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The developers of Arch Linux have announced the discontinuation of Python 2 packages in the project's repositories. The Python 2 branch was declared unsupported back in January 2020, but it took considerable time to gradually phase out packages tied to Python 2. Users who require Python 2 are given the option to retain the packages in the system, but […]
Microsoft has announced the implementation of the system manager systemd in Linux environments intended to run on Windows using the WSL subsystem. Support for systemd has reduced the requirements for distributions and brought the WSL environment closer to running distributions on standard hardware. Previously, distributions had to use Microsoft’s provided initialization handler to operate in WSL, […]
The release of the UbuntuDDE 22.04 (Remix) distribution has been published, based on the Ubuntu 22.04 codebase and featuring the DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) graphical interface. The project is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu, but the developers are making efforts to have UbuntuDDE included among the official Ubuntu editions. The size of the iso image is 3 GB. UbuntuDDE offers the latest release of the Deepin desktop and a set of specialized applications under development […]
After eight months of development, a stable release of the composite server Weston 11.0 has been published, advancing technologies that facilitate full support for the Wayland protocol in Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, and other desktop environments. The development of Weston aims to provide a high-quality codebase and working examples for using Wayland in desktop environments and embedded solutions, such as platforms for automotive infotainment systems, smartphones, TVs [...])
The Eclipse community has introduced the Jakarta EE 10 platform. Jakarta EE succeeds Java EE (Java Platform, Enterprise Edition) following the transition of specification development processes, TCK, and reference implementation to the non-profit organization Eclipse Foundation. The platform continued to develop under its new name, as Oracle transferred only the technologies and project management, but did not hand over the rights to the Eclipse community [...])
Testing of the first alpha version of the installer for the next significant release of Debian — 'Bookworm' — has begun. The release is expected in the summer of 2023. Key changes include: The apt-setup now ensures the installation of certificate authorities for verifying certificates when downloading packages via the HTTPS protocol. The busybox has included awk, base64, less, and stty applications. The cdrom-detect has implemented the identification of installation images on regular disks. The choose-mirror [...])
After six months of development, the GNOME 43 desktop environment has been released. Specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative are offered for a quick evaluation of GNOME 43's capabilities. GNOME 43 has also been included in the experimental build of Fedora 37. In this new release: The system status menu has been redesigned, featuring a block with buttons for […]
After a year of development, the RPM package manager 4.18.0 has been released. The RPM4 project is developed by Red Hat and is used in such distributions as RHEL (including derivatives like CentOS, Scientific Linux, AsiaLinux, Red Flag Linux, Oracle Linux), Fedora, SUSE, openSUSE, ALT Linux, OpenMandriva, Mageia, PCLinuxOS, Tizen, and many others. Previously, the RPM5 project was developed by an independent team of developers, which directly […]
After six months of development, Oracle has released the Java SE 19 platform (Java Platform, Standard Edition 19), with the open-source project OpenJDK being used as the reference implementation. Except for the removal of some deprecated features in Java SE 19, backward compatibility with previous releases of the Java platform has been maintained — most previously written Java projects will run without changes upon […]
The release of the Firefox 105 web browser has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch — 102.3.0 — has been formed. The Firefox 106 branch has entered beta testing, with its release scheduled for October 18. Key innovations in Firefox 105: The print preview dialog has added an option to print only the current page. Support for sectioned Service Workers in […]
At the Kernel Maintainers Summit, Linus Torvalds announced that, barring any unforeseen issues, patches for Rust language driver development support will be included in the Linux kernel 6.1, scheduled for release in December. The advantages of introducing Rust support in the kernel include simplifying the writing of safe device drivers by reducing the likelihood of errors during […]
Facebook (banned in the RF) has transferred the PyTorch machine learning framework under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, whose infrastructure and services will be used for further development. The transition under the Linux Foundation will free the project from dependency on a single commercial company and simplify collaboration with external participants. An organization for the development of PyTorch has been created under the Linux Foundation's aegis […]