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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.

WSL Gets Systemd Support, Here’s How to Enable It

OnSeptember 22, 2022
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Microsoft has released a new 0.67.6 version of its Windows Subsystem for Linux, which includes long-awaited systemd support.

GNOME 43 Desktop Is a Step Forward but Still Far from Perfection

OnSeptember 21, 2022

The GNOME 43 "Guadalajara" desktop environment was released, improving the appearance and adding some new features.

Cloudflare’s New Proxy Server, Pingora, Has the Potential to Dethrone Nginx

OnSeptember 16, 2022

Pingora is a new HTTP proxy server built in-house by Cloudflare with plans to make it open-source in the future.