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Update of the window manager xfwm4 4.14.3

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The release of the window manager xfwm4 version 4.14.3 has been published, which is used in the Xfce desktop environment to manage window display on the screen, decorate windows, and organize their movement, closing, and resizing. The new release adds support for the X11 extension XRes (X-Resource), which is employed to request information about the PID of an application running using sandbox isolation mechanisms from the X server. The support for XRes addresses the issue […]

fheroes2 0.8

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A heroic hello to all fans of the game 'Heroes of Might and Magic 2'! I'm happy to announce that the free engine has been updated to version 0.8! This release was dedicated to the unequal struggle for improving the graphical component, which has ultimately undergone significant enhancements on all fronts: missing animations for units, spells, and heroes have been fixed and added, and spell animations that were previously absent have been recreated […]

The translation of the podcast transcript was prepared ahead of the start of the course "Linux Administrator"

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The first public release of the Pi-KVM project has taken place: a set of software and instructions that allow you to turn a Raspberry Pi into a fully functional IP-KVM. This device connects to the HDMI/VGA and USB ports of the server to manage it remotely, regardless of the operating system. You can power on, power off, or reboot the server, configure the BIOS, and even fully reinstall the operating system from a loaded image: Pi-KVM can emulate a virtual […]

Chrome has added support for lazy loading of iframe blocks

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Developers of the Chrome browser have reported an expansion of tools for lazy loading elements of web pages, allowing content that is outside the visible area not to load until the user scrolls to the point immediately preceding the element. Previously, this mode had already been implemented in Chrome 76 and Firefox 75 for images. Now, Chrome developers have taken another step and […]

Release of the photo management software digiKam 7.0

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After a year of development, the release of the photo collection management program digiKam 7.0.0 has occurred, which is being developed as part of the KDE project. The program provides a comprehensive set of tools for importing, managing, editing, and publishing photos, as well as images from digital cameras in raw format. The code is written in C++ using Qt and KDE libraries and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Installation […]

Working on the coreboot port (open-source BIOS) for AMD Ryzen

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Jeremy Soller (engineer at system76) announced that he is starting work on porting coreboot (LinuxBIOS) for modern AMD Ryzen systems (Matisse and Renoir series), with support from Lisa Su (AMD CEO). The project represents a free alternative to proprietary and closed BIOS and UEFI systems. Source: linux.org.ru

Release of Display Server Mir 2.0

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The release of the Mir 2.0 display server has been announced, which continues to be developed by Canonical despite the discontinuation of the Unity shell and Ubuntu editions for smartphones. Mir remains in demand for Canonical projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). Mir can be used as a compositing server for Wayland, allowing it to run in environments […]

Booty — a utility for creating bootable images and drives

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The Booty program has been introduced, which allows users to create bootable initrd images, ISO files, or drives with any GNU/Linux distribution in a single command. The code is written in POSIX shell and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. All distributions loaded using Booty operate either in SHMFS (tmpfs) or in SquashFS + Overlay FS, at the user's choice. The distribution is created once, […]

The release of GNU Binutils 2.35

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The release of the GNU Binutils 2.35 system utility set has been announced, which includes programs such as the GNU linker, GNU assembler, nm, objdump, strings, and strip. In the new version: The assembler has added the option "—gdwarf-5" for generating ".debug_line" debug tables with line number information in DWARF-5 format. Support for Intel SERIALIZE and TSXLDTRK instructions has been added. New options "-mlfence-after-load=", ‘-mlfence-before-indirect-branch=" […

An initiative to create GNOME OS builds for real hardware

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At the GUADEC 2020 conference, a report was presented on the development of the "GNOME OS" project. Initially conceived plans for developing "GNOME OS" as a platform for creating operating systems have now transformed into viewing "GNOME OS" as a build that can be used for continuous integration, simplifying the testing of applications in the codebase being developed for the next release of GNOME, assessing the progress of development, […]

In GNOME, they proposed to consider the environmental impact of development

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Philip Withnall from Endless spoke at the GUADEC 2020 conference about introducing tracking of the environmental impact of GNOME application development. For each application, it is proposed to display a 'Carbon Cost' parameter, showing the estimated level of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and allowing assessment of how development affects global warming. According to the speaker, despite this idea, […]

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