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The release of the Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" distribution has been announced, which is classified as an interim release with updates provided for 9 months. Ready-made images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin (the edition for China), Ubuntu Unity, Edubuntu, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. Major changes include: The desktop has been updated to GNOME 51, […]
Epic Games has introduced a preliminary version of the new Epic Games Launcher, which includes the previously promised support for the Linux platform. The new version also features a redesigned interface, reduced launch times, built-in voice chat, a unified page for managing game launches, the ability to pin applications and games to the panel, expanded search functionality, and monitoring of speed and activity […]
Microsoft has announced official support for desktop systems based on Linux in the Microsoft Defender platform. Features include protection against viruses and malware, tracking of unpatched vulnerabilities, threat analysis, isolation and inventory of devices, management of security-related settings, detection of attacks, and response capabilities (EDR - Endpoint Detection and Response). The potential for deployment has been stated […]
The release of Issuerd 0.1.17 has been published - an identity and access management (IAM) server implementing OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.x protocols, compatible with the Keycloak platform at the data model level and managing the REST API. SSO, MFA (TOTP, WebAuthn/passkeys), user federation from LDAP and Kerberos/SPNEGO, authentication via external identity providers (OIDC, social networks), customizable login pages, and […]
Several new office suites have been introduced (ElixirOffice - recreating the MS Office interface on the ONLYOFFICE engine, TinyLittleOffice - a browser-based office suite that saves documents in links, ALT Office - a LibreOffice build from ALT Linux developers): ElixirOffice is an office suite for users accustomed to Microsoft Office, offering a user interface in its style. Document editing is supported in Word, Excel formats […]
The release of the main branch nginx 1.31.7 has been formed, within which the development of new features continues, as well as the release of the parallelly supported stable branch nginx 1.30.6, which only receives changes related to the elimination of serious bugs and vulnerabilities. The updates have fixed 5 vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-15176 — a buffer overflow that manifests when using the "alias" directive in configurations that change the request URI using the directive […]
The release of QLinuxDeviceManager 1.3 has been introduced — a graphical device manager for Linux that combines a Windows-style interface with system information and detailed hardware diagnostics capabilities. Unlike typical system information viewers, the program not only identifies installed devices and used drivers but also reveals the actual speed of PCIe device connections, checks SSD health, explores UEFI variables, and displays specifications […]
The release of the Strata 1.0 file manager has been published, developed specifically for the Omarchy Linux distribution, which has raised about $23 million for development. However, the project is not tied to Omarchy Linux and can operate on any other distributions. The graphical interface is built using the GTK4 library and is designed to work in Wayland-based environments. Special attention is paid to […]
On the thirtieth anniversary of the project, the release of the KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment was published. To evaluate the performance of the new KDE releases, you can use builds from the KDE Linux, KDE Neon, and openSUSE projects (Argon, based on openSUSE Leap, and Krypton, based on openSUSE Tumbleweed). The main changes in KDE Plasma 6.8 include the discontinuation of support for sessions based on the X11 protocol. Only […]
The release of Asterinas 0.19 has been published, developing a kernel written in Rust and designed for use in general-purpose operating systems. The kernel provides an ABI (Application Binary Interface) compatible with the Linux kernel and can be used as an alternative. At the same time, the Asterinas NixOS distribution is being developed, combining the Asterinas kernel with the NixOS system environment. The project has been in development since 2022 and is distributed […]
The release of the Firefox 158 web browser has taken place, and updates for previous long-term support branches—153.5.0 and 115.43.0—have been formed. In the new two-week release cycle, the Firefox 159 branch has entered the beta testing phase, with a release scheduled for October 27. Key features in Firefox 158 (1, 2, 3): JPEG image decoding support is enabled by default […]
The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 10 has been announced, featuring a server for ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaboration services. The editors can be used to work with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. ONLYOFFICE claims full compatibility with MS Office and OpenDocument formats. Supported formats include: DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, PDF, HTML, EPUB, XPS, DjVu, XLS, XLSX, ODS, CSV, PPT, […]