From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on sa.local.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Message-ID: <15a9cee6-c556-80ef-85d2-a6971d3cbe06@basealt.ru> Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 17:46:57 +0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.7.1 To: altlinux-announce-en@lists.altlinux.org Content-Language: en-GB From: Maria Fokanova Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 31 May 2024 22:48:56 +0300 Subject: [altlinux-announce-en] Platform 11 Release X-BeenThere: altlinux-announce-en@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: community-en@lists.altlinux.org List-Id: ALT Linux release announces List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 13:47:02 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: Platform 11 (p11 - Salvia branch) has been released. In the new stable branch packages are built for the following architectures: - x86_64; - i586; - aarch64; - Elbrus: e2k (v3, 4C) and e2kv4 (8C/1C+), as well as e2kv5 (8C), the new e2kv6. Multilib support will remain in the repository for x86_64. For 32-bit architectures mipsel, armh (armv7a), 64-bit ppc64le, the p11 branch is not created. The platform is designed for the development, testing, distribution, updating and support of integrated solutions at all levels - from embedded devices to enterprise servers and data centers. The platform is created and developed by the ALT Linux Team, supported by Basealt Ltd. The Eleventh platform contains solutions related to the operation of the Active Directory, migration from proprietary infrastructure and others. New versions of applications At the time of the release of the p11 branch, the Linux kernel 6.1, 6.6, 3.10 (OpenVZ) is available. rt-6.1.90 (with real-time patches). Systemd 255.6, Glibc 2.38, and a set of GCC compilers 13.2, 12.3, and 11.4 are provided for the system environment. Network services and connections have been updated: NetworkManager has been updated to version 1.46, multifunctional DNS server BIND 9.18, nginx 1.24, Apache httpd 2.4, postfix 3.8. The p11 branch provides a wide range of development tools, including: Rust 1.78, Python 3.12 and 2.7, LLVM toolkits 17 and 18 versions, the Perl interpreter 5.38. The set of popular boost C++ libraries has been updated to 1.85. The toolchain for the Golang programming language has been updated to 1.22. GNOME 46, KDE 5.116, MATE 1.28, Xfce 4.18 and others desktop environments are available for p11 users. The latest versions of web browsers have been collected: Firefox has been updated to 126.0; Firefox ESR 115.11 is available; Chromium 125.0 and Chromium-gost 124.0. The official client for Telegram messenger telegram-desktop version 5.0 has been assembled into the platform. Applications for working with sound have been updated. The JACK audio input/output server has been removed from the repository in favor of pipewire-jack, a compatibility layer with JACK for PipeWire. The Linux Group Policy Project The new stable branch presents a solution for implementing group policies in the ALT OS, based on the Samba project - an alternative to Active Directory for Linux/Unix. During the development of the p10 branch, own developments have been actively developing - graphical group policy management tools in Linux ADMC and GPUI, as well as the gpupdate group policy application mechanism. Currently, the application versions in p10 and p11 are synchronized: ADMC 0.16, GPUI 0.2, gpupdate 0.10. Maintenance of this set of utilities is also planned to be carried out synchronously until the end of support for p10. In p11 a stable version of Samba 4.20 is available along with Kerberos 1.21. New tools ALT Diagnostic Tool is a graphical diagnostic utility for the operating system. ADT 0.1 uses a pre-prepared set of checks, provides the user with the opportunity to run tests without any root privileges and a single type of verification report. You can also add your own set of checks to ADT. alterator-manager is introduced in version 0.1 - an ADT component, a modular service designed for configuration via D-bus. alterator-module-executor - ADT component, Alterator module for processing .backend files and launching executable files. libdomain 0.9 is a universal C library designed to simplify interaction with various LDAP servers, including FreeIPA, Samba/AD and OpenLDAP. libdomain 0.9 implements initial samba support, a set of tests for samba, tests for TLS, tests for adding and removing, modifying and renaming computers to OpenLDAP. alterator-browser 0.1 - graphical user interface for system configuration using D-Bus. It can display and launch installed Alterator modules. Technical review of the release on the ALT Linux Wiki (in Rusiian): https://www.altlinux.org/Branches/p11/TechnicalNotes Learn more about the new p11 branch: https://packages.altlinux.org/en/p11/ -- With best regards, Maria Fokanova community manager