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The release of Chrome OS 86 has occurred, based on the Linux kernel, with the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage build toolchain, open components, and the Chrome 86 web browser. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard applications, web applications are used, however, Chrome OS includes a fully functional multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. Build Chrome OS 86 […]
Google has added code with built-in WireGuard VPN support to the main Android codebase. The WireGuard code has been ported to the Linux kernel 5.4 modification developed for the upcoming Android 12 platform release, from the main Linux kernel 5.6, which originally adopted WireGuard. Kernel-level support for WireGuard is enabled by default. Until now, WireGuard developers […]
CodeWeavers has released Crossover 20.0, based on Wine code, designed to run applications and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key contributors to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and contributing back all innovations implemented in its commercial products. The source code of the open components of CrossOver 20.0 can be downloaded on this page. […]
The release of the NPM 7.0 package manager, included with Node.js and used for distributing JavaScript modules, has been announced. The NPM repository serves over 1.3 million packages, utilized by approximately 12 million developers, with about 75 billion downloads recorded monthly. NPM 7.0 marks the first significant release formed after the acquisition of NPM Inc. by GitHub. The new version will be included in […]
Jolla has announced the release of the Sailfish OS 3.4. Builds are prepared for Jolla 1, Jolla C, Jolla Tablet, Sony Xperia X, Xperia XA2, and Sony Xperia 10, and are already available as OTA updates. Sailfish utilizes a graphical stack based on Wayland and Qt5 libraries, with its system environment built on Mer, which has been evolving since April as part of […]
The graphic editor has been released with a number of new fill layer types, including a truly versatile SeExpr script-based fill layer, new options for Krita brushes such as gradient map mode for brushes, brightness and gradient modes for brush textures, dynamic color usage in gradients, webm animation export, new scripting features â and, of course […]
The Open Invention Network (OIN), aimed at protecting the Linux ecosystem from patent claims, has announced an expansion of the list of packages covered by the patent non-assertion agreement and the provision for the free use of certain patented technologies. The list of components in distributions that fall under the definition of a Linux system (âLinux Systemâ), covered by the agreement among OIN participants, has been expanded to include […]
The corrective release of Firefox 81.0.2 has been published, fixing the incompatibility with Twitter that was already reported last week. The issue manifests as a network protocol failure error when attempting to open Twitter, which can be resolved by removing the site-related handler on the âabout:serviceworkersâ page without modifying the browserâs code. Additionally, it is worth noting the appearance in nightly builds of Firefox […]
The release of a set of GCC-compatible LLVM development tools has occurred. In particular, as part of the experiment, Flang â a frontend for the Fortran language â has been included. Notably, the migration of the build system towards the use of Python 3 has begun. However, version 2 of the language is still supported as a fallback option. Support for AST recovery has been added, which simplifies error tracing in the code, […]
A release of the Porteus Kiosk 5.1.0 distribution has been prepared, based on Gentoo and designed for equipping standalone internet kiosks, demonstration stands, and self-service terminals. The bootable image of the distribution takes up 110 MB. The base build includes only the minimal set of components necessary to run a web browser (both Firefox and Chrome are supported), which has been stripped down to prevent undesirable activity in the system (for example, […]
The free office suite OpenOffice.org has turned 20 â on October 13, 2000, Sun Microsystems released the source code of the StarOffice office suite under a free license, which was created in the early 1990s by Star Division. In 1999, Star Division was acquired by Sun Microsystems, which made one of the most significant steps in the history of […]
An assessment has been conducted on the support level for hardware with the Linux kernel 5.9. The average support for PCI devices across all categories (Ethernet, WiFi, graphics cards, sound, etc.) was 99.3%. A repository called DevicePopulation was specifically created for the study, which presents the population of PCI devices on users' computers. The support status of devices in the latest Linux kernel can be obtained through the LKDDb project. To evaluate hardware support […]