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Release of the Devuan 6.0 distribution, a fork of Debian 13 without systemd

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The release of the Devuan 6.0 'Excalibur' distribution, a fork of Debian GNU/Linux, has been presented, which is delivered without the system manager systemd. The new branch is notable for switching to the Debian 13 package base. Live images (1.7 GB) and installation iso images for the amd64 architecture have been prepared for download. Packages are built for the i386, amd64, armel, armhf, arm64, ppc64el, and riscv64 architectures. The project supports branches for about 400 Debian packages, […]

The embedded storage engine TidesDB 1.0, which supports ACID transactions, is now available.

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The first stable release of the TidesDB project has been published, developing a library for storing data in a key/value format. The project can be used as a standalone engine or embedded in applications. Key features include support for ACID transactions and optimization for efficient data storage on flash drives and in RAM. The code is written in C and distributed under the MPL 2.0 license. […]

A Linux kernel port for WebAssembly, running in the browser, has been introduced.

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Patches implementing the 'Wasm' architecture for the Linux kernel have been published in the Linux kernel developers' mailing list, allowing the kernel to be compiled into WebAssembly intermediate code for direct execution in web browsers without involving emulators. Additionally, the project has introduced the capability to run executables in the '.wasm' format and has prepared a 'web console' driver to simulate console interactions. […]

Release of package manager Pacman 7.1.

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The release of package manager Pacman 7.1, used in the Arch Linux distribution, is now available. Changes include: Mandatory verification by digital signature for packages and repository database files is enabled by default (the SigLevel setting defaults to 'Required'). The absence of a signature or an incorrect signature will now by default lead to termination with an error message. Sandbox isolation has been strengthened. […]

Debian intends to add Rust to the list of required dependencies for APT.

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Julian Andres Klode, the lead maintainer of the APT project, announced the decision to add Rust code to the APT package manager, as well as to include the Rust compiler, Rust standard library, and the PGP tools from the Sequoia project written in Rust as mandatory dependencies. The changes are intended to be implemented no earlier than May 2026 to give Debian port developers […]

Release Wine 10.18. The share of Windows games running via Wine and Proton has approached 90%.

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.18 has been published. Since the release of 10.17, 30 bug reports have been closed and 298 changes have been made. The most important changes include: In WoW64 mode (64-bit Windows-on-Windows), which allows 16/32-bit Windows applications to run on 64-bit Unix systems, the ability to map memory for OpenGL using the Vulkan API has been implemented. In WoW64 mode, support for porting […]

For Ubuntu 25.10, package options optimized for the x86-64-v3 architecture have been prepared.

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Canonical has started delivering separate package options for Ubuntu 25.10 with binaries optimized for the x86-64-v3 architecture. Currently, about 2000 packages from the main repository have been prepared for x86-64-v3, available as an option. These packages have not been tested at the core package level but can already be used by enthusiasts seeking maximum performance. In Ubuntu […]

Release of the integrated suite of internet applications SeaMonkey 2.53.22

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The release of the SeaMonkey 2.53.22 internet applications suite has been published, combining a web browser, an email client, an NNTP conference client, a news feed aggregator (RSS/Atom), and a WYSIWYG HTML page editor called Composer into a single product. Pre-installed add-ons include the IRC client ChatZilla, the DOM Inspector web development tools, and the Lightning calendar-planner. The new release incorporates fixes and changes from the current Firefox codebase (SeaMonkey 2.53 is based on […]

Chrome 154 will start requesting confirmation when opening sites without HTTPS

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Google has announced the inclusion of automatic redirection of HTTP requests to HTTPS in Chrome 154, scheduled for October 2026. For sites that do not support HTTPS, a confirmation dialog will be displayed before the first opening via HTTP. Currently, this behavior is optional and requires enabling the 'Always Use Secure Connections' setting to be activated. The mode of permanent usage was originally […]

Release of Rust 1.91

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The release of the Rust programming language 1.91 has been published, originally developed by Mozilla and now maintained under the auspices of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation. The language focuses on safe memory usage and provides means to achieve high task parallelism, all while eliminating the need for a garbage collector and runtime (the runtime is limited to basic initialization and maintaining the standard library). Methods of operation […]

no-code — a package for obfuscating Python code

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A no-code toolkit has been released, allowing code to be hidden in Python scripts. The transformed script appears in code editors as a single line "# coding: no" with no other content, yet it continues to run and perform its previous functions. The toolkit was inspired by the humorous No Code philosophy, according to which the best way to write safe and reliable […]

The Genode project has released the general-purpose OS Sculpt 25.10

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The Sculpt project version 25.10 has been released, developing an operating system based on Genode OS Framework technologies that can be used by ordinary users for everyday tasks. The project's source code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A system image of 35 MB is available for download, which can be used on PCs, PinePhone smartphones, and MNT Reform laptops. Support for operation on systems with […]

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