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Broadcom has archived the source code repository for the Greenplum database on GitHub, along with related utilities and projects, effectively halting collaborative development of this open-source product with the community. No comments have been made by the company. It is expected that further development of Greenplum will take place as a closed commercial project, VMware Tanzu Greenplum. The database […]
The release of the Eleventh ALT p11 platform (Salvia) has taken place. In the new stable branch, package builds are provided for the following architectures: x86_64; i586; aarch64; Elbrus: e2k (v3, 4C) and e2kv4 (8C/1C+), as well as e2kv5 (8CV) and the new e2kv6. The repository will retain multilib support for x86_64. A branch for 32-bit architectures mipsel, armh (armv7a), and 64-bit ppc64le is not being created. The platform is intended for development, […]
The release of Rocky Linux 8.10 distribution has been announced, aimed at creating a free build of RHEL that can take the place of classic CentOS, after Red Hat prematurely ended support for the CentOS 8 branch at the end of 2021, rather than in 2029 as originally planned. Rocky Linux builds are prepared for x86_64 and aarch64 architectures. Additionally, builds for cloud […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.10 — has taken place. Since the release of 9.9, 18 bug reports have been closed and 254 changes made. The most important changes include: the built-in Vkd3d package with Direct3D 12 implementation has been updated to version 1.12. DPI Awareness mode support has been improved for better application display on high pixel density screens, taking into account […]
A new version of the popular desktop environment GNOME 46.2 has been released, which includes numerous updates and enhancements for various modules such as Glib, GNOME Shell, Adwaita icons, and much more. Key changes in GNOME 46.2 include an update of Evince, the document viewer, to version 46.3, featuring translation updates in Hindi, Greek, Hungarian, and Portuguese. A critical typo has been fixed in […]
A stable release of the interface for simplifying network settings — NetworkManager 1.48.0 — has been presented. Plugins for VPN support (Libreswan, OpenConnect, Openswan, SSTP, etc.) are being developed within their own development cycles. Key innovations in NetworkManager 1.48: The build system based on the autotools package has been deprecated. It is now recommended to use the meson toolkit for building NetworkManager. The mac-address-blacklist property, which allows for blacklisting, has been deprecated […]
In the Fedora 41 release, it is proposed to remove the network-scripts package, which supports traditional scripts for network configuration based on the ifup and ifdown commands. Such scripts have been deprecated since 2018. The reason for their removal is the plans to eliminate ISC DHCP, which has not been maintained since the end of 2022. The content of network-scripts is heavily tied to ISC DHCP and […]
After nearly three years of development, the ALT Linux Team and Basalt SPO have published the 'Eleventh ALT Platform' (p11, codename 'Salvia') — a new stable branch of ALT repositories based on the Sisyphus free software repository. The platform is intended for the development, testing, distribution, updating, and support of comprehensive solutions at all levels — from embedded devices to enterprise servers and […]
After more than a year of development, the stable release of the Wayland 1.23 protocol, inter-process communication mechanism, and libraries has been presented. The 1.23 branch is backwards compatible on the API and ABI levels with 1.x releases and mainly includes bug fixes and minor protocol updates. The project is distributed under the MIT license. The reference compositor Weston provides code and working examples for using Wayland […]
Oracle has released the Solaris 11.4 SRU 69 (Support Repository Update), which includes a series of significant changes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed fixes in the update, simply run the command 'pkg update'. Users can also take advantage of the free Solaris 11.4 CBE (Common Build Environment), developed using a continuous publication model of new […]
Google has scheduled June 3 as the start of the process to end support for the second version of the Chrome manifest, which defines the capabilities and resources available for extensions written using the WebExtensions API. Initially, support for the second version of the manifest was planned to end in January 2023, but the deadlines have been postponed several times. Starting on June 3, in the Chrome Beta, Dev, and Canary branches […]
Microsoft has announced the development of a graphical configurator for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), a layer for running Linux applications on Windows. The configurator will simplify the setup of WSL to meet user needs and will allow management and viewing of various WSL parameters without the need to manually edit the '.wslconfig' file. The main problem with '.wslconfig' is the difficulty in understanding which settings are available and which […]