Google Launched a Secure Open Source (SOS) Program for Developers
Google starts the Secure Open Source (SOS) Rewards pilot program run by the Linux Foundation with initial sponsorship of $1 million.
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PostgreSQL 14 Ships with Improved Performance for Heavy Workloads
The PostgreSQL team released the PostgreSQL 14 database, providing users of the widely deployed relational database with new features.
Exim 4.95 MTA Comes with a Bunch of Improvements
The latest version of the popular mail transfer agent, Exim 4.95, ships with TLS resumption support included in default builds.
GNU Wget2 Was Released as the Successor of the Original Wget App
Designed and written from scratch, GNU Wget2 wraps around libwget, that provides the basic functions needed by a web client.
GNU Coreutils 9.0 Are Here in the Year and a Half After the Previous v8.32
Core utilities are the basic, fundamental tools of a GNU/Linux system. Coreutils 9.0 brings with it some important improvements.
Bat is Like the cat Command in Linux, But Super-Charged and Written in Rust
Bat is a cat command clone with advanced syntax highlighting for a large number of programming and markup languages.
GNOME 41 Comes with Some Small but Very Useful Features
GNOME 41 is now out and while it doesn't change as many things as GNOME 40 did, there is still a lot of stuff to talk about.
Samba 4.15 Ships with a Modernized Virtual File System Modules
Samba 4.15 is now available as the latest release for improving Windows interoperability (i.e. SMB/CIFS) on Linux and other platforms.
Micro Text Editor: Lightweight and Intuitive Terminal-Based Editor
The Micro Text Editor is a command-line text editor designed to replace Nano as the text editor for the masses. Here's how to use it!
GIMP 2.10.28 is Here as a Bugfix Release, Version 2.10.26 Was Skipped
GIMP 2.10.28 features all of the usual stuff like bug fixes and performance adjustments mainly aimed at Windows users.