an ultra-fast compact embedded key-value engine, has been released. libmdbx is a deep rewrite of the legendary LMDB database, and according to the developers, it surpasses its predecessor in terms of reliability, feature set, and performance. Key innovations, improvements, and fixes include: Bindings available for Nim (author Jens Alfke, architect at Couchbase) and Rust (author Clément Renault, founder of MeiliSearch). A package is available for […]
Quietly and discreetly, a mysterious group of unidentified individuals is preparing to release a security-focused motherboard based on the Elbrus-8SV processor. Board specifications: Form factor: Mini-ITX Processor: MCST Elbrus-8SV 8-core @ 1.5 GHz VLIW (fully compatible with LGA3647 for heatsink mounting) Southbridge: MCST KPI-2 Memory: 8 GB or 32 GB (2x [4+1] 8 Gb/32 Gb DDR4 DRAM […]
An update to dotenv-linter has been released — a useful tool for checking and fixing errors in .env files (Docker environment variable files). Many developers strive to adhere to the twelve-factor manifesto when developing software. This approach helps avoid many problems related to deploying applications and their ongoing maintenance. One of the principles of this manifesto states that all configuration should be stored in […]