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The Redict project has been established to develop a fork of the Redis DBMS

In response to the licensing change for the Redis DBMS, a fork has been created that will be distributed under the name Redict and will continue to develop the codebase corresponding to Redis version 7.2.4, the last one under the BSD license. Redict can be used as a drop-in replacement for Redis 7.2.4, but compatibility with future versions of Redis, which will be formed under a proprietary license, is not guaranteed. The fork was established by Drew […]

Redis is changing to a non-free license

The authors of Redis announced a change in the project's license to a dual one—Redis Source Available License and SSPLv1. Neither of these is considered free according to the criteria of Debian, FSF, and the Open Source Initiative. Accordingly, new changes to Redis will no longer be published under the BSD license. Fedora developers are considering excluding Redis from the repositories. Source: linux.org.ru

Suyu — the new incarnation of the Yuzu emulator

Suyu is a fork of the Yuzu emulator, which ceased to exist due to lawsuits with Nintendo. The Suyu repository is on GitLab (Yuzu used GitHub). Builds are available for Windows, Linux, MacOS (Apple Silicon definitely, Intel is unknown), Android, and FreeBSD. An experimental version 0.0.2 is available. Release features include: complete rebranding; ICNS icon generation; error handling; initial Qlaunch integration; *for automated builds […]

The Redis DBMS is switching to a proprietary license. Discussion on removing Redis from Fedora

Redis Ltd has announced a change in the license for the Redis DBMS, which belongs to the NoSQL systems class. Starting from Redis version 7.4, the project code will be distributed under two proprietary licenses RSALv2 (Redis Source Available License v2) and SSPLv1 (Server Side Public License v1), instead of the previously used BSD license. Previously, only the code for additional modules was supplied under a proprietary license, […]

New versions of DXVK 2.3.1 and vkd3d-proton 2.12 featuring Direct3D over Vulkan API

The release of the DXVK 2.3.1 layer is now available, providing implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure) and Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, which operate through call translation to the Vulkan API. DXVK requires drivers that support Vulkan API 1.3, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]

Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.34

After six months of development, the wayland-protocols 1.34 package has been released, containing a set of protocols and extensions that enhance the capabilities of the core Wayland protocol and provide the necessary features for building composite servers and user environments. All protocols go through three phases — development, testing, and stabilization. After completing the development phase (category 'unstable'), the protocol is moved to the 'staging' branch and officially included in […]

ITGM#16

After a four-year hiatus, IT Global MeetUp is back! The conference will take place in Saint Petersburg at the "Moscow Gates" conference hall on March 23, 2024. ITGM gathers over 800 specialists from various communities. The following communities will participate in this gathering: SPbLUG – Saint Petersburg Linux User Group; DevOps40 – a united community of developers and administrators; Open Data Science – the largest Russian-speaking DataScience […]

The GNOME 46 desktop environment has been released

Following six months of development, the GNOME 46 desktop environment is now available. Specialized live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared as part of the GNOME OS initiative are offered for a quick evaluation of GNOME 46's capabilities. GNOME 46 is also included in the experimental builds of Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40. In this new release: A global search feature has been added, triggered by […]

Release of web browser Chrome 123

Google has released version 123 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which is the foundation of Chrome, is available. Chrome differs from Chromium in its use of Google logos, a system for sending notifications upon crashes, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, constant Sandbox isolation, provision of keys for Google API, and transmission with […]

An attack on certain UDP-based protocols that leads to packet exchange looping.

The CERT coordination center (computer emergency response team) has issued a warning about a series of vulnerabilities in implementations of various application protocols that use UDP as transport. The vulnerabilities can be exploited to cause denial of service due to the potential looping of packet exchanges between two hosts. For instance, attackers may exhaust the available bandwidth, blocking the operation of network services (for example, […]

New Article: AI Drawing Workshop, Part Seven: OpenPose for ControlNet

Those who are just beginning to explore generative models for image creation typically focus on refining text prompts and selecting checkpoints. Experienced enthusiasts, however, pay more attention to additional tools for enhancing the expressiveness of AI-generated images, among which ControlNet is arguably one of the most powerful sources: 3dnews.ru

Firefox 124

Firefox 124 is now available. The setting "Always use arrow keys to navigate pages" now works in the PDF viewer. Firefox View has introduced the ability to choose the sorting order of the open tabs list: by recent activity or by tab order. The built-in translator has been optimized, resulting in faster matrix multiplication. The garbage collector in the JavaScript engine has also been accelerated. The address […]

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