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The release of the NetBSD 9.5 operating system has been published, categorized as a corrective update, primarily including fixes for issues and vulnerabilities identified since the release of NetBSD 9.4 in April 2024. Installation images sized at 507 MB are available for download, prepared for 57 system architectures and 16 different CPU families. Unrelated to the fixes […]
In the upcoming Firefox 157 release scheduled for September 29, a new user interface developed as part of the Nova project will be enabled by default. To activate the new interface without waiting for the Firefox 157 release, the setting 'browser.nova.enabled' can be adjusted on the about:config page. Major changes include: rounded tab buttons and address bar fields. The tab bar and navigation panel have been placed in a separately colored area […]
David Heinemeier Hansson, the author of the Ruby on Rails web framework, announced a significant expansion of funding for the non-profit organization Omacom Foundation, established at the end of August to support the development of the Omarchy Linux distribution. In the two weeks following the organization's creation, various companies and individuals contributed nearly $7 million to the fund, in addition to the originally invested $8 million. The total […]
The release of the DankMaterialShell (DMS) 1.6 user environment has been presented, supporting operation on composite servers like niri, Hyprland, Sway, MangoWC, labwc, Scroll, and Miracle WM. DankMaterialShell offers a unified set of compatible components for desktop formation, such as a taskbar, virtual desktop switcher, application navigation interface, and configuration tool. The design adheres to the Material Design 3 concept. The code […]
The Gotcha 1.0 release has been published—a self-hosted monitoring platform that combines error tracking, distributed traces, metrics, profiles, logs, availability monitoring with public status pages, and host monitoring. The project is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. Data reception is compatible with the Sentry SDK and OTLP protocols, and the data is stored in PostgreSQL and ClickHouse. Minimum requirements are 2 vCPU and 2 GB […]
After four and a half years since the last release, Patrick Volkerding announced the start of alpha testing for Slackware 16.0. The project has been developing since 1993 and is the oldest existing distribution. Key features of the distribution include its lack of complexities and a simple initialization system, making Slackware an interesting solution for learning about Unix-like systems, conducting experiments, and getting acquainted with […]
The release of MicroPythonOS 0.18.0 is available, developing an operating system for microcontrollers such as the ESP32, written using the MicroPython toolkit. The operating system includes a graphical interface developed with an eye towards Android and iOS, supporting control via touch screens or navigation buttons. Applications for MicroPythonOS include Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home automation management systems, interactive panels, robots […]
GNOME developers are discussing the implementation of a new decision-making process based on publishing proposals in the form of RFC (Request for Comments) and their subsequent joint approval. Members of the GNOME Foundation are encouraged to join the discussion and provide feedback by October 4th. The RFC-based model is planned to be used only in special cases, to resolve deadlocks and approve global changes in […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 11.17 has been published. Since the release of 11.16, 44 bug reports have been closed and 387 changes have been made. The most significant changes include the initial support for screen mode emulation, allowing full-screen applications and games to run with their virtual resolution, which is scaled according to the DPI of the existing monitor during actual rendering. For example, the old […]
The Live distribution grml 2026.09 has been released, offering a collection of tools for tasks commonly encountered in system administration, such as data recovery after failures and incident analysis. The 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 Zsh shell is provided by default. The full size of […]
Amazon has started testing the Amazon Linux 2027 (AL2027) distribution, optimized for cloud environments and supporting integration with tools and extended features of the Amazon EC2 service. The distribution is based on the Fedora Linux package base. Builds are created for the x86_64 and ARM64 (Aarch64) architectures. Despite its primary focus on use in AWS (Amazon Web Services), the distribution is also available in […]
The ntop project, which develops tools for traffic capture and analysis, has released the nDPI 6.0 toolkit for deep packet inspection, continuing the development of the OpenDPI library. The nDPI project was established after unsuccessful attempts to submit changes to the OpenDPI repository, which has not been maintained. The nDPI code is written in C and is distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The system allows for identifying protocols used in the traffic at the […]
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