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Release of Solus 4.7 Distribution

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The release of the Linux distribution Solus 4.7 has been published, which is not based on packages from other distributions and develops its own installer, package manager, and configuration tool. Previously, the Budgie desktop was included in the distribution, but it has now been separated into its own independent project. The next Solus 5 branch will be developed using technologies from the SerpentOS distribution. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license, and development utilizes the […]

First Beta Release of Android 16

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Google has unveiled the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 16. To evaluate the platform's new features, a beta testing program has been proposed. 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. The release of Android 16 is scheduled for the second quarter of 2025. Among […]

Testing of Oracle Linux 10 Has Begun

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Oracle has introduced a preliminary release of the Oracle Linux 10 distribution, built on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and fully binary compatible with it. An unrestricted installation ISO image has been offered for download, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. Oracle Linux 10 provides unlimited and free access to the yum repository with binary package updates from […]

The openSUSE distribution has released an alternative installer Agama 11

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The developers of the openSUSE project have introduced the Agama 11 installer, designed to replace the classic installation interface of SUSE and openSUSE, with a remarkable separation of the user interface from the internal components of YaST. Agama supports the use of various frontends, such as a frontend for managing installations through a web interface. The code for the installer components is released under the GPLv2 license and is written in Ruby, Rust, and JavaScript/TypeScript. The new installer can be […]

ISD - a new way to manage systemd

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As is known, in most modern GNU/Linux distributions, systemd is managed by systemd itself, while managing systemd until now has involved careful reading of documentation and typing commands. It's old-school, but not very convenient. Now, at last, there is a new interactive way to manage systemd from the ISD project - Interactive SystemD, with the public release 0.2.0 occurring last week. Essentially, this is a TUI, […]

AMD is developing its own composite server, ACS, utilizing Wayland

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AMD has announced the creation of its own composite server, ACS (AMDGPU Composition Stack), based on the reference composite server codebase Weston, developed by the Wayland project. ACS is presented as a synchronized fork of Weston, incorporating enhanced capabilities. The fork is planned to be synchronized with the current Weston codebase twice a year. The project's code is released under the MIT license. The project is created as a testing ground for […]

Apache 2.4.63

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The release of the HTTP server Apache 2.4.63 has occurred. The most significant changes include: mod_ssl: Improvements have been made to error handling during OpenSSL initialization. The server now correctly terminates startup if OpenSSL initialization fails. This is important for ensuring server startup reliability. mod_md (updates): Changes were made to the handling of ACME certificates: Timeouts for waiting for domain verification by the ACME server have been increased from 30 seconds to […]

Dovecot 2.4.0 IMAP server is now available

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Seven years after the release of version 2.3.0, a new branch of the cross-platform IMAP server Dovecot 2.4.0 is introduced, supporting POP3 and IMAP4rev1 protocols with popular extensions such as SORT, THREAD, MULTIAPPEND, QUOTA, ACL, COMPRESS, NOTIFY, METADATA, and IDLE, along with authentication and encryption mechanisms (SASL, TLS, SCRAM, XOAUTH2). Dovecot maintains full compatibility with classic mbox and Maildir, using external indexes […]

Release of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.63

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The release of HTTP Server Apache 2.4.63 is now available, featuring 24 changes, including: Removal of the experimental mod_tls module, built on top of rustls. This module is now being developed separately. The reason for the removal is cited as the unstable rustls API and the mismatch between the development cycles of rustls and Apache httpd. The mod_md module has been updated, used for automating the acquisition and management of certificates using the ACME protocol (Automatic […]

A buffer boundary checking mode has been implemented for the C language based on Clang

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Engineers at Apple have announced readiness for testing the '-fbounds-safety' mode for the Clang compiler, providing guarantees for safe buffer operations in C code. This mode is included in a fork of LLVM supported by Apple for the Swift project. A gradual transfer of the '-fbounds-safety' functionality to the main LLVM/Clang codebase is planned. It is noted that the proposed protection mechanism is already […]

Release of Midnight Commander file manager 4.8.33

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After five months of development, the release of the console file manager Midnight Commander 4.8.33 has been published, which has been developed since 1994 and provides a dual-pane interface in the style of Norton Commander. Midnight Commander features include mouse support, a built-in file viewer, and a text editor with syntax highlighting, using virtual file systems for navigation within archives, packages, and network storage (SFTP, SSH), connecting […]

Release of the Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment U24.04

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The release of the Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment (LWDE) distribution is now available, providing a pre-configured and ready-to-use desktop based on the composite server Labwc. The distribution is built on the Ubuntu 24.04 package base using its own repository. The project might be useful for enthusiasts looking to create their own environment for transitioning from LXDE to Wayland-based environments. A build for architecture […] has been prepared for download.

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