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KPP is a software guitar processor in the form of a set of LV2, LADSPA plugins, and now — VST3! This release includes all 7 plugins from the KPP set, ported to the VST3 format. This enables their use with proprietary DAW systems such as REAPER and Bitwig Studio. Previously, KPP plugins were unavailable to users of these applications due to […]
After just a month of leisurely development, the release of boobstrap v1.2 has arrived — a set of tools on POSIX shell for creating bootable images and drives. Boobstrap allows you to create: initramfs images including any GNU/Linux distribution with a single command; bootable ISO images with any GNU/Linux distribution; bootable USB, HDD, SSD drives with any GNU/Linux distribution. The highlight is […]
Nokia has introduced a new network operating system, Service Router Linux (SR Linux), designed for use in data center and cloud infrastructure. SR Linux is viewed as a key component of Nokia's Data Center Fabric solutions and will be deployed on the Nokia 7250 IXR and 7220 IXR router lines. The SR Linux-based solution is currently undergoing testing […]
The release of the Pale Moon 28.11 web browser has been announced. This version is a fork of the Firefox codebase aimed at delivering higher performance, maintaining the classic interface, minimizing memory usage, and providing additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface design, without […]
The stable release of the interface for simplifying network settings—NetworkManager 1.26.0—has been announced. Plugins for VPN support, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN are being developed within their own development cycles. Key innovations in NetworkManager 1.26 include: a new build option ‘firewalld-zone’ has been added, which, when enabled, will configure a zone in the dynamic firewall firewalld for connection sharing, and when activated […]
Rother OSS has released the first stable version of the ticketing system OTOBO 10.0.1, a fork of OTRS CE. The system is designed to address tasks such as supporting the help desk, managing customer request responses (phone calls, emails), coordinating the delivery of corporate IT services, and handling requests in sales and finance departments. The OTOBO code is written in Perl and is distributed […]
The lightweight window manager IceWM 1.7 has been released. Notable features of IceWM include full keyboard shortcut control, support for virtual desktops, taskbars, and application menus. The window manager can be configured via a straightforward configuration file, and theme support is available. Built-in applets for monitoring CPU, memory, and traffic are also included. Several third-party GUIs for configuration and workspace implementations are being developed separately […]
Shawn Anastasio, a free software enthusiast who previously developed his own operating system ShawnOS and worked on porting Chromium and Qubes OS to the ppc64le architecture, founded the Xfce Classic project, which aims to develop forks of the Xfce desktop environment components that operate without client-side decorations (CSD), where the header and borders […]
The next generation of Intel desktop processors will be the Rocket Lake-S family chips. Previous rumors hinted at the unusual nature of these chips — they would be a 14nm adaptation of Willow Cove cores designed for the 10nm process. However, now even stranger information has emerged that this new generation will reportedly include processors with eight cores and twelve threads. And no, we […]
Linus Torvalds joined the discussion about the possibility of adding support for the Rust programming language to the Linux kernel. Josh Triplett from Intel, who is working on a project to bring Rust up to parity with C in system programming, suggested initially adding an option for Rust support in Kconfig that would not lead to […]
Linus Torvalds accepted changes related to code style guidelines in the Linux 5.8 kernel branch. The third revision of the document concerning the use of inclusive terminology, which was approved by 21 prominent kernel developers, including members of the technical committee of the Linux Foundation, has been accepted. Linus was requested to include changes in kernel 5.9, but he believed there was no reason to wait […]
An extension for PostgreSQL called AGE (AgensGraph-Extension) has been proposed, implementing the openCypher query language for manipulating sets of interconnected hierarchical data forming a graph. Instead of columns and rows, graph-oriented databases use a structure similar to a network, defining nodes, their properties, and the relationships between them. AGE is released under the Apache 2.0 license and was contributed by Bitnine under the auspices of the Apache Foundation […]
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