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For those wishing to evaluate earlier versions of the GIMP graphics editor, a Flatpak package has been prepared containing GIMP 0.54.1, released 30 years ago. The package is compatible with modern 64-bit distributions using Wayland (GIMP runs via xwayland). GIMP 0.54.1 was the last release built using the Motif library. In subsequent releases, the code was rewritten using [β¦]
After six months of development, the first preliminary release of the Xfwl4 compositing server, which uses the Wayland protocol, has been released. Xfwl4 is written in Rust using the Smithay library. The reason cited for creating the new compositing server was the unsuccessful attempt to implement simultaneous support for X11 and Wayland in the existing xfwm4 window manager codebase, which was originally designed with tight protocol integration in mind.
Darktable, a digital photo processing program, has been released. Darktable specializes in non-destructive processing of raw images and can be used as a free alternative to Adobe Lightroom. The program allows you to manage your photo database, visually navigate your existing photos, correct distortions, remove noise, manage color, and enhance photo quality, all while preserving the original image and the entire history [β¦]
Darktable 5.6.0, a digital photo processing program, has been released. Darktable specializes in non-destructive processing of raw images and can be used as a free alternative to Adobe Lightroom. The program allows you to manage your photo database, visually navigate your photos, correct distortions, remove noise, manage color, and enhance photo quality while preserving the original image and all [β¦]
After 6 months of development, the postmarketOS 26.06 project, which develops the distribution, has been released Linux for mobile devices, based on the Alpine package base Linux, the standard C library Musl and the BusyBox utility suite. The goal of the project is to provide Linux- a distribution for smartphones and tablets, independent of the official firmware support lifecycle and untied to the standard solutions of major industry players. The builds [β¦]
Miracle-wm 0.10, a compositing manager that uses the Wayland protocol and Mir compositing manager components, has been released. Miracle-wm supports window tiling, similar to the i3 and Sway projects. A Waybar can be used as a panel. The project code is written in C++ and is licensed under the GPLv3 license. The final builds are in snap format, and [β¦]
XLibre 25.2.0, a fork of X.Org Server, has been released. The first release of the XLibre XServer 25.2.0 branch is positioned as beta quality and is intended for testing and identifying potential issues. Several more beta versions are planned to follow, after which the branch will be declared stable. XLibre is the default version in Artix distributions. Linux, GhostBSD, OpenMandriva, and Vendefoul Wolf. For Arch Linux, [...]
After three months of development, system manager systemd 261 is now available. Key changes include preparation for API support for age verification, support for the Kexec Handover and Live Update Orchestration subsystems for stateless restarts, the IMDS (Instance Metadata Service) subsystem, functionality for boot protection on systems without a physical TPM (Trusted Platform Module), and the systemd-sysinstall component with an installer implementation. Among [β¦]
After three months of development, system manager systemd 261 is now available. Key changes include preparation for API support for age verification, support for the Kexec Handover and Live Update Orchestration subsystems for stateless restarts, the IMDS (Instance Metadata Service) subsystem, functionality for boot protection on systems without a physical TPM (Trusted Platform Module), and the systemd-sysinstall component with an installer implementation. Among [β¦]
PorteuX 2.7, a Slackware-based distribution inspired by the Slax and Porteus projects, is now available. PorteuX features include preconfigured desktop environments based on Cinnamon, COSMIC, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, and Xfce, hardware acceleration for multimedia processing on Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA GPUs, and a 3-second boot time in Live mode.
OpenMW 0.51, a free implementation of the fantasy role-playing game engine for The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, has been released. Compared to the original engine, OpenMW features a modernized user interface, improved graphics, a native OpenMW-CS editor for creating new games and mods, the Bullet physics simulation engine, and platform support. macOS ΠΈ Linux, [...]
On June 17th and 19th, versions 1.9.0 and 1.9.1 of whisper.cpp, a high-performance automatic speech recognition system implementing the OpenAI Whisper model and based on the GGML tensor machine learning library and the GGUF binary format, were released. The libwhisper library, demos, and console utilities are provided: whisper-bench, whisper-cli, whisper-command, whisper-lsp, whisper-quantize, whisper-server, whisper-stream, whisper-vad-speech-segments, parakeet-cli, and parakeet-quantize. The projects are written in [β¦]