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Quietly and unnoticed, on Christmas 2022, a corrected version of the lightweight tiling window manager for X11 by the suckless team was released — DWM 6.3. In this version: a memory leak in drw has been fixed; rendering speed for long lines in drw_text has improved; the counting of the x coordinate in the button press handler has been corrected; fullscreen mode functionality (focusstack()) has been fixed; and other minor fixes.
Clonezilla is a live system designed for disk cloning and cloning of specific hard disk partitions, as well as creating backups and emergency system recovery. In this version: The base operating system GNU/Linux has been updated. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of January 3, 2022). The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.15.5-2. Language files have been updated for […]
Linux Mint 20.3 is a long-term support release that will be supported until 2025. The release comes in three editions: Linux Mint 20.3 'Una' Cinnamon; Linux Mint 20.3 'Una' MATE; Linux Mint 20.3 'Una' Xfce. System requirements: 2 GiB RAM (4 GiB recommended); 20 GB of disk space (100 GB recommended); screen resolution of 1024×768. Included in […]
Oracle has released a corrective update for the VirtualBox virtualization system, version 6.1.32, which includes 18 fixes. Key changes: Issues with access to certain classes of USB devices in Linux host environments have been resolved. Two local vulnerabilities have been eliminated: CVE-2022-21394 (severity level 6.5 out of 10) and CVE-2022-21295 (severity level 3.8). The second vulnerability only manifests on the Windows platform. Details on the nature of […]
Igor Sysoev, the creator of the high-performance HTTP server NGINX, has left F5 Network, where he served as a technical leader for the NGINX project after the sale of NGINX Inc. It is noted that his departure is due to a desire to spend more time with family and pursue personal projects. At F5, Igor held the position of chief architect. The management of NGINX development will now be led by Maxim […]
The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 7.0 has been published, featuring a server for ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaborative work. The editors can be used for working with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project's code is distributed under the AGPLv3 open license. At the same time, the release of ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 7.0 has been created, built on a unified codebase with the online editors. The desktop editors are provided as desktop applications, […]
The release of Deepin 20.4, based on the Debian 10 package base, has occurred, developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and around 40 user applications, including the music player DMusic, video player DMovie, messaging system DTalk, installer, and Deepin Software Center. The project is based by a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project. […]
The Open Invention Network (OIN), aimed at protecting the Linux ecosystem from patent claims, has announced an expansion of the list of packages covered by the patent non-assertion agreement and the provision for the free use of certain patented technologies. The list of components in distributions that fall under the definition of a Linux system (“Linux System”), covered by the agreement among OIN participants, has been expanded to include […]
After a year of development, a significant new release of the free digital signal processing platform GNU Radio 3.10 has been formed. The platform includes a set of programs and libraries that allow the creation of arbitrary radio systems, modulation schemes, and forms of received and transmitted signals that are defined programmatically, while basic hardware devices are used for signal capture and generation. The project is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Most of the code […]
After one and a half years of development, the hostapd/wpa_supplicant 2.10 release has been prepared, a set ensuring the operation of wireless protocols IEEE 802.1X, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, and EAP, consisting of the wpa_supplicant application for connecting to a wireless network as a client and the background process hostapd to provide access point and authentication server functionality, including components such as WPA Authenticator, RADIUS authentication client/server, server […]
After ten months of development, the multimedia package FFmpeg 5.0 is available, including a set of applications and a collection of libraries for operations on various multimedia formats (recording, converting, and decoding audio and video formats). The package is distributed under LGPL and GPL licenses, with FFmpeg development closely aligned with the MPlayer project. The significant version number change is due to substantial alterations in the API and the transition to a new configuration scheme […]
A new operating system, Essence, is now available for initial testing, complete with its own kernel and user interface. Developed by a single enthusiast since 2017, it has been built from scratch and is notable for its original approach to desktop and graphical stack construction. A key feature is the ability to split windows into tabs, allowing multitasking within a single window […]