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The release of Alpine Linux 3.21 is available, a minimalist distribution built on the Musl system library and BusyBox utilities. The distribution features enhanced security requirements and is built with Stack Smashing Protection (SSP). It uses OpenRC as the initialization system and employs its own package manager, apk, for package management. Alpine is used to create official Docker container images and […]
The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with the Harvard Innovation Lab, has prepared a new edition of the Census III study, aimed at identifying the most widely used open source projects that require priority security audits. The study analyzed shared open code, implicitly used in various corporate projects in the form of dependencies downloaded from external repositories. A total of over […]
Urban Brukhin has released a new version of LibrePCB — an open-source CAD for designing electronic circuits and printed circuit boards. This version includes: the addition of KiCad library import (with limitations); the implementation of placing the product passport over the mounting locations; product passports can now be added as URLs to components for quick access and viewing; Specctra DSN export and SES import have been added; various improvements and fixes have been made.
Matthew Miller, the leader of the Fedora project, has introduced an initiative to move away from the use of its own collaborative development platform, Pagure. As a replacement, the Fedora Council has preferred the Forgejo platform, but before finalizing the transition to Forgejo, it decided to hold a public discussion of its choice and consider community feedback. A final vote will be held in two weeks, and until then,
On December 1, version 1.3.0 of the lowdown console utility and library was released (a significantly improved fork of hoedown), written in C and distributed under the ISC license. The utility allows viewing or converting Markdown files into other formats: Gemini, HTML5, LaTeX, ODT, or roff ($ man roff). It also includes the lowdown-diff utility, which displays differences between two files […]
The NixOS 24.11 distribution has been launched, based on the Nix package manager and providing a number of unique developments that simplify system configuration and maintenance. For example, in NixOS, all system configuration is done via a single configuration file (configuration.nix), allowing for quick rollback to a previous configuration version, support for switching between various system states, and the ability for individual users to install specific packages […]
The release of FEX project 2412 has been announced, enhancing the emulator to run games and applications built for x86 and x86-64 architectures in a Linux environment on ARM64 (AArch64) processor systems. Among other uses, the FEX emulator is employed by the Asahi project to facilitate the launch of Steam catalog games compiled for the x86_64 architecture in Linux environments running on Apple Silicon ARM chips. The project code […]
On December 2, 2024, a new version of Qt Creator 15 was released — a free IDE for development in C, C++, JavaScript, and QML, developed by Trolltech (Digia) for use with the Qt framework and featuring a graphical debugger interface and visual interface design tools using both QtWidgets and QML. Supported compilers: GCC, Clang, MinGW, MSVC, Linux […]
Barry Kauler, the founder of the Puppy Linux project, has released the EasyOS 6.5 distribution, combining Puppy Linux technologies with container isolation for running system components. The distribution is managed through a set of graphical configurators developed by the project. The size of the boot image is 950 MB. Features of the distribution: Each application, along with the desktop itself, can run in separate containers for isolation […]
The release of the Armbian distribution for single-board computers 24.11 has been announced. The Armbian build framework has been updated with new tools for faster builds and seamless integration. Optimized compilation workflows and ready configurations simplify and accelerate the deployment of custom firmware, especially for developers working on specialized projects. The Armbian Configuration Utility has improved management features in Armbian Config Next Generation […]
After six months of development, the FreeBSD 14.2 release has been formed. Installation images have been prepared for amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures. Additionally, builds for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and cloud environments like Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, and Vagrant have been prepared. As part of the updated development cycle, the next release, FreeBSD 14.3, will be formed in […]
After nearly three years of work, the Khronos consortium, responsible for developing graphic standards, has published the Vulkan 1.4 specification, defining the API for accessing GPU graphics and computing capabilities. The new specification incorporates accumulated extensions that were previously positioned as optional, as well as providing a number of new features and increasing the minimum hardware requirements. The Vulkan SDK toolkit is planned for release in […]
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