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Leaked video of the Aluminium OS interface, being developed by Google to replace Chrome OS.

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In Google's bug tracking system, access to a problem message regarding a test build of the Aluminium operating system running on the HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook was inadvertently open. The message included two screencasts that provide insight into the graphical interface of the Aluminium OS, being developed by Google for laptops, mini-PCs, and tablets as part of the platform merger plan Android […]

VirtualBox 7.2.6 Release

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Oracle has released a corrective update for the virtualization system VirtualBox 7.2.6, addressing 14 vulnerabilities, the details of which have not yet been disclosed. Five of the vulnerabilities are marked as critical (8.2 out of 10). One of the vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely. In addition to the vulnerabilities, the new version includes 35 changes, among which are: VRDP server, smart card emulator with USB interface, […]

The multimedia framework GStreamer 1.28.0 is now available.

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After nearly a year of development, GStreamer 1.28 has been released, a cross-platform set of components for creating a wide range of multimedia applications, from media players and audio/video file converters to VoIP applications and streaming systems. The GStreamer code is distributed under the LGPLv2.1 license. Updates for the plugins gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly, as well as the gst-libav wrapper and gst-rtsp-server streaming server are developed separately. At the API level […]

The Xfce4 project is developing its own Wayland compositor.

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The developers of Xfce4, one of the oldest desktop environments for Linux, have announced the start of work on a new compositor intended to replace the current window manager in Xfce4 for Wayland-based systems. The project is named Xfwl4. It is expected to closely replicate the functionality and behavior of the existing Xfwm4 (as far as is feasible on Wayland). For its operation […]

OIN 2.0 — an initiative to protect open source software from patent claims, covering 5181 packages

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The Open Invention Network (OIN), which aims to protect the Linux ecosystem and open source software from patent claims, has introduced the OIN 2.0 program and expanded the list of packages covered by the patent non-assertion agreement, allowing for the free use of certain patented technologies. The list of distribution components that fall under the definition of the Linux System, which is covered by […]

A Russian mathematician has found the key to the 'unsolvable' equations of the 19th century: this will simplify calculations in physics and space exploration.

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The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) reported that mathematician Ivan Remizov from Nizhny Novgorod has found a way to conditionally solve second-order differential equations with variable coefficients. For almost two centuries, such equations were considered unsolvable. Meanwhile, they play a key role in mathematics and the natural sciences, as they are used to describe dynamic processes. […]

The creator of systemd and the leader of LXC have left Microsoft to found the company Amutable.

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Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner, and Chris Kühl, who recently worked at Microsoft, have announced the creation of a company called Amutable. The company is registered in Germany and mentions its mission as ensuring cryptographically verifiable integrity of Linux systems. Details are expected to be announced at the FOSDEM conference. For now, it is noted that the technologies being developed by the company are related to verified Linux boot and ensuring the integrity of the build process […]

The Xfce project announced the compositing server Xfwl4, utilizing Wayland and Rust

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The development team of the Xfce desktop environment has announced the start of development on a new composite server called Xfwl4, which uses the Wayland protocol. In Xfwl4, it has been decided not to use the codebase of the currently used window manager xfwm4 and to develop the project from scratch using the Rust language with the Smithay library. The project is in the early stages of development, with the first test release expected in mid-2026. The code […]

Godot 4.6

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The release of Godot 4.6 has taken place — a cross-platform game engine with open-source code. In Godot 4.6, the physical code Jolt is used by default, which was an experimental option in version 4.4. The new version brings significant changes to screen space reflections (SSR), greatly improving the quality of reflections. Another fundamental change is the introduction of LibGodot, a library for embedding […]

Release of the open-source game engine Godot 4.6

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The release of the free game engine Godot 4.6 has been announced, suitable for creating 2D and 3D games. The engine supports an easy-to-learn scripting language for game logic, a graphical environment for game design, a one-click game deployment system, animation capabilities, and a physics simulation system, along with a built-in debugger and performance bottleneck detection system. The game engine's code, game design environment, and […]

Release of Proton 10.0-4, a package for running Windows games on Linux.

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Valve has released Proton 10.0-4, based on the Wine codebase, aimed at enabling the running of Linux game applications designed for Windows and listed in the Steam catalog. The project's developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows Steam's Linux client to directly run game applications that are provided exclusively for Windows. The package includes an implementation of DirectX […]

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