Internet News Section
After 8 months of development, the first prototype of the Unix-like Moss kernel has been released, which is partially compatible with Linux. The code is written in Rust with assembly inserts and is distributed under the MIT license. Currently, the project supports only the Aarch64 architecture, can run in QEMU, and has been tested on Raspberry Pi 4, Jetson Nano, AMD Kria, and imx8 boards. According to the developers […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.20 has been published. Since the release of 10.19, 31 bug reports have been closed and 337 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: The embedded Vkd3d package with the Direct3D 12 implementation has been updated to version 1.18. A dialog box has been added to display the progress of document scanning. The implementation of the Reparse Point mechanism, which allows […]
The release of Redis 8.4, a NoSQL system, has been published. Redis provides functions for storing data in key/value format, enhanced by support for structured data formats such as lists, hashes, and sets, as well as the ability to run handler scripts written in Lua on the server side. The project code is written in the C language and is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. Redis supports transactions, […]
Proxmox, known for developing Proxmox Virtual Environment and Proxmox Mail Gateway products, has released the Proxmox Backup Server 4.1 distribution, presented as a ready-made solution for backing up and restoring virtual environments, containers, and server components. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. A paid subscription is available for updates […]
The Whonix 18.0 distribution is now available, aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity, security, and privacy protection. The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses Tor for anonymity. Project developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. Virtual machine images are prepared for download in .ova format for VirtualBox (2.5 GB with LXQt and 1.6 GB console) and qcow2 for hypervisors […]
Collabora has released the Collabora Office suite, which is an edition of the Collabora Online product (LibreOffice Online) adapted for standalone use on desktop systems. Builds are published for Linux (flatpak), macOS, and Windows. A developer edition called Collabora Office Development Edition (CODE) is available separately. The previously distributed desktop office suite based on classic LibreOffice has been renamed Collabora Office Classic. […]
The IvorySQL 5.0 project release has been published, which develops the PostgreSQL DBMS edition that ensures compatibility with applications designed to work with Oracle DBMS. IvorySQL claims to work as a transparent replacement for the latest version of PostgreSQL, with the distinction being the addition of the 'compatible_db' setting, which includes Oracle compatibility mode. The code is written in C and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. […]
After two years since the last update, the release of the classic industrial desktop environment CDE 2.5.3 (Common Desktop Environment) has been presented. CDE was created in the early 1990s through the collaborative efforts of Sun Microsystems, HP, IBM, DEC, SCO, Fujitsu, and Hitachi, and for many years was the standard graphical environment for Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Digital UNIX, and UnixWare. […]
The release of Rocky Linux 10.1, a free build that progresses from Red Hat Enterprise Linux and aims to fill the gap left by classic CentOS, is now available. This distribution is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and can serve as a replacement for RHEL 10.1 and CentOS 10 Stream. Support for Rocky Linux 10 will last until 2035. Installation ISO images of Rocky Linux are prepared for the architectures […]
The Raspberry Pi Project has released a new version of the Raspberry Pi OS distribution 2025-11-24 (Raspbian). This distribution is based on the Debian 13 package base and contains around 35,000 packages in the repository. The desktop environment is based on the labwc compositing server, which utilizes the wlroots library from the Sway project. Three builds have been prepared for download: a reduced (494MB) version for server systems, with a basic desktop […]
Oracle has released Oracle Linux 9.7, built on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7 package base and fully binary compatible with it. For unrestricted download, installation ISO images sized 13 GB and 1.3 GB are available, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. Oracle Linux 9 has unlimited and free access to the yum repository with […]
NTC IT ROSA has released the ROSA Fresh 13.1 distribution, built on the rosa 13 platform. This distribution is freely distributed and developed with community involvement. The release is aimed at a wide range of users and will serve as the basis for the corporate distribution ROSA Chrome 13. Builds with KDE (4 GB) and GNOME (4 GB) desktop environments for the x86_64 architecture are available for download. In the repository […]