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The Xiph.Org community has released an update for the free audio codec FLAC 1.5.0, which allows for lossless audio compression. FLAC employs only lossless encoding methods, ensuring the complete preservation of the original audio stream's quality and its identity with the reference version encoded. The lossless compression methods used can reduce the size of the original audio stream by 50-60%. […]
After four months of development, the release of the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment has been published. To evaluate the performance of the new KDE releases, you can utilize builds from the KDE Neon and openSUSE projects (Argon, based on openSUSE Leap, and Krypton, based on openSUSE Tumbleweed). Key changes include a redesigned fractional scaling support in the composite manager KWin to reduce blurriness and enhance clarity when […]
The test builds of Chrome Canary have introduced a password auto-change feature based on AI. This option can be enabled in the 'Experimental AI Features' section (chrome://settings/ai). If a password is deemed compromised, Chrome will display a warning when trying to log in with that password, suggesting to change it. Upon agreement, the browser will generate a strong password, change it on the site, and save […]
The release of EndeavourOS 25.02 'Mercury' has been announced, continuing the development of the Antergos project and aimed at providing a straightforward installation of Arch Linux with a selected desktop environment. The desktop environment's foundations match the original offerings of the chosen project. The size of the installation image is 2.7 GB (x86_64). The distribution offers a simple installer for setting up the basic Arch Linux environment, based on the Calamares framework. For […]
The most important screenshot tool, fastfetch, has been updated. This tool for displaying system information in the terminal, the successor to the no longer supported Neofetch, continues to delight users with new features and improvements. Fastfetch is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. Key changes include the use of the kernel API for detecting sound devices on NetBSD; detection of the sound server with sndio.
The EndeavourOS project has announced the release of a new ISO version called Mercury. This release includes numerous enhancements and new features that make the installation and use of the system even more convenient and reliable. EndeavourOS is a distribution based on Arch Linux. It utilizes the Calamares graphical installer, and supports the installation of desktop environments such as Xfce, KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, MATE, Cinnamon.
About the platform CADBase provides a system for publishing, storing, and versioning engineering data such as 3D models and drawings. The name of the platform is formed by combining two words — CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and Base, essentially meaning 'Database for Computer-Aided Design Systems'. The platform's website features a viewer for STL files, with plans to add support for STEP format files.
The PaleMoon browser v33.6.0 has been released. This version includes bug fixes and security enhancements. Changes include the implementation of a content analyzer for ADTS and raw audio AAC; the introduction of AbortSignal.abort() and the suppression of AbortSignal.timeout(); removal of the :modal prefix from the CSS pseudo-class; improved efficiency and performance of the Cycle Collector; added explicit waiting check for percentage values in CSS HSL for S and L components; and updated.
The release of PuTTY 0.83 has been formed, a client for SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, and SUPDUP protocols, delivered with a built-in terminal emulator and compatible with Unix-like systems and Windows. The source code of the project is available under the MIT license. The new version provides support for key exchange based on the ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) algorithm, which is resistant to quantum computer attacks. ML-KEM utilizes methods of cryptography based on.
Citus Data, a company owned by Microsoft, has released the distributed DBMS Citus 13.0, implemented as an extension to PostgreSQL 17. Citus provides horizontal scaling of PostgreSQL across a cluster based on standard hardware and allows data distribution across nodes using sharding with customizable partitioning at the column level and storage schema. For applications, the Citus cluster appears as one large […]
Blue Systems, which funds the development of KWin and Kubuntu, has released the Netrunner 25 distribution, featuring the KDE 5 desktop environment. Unlike Kubuntu, the Netrunner distribution offers a different approach to user interface organization and seamless integration of Wine and GTK applications in the KDE environment. The size of the bootable ISO image is 2.5 GB (x86_64). The new release is synchronized with the Debian 12 package base. Updates have been […]
After five years of development, the Linux Foundation has introduced the SEAPATH 1.0 virtualization platform, designed to meet the requirements of information systems for digital substations in power grids. The platform takes into account the specifics of power networks but can also be applied in other areas requiring high reliability. The platform's code is published under the Apache 2.0 license. The SEAPATH 1.0 release is considered ready for industrial […]