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After more than six months of development, version 10.45 of the PCRE2 library, compatible with PERL regular expressions, written in C and distributed under the BSD license, has been released. This is a relatively large release that includes new features, several bug fixes, and a few changes that have a minor impact on backward compatibility. Version 10.45 is the first release prepared by the new maintainers of the project, who thank Philip […]
The Arch Linux developers announced the agreement with Microsoft to publish official builds for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). These builds will be included in the list of Linux distributions available for quick installation in WSL through the WSL repository (to install Arch, it is enough to run the command "wsl --install ArchLinux"). Since Arch Linux operates under a rolling release model, the builds […]
The Document Foundation has released version 25.2 of the LibreOffice office suite. Ready-to-use installation packages have been prepared for various Linux distributions, Windows, and macOS. This release involved 176 developers. 47% of the changes were made by 50 employees from companies overseeing the project, such as Collabora and Allotropia, 31% by seven staff from The Document Foundation, and 22% of changes by 119 independent […]
After more than a year of development, a significant release of the OpenWrt distribution 24.10.0 has been made available, developed for network devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports 1970 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compilation and the creation of custom builds. Such builds allow for the creation of ready-to-use firmware with the desired set of pre-installed packages, optimized for specific tasks. Ready-made builds have been published for 39 […]
The release of the main branch nginx 1.27.4 has been formed, which continues the development of new features, along with the release of the parallel stable branch nginx 1.26.3, which only receives changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. The updates fix a vulnerability (CVE-2025-23419) that allows bypassing client TLS certificate verification. This vulnerability is caused by insufficient checks when handling virtual hosts associated with […]
Google has released version 133 of its web browser Chrome. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is also available. The Chrome browser differs from Chromium by incorporating Google logos, having a crash notification system, modules for playing DRM-protected video content, an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, the delivery of keys to Google API, and transmitting RLZ parameters […]
The release of MaXX Interactive Desktop 2.2.0 has been introduced, aiming to replicate the user interface of the IRIX Interactive Desktop (SGI Indigo Magic Desktop) using Linux technologies. The development is being carried out under an agreement with SGI, allowing for the complete reproduction of all features of the IRIX Interactive Desktop for the Linux platform. Installation instructions have been prepared for Ubuntu, RHEL, Debian, Manjaro, and Arch Linux. The source […]
Collabora has announced the implementation of support for the Vulkan 1.1 graphics API in the PanVK driver (previously, only Vulkan 1.0 was supported). The driver provides support for the Vulkan graphics API on ARM-based GPU devices with the V10 architecture, such as Mali-G610 and Mali-G310. In addition to compatibility with Vulkan 1.1, many extensions from newer versions have been added to the PanVK code […]
On January 29, after a month of development, the release of version 14.1.3 of the full-text search engine and column-based database management system Groonga took place. It is written in C and C++ and is distributed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 license or later. The project provides a library and console utilities. Notable related projects include Mroonga and PGroonga – integrations of Groonga with MySQL and PostgreSQL […]
On January 23, after more than a seven-year hiatus, the release of version 2025.01 of the vkmark utility, designed to measure Vulkan performance, took place. The utility is written in C++ and is distributed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 license. Change log: Use of VK_EXT_external_memory_dmabuf in the KMS windowing system. Support for atomicity in the KMS windowing system has been added. Use of explicit format modifiers in the KMS windowing system. Support for mailbox modes […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 135 has occurred, along with updates for previous long-term support branches — 115.20.0 and 128.7.0. The Firefox 136 branch has been moved to beta testing, with a release scheduled for March 4. Key features in Firefox 135 include: the built-in translator now supports translations into Russian (previously, translation from Russian to other languages was available, […]
Equinix Metal, formerly known as Packet.net, has ceased to provide its bare-metal hosting services. This decision has created significant challenges for the Alpine Linux project, which has relied on Equinix Metal's support for ensuring reliable and efficient operation of its infrastructure for many years. Equinix Metal provided three data storage servers that supported the T1 mirroring infrastructure, ensuring fast and […]