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On March 2, after more than a month of development, version 1.24 (named after Herman Toothrot from the Monkey Island game series) of the Clifm console file manager was released. Clifm is a file manager with a text interface designed with command line interface principles in mind, as opposed to TUI design, such as the excellent Midnight Commander and Ranger. The program is written in C […]
After a year of development, the release of GStreamer 1.26 has been presented, a cross-platform set of components for creating a wide range of multimedia applications, from media players and audio/video file converters to VoIP applications and streaming systems. The GStreamer code is distributed under the LGPLv2.1 license. Updates for the plugins gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly, as well as the gst-libav wrapper and the streaming server gst-rtsp-server are developed separately. At the API level and […]
Mozilla has published an objection to the recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Justice in the antitrust case in which Google was recognized as a monopoly in the search engine market. The recommendation mentions a ban on all payments to browser developers for directing traffic to the search engine. According to Mozilla, if the court approves this proposal, it will deal a blow to independent browsers that exist thanks to […]
The latest release of the open chemical process simulator DWSIM has been launched. The closest proprietary equivalents are the HYSYS and Aspen Plus packages. The main innovation is the transition from Mono to .NET 8 for running the Linux version. DWSIM can run on Linux, Windows, macOS, and has applications for Android and Apple with limited functionality. DWSIM can model stationary vapor-liquid, vapor-liquid-liquid, and solid […]
On February 27, after more than a year of development, version 2.5.0 of the cross-platform header-only library for C++ CLI11 was released. This library is designed for parsing command-line parameters and is distributed under the BSD 3 license. This version introduces a new formatter with enhanced control capabilities and help output in accordance with standards. A modifier has also been added to allow the use of non-standard option names, and several issues have been fixed […]
The release of the network configuration utility NetworkManager 1.52.0 has taken place. The main changes compared to version 1.50.0 include: The command history in nmcli will now be stored in $XDG_CACHE_HOME/nmcli-history instead of the previously used ~/.nmcli-history. A new parameter ipv4.link-local=fallback has been added, which assigns an IPv4 address to the internal network interface when no other address is specified. Support for building with Autotools has been removed. IPVLAN network interface support has been introduced. Support for […]
A corrective release of Firefox 136.0.1 is available, which fixes the issue with incorrect cookie size limitations (the maximum size was set to 1024 bytes instead of 4096), leading to crashes on websites using the CookieStore API for cookie management. Additionally, a bug was fixed that prevented the Ctrl+L key combination from focusing on the address bar in new windows. Mozilla has warned about […]
After a year of development, CodeWeavers has released Crossover 25.0, based on Wine code and intended for running programs and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key participants in the Wine project, sponsors its development, and contributes all innovations made for its commercial products back to the project. The source code for the open components of CrossOver 25.0 can be downloaded […]
On February 25, after two months of development, releases 5.4.3 and 5.5.5 of the cross-platform libraries Lexilla and Scintilla, respectively, have been made, along with the release of version 5.5.5 of their based text editor SciTE. Changes: Lexilla Fixed the incorrect computation of != in preprocessor conditions. The use of digits in uppercase identifiers for the Modula-3 language has been allowed. A bug in parsing assembly inserts for Pascal language has been corrected. […]
The release of the friendly interactive shell fish 4.0.0 has occurred, aimed at creating a more user-friendly alternative to bash and zsh. Fish supports features such as syntax highlighting with automatic detection of input errors, suggestions for possible input based on past operation history, autocompletion of options and commands using their descriptions in man pages, comfortable operation from […]
Proxmox, a company known for developing the Proxmox Virtual Environment distribution for deploying virtual server infrastructures, has announced the release of Proxmox Mail Gateway 8.2. This version is presented as a ready-made solution for quickly establishing a system to monitor email traffic and protect internal email servers. The ISO installation image is available for free download. Components specific to the distribution are open under the AGPLv3 license. For installation updates […]
The Fish Shell command-line interface, popular among terminal users, has been updated to version 4.0, bringing significant changes and improvements. The main innovation is that Fish Shell has been completely rewritten in the Rust programming language. However, for regular users, this transition will be nearly imperceptible: commands, settings, and typical interactions will remain the same. Other significant changes include a new system […]