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SBCL 2.2.8

New SBCL versions are usually released at the end of each month: check the Sourceforge File List to see the current version. The new features of all SBCL releases are listed below.

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Étoilé on Gnustep

Étoilé is an innovative GNUstep based user environment built from the ground up on highly modular and light components with project and document orientation in mind.

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Restic 0.13.0

For downloading the new release and to see a more detailed list of important changes, please head over to GitHub . If you already have restic (0.9.4 or later), you can use the self-update command to automatically download and verify the new release.

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Gotk3: GTK3 the Go way

Today marks the first release of gotk3, Conformal’s own GTK3 bindings for Go (available on Github here ). These bindings were developed out of a frustration with other GTK bindings for Go either using ancient versions of GTK, not handling memory in a way a Go developer would expect, or simply not working at all on our…

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Private Home Directories for Ubuntu 21.04

Ubuntu has evolved a lot since its early beginnings as an easier-to-use derivative of Debian that catered primarily to the nascent Linux desktop market. Today Ubuntu is deployed beyond just your laptops at home and in the office. Nowadays you are more likely to find Ubuntu in the cloud, powering some of the world’s…

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GCC 4.8 release

GCC now uses C++ as its implementation language. This means that to build GCC from sources, you will need a C++ compiler that understands C++ 2003. For more details on the rationale and specific changes, please refer to the C++ conversion page.

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Some radical thoughts about Sci-Hub

Radical, as I like to remind folks, means to get to the root of an issue (same derivation as radish). So when I say I am offering some radical thoughts about Sci-Hub and the controversy it has generated, I mean that I hope to use the discussion to ask some very basic, “at the roots,” … Continue reading Some radical…

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Librem 5 April Update

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

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OpenSearch 3.0 Released

The OpenSearch Software Foundation today announced the general availability of OpenSearch 3.0. This major release delivers a 9.5x performance improvement over OpenSearch 1.3, building on benchmarking data that showed earlier iterations of OpenSearch operating 1.6x faster than its closest industry competitor.

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Debian 11 “Bullseye” Released

[18 Dec 2021] Updated Debian 11: 11.2 released [17 Nov 2021] Statement on Daniel Pocock [09 Oct 2021] Updated Debian 11: 11.1 released [09 Oct 2021] Updated Debian 10: 10.11 released [28 Aug 2021] DebConf21 online closes [15 Aug 2021] Debian Edu / Skolelinux Bullseye — a complete Linux solution for your school [14 Aug…