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The Ubuntu GamePack 20.04 build is now available for download, including tools to run more than 85,000 games and applications, both specifically designed for the GNU/Linux platform and Windows games that can be run using PlayOnLinux, CrossOver, and Wine, as well as classic MS-DOS games and games for various consoles (Sega, Nintendo, PSP, Sony PlayStation, […]
Charlie Somerville, who is developing the CrabOS operating system in Rust as a hobby, has introduced a humorous but functional project called DOS Subsystem for Linux (DSL), presented as an alternative to Microsoft's WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) for those who prefer working in DOS. Like the WSL subsystem, DSL allows for direct execution of Linux applications, but not […]
The NetBSD project has announced a change to the default window manager in the X11 session from twm to CTWM. CTWM is a fork of twm that emerged in 1992, developed with the aim of creating a lightweight and fully customizable window manager, allowing users to modify its appearance and behavior to their liking. The twm window manager has been offered in NetBSD for the past 20 years, and […]
The release of GNU Grep 3.5, a utility for organizing data searches in text files, has been announced. The new version restores the old behavior of the "--files-without-match" (-L) option, which was changed in grep 3.2 for uniformity with the git-grep utility. In grep 3.2, searches became successful if the processed file was mentioned in the list, but this has now reverted to the behavior where […]
After four months of development, OpenSSH 8.4, an open implementation of client and server for working with SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols, has been released. Major changes include: Security-related changes: In ssh-agent, when using FIDO keys that were not created for SSH authentication (the key identifier does not start with "ssh:"), a check is now performed to ensure that the message will be signed using […]
The LibreOffice community has celebrated ten years since the project's establishment. Ten years ago, leading developers of OpenOffice.org formed a new non-profit organization, The Document Foundation, to continue the development of the office suite as a project independent of Oracle, not requiring developers to transfer ownership rights to the code, and making decisions based on meritocratic principles. The project was created a year […]
In June, Apple introduced Swift System, a new library for Apple platforms that provides interfaces for system calls and low-level types. Now, they are releasing the library under the Apache License 2.0 and adding support for Linux! Swift System is set to become a single location for low-level system interfaces across all supported Swift platforms. Swift System is a cross-platform library, not […]
On September 27, version 0.20.3 of the popular free planetarium Stellarium was released, visualizing the realistic night sky as if you were looking at it with the naked eye, or through binoculars or a telescope. In total, there were 164 changes made between versions 0.20.2 and 0.20.3, including (major changes): Correction of nutation and, consequently, the timing of the start of seasons. […]
The WikiMedia Foundation has introduced a new version of MediaWiki — the wiki engine, a public knowledge base to which anyone can contribute by writing an article, or by adding or correcting existing material. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release, which will be supported for 3 years and replaces the previous LTS branch — 1.31. MediaWiki is used by the popular online encyclopedia — Wikipedia, and […]
The nightly builds of Firefox include an updated JIT compiler, developed under the codename WarpBuilder. To activate the new JIT, the option "javascript.options.warp" is suggested in about:config. It is noted that WarpBuilder is just the first step towards incorporating new optimizations into the browser, planned for the next year. The new JIT improves the performance of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine by reducing internal information […]
ZenMake is another build system for C/C++ and several other programming languages with declarative configuration files. ZenMake is written in Python using Waf as a framework. The main goal of the project is to be as user-friendly as possible while remaining sufficiently flexible. Why another build system? Details (in English): https://zenmake.readthedocs.io/en/latest/why.html Main repository: https://gitlab.com/pustotnik/zenmake Documentation: […]
The sixth corrective update for Debian 10 has been released, which includes accumulated package updates and fixes for issues in the installer. The release includes 53 updates addressing stability problems and 32 updates fixing vulnerabilities. Changes in Debian 10.6 highlight updates to recent stable versions of the packages cargo, rustc, gssdp, gupnp, and postgresql-11. For download and installation […]