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The release of Chrome OS 97 has been published, based on the Linux kernel, upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and web browser Chrome 97. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, with standard programs replaced by web applications; nevertheless, Chrome OS includes a fully-featured multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The Chrome OS 97 build […]
New versions of GeckoLinux are available — 999.220105 (rolling) and 153.220104 (static), based on the openSUSE package base and focusing heavily on desktop optimization and details like high-quality font rendering. Version 999.220105 (1.6 GB) is developed under the rolling update model, built from the Tumbleweed repository and its own Packman repository. The branch 153.220104 (1.4 GB) is formed on […]
The UBports project, which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after the Canonical company distanced itself from it, has released the OTA-21 firmware update (over-the-air). The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-21 update has been created for smartphones BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google […]
The release of the Python library for scientific computing, NumPy 1.22, is now available. It is designed for working with multidimensional arrays and matrices, offering a large collection of functions implementing various algorithms related to the use of matrices. NumPy is one of the most in-demand libraries used for scientific calculations. The project code is written in Python with optimizations in C and is distributed […]
Amid mass protests in Kazakhstan, a simultaneous outage of traffic from all fixed and mobile network operators was recorded at 17:30 (MSK). Since yesterday, there have been isolated access issues, and today the blockage has extended to all autonomous systems (ASN) monitored by Cloudflare, belonging to Kazakhstani providers. Yesterday's issues mainly affected users of mobile operators, such as […]
Google has released version 97 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which underpins Chrome, is also available. The Chrome browser features the use of Google logos, a notification system for crash reports, modules for playing copy-protected video content (DRM), an automated update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. For those needing more time to update, […]
The release of the specialized shell GNU Rush 2.2 (Restricted User Shell) has been published, designed for use in systems with restricted remote access where user actions need to be limited. Rush allows defining which command line functions a user can use and what resources are available to them (memory size, CPU time, etc.). For example, Rush can be used for […]
The release of the UbuntuDDE 21.10 (Remix) distribution has been prepared, based on the Ubuntu 21.10 codebase and shipped with the DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment). The project is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu, but developers are making efforts to have UbuntuDDE included among the official editions of Ubuntu. The size of the ISO image is 3 GB. UbuntuDDE features the Deepin 5.5 desktop release and a set of specialized applications developed […]
Three years after the release of the last major version, the mdadm package 4.2.0 has been released, including a set of tools for managing software RAID arrays in Linux. Changes in the new version include the ability to build with GCC 9 and expanded support for IMSM (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) RAID arrays, as well as the functionality of Partial Parity Log (PPL) used in them, allowing […]
Ingo Molnar, a well-known Linux kernel developer and author of the CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler), proposed a series of patches for discussion on the Linux kernel developers' mailing list. These patches affect over half of all files in the kernel source code and ensure a 50-80% increase in the speed of the full kernel rebuild, depending on the settings. The optimization implemented is noteworthy because it […]
Joshua Strobl, the key developer of the Budgie desktop, announced his departure from the Core Team of the Solus project, relinquishing his duties as Experience Lead responsible for developer engagement and user interface development. Beatrice/Bryan Meyers, who oversees the technical aspects of Solus, assured that the distribution's development will continue and updates will come soon […]
Jason A. Donenfeld, the author of the WireGuard VPN, has proposed an updated implementation of the RDRAND random number generator, which handles the /dev/random and /dev/urandom devices in the Linux kernel. In late November, Jason was appointed as one of the maintainers of the random driver and has now published the first results of his work on its redesign. The new implementation is notable for switching to the BLAKE2s hash function instead of […]
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