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One of the GNOME Calendar developers (Hari Rana) has made public a conflict with the package maintainer in the distribution. Linux Mint. The conflict is due to the fact that in Linux Mint ships with a modified, outdated version of GNOME Calendar. Despite the specific changes, the application is packaged under the name GNOME Calendar, giving users the impression that it's the original project. In […]
Collabora has unveiled the Holo Core project, which it developed in collaboration with Valve to develop a version of the Arch distribution. Linux for the AArch64 platform. Holo Core was created to run SteamOS on the Steam Frame, a device that combines a personal computer, a 3D headset, and two 3D controllers. The development of Holo Core was necessary because the Arch distribution Linux, which underlies SteamOS, is only available for the […]
The latest KDE weekly development report has been published, presenting a batch of changes for KDE Plasma 6.8, scheduled for release on October 14. Recent changes include: The KWin compositing manager now supports automatic server-side rendering of window shadows and outlines, as well as the application of a rounded corner effect for applications that use client-side window decorations […]
The Whonix 18.2 distribution, aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity, security, and privacy protection, has been released. The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses Tor to ensure anonymity. The project's work is licensed under the GPLv3. Available for download are virtual machine images in .ova format for VirtualBox (2.6 GB with LXQt and 1.5 GB for console) and qcow2 for the hypervisor […]
The Frame project is developing a new X server written entirely in NASM assembler for the x86_64 architecture and designed to run in Linux No external dependencies. Interacting with the kernel Linux, including the DRM/KMS and evdev interfaces, is implemented directly through system calls, without the use of libraries such as libc, Mesa, and FreeType. Frame's code is distributed in the public domain. Development is being carried out with the assistance of […]
After four months of development, the stable release of the Wayland 1.26 protocol, interprocess communication mechanism, and libraries has been released. The 1.26 branch is backwards compatible at the API and ABI level with the 1.x releases and contains primarily bug fixes and minor protocol updates. The project's work is licensed under the MIT license. The Weston reference composite server, which provides code and working examples for using Wayland […]
OpenBSD has removed support for the Loongson platform, which was added in 2010 for the MIPS-compatible Chinese Loongson 2E and 2F processors. The reason for the removal is cited as problems with building for the mips64el platform in newer versions of the Clang compiler. After attempting to self-build clang 22 (building clang 22 code using the clang 22 compiler), crashes began to occur that did not […]
An alternative build of the PuTTY 0.84 SSH client has been released, featuring some features ported from the KiTTY fork, which was discontinued three years ago. The porting of functionality from KiTTY to the current PuTTY codebase was accomplished almost entirely using ChatGPT/Codex. The changes focus solely on the interface and usability, without affecting PuTTY's core logic. Among the most notable changes: Session storage […]
1 On July 12, 0.3 of FSearch was released - a utility for quickly searching files, created on the model of Everything for WindowsThe project is written in C and GTK3 and is licensed under the GNU GPL 2.0. FSearch features: instant results as you type; advanced search syntax; support for searching by pattern and regular expressions; filter support: search only for files, […]
After a year of development, the new stable branch of the Perl programming language, version 5.44, has been released. In preparation for the new release, approximately 270,000 lines of code were changed (excluding documentation and automatically generated code—110,000 lines), affecting 860 files, and involving 71 developers. Branch 5.44 was released in accordance with the fixed […]
Linus Torvalds commented on attempts to discuss a ban on the use of AI tools in kernel development. LinuxThe official position is that the core Linux, as a project, is not opposed to using AI. AI is viewed as a tool that simplifies coding, just like any other tool. Using AI is a personal choice for each developer, and the quality of the code is a factor in accepting changes. […]
Engineers from Canonical have warned of regressions in the upcoming kernel package update 7.0.0-28.28, which will be delivered to users. Ubuntu 26.04 and Ubuntu April 24.04. A regression occurs when using the amdgpu driver and leads to a significant performance drop in some applications using the AMD ROCm stack. For example, due to the regression, the execution time of the Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL) model using ComfyUI […]