Microsoft has begun distributing its own Java distribution based on OpenJDK. The product is distributed free of charge and is available in source code under the GPLv2 license. The distribution includes executables for Java 11 and Java 16, based on OpenJDK 11.0.11 and OpenJDK 16.0.1. Builds are prepared for Linux, Windows and macOS and are available for x86_64 architecture. Additionally, a test assembly has been created for [...]
The release of the PCRE2 library 10.37 has been released, providing a set of functions in the C language with the implementation of regular expressions and pattern matching tools, similar in syntax and semantics to the regular expressions of the Perl 5 language. PCRE2 is a reworked implementation of the original PCRE library with an incompatible API and advanced capabilities. The library was founded by the developers of the Exim mail server and is distributed […]
Alibaba, one of the largest Chinese IT companies, has opened the source code of the distributed DBMS PolarDB, based on PostgreSQL. PolarDB extends the capabilities of PostgreSQL with tools for distributed data storage with integrity and support for ACID transactions in the context of the entire global database distributed across different cluster nodes. PolarDB also supports distributed SQL query processing, fault tolerance, and redundant data storage to […]
The Apache Software Foundation introduced the Apache NetBeans 12.4 integrated development environment, which provides support for the Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript and Groovy programming languages. This is the seventh release produced by the Apache Foundation since the NetBeans code was transferred from Oracle. The main innovations of NetBeans 12.3: Added support for the Java SE 16 platform, which is also implemented in nb-javac, a built-in […]
A new release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 6.3 is available with a server implementation for ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaboration. Editors can be used to work with text documents, tables and presentations. The project code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. An update to the ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors product, built on a single code base with online editors, is expected in the near future. Desktop editors are designed as applications for [...]
Microsoft has released Windows Package Manager 1.0 (winget), which provides tools for installing applications using the command line. The code is written in C++ and is distributed under the MIT license. Packages are installed from a community-maintained repository. Unlike installing programs from the Microsoft Store, winget allows you to install applications without unnecessary marketing and […]
New releases of the package manager Pacman 6.0.0 and the installer Archinstall 2.2.0 are available, used in the Arch Linux distribution. Major changes in Pacman 6.0: Added support for loading files into multiple parallel threads. Implemented output of a line indicating the progress of data loading. To disable the progress bar, you can specify the “--noprogressbar” option in pacman.conf. Automatic skipping of mirrors is provided, when accessing them [...]
Troy Hunt open-sourced the “Have I Been Pwned?” service for checking compromised passwords. (haveibeenpwned.com), which checks a database of 11.2 billion accounts stolen as a result of hacking of 538 sites. Initially, the intention to open the project code was announced in August last year, but the process dragged on and the code was only published now. The service code is written in [...]
Mozilla has published a plan to implement the third version of the Chrome manifest in Firefox, which defines the capabilities and resources provided to add-ons. The third version of the manifesto has come under fire for breaking many of the content-blocking and security add-ons. Firefox intends to implement almost all the features and limitations of the new manifesto, including a declarative API for content filtering (declarativeNetRequest), […]
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), which develops Internet protocols and architecture, has finalized the RFC for the QUIC protocol and published related specifications under the identifiers RFC 8999 (version-independent protocol properties), RFC 9000 (transport over UDP), RFC 9001 (TLS encryption of the QUIC communication channel) and RFC 9002 (congestion control and packet loss detection during data transmission). […]
Virtuozzo (a former division of Parallels), which develops server software for virtualization based on open source projects, has begun public distribution of the VzLinux distribution, which was previously used as the base operating system for the virtualization platform developed by the company and various commercial products. From now on, VzLinux has become available to everyone and is positioned as a replacement for CentOS 8, ready for production implementations. For loading […]
The Basalt open source software company announced the release of the Simply Linux 9.1 distribution kit, built on the ninth ALT platform. The product is distributed under a license agreement that does not transfer the right to distribute the distribution kit, but allows individuals and legal entities to use the system without restrictions. The distribution comes in builds for x86_64, i586, aarch64, armh (armv7a), mipsel, riscv64, e2kv4/e2k (beta) architectures and can […]
