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Release of the free payment system GNU Taler 1.0, ready for use in Switzerland

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The GNU project has introduced the free electronic payment system GNU Taler 1.0. The version number 1.0 is assigned as the platform is ready for the implementation of operational payment services and stabilization of software interfaces, for which backward compatibility will be ensured in the future. Points of sale using the payment service based on GNU Taler can now be legally established in Switzerland and used by individuals and legal entities […]

Release of Debian 12.11 and the first installer release candidate for Debian 13

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The eleventh corrective update of the Debian 12 distribution has been formed, which includes accumulated package updates and installer fixes. The release includes 81 updates addressing stability issues and 45 updates fixing vulnerabilities. Changes in Debian 12.11 include updates to the latest stable versions of the dpdk, nvidia-graphics-drivers, nvidia-settings, openssl, postgresql-15, and wireless-regdb packages. Packages […]

An interface for HDR calibration has been implemented in KDE. Beta release of KDE Plasma 6.4

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Nate Graham, a quality control developer in the KDE project, has published another development report on KDE. It has also been announced that the KDE Plasma 6.4 branch has entered beta testing, with a freeze on the codebase against functional changes (only fixes are allowed). The release of KDE Plasma 6.4 is scheduled for June 17. The improvements adopted in KDE Plasma 6.4 include […]

Release of Wine 10.8 and GE-Proton 10.1

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.8 has been published. Since the release of 10.7, 18 bug reports have been closed and 231 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Work on a new backend for the PDB (Program database) format in the DbgHelp library has continued. Performance has been improved by moving user parameters into shared memory. Support for TIFF image formats has been enhanced. […]

Release of Grml 2025.05, a live distribution for system administrators.

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The Live distribution grml 2025.05 has been released, offering a collection of tools for tasks encountered in system administrator practices, such as data recovery and incident analysis. This distribution is based on the Debian GNU/Linux package base and celebrated its twentieth anniversary last year. The graphical environment is built using the Fluxbox window manager. The default shell is Zsh. The full size […]

Google will add an advanced protection mode in Android

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Google has announced the inclusion of additional features in the upcoming release of Android 16 aimed at enhancing device security. A new "Advanced Protection" mode will appear in the platform settings, enabling a set of optional protective mechanisms that strengthen security when there are risks of device compromise or targeted attacks on the user. This mode includes both previously available options and new features such as […]

Release of Rust 1.87

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On the day of the tenth anniversary of the release of the Rust programming language 1.0 (the Rust project was founded in 2006, version 0.1 was released in 2012, and the first stable version was presented in 2015), Rust 1.87 has been released. The language focuses on safe memory handling and provides tools for achieving high parallelism in task execution, while […]

Whonix 17.3 release, a distribution for anonymous communications

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The release of Whonix 17.3 is now available, aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity, security, and privacy protection. This distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes Tor for anonymity. The project's developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. Virtual machine images in ova format for VirtualBox (2.3 GB with Xfce and 1.5 GB console) have been prepared for download, which can be converted […]

The Tor Project has introduced Oniux, a utility for network isolation of applications.

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The developers of the Tor project have introduced the Oniux utility, designed to force traffic from individual applications through the Tor network. Oniux serves a similar purpose to the previously available torsocks program but differs by using Linux kernel-provided network namespaces for isolation instead of replacing standard library functions via the LD_PRELOAD mechanism. The utility's code is written in Rust and is distributed under licenses […]

The development of Firefox has been moved from Mercurial to Git and GitHub. Firefox update 138.0.3

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Developers at Mozilla have transitioned the main repository of Firefox's source code from Mercurial to Git. The official Git repository for Firefox is hosted on GitHub. Changes cannot currently be submitted through pull requests; Phabricator must be used. Several individual Mercurial repositories have been merged into a single Git space and are accessible via Git branches: the mozilla-central repository has now become the main branch in the Firefox Git repository, while mozilla-beta […]

The release of Nobara 42, a Fedora edition with patches for gaming and content processing

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The release of the Nobara 42 distribution, based on the Fedora Linux 42 package base, has been published. It includes additional fixes to address issues related to running computer games, streaming, and content creation tasks. Nine installation images have been prepared for download: the official one with a styled KDE, along with additional images featuring clean GNOME and KDE environments, Steam-HTPC for Steam Deck based on […]

Release of the Alt Workstation K 11.0 distribution

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An update for the Linux distribution "ALT Workstation K 11.0" is available, featuring a KDE desktop environment aimed at office and home use. The build is prepared for the x86_64 architecture and is based on the ALT 11 platform. An installation ISO image (8 GB) and a separate Live build (5 GB) have been created for download. The downloaded version can only be used freely by individuals, in accordance with the […]

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