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The Linux Foundation will distribute $12.5 million to maintain the security of open-source software.

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The Linux Foundation has announced a grant allocation of $12.5 million to assist in the maintenance of significant open projects and the development of solutions to enhance security. The funds for the grants have been provided by companies such as Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and OpenAI. The distribution of funds will be handled by the Alpha-Omega project and the OpenSSF organization, established under the auspices of […]

The decentralized co-development platform Radicle 1.7 has been released

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The release of version 1.7 of the P2P platform Radicle has been published, aimed at creating a decentralized collaborative development and code storage service similar to GitHub and GitLab, but not tied to specific servers, censorship-resistant, and utilizing the resources of P2P network participants. The platform supports standard features of developer social interaction, such as issues, patches, and code reviews. The project's code is written in […]

"Web only, edge to edge": Vivaldi browser learns to hide its interface

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The latest version of the Vivaldi browser includes an interesting feature — in the settings, you can choose to automatically hide part of the interface elements and only see the content of the active web page. Hidden elements reappear when the mouse pointer hovers near the edge of the screen. Similarly, in Windows, you can hide the taskbar to free up additional space. The idea behind this feature is not new, but it has been implemented in browsers […]

The release of Vivaldi 7.9 for desktops has occurred

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Today, the release of the Norwegian browser Vivaldi 7.9 for desktops took place. This time, the developers introduced the following new features: Automatic interface hiding. This feature allows you to automatically hide all interface elements while browsing pages, including the tab bar, address bar, sidebar, and status bar, both individually and all at once. This feature can also be used in full-screen viewing mode. […]

Google has announced a new process for installing third-party applications on Android.

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Google has announced that, taking into account community feedback, it has implemented a new process for installing third-party unverified applications on Android. This will take effect after the mandatory registration of developers and applications in certified Android builds is introduced. The method introduces a 24-hour waiting period after enabling the developer option that allows the installation of applications from manually downloaded apk packages created by developers who have not registered their packages in Google. […]

OpenWrt update 24.10.6 and 25.12.1

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A corrective release of the OpenWrt 25.12.1 distribution, developed for networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points, has been presented. OpenWrt supports over 2200 devices and offers a build system that simplifies cross-compilation and the creation of custom builds. Such builds allow for the creation of ready firmware with a desired set of pre-installed packages optimized for specific tasks. Ready builds have been published for 41 target platforms (in […

GNOME 50 'Tokyo'

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On March 18, 2026, a new stable version of one of the most popular desktop environments for Linux — GNOME 50, codenamed 'Tokyo', was released. In this new version, only the Wayland-based session can be used, and support for operation under the X server has been completely discontinued. The ability to run X11 applications via XWayland remains. New Level of Parental Control The key innovation of this version […]

The AI service Sashiko for reviewing changes in the Linux kernel has been put into operation

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Roman Gushchin from the Linux kernel development team working at Google announced the creation of a new code review system using large language models. Development has been ongoing for the past several months and is named Sashiko, after the traditional Japanese stitching that consists of small straight stitches forming various patterns. The project has already been used internally at Google for […]

The release of Vivaldi 7.9 for desktops has taken place

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The proprietary browser Vivaldi 7.9 has been released, developed on the Chromium engine by former developers of the Opera Presto engine. Vivaldi builds are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser's interface is built using JavaScript with the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The interface implementation is available […]

Wayland 1.25 is now available

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After eight months of development, a stable release of the Wayland 1.25 protocol, inter-process communication mechanism, and libraries has been presented. Version 1.25 is backward compatible at the API and ABI levels with 1.x releases and mainly contains bug fixes and minor protocol updates. The project's contributions are distributed under the MIT license. The reference compositor Weston provides code and working examples for using Wayland […]

JDK 26

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On March 17, 2026, JDK 26 was released — the reference implementation of the Java SE platform (Platform version 26), specified in JSR 401 as part of the Java Community Process. This information is reported on the official OpenJDK website. Key details of the release: Status: General Availability (public version). Binary builds: Production-ready binaries under the GPL license in Oracle's build are already available on […]

The system manager systemd 260 is now available.

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After three months of development, systemd 260 has been released. Key changes include the discontinuation of support for service scripts in System V format, the "mstack" mechanism for composing layered mount hierarchies, the systemd-report utility, support for integrating systemd-networkd with ModemManager, support for user portable services, and the "xaccess" concept in systemd-logind and systemd-udevd. Changes in the new release include: Discontinuation of support for service scripts in […]

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