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Adrian Vovk, creator of the atomically updatable distribution carbonOS and the installer for GNOME OS, as well as one of the developers of systemd-homed and systemd-sysupdate, announced changes to GNOME that will strengthen the project's dependency on systemd. In the upcoming GNOME 49 and 50 releases, some proprietary components for the login screen will be replaced with standard capabilities […]
Google has published the release of the open mobile platform Android 15. The source codes related to the new release are available in the project's Git repository (branch android-16.0.0_r1). Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet devices. Firmware with the new version is expected in the coming months […]
The first release of the CoMaps project has been published, which develops a fork of the Organic Maps application for offline navigation using OpenStreetMap mapping data. The release is available for the Android platform in APK format. Work is underway to publish the application in F-Droid, Google Play Store, and iOS App Store directories. The project's code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The fork is being developed according to the principles of openness, […]
In the fall release of Ubuntu 25.10, it has been decided to discontinue support for the X11-based GNOME session and to leave only the Wayland-based session launch capabilities on the login screen. The ability to run X11 applications using XWayland remains unchanged. The distribution will also continue to supply packages with X.org components and alternative desktop environments that use X11, which can be installed from […]
The company "Open Mobile Platform" has introduced tools that allow the use of the KMP (Kotlin Multiplatform) technology in the Aurora OS. KMP enables the creation of cross-platform code in Kotlin, extracting the common business logic into a library adapted for the Aurora, Android, iOS, Web, or Linux platforms. In Aurora OS, as in iOS, there is no JVM, but thanks to support for native compilation in Kotlin (Kotlin/Native), the code […]
After six months of development, the release of FreeBSD 14.3 has been finalized. Installation images have been prepared for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures. Additionally, builds for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and cloud environments such as Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, and Vagrant have been prepared. The next update, FreeBSD 14.4, is scheduled for March 2026. Support for the current release […]
The release of the Alt Server 11.0 distribution has taken place, built on the ALT 11 platform. The distribution is provided under a License Agreement that allows free use by individuals. Commercial and governmental organizations can download and test the distribution, but for permanent operation within corporate infrastructure, legal entities must purchase licenses or enter into written license agreements. Installation images have been prepared […]
The release of MariaDB 11.8.2 has been announced, marked as the first stable release of the 11.8 branch. The MariaDB 11.8 branch is classified as a long-term support release and will be maintained for at least 5 years. At the same time, MariaDB 12.0.1 is available, which has release candidate status. The MariaDB project develops a fork of MySQL that retains backward compatibility while integrating additional storage engines […]
After 7 months of development, the release of the Sway 1.11 compositor manager has been published, built using the Wayland protocol and compatible with the i3 tiling window manager and i3bar panel. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. The project is aimed at use in Linux and FreeBSD. Sway allows windows to be arranged on the screen logically rather than spatially. Windows […]
The release of the NST 42 (Network Security Toolkit) Live distribution has been announced, designed for network security analysis and monitoring its operation. The size of the bootable ISO image (x86_64) is 5 GB. A special repository has been prepared for Fedora Linux users, enabling the installation of all developments created within the NST project on an already installed system. The distribution is based on Fedora and allows installation […]
The Hyprland compositor server and related packages, such as hyprland-protocols and hyprutils, have been removed from the Debian Testing repository and will not be included in the upcoming stable release of Debian 13, which is in its final preparation stage. In the Debian Unstable branch, packages with Hyprland are retained. The reason for the exclusion of Hyprland from the next stable release was a request from the maintainer, who stated that the version provided in the Debian package […]
The Linux Foundation has introduced the FAIR (Federated and Independent Repositories) project, providing a decentralized alternative to the plugin and theme distribution ecosystem for WordPress. FAIR allows users to create their own repositories and mirrors on their servers for delivering plugins, independent of centralized hosting on WordPress.org. The code is written in PHP and is distributed under the GPLv2+ license. The platform consists of the following components: Plugin […]