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Release of the user environment DankMaterialShell 1.6

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The release of the DankMaterialShell (DMS) 1.6 user environment has been presented, supporting operation on composite servers like niri, Hyprland, Sway, MangoWC, labwc, Scroll, and Miracle WM. DankMaterialShell offers a unified set of compatible components for desktop formation, such as a taskbar, virtual desktop switcher, application navigation interface, and configuration tool. The design adheres to the Material Design 3 concept. The code […]

Release of Gotcha 1.0, an error and performance monitoring platform

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The Gotcha 1.0 release has been published—a self-hosted monitoring platform that combines error tracking, distributed traces, metrics, profiles, logs, availability monitoring with public status pages, and host monitoring. The project is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. Data reception is compatible with the Sentry SDK and OTLP protocols, and the data is stored in PostgreSQL and ClickHouse. Minimum requirements are 2 vCPU and 2 GB […]

Alpha testing of Slackware 16.0 has begun

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After four and a half years since the last release, Patrick Volkerding announced the start of alpha testing for Slackware 16.0. The project has been developing since 1993 and is the oldest existing distribution. Key features of the distribution include its lack of complexities and a simple initialization system, making Slackware an interesting solution for learning about Unix-like systems, conducting experiments, and getting acquainted with […]

Release of MicroPythonOS 0.18, an operating system with a graphical interface for microcontrollers

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The release of MicroPythonOS 0.18.0 is available, developing an operating system for microcontrollers such as the ESP32, written using the MicroPython toolkit. The operating system includes a graphical interface developed with an eye towards Android and iOS, supporting control via touch screens or navigation buttons. Applications for MicroPythonOS include Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home automation management systems, interactive panels, robots […]

Reforming the process of approving significant changes in GNOME

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GNOME developers are discussing the implementation of a new decision-making process based on publishing proposals in the form of RFC (Request for Comments) and their subsequent joint approval. Members of the GNOME Foundation are encouraged to join the discussion and provide feedback by October 4th. The RFC-based model is planned to be used only in special cases, to resolve deadlocks and approve global changes in […]

New versions of Wine 11.17, Wine-staging 11.17, DXVK 3.1, D7VK 2.1, and Vkd3d 2.1

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 11.17 has been published. Since the release of 11.16, 44 bug reports have been closed and 387 changes have been made. The most significant changes include the initial support for screen mode emulation, allowing full-screen applications and games to run with their virtual resolution, which is scaled according to the DPI of the existing monitor during actual rendering. For example, the old […]

Release of Grml 2026.09, a live distribution for system administrators.

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The Live distribution grml 2026.09 has been released, offering a collection of tools for tasks commonly encountered in system administration, such as data recovery after failures and incident analysis. The distribution is based on the Debian GNU/Linux package base and celebrated its twentieth anniversary last year. The graphical environment is built using the Fluxbox window manager. The Zsh shell is provided by default. The full size of […]

Amazon Linux 2027 Distribution Released

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Amazon has started testing the Amazon Linux 2027 (AL2027) distribution, optimized for cloud environments and supporting integration with tools and extended features of the Amazon EC2 service. The distribution is based on the Fedora Linux package base. Builds are created for the x86_64 and ARM64 (Aarch64) architectures. Despite its primary focus on use in AWS (Amazon Web Services), the distribution is also available in […]

Release of the nDPI 6.0 deep packet inspection system.

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The ntop project, which develops tools for traffic capture and analysis, has released the nDPI 6.0 toolkit for deep packet inspection, continuing the development of the OpenDPI library. The nDPI project was established after unsuccessful attempts to submit changes to the OpenDPI repository, which has not been maintained. The nDPI code is written in C and is distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The system allows for identifying protocols used in the traffic at the […]

Firefox for iOS includes an ad blocker.

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Mozilla has announced the arrival of a built-in ad blocker in Firefox for iOS. The new feature allows blocking ad units and tracking code before it loads. Unlike the integrated adblock-rust component in the desktop version of Firefox, the Firefox for iOS version uses the Content Blocker technology provided by the Apple WebKit engine. To enable the ad blocker […]

CERN will move its accelerator management system to Debian but will keep RHEL/AlmaLinux in data centers.

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Representatives of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) mentioned in their speech at the MiniDebConf conference plans to migrate over 2,200 industrial and embedded computers, used for managing the accelerator complex, including the Large Hadron Collider and several independent experimental installations, from RHEL to Debian 13 by the end of 2026. It is specified that the migration will not affect data centers […]

Over a million copies of LibreOffice 26.8 were downloaded in the week following its release

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The Document Foundation has published download statistics for the LibreOffice 26.8 release. It is reported that the first week saw LibreOffice 26.8 downloaded 1.031 million times through the official download page on the project's website (this statistic does not include users of distributions who use LibreOffice from the official repositories). In comparison, the competing project Apache OpenOffice had its release 4.1.16 published last year […]

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