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Release of Devuan 3 distribution, a Debian fork without systemd

The release of Devuan 3.0 "Beowulf," a fork of Debian GNU/Linux provided without the system manager systemd, has been introduced. This new branch is marked by its transition to the Debian 10 "Buster" package base. Live builds and installation ISO images have been prepared for the AMD64, i386, and ARM (armel, armhf, and arm64) architectures. Devuan-specific packages can be downloaded from the repository packages.devuan.org. Branches have been created within the project […

Wine Launcher — a new tool for launching games through Wine

The Wine Launcher project develops a container for Windows games based on Wine. Notable features include a modern launcher style, isolation, and independence from the system, as well as providing each game with separate Wine and Prefix, which ensures that the game will not break when Wine is updated in the system and will always work. Capabilities: Separate Wine and Prefix for each […]

Firefox 77 Release

The release of the web browser Firefox 77 has taken place, along with the mobile version Firefox 68.9 for the Android platform. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 68.9.0 has been formed. Soon, the Firefox 78 branch will enter beta testing, with a release scheduled for June 30. Key new features: A new service page "about:certificate" has been added for accessing the built-in certificate viewer interface. In […]

The localization of GitLab needs community input

Good day. The team translating the GitLab product on a voluntary basis would like to reach out to the community of developers, testers, managers, and other professionals working with this product, as well as to all those who care. It should be noted that this is not a new initiative; the Russian language has existed in GitLab for quite some time. However, recently the percentage of translations has been increasing, and we would like to make […]

Release of the distributed version control system Git 2.27

The release of the distributed version control system Git 2.27.0 is now available. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, offering flexible nonlinear development based on branching and merging. Implicit hashing of the entire previous history in each commit is used to ensure the integrity of the history and resist "backdating" changes, and digital certification is also possible […]

Release of MX Linux 19.2 Distribution

The release of the lightweight MX Linux 19.2 distribution has taken place, created through the collaborative efforts of communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. This release is based on a Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and numerous proprietary applications that simplify software setup and installation. By default, the Xfce desktop is offered. 32-bit and 64-bit builds are available for download, with a size of 1.5 GB […]

Release of web browser qutebrowser 1.12.0

The release of the web browser qutebrowser 1.12.0 has been published, providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from viewing content, along with navigation styled like the Vim text editor, built entirely on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The use of Python does not affect performance, as rendering and parsing content […]

A fully free version of the Linux-libre kernel 5.7 is available

The Latin American Free Software Foundation has released a fully free version of the 5.7 kernel — Linux-libre 5.7-gnu, cleaned of firmware elements and drivers containing proprietary components or sections of code with restricted usage by the manufacturer. Additionally, Linux-libre disables kernel features for loading proprietary components not included with the kernel and removes mentions of using proprietary components from the documentation. For […]

Release of the LibreSSL 3.2.0 cryptographic library

The developers of the OpenBSD project have released a portable edition of the LibreSSL 3.2.0 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at achieving a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on providing quality support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary functionality, adding additional security measures, and conducting significant cleanup and restructuring of the codebase. The release of LibreSSL 3.2.0 is considered experimental, in which […]

Qualcomm has introduced the FastConnect 6900 and 6700 modules: supporting Wi-Fi 6E and speeds of up to 3.6 Gbps

California-based Qualcomm is moving forward, aiming not only to strengthen its leadership in the 5G market but also to cover new frequency ranges. Today, Qualcomm introduced two new systems on a chip, the FastConnect 6900 and 6700, which are expected to elevate the bar for the next generation of mobile devices in terms of increasing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speeds. As promised by […]

Possible database leak of the Joomla project user base

The developers of the free content management system Joomla have warned of the discovery of full backup copies of the site resources.joomla.org in a third-party storage, which included a database of users from the JRD (Joomla Resources Directory). The backups were not encrypted and included data on 2,700 participants registered on the resources.joomla.org site, where information about developers and providers creating websites based on Joomla is gathered. […]

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