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Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.3, a specialized Linux-distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and maintaining virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and capable of replacing products such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The installation ISO image size is 1.1 GB. Proxmox VE provides the tools for deploying a fully operational virtualization system […]
A specialized distribution of Tails 5.7 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) based on the package base has been released. Debian and designed for anonymous network browsing. Anonymous browsing in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by default by a packet filter. Encryption is used to store user data in persistent mode between launches. […]
The Pale Moon 31.4 web browser has been released. It forks from the Firefox codebase to improve performance, maintain the classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows и Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]
Alpine release available Linux 3.17, a minimalist distribution built on the Musl system library and the BusyBox utility suite. The distribution has enhanced security requirements and is built with SSP (Stack Smashing Protection). OpenRC is used as the initialization system, and a custom apk package manager is used for package management. Alpine is used to generate official Docker container images. Bootable […]
The anonymous network I2P 2.0.0 and the C++ client i2pd 2.44.0 were released. I2P is a multi-layer anonymous distributed network operating on top of the regular Internet, actively using end-to-end encryption, guaranteeing anonymity and isolation. The network is built in P2P mode and is formed thanks to the resources (bandwidth) provided by network users, which makes it possible to do without the use of centrally managed servers (communications within the network […]
The Fedora Project announced the formation of experimental builds of Fedora 37, equipped with a redesigned Anaconda installer, which replaces the interface based on the GTK library with a web interface. The new interface allows interaction through a web browser, which greatly improves the convenience of remote control of the installation, which cannot be compared with the old solution based on the VNC protocol. The size of the iso image is 2.3 GB (x86_64). Development of a new installer more […]
After four and a half years of development, the release of the two-pane file manager Krusader 2.8.0, built using Qt, KDE technologies and KDE Frameworks libraries, has been published. Crusader supports archives (ace, arj, bzip2, gzip, iso, lha, rar, rpm, tar, zip, 7zip), checksum checks (md5, sha1, sha256-512, crc, etc.), to external resources (FTP, SAMBA, SFTP, […]
Micron Technology, a specialist in the production of DRAM and flash memory, has published the release of the HSE 3.0 (Heterogeneous-memory Storage Engine) storage engine, designed specifically for use on SSDs and read-only memory (NVDIMM). The engine is made in the form of a library for embedding into other applications and supports data processing in the key-value format. The HSE code is written in C and distributed under […]
Oracle has released a distribution release Oracle Linux 8.7, built on the Red Hat Enterprise package base Linux 8.7. Installation ISO images of 11 GB and 859 MB, prepared for the x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures, are distributed for unlimited download. Oracle Linux Unlimited and free access to the yum repository with binary package updates and bug fixes is now available […]
The release of SQLite 3.40, a lightweight DBMS designed as a plug-in library, has been published. The SQLite code is distributed in the public domain, i.e. can be used without restrictions and free of charge for any purpose. Financial support for SQLite developers is provided by a specially created consortium, which includes companies such as Adobe, Oracle, Mozilla, Bentley and Bloomberg. Main changes: Implemented experimental ability to compile […]
The tearing-control extension has been added to the wayland-protocols suite to extend the basic Wayland protocol with the ability to disable vertical sync (VSync) with a vertical blanking pulse in full-screen applications, which is used to protect against tearing in the output (tearing). In multimedia applications, the appearance of artifacts due to tearing is an undesirable effect, but in game programs, artifacts can be tolerated if the fight against them […]
The Organizing Committee of PGConf.Russia announced the opening of early registration for the tenth anniversary conference PGConf.Russia 2023, which will be held April 3-4, 2023 at the Radisson Slavyanskaya business center in Moscow. PGConf.Russia is an international technical conference on the open PostgreSQL DBMS, which annually gathers more than 700 developers, database administrators and IT managers to exchange experience and professional communication. In a programme - […]