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PowerDNS 4.7 Authoritative Server Brings Support for Catalog Zones

OnOctober 22, 2022

Improved LUA records, LMDB backend improvements, and support for Catalog Zones are among the new features in PowerDNS 4.7.

PostgreSQL 15 Is Here Loaded with New Features and Enhancements

OnOctober 13, 2022

PostgreSQL 15’s new SQL MERGE command makes migrating from Oracle and SQL Server easier.

Plasma 5.26 Is Here with Minor Functionality Improvements

Plasma 5.26 Is Here but Don’t Expect Too Much from This Release

OnOctober 11, 2022
UpdatedOctober 12, 2022

Resizable panel widgets, animated wallpapers, and some changes to System Settings are among the significant improvements in KDE Plasma 5.26.

System76’s COSMIC Desktop Ditched GTK in Favor of Iced

OnOctober 4, 2022
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System76's engineers picked Iced, a Rust-based cross-platform GUI toolkit, over GTK for their in-house developed COSMIC Desktop.

Mist: An AUR-Helper-Like Application for Debian and Ubuntu

OnOctober 1, 2022
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Mist is a helper for MPR (makedeb Package Repository), which provides extra software for Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.

Caddy 2.6 Web Server Brings HTTP/3 Support by Default

OnSeptember 26, 2022

Caddy 2.6 has enabled HTTP/3 by default, virtualizes the file system, and increases the performance of static files and FastCGI.

ONLYOFFICE 7.2 Is Out with UI Changes and New Functionalities

OnSeptember 24, 2022

ONLYOFFICE 7.2 features toolbar optimizations for smaller screens, a redesigned search inside the document, and an improved font engine.

Python 2 Is No Longer Part of the Arch Linux Repositories

OnSeptember 23, 2022

Python 2 reached EOL in 2020, so Arch's devs reduced the apps that used it to the point it is now entirely removed from the distro's repos.