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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 […]
The release of the Pale Moon 33.6.0 web browser, a fork of the Firefox codebase aimed at achieving higher performance, maintaining a classic interface, minimizing memory usage, and providing additional customization options, has been published. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without moving to […]
The release of GCodeWorkShop, a CNC programming editor written in C++ and distributed under GPL3, has occurred. The new version includes settings affecting file opening and saving: File encoding selection. Some CNC systems allow non-Latin characters in comments, which are located in the second half of the code page. The encoding selection allows for correct display of such characters. Deletion […]
The insurance company GEICO has released a preliminary version of the TuxTape toolkit, which allows the deployment of a personal infrastructure for creating, assembling, and delivering live patches for the Linux kernel. Live patches enable the application of fixes to the Linux kernel on the fly, without rebooting or stopping the system. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Vulnerability-fixing live patches are provided for their distributions […]
The Tor Project has announced the release of a new version of its client Arti 1.4.0, developed in Rust. This release includes numerous new features and improvements aimed at enhancing performance and usability. One of the key innovations is the new RPC interface, which replaces the control port in the C Tor implementation. The main advantages of the new interface: a JSON-based protocol reduces […]
Significant changes are coming for users of the popular email client Thunderbird. Starting in March 2025, the Thunderbird Desktop Release channel will become the primary option for downloading, offering monthly feature updates. With version 135.0, which will be released in March 2025, the Thunderbird Desktop Release channel will serve as the main download option. This means that users will receive new […]
The Tor project developers have released Arti 1.4.0, a Tor client implementation written in Rust. The 1.x branch is marked as suitable for use by regular users and provides the same level of privacy, usability, and stability as the main implementation in C. Achieving parity with the C language client is planned for the 2.0 branch. When the Rust code reaches the level of […]
A new version of the Min browser 1.34 has been released, offering a minimalist interface focused on address bar interactions. The browser is built using the Electron platform, which allows for the creation of standalone applications based on the Chromium engine and Node.js platform. The Min interface is written in JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Builds have been created for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Min supports […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.1 has been made. Since the release of 10.0, 35 bug reports have been closed, and 342 changes have been made. It is worth noting that starting from the 2.x branch, the Wine project has switched to a versioning scheme where each stable release increases the first digit in the version number (9.0.0, 10.0.0), while updates to […]
The release of the standard C library PicoLibc 1.8.9 has been published, developed by Keith Packard (leader of the X.Org project) for use on embedded devices with limited persistent storage and RAM. During development, part of the code was borrowed from the newlib library from the Cygwin project and AVR Libc, which was developed for Atmel AVR microcontrollers. The PicoLibc code is distributed under the BSD license. The library build is supported […]