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Google has released version 129 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source Chromium project, which underlies Chrome, is also available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by incorporating Google logos, a crash reporting system, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update system, always-enabled Sandbox isolation, the delivery of keys to Google APIs, and transmission when […]
Mozilla has updated the Common Voice voice data sets, which include pronunciation samples from over 200,000 individuals. The data is published as public domain (CC0). The proposed sets can be used in machine learning systems to build speech recognition and synthesis models. Compared to the previous update, the amount of speech material in the collection has increased from 31,800 to 32,600 hours of speech, from […]
The CRIU 4.0 (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) toolkit has been released, designed for saving and restoring processes in user space. The toolkit allows the state of one or a group of processes to be saved and then resumed from the saved position, including after a system reboot or on another server without breaking established network connections. The project code is written in […]
Oracle has updated the UEK-next kernel package (Next Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) to the Linux kernel 6.10 branch. In the Oracle Linux distribution, the UEK 7 kernel, based on the Linux 5.15 kernel, is used by default instead of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel, while the UEK-next branch is being developed as a continuously updated option for developers, allowing access […]
After six months of development, the release of the GNOME 47 desktop environment has been announced. For a quick assessment of GNOME 47's capabilities, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative are offered. GNOME 47 is also already included in the experimental builds of Ubuntu 24.10 and Fedora 41. The new release features support for accent color customization, […]
The beta release of Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' has been announced. After the creation of this version, the package base has been fully frozen, and the developers have moved on to final testing and bug fixing. This release, categorized as an interim release with updates planned for the next 9 months, is scheduled for October 10. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.18 has been published. Since the release of 9.17, 18 bug reports have been closed and 274 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: A new backend for enabling the Media Foundation framework, based on the use of FFmpeg. Initial support for network sessions has been implemented in the DirectPlay API. A new Desktop Control Panel applet has been added […]
The release of the high-performance HTTP server and multiprotocol proxy server Angie 1.7.0, forked from Nginx by a group of former developers who left F5 Networks, has been published. The source code for Angie is available under the BSD license. The project has received compatibility certificates with Russian operating systems, such as Red OS, Astra Linux Special Edition, Rosa Chrome Server, Alt, and the FSTEC versions of Alt. The development is supported by the company 'Web Server', which was formed […]
Fooyin is an audio player created in Qt6 in the style of Foobar2000. Currently, it is natively available only on Linux. The player is licensed under GNU GPL 3. Fooyin offers a wide range of customization options for managing and playing your music collection. It can be extended with plugins and the FooScript language. Sound playback is supported by FFmpeg along with several output options, [...]
The release of OpenSSH 9.9, an open implementation of the client and server for operation over SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols, has been announced. Major changes include: Support for the hybrid key exchange algorithm 'mlkem768x25519-sha256' has been added to ssh and sshd. This algorithm is resistant to quantum computer attacks and represents a combination of X25519 ECDH and the ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) algorithm, which was recently standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology […]
After 6 months of development, the release of the Linux distribution Zorin OS 17.2, based on the Ubuntu 22.04 package base, has been presented. The target audience for this distribution is beginner users accustomed to working in Windows. To manage the appearance, the distribution offers a special configurator that allows the desktop to resemble various versions of Windows and macOS, and it includes a collection of applications similar to those that […]
The latest release of Apache NetBeans has been introduced – an integrated development environment that supports programming languages such as Java, PHP, JavaScript, C, C++, and others. This IDE is written in Java and is distributed under the Apache License 2.0. In this release: improved support for Gradle and Maven build systems; enhanced support for Java and PHP languages; and much more. Download Source: linux.org.ru