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Fish Shell 4.0: Rust Is Coming

OnJanuary 5, 2025
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Two years, 57k lines of C++, now 75k lines of Rust. Fish Shell 4.0 beta has been entirely rewritten in the Rust programming language.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.11 Introduces New Features and Bug Fixes

OnJanuary 5, 2025

The new ProtonUp-Qt v2.11 enhances gaming on Linux with proton-ge-rtsp, WineZGUI, and key bug fixes.

Here’s the Most Popular Databases for 2024

OnJanuary 4, 2025

DB-Engines publishes the 2024 database popularity stats. See the leading platforms in data management for the past year.

Caddy 2.9 Web & Reverse Proxy Server Released

OnJanuary 3, 2025

Caddy 2.9 web and reverse proxy server rolls out with refined config loading, matchers, logging, reverse proxy improvements, and more.

Pre-Alpha Version of Pidgin 3.0 Released

OnJanuary 1, 2025
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Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 1 instant messaging apps land with GTK 4 and Adwaita support, modernized APIs, and more. Not for end-users yet.

PeaZip 10.2 Debuts with Enhanced Archive Detection and Unified Icon Design

OnJanuary 1, 2025
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PeaZip 10.2, a free and open-source file archiver, arrives with improved archive detection, maximum Brotli & Zstd compression, updated icons, and more.