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The first stable release of the minimalist orchestration system HashiCorp Nomad has been announced, which supports container orchestration using Docker and Podman, Java programs, QEMU virtual machines, regular binaries, and several other methods supported by the community. The project is written in Go and is notable for its tight integration with other HashiCorp projects. For […]
On December 16, the graphical toolkit GTK 4.0 was released. This new version includes new widgets, built-in media player support, GPU acceleration enhancements, and improved support for other operating systems. What's new: Constraint-based layout: a layout building method where the size of elements depends on the boundaries and sizes of others. The data exchange APIs are no longer copies of the same APIs from […]
In the latest version of Kubernetes 1.20, the following significant changes have been made: Kubernetes is transitioning to the Container Runtime Interface (CRI) standard. For running containers, it will no longer use Docker, but any of the implementations of the standard, such as containerd. For most users, the difference will be imperceptible — for instance, any existing Docker images will work fine. However, issues may arise when using […]
CloudLinux has announced plans to invest over a million dollars a year in the development of a CentOS clone, a new distribution called Lenix. The company's CEO, Igor Seletsky, stated that the company will provide all necessary infrastructure for developing the new distribution as part of a non-profit open-source initiative. CloudLinux generates revenue by developing a specialized distribution based on RHEL/CentOS for the needs of […]
Quietly and unceremoniously, the release of kernel version 5.10 has occurred. According to Torvalds himself, the kernel "consists mostly of new drivers with patches sprinkled in," which is not surprising, as the kernel has achieved LTS status. New features include: Support for fast_commit in the Ext4 filesystem. Now applications will write fewer metadata to the cache, speeding up writes! However, it must be explicitly enabled […]
Firefox 84 is now available. This is the last version that supports Adobe Flash. The next release is expected to remove support for NPAPI, as Flash is the only NPAPI plugin allowed to run in Firefox. The list of systems with WebRender enabled has been expanded: Linux: GNOME/X11 (except for systems with proprietary NVIDIA drivers, as well as those with an "Intel graphics and resolution >= 3440×1440" combination). The next release is set to include […]
On December 8, a release of the Intel toolkit set for software development was announced, designed for development using a unified application programming interface (API) for various computing accelerators, including vector instructions for processors (CPU), graphics accelerators (GPU), and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) — Intel oneAPI Toolkits for XPU Software Development. The base toolkit, “oneAPI Base Toolkit,” includes compilers, libraries, and analysis tools […]
Gregory Kurtzer, the founder of the CentOS project, has created a new initiative to 'revive' CentOS — Rocky Linux. For this purpose, the domain rockylinux.org was registered and a repository was created on GitHub. Currently, Rocky Linux is in the planning phase and assembling a developer team. Kurtzer stated that Rocky Linux will be a classic CentOS — '100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat […]
Google is making the Fuchsia operating system more open, according to a new post. A repository has been opened at https://fuchsia.googlesource.com, where its development over time can be viewed. A mailing list has been opened, a governance model described, contributor roles outlined, and instructions have been provided on how to start working with the OS. Source: linux.org.ru
CRUX 3.6 has been released. The dependencies for glibc now use Python3. Python3 has been moved from the OPT branch to the CORE packages. The rpc and nls dependencies have been removed from glibc and moved to separate packages: libnsl and rpcsvc-proto. The Mesa3d packages have been renamed to Mesa, openrdate to rdate, and jdk to jdk8-bin. To attract more attention, the alias file for prt-get was moved to /etc. […]
Version 5.6 of the WordPress content management system, named 'Simone' in honor of jazz singer Nina Simone, is now available. The main changes relate to appearance customization and security improvements: The ability to flexibly customize the site's layout without needing to edit code; Pre-selected arrangements of various block layouts in theme templates to speed up the site's appearance setup; Twenty Twenty-One — updated […]
In 2021, CentOS 8 will cease to exist as a separate corporate rebuild distribution and will become CentOS Stream, which will act as a 'gateway' between Fedora and RHEL. This means it will contain newer packages relative to RHEL. However, CVEs will be fixed for RHEL first and then ported to CentOS, as is the current practice. According to the maintainers, this will not […]