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The release of the Firefox 155 web browser has occurred, and updates for previous long-term support branches have been formed — 153.2.0, 140.15.0, and 115.40.0. Firefox 155 is the first release to be formed under the new two-week release cycle, which will allow new features to reach users more frequently, ensure a more predictable release process, and reduce the workload on developers before releases. At this stage […]
Amazon has announced the acquisition of DuckLabs, a company developing the open-source DBMS DuckDB. The acquisition process was completed on August 31, and the deal amount is not disclosed. The DuckDB development team will join AWS and continue working on DuckDB technologies under the guidance of the co-founders of DuckLabs. DuckDB's advancements are planned to be used to modernize, simplify, and enhance the analytics stack offered on the AWS platform. The Amazon service […]
The release of the uutils coreutils project 0.11.0 (Rust Coreutils), which develops an alternative to the GNU Coreutils package written in Rust, has been published. The coreutils package includes over a hundred utilities, including sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, and ls. The aim of the project is to create a cross-platform alternative implementation of Coreutils, among other things capable of working on Windows, Redox […]
The support period for the LTS branch of the Debian 11 "Bullseye" distribution, formed in 2021, has been announced as completed. Updates for the LTS branch were released by a separate group of developers, the LTS Team, formed from enthusiasts and representatives of companies interested in the long-term provision of updates for Debian. After the end of LTS support, Freexian will provide support until June 30, 2031, as part of the extended "Extended LTS" program […]
The founders of the Packman package repository have announced their decision to wind down the project on December 31, 2026, unless someone volunteers to continue working on it. The Packman project (not to be confused with the pacman package manager) was created 25 years ago and develops an independent repository of RPM packages for openSUSE and SUSE Linux distributions, aimed at supplying fresher versions of packages or components […]
The first release of the FreeCORE project has been published, which develops a distribution for rapid deployment of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) based on FreeBSD and OpenZFS technologies. FreeCORE was created as a fork of the TrueNAS CORE distribution codebase (descendant of FreeNAS), which in 2024 was moved to maintenance mode, limited to fixing bugs and security issues. The development of TrueNAS CORE was halted by iXsystems in favor of the […] edition.
The release of the pfSense CE 2.9.0 (Community Edition) distribution for creating firewalls and network gateways has been published. This distribution is based on the FreeBSD codebase, utilizing the developments from the m0n0wall project and pf packet filter. To download the new version, please use the installer. Management of the distribution is performed through a web interface. Captive […] can be used to provide wired and wireless network access for users.
After a year and a half of development, the release of the ReactOS 0.4.16 operating system has been presented, aimed at ensuring compatibility with Microsoft Windows programs and drivers, as well as offering a Windows-style interface. The operating system is in alpha development stage. A bootable ISO image (198 MB) has been prepared for download. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 and LGPLv2 licenses. Since the last release, 2808 changes have been made and […].
Konstantin Ryabtsev, the administrator of the kernel.org infrastructure, published the results of a traffic analysis for the git.kernel.org service, which allows viewing the contents of git repositories related to Linux kernel development. The service processes about 6 million requests for commit information daily, of which 66% are from bots, which can be blocked using the Anubis system. 33% of requests undergo Anubis system checks, allowing access only after successful validation […].
The release of the Linux distribution openKylin 3.0 has been announced, developed by the Chinese Electronics Corporation with the participation of several hundred various Chinese organizations, educational institutions, research centers, and software and hardware manufacturers. The distribution develops its own package base independent of other distributions. Development is conducted under open licenses (mainly GPLv3) in repositories hosted on gitee.com. Ready installation builds have been created for the X86_64 architecture (8 […]
The results of the general resolution (GR) vote among Debian project developers, who are involved in package maintenance and infrastructure support, have been published. The use of large language models and AI tools in distribution development was discussed. The fifth option, 'Responsible Use of Generative AI,' won the vote. This chosen option does not endorse but also does not prohibit the use of AI in development, support, and documentation creation […]
Google has announced new quality requirements for applications on the Android platform aimed at reducing memory consumption by applications amid memory shortages in the smartphone market. These requirements will come into effect from February 2027. Applications that exceed certain performance metrics may face restrictions on publication in the Google Play catalog and reduced visibility in […]
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