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Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 distribution available

Proxmox, known for developing the Proxmox Virtual Environment and Proxmox Mail Gateway products, has published the release of the Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 distribution, which is presented as a ready-made solution for backup and recovery of virtual environments, containers and server stuffing. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are licensed under the AGPLv3 license. To install updates, it is available as a paid […]

Authorities have banned the import of Starlink terminals and other foreign satellite internet providers into Russia.

The Russian government has temporarily banned the import of foreign satellite terminals, including dual-use devices. According to the decree, the restrictions are in place for six months and apply to any equipment capable of receiving and transmitting signals from foreign communications spacecraft unless authorized for use by the State Commission on Radio Frequencies. This decision is made under the pretext of ensuring national security. This decision is in line with […]

MClient 8.0

MClient 8.0, a front-end for online and offline dictionaries, has been released. Many programs already work with electronic dictionaries, but they typically function like browsers and don't process individual elements of a dictionary entry. What MClient allows you to do, and how it differs from most other viewers: view entries in a table; highlight entry elements automatically; […]

Services Ubuntu and Canonical were unavailable due to a DDoS attack.

A number of network services from Canonical and the project Ubuntu, including the site ubuntu.com and its security-related APIs have been unavailable since 19:30 PM (Moscow time) yesterday due to a DDoS attack. The hacker group "313 Team" claimed responsibility for the attack. Among the services affected were: ubuntu.com, canonical.com, archive.ubuntu.com, security.ubuntu.com, assets.ubuntu.com, ppa.launchpad.net, archive.ubuntu.com, jaas.ai, maas.io, blog.ubuntu.com, wiki.ubuntu.com, developer.ubuntu.com, docs.ubuntu.com, keyserver.ubuntu.com, login.ubuntu.com, academy.canonical.com, […]

SimpleX Chat 6.5 Released, Decentralized Network for ID-Free Communication

SimpleX Chat 6.5, a platform providing tools for decentralized, identity-free communication, has been released. Messages are exchanged via temporary, one-way SMP queues (SimpleX Messaging Protocol), separate for each connection. All connections use end-to-end encryption. The application and SMP router code are licensed under the AGPLv3 license. To establish a connection, users exchange a link containing the SMP server address and encryption keys. Thus, […]

Release C:/Deb, system with Windows-similar environment based on Linux

Evgeny Golyshev, Elixir maintainer Debian/Ubuntu, published a working prototype of Win32/Linux-C:\Deb based systems Debian 13, offering Windows-like environment built on top of Wine and user-space components borrowed from ReactOS, running on top of the kernel LinuxThe user environment of the system uses Wine Explorer and is styled as Windows 95/98. Two images are available for testing: a raw image for running in QEMU and […]

"Made in Germany": Volla unveils the Phone Plinius, a rugged smartphone with a removable battery and a choice of two operating systems.

German smartphone manufacturer Volla has unveiled two rugged mid-range models: the Volla Phone Plinius and Volla Phone Plinius Plus. Both new models feature the same design and similar specifications. They differ in memory capacity, as well as a reinforced back cover and pogo pins on the larger Plus model. The smartphones are IP68-certified, making them waterproof. The devices, […]

GCC 16

After a year of development, GCC 16.1, the free compiler suite, has been released, the first major release in the new GCC 16.x branch. Following the release numbering scheme, GCC 16.0 was used during development, and shortly before GCC 16.1 was released, GCC 17.0 forked off, which will form the basis for the next major release, GCC 17.1. Key changes: [Unrelated] mode […]

NotepadNext 0.14

On April 28th, version 0.14 of the cross-platform code editor NotepadNext was released. The author calls it a "cross-platform rewrite of Notepad++." The project is written in C++ (C++20 standard) using the Qt 6 framework (minimum version 6.5) and is distributed under the GNU GPL 3.0 license. Changes include: CMake has been replaced with QMake, and CPM.cmake has replaced Git submodules; the "Find [...]" dialog box's sizing has been modified.

Exim 4.99.2 mail server update fixes four vulnerabilities

A patch release of Exim 4.99.2 has been published, fixing four vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-40685 – a buffer overflow when processing JSON data in an email header. CVE-2026-40686 – an out-of-bounds buffer overflow when processing specially crafted UTF-8 characters at the end of headers. This vulnerability may lead to a memory leak in returned messages […]

Microsoft open-sourced 86-DOS and PC-DOS under the MIT license.

Microsoft has released the source code for the 86-DOS 1.00 and PC-DOS 1.00 operating systems, as well as the Microsoft BASIC-86 compiler runtime libraries, the SCP assembler, and the CHKDSK and EDLIN utilities, under the MIT license. PC-DOS 1.00 is notable for being the first release of DOS for IBM PC computers. The code was restored as part of a project to reconstruct the code of the first versions of DOS for the 8086 CPU, […]

The Genode project has released Sculpt OS 26.04, a general-purpose operating system.

The Sculpt 26.04 project has been released, developing an operating system based on Genode OS Framework technologies that can be used by ordinary users to perform everyday tasks. The project's source code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A 33 MB system image is available for download, which can be used on a PC, PinePhone smartphone, and MNT Reform laptop. It supports work on systems with […]

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