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Alma Linux 8.9 is the third release following Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The distribution is notable for deciding to veer away from 1:1 cloning after Red Hat opted to impose a redistribution ban and not join the OpenELA association. The distribution includes a repository with packages that differ from Red Hat Enterprise Linux — […]
After one and a half years of development, the releases of the lightweight and fast email client Claws Mail 3.20.0 and 4.2.0 have been published. Claws Mail separated from the Sylpheed project in 2005 (from 2001 to 2005, the projects developed together, with Claws being used to test future innovations of Sylpheed). The Claws Mail interface is built using GTK, and the code is released under the GPL license. The 3.x and 4.x branches […]
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), responsible for the development of internet protocols and architecture, has completed the formation of the RFC for the GNS (GNU Name System) domain name system, developed by the GNUnet project as a fully decentralized and censorship-resistant alternative to DNS. The specification, published as RFC-9498, has received the status of 'Proposed Standard'. A fully compliant implementation of GNS is part of the GNUnet platform […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 120 has occurred, and an update for the long-term support branch has been formed — 115.5.0. The Firefox 121 branch has entered beta testing, with a release scheduled for December 19. Key innovations in Firefox 120: The context menu now includes the 'Copy Link Without Site Tracking' operation, allowing users to copy the URL of the selected link to the clipboard, removing […]
The second distribution released after Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 and Euro Linux 8.9 is unexpectedly Rocky Linux. The list of changes is similar to the list of changes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9. The founder of the distribution is Georg Kucher, one of the founders of CentOS, who also co-founded CtrlIQ. CtrlIQ is a member of the OpenELA clone association. The distribution is fully binary compatible with RHEL […]
After 11 months of development, the release of the free Xen hypervisor 4.18 has been published. Companies such as Amazon, Arm, Bitdefender, Citrix, EPAM Systems, and AMD participated in the development of the new release. Updates for the Xen 4.18 branch will continue until May 16, 2025, and vulnerability fixes will be published until November 16, 2026. Key changes in Xen 4.18: Initial […]
The release of the EndeavourOS 23.11 project 'Galileo' has been announced, succeeding the Antergos distribution, which was discontinued in May 2019 due to the remaining maintainers' lack of free time to support the project at the required level. The size of the installation image is 2.4 GB (x86_64; a separate build for ARM is in development). Endeavour OS allows users to install Arch Linux without unnecessary complications […]
The release of Owncast 0.1.2, which develops a server for video streaming (one broadcasts — many watch) and audience chat, has been published. The server runs on the user's hardware and, unlike services such as Twitch, Facebook Live, and YouTube Live, allows complete control over the broadcasting process and setting your own chat rules. Management and interaction with users is carried out […]
Following the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9, the first distribution based on it was EuroLinux 8.9, which this time was ahead of Alma Linux. The list of changes is similar to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9. The management's position on participation in OpenELA, as well as regarding binary compatibility with RHEL, remains unknown. Source: linux.org.ru
The release of Rocky Linux 9.3 has been announced, aimed at creating a free build of RHEL that can take the place of classic CentOS. The distribution is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and can be used as a replacement for RHEL 9.3 and CentOS 9 Stream. Support for the Rocky Linux 9 branch will continue until May 31, 2032. Installation ISO images of Rocky Linux are prepared for […]
After two and a half years since the publication of the 13.0 branch, the release of FreeBSD 14.0 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 Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, and Vagrant have been prepared. The FreeBSD 14 branch will be the last with […]
Following the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9, Rocky Linux 9.3 has been launched. This distribution has been released ahead of Alma Linux, Euro Linux, and Oracle Linux with UEK R7. The founder of the distribution is George Kutzner, one of the founders of CentOS, who is also the founder of CtrlIQ. CtrlIQ is a member of the OpenELA clone association. The distribution is fully binary compatible with RHEL […]