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After the release of Red Hat Enterprise 9.3, the release of the previous version Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 has been prepared. Rocky Linux has not yet released version 9.3. RHEL 8 will be supported without an extended phase until 2029, while support for CentOS Stream will end in 2024. Users are advised to either upgrade to CentOS Stream 9 or switch to […]
The Fedora 40 release proposes to include isolation settings for systemd services that are enabled by default, as well as for services with critical applications such as PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, Nginx, and MariaDB. This change is expected to significantly enhance the security of the distribution in its default configuration and provide the ability to block unknown vulnerabilities in system services. The proposal has not yet been reviewed by the committee […]
The Khronos consortium, which develops graphics standards, has recognized the full compatibility of the open NVK driver for NVIDIA graphics cards with the Vulkan 1.0 specification. The driver successfully passed all tests from the CTS (Kronos Conformance Test Suite) and is included in the list of certified drivers. Certification has been achieved for NVIDIA GPUs based on the Turing microarchitecture (TITAN RTX, GeForce RTX 2060/2070/2080, GeForce GTX 1660, Quadro […]
Developers of the Cuarzo OS project have released the first version of the Louvre library, providing components for developing composite servers based on the Wayland protocol. The code is written in C++ and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The library takes care of all low-level operations, including managing graphics buffers, interacting with input subsystems and graphics APIs in Linux, and also offers ready-made implementations […]
The Common Desktop Environment version 2.5.2 has been released. This is primarily a bug-fix release. The Common Desktop Environment is a desktop environment based on Motif, mainly used in proprietary UNIX operating systems, OpenVMS. CDE was developed by The Open Group in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Novell, and Sun Microsystems and is based on HP's VUE. On August 6, 2012, the source […]
The Distrobox 1.6 toolkit has been released, allowing for the quick installation and launch of any Linux distribution in a container and ensuring its integration with the main system. The project code is written in Shell and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The project provides an extension over Docker, Podman, or Lilipod and is distinguished by maximum simplification of the operation and integration of the launched environment with the rest of the system. To create an environment with […]
The OpenBSD project has released version 7.3 of the OpenIKED project, which develops the implementation of the IKEv2 protocol. Originally, IKEv2 components were an indivisible part of the OpenBSD IPsec stack but were later separated into a portable package that can now be used in other operating systems. OpenIKED has been tested on FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS, and various Linux distributions, including Arch, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu. The code is written […]
After five years of development, a new release of EdytorNC, a CNC program editor, is now available. In addition to syntax highlighting, the editor includes several plugins for comfortable G-code work. This release is notable for the addition of new tools. Four programs are now available: EditorNC – the editor itself. SerialPortFileServer – a small utility for exchanging programs with the machine via the serial port. FTPserver (new) – […]
Following the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3, an update has been published for the previous branch Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9, which is being maintained in parallel with the RHEL 9.x branch and will be supported at least until 2029. Installation builds are prepared for x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le, and Aarch64 architectures, but are only available for download to registered Red Hat Customer […]
Dungeon Keeper, DK – a computer game in the god simulation genre, developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997. KeeperFX (short for Dungeon Keeper Fan eXpansion) is an open implementation of Dungeon Keeper for Windows under the GPLv2 license. KeeperFX is written in C and C++. Initially, it was a decompilation project of the original Dungeon Keeper. […]
Canonical has announced the readiness of the MicroCloud toolkit, which allows for the rapid deployment of computing clusters and cloud systems with shared distributed data storage and a secure virtual network on its hardware. The toolkit is packaged as a snap package, including components necessary for managing the operation of cluster nodes. Commercial technical support for solutions based on MicroCloud is provided under the Ubuntu Pro service, but those […]
Today, November 17, 2023, a significant update of the Calibre ebook reader version 7.0 is being released. This update includes several interesting features, including a new option for author notes, book series, tags, and more, with export capabilities. EPUB audio support is also included, although it may not work on Linux due to codec patents. Related files are stored with […]