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CodeWeavers has released Crossover 21.1, a package based on Wine code designed for running applications and games developed for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is a key contributor to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and reinvesting all innovations made for its commercial products back into the project. The source code of the open components of CrossOver 21.1 can be downloaded on this page. […]
The OpenPrinting project has released CUPS 2.4.0 (Common Unix Printing System), developed without the involvement of Apple, which had fully controlled the project’s development since 2007 after acquiring Easy Software Products, the creator of CUPS. Due to Apple’s declining interest in maintaining the printing system and the overall significance of CUPS for the Linux ecosystem, enthusiasts from the OpenPrinting community established a fork. […]
Intel is advancing a new firmware architecture called Universal Scalable Firmware (USF), aimed at simplifying the development of all components in the firmware software stack for various categories of devices, from servers to system on chips (SoC). USF provides levels of abstraction that allow for separating the low-level hardware initialization logic from platform components responsible for configuration, firmware updates, security, and operating system booting. […]
The release of SFTPGo 2.2 has been published, enabling remote file access via SFTP, SCP/SSH, Rsync, HTTP, and WebDav protocols. SFTPGo can also be used to provide access to Git repositories using the SSH protocol. Data can be served both from the local file system and from external storage compatible with Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and […]
Ethan Smith, one of the main developers of MyPyC, a compiler that converts Python modules to C code, announced the addition of changes to the CPython codebase (the core implementation of Python) that allow the main branch of CPython to be built for use within a browser without requiring additional patches. The build is produced into a universal low-level intermediate code called WebAssembly using the Emscripten compiler. The work […]
SQLite 3.37 has been released, a lightweight database management system presented as a plug-in library. SQLite code is released into the public domain, meaning it can be used without restrictions and free of charge for any purposes. The financial support for SQLite developers is provided by a specially established consortium, which includes companies such as Adobe, Oracle, Mozilla, Bentley, and Bloomberg. Key changes: Added support for creating tables […]
The release of PostgREST 9.0.0 has occurred, an independently operating web server that implements a lightweight layer over the PostgreSQL database management system, translating objects from an existing database into a RESTful API. Instead of reflecting relational data in objects (ORM), views in PostgREST are created directly in the database. On the database side, JSON response serialization, data validation, and authorization are also performed. The system's performance is sufficient to handle […]
The release of the graphic editor for children's creativity — Tux Paint 0.9.27 — has been published. The program is designed to teach children aged 3 to 12 years how to draw. Binary builds are available for Linux (rpm, Flatpak), Android, macOS, and Windows. In this new release: The drawing tools and line output have added support for brushes that rotate based on the direction of the brush movement. […]
The release of the desktop-oriented GhostBSD 21.11.24 distribution has been published, built on FreeBSD 13-STABLE and offering the MATE desktop environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the ZFS file system. Both live mode operation and installation on a hard drive are supported (using the custom installer ginstall written in Python). Boot images have been created for the x86_64 architecture (2.6 GB). The new version includes […]
Collabora has introduced the Venus driver, which offers a virtual GPU (VirtIO-GPU) built on the Vulkan graphics API. Venus is similar to the previously available VirGL driver, which was based on the OpenGL API, and also allows each guest system to have a virtual GPU for 3D rendering without granting exclusive direct access to the physical GPU. The Venus code is already included in Mesa and has been available since […]
The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.8.0 is now available, designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by this distribution are similar to those of the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution's ISO image is 325 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting from […]
The release of the Archinstall 2.3.0 installer has been published, which has been included as an option in the Arch Linux installation ISO images since April. Archinstall operates in console mode and can be used instead of the default manual installation mode. A separate graphical interface implementation is being developed, but it is not included in the Arch Linux installation images and has not been updated for over a year […]