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Several new versions of cryptographic libraries have been released: OpenSSL 3.4.0, incorporating SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption algorithms, is now available. Support for OpenSSL 3.4 will continue until October 2025. Support for previous branches OpenSSL 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, and 3.0 LTS will last until April 2026, November 2025, March 2025, and September 2026, respectively. The project's code […]
The Tor Browser 14.0, a specialized browser, has been released, featuring the transition to the Firefox 128 ESR branch. The browser focuses on privacy and security, with all traffic routed exclusively through the Tor network. Direct access via the current system's standard network connection is impossible (in the event of browser compromise, attackers could gain access to system network settings, so complete blocking of possible […]
Developers from the AlmaLinux project have published the first release of the new Kitten 10 distribution, based on the CentOS Stream 10 package base, which is used for developing the upcoming major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Kitten 10 is presented as a testing distribution, allowing users to explore capabilities being developed for RHEL 10, and serves as a precursor to the future stable release of AlmaLinux 10. The installation builds of the distribution have been formed […]
Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is responsible for maintaining the stable branch of the Linux kernel, made a change to the list of maintainers of the Linux kernel subsystems, resulting in the removal of 11 maintainers, presumably working in Russian companies. The only reason cited for their removal was 'various compliance requirements.' It was also noted that developers can be reconsidered for the maintainers list […]
Sasha Levin from Google, who is involved with LTS branches of the Linux kernel and is a member of the advisory board of the Linux Foundation, announced the creation of a new Linux kernel branch - 'linus-next'. This branch, similar to 'linux-next', is intended for testing changes proposed for inclusion in the main composition of the upcoming Linux kernel branch, but it focuses on changes that are ready […]
The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 8.2 has been published, featuring a server for the ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaboration tools. The editors can be used to work with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project’s code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. Simultaneously, the release of ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 8.2 has been formulated, built on a unified codebase with the online editors. The desktop editors are designed as desktop applications, […]
The release of the Wi-Fi daemon iwd 3.0 (iNet Wireless Daemon) has become available, developed by Intel as an alternative to the wpa_supplicant toolkit for connecting Linux systems to wireless networks. iwd can be used independently or act as a backend for network configurators like NetworkManager and ConnMan. The project is suitable for use on embedded devices and is optimized for minimal memory consumption […]
Google has released version 130 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable version of the free Chromium project, which serves as the basis for Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by using Google logos, having a crash notification system, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), an automatic update system, always enabling Sandbox isolation, providing keys for Google API, and transferring when […]
On this bright day (October 20, 2004), a cool guy named Mark Shuttleworth thought that while there were a vast number of Linux distributions in the world, none worked as they should. None could be offered to users as a replacement for Windows, which had dominated the desktop operating system market. This had to be addressed […]
Twenty years ago, on October 20, 2004, the first version of the Ubuntu 4.10 distribution, 'Warty Warthog', was released. The project was founded by Mark Shuttleworth, a millionaire from South Africa, who had participated in the development of Debian and was inspired by the idea of creating a user-friendly desktop distribution with a predictable fixed development cycle. Several developers from the Debian project were involved in the work, some […]
The F-Stack 1.24 network stack has been released, which is a version of the FreeBSD network stack running in user space and utilizing the DPDK framework for maximum performance. The project was created by Tencent, the largest telecommunications company in China, and is used in its products and services. The code is written in C and is distributed under the BSD license. It supports operation in Linux and FreeBSD. F-Stack […]
An experimental release of the open Win32 API implementation — Wine 9.20 has been published. Since the release of 9.19, 15 bug reports have been closed and 198 changes made. The most important changes include: the inclusion of the Capstone library, enabling disassembly in WineDbg. Support for the X8L8V8U8, A2W10V10U10, A8P8, V16U16, and Q16W16V16U16 formats has been implemented in D3DX9. The continuous integration system based on […]