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GnuPG 2.3.0 Is Released With New Default Public Key Algorithms, A New Key Daemon And More.

#GnuPG is the standard for e-mail encryption and package signing within the #FOSS world. Version 2.3.0 has a few notable improvements over previous versions.

https://linuxreviews.org/GnuPG_2.3.0_Is_Released_With_New_Default_Public_Key_Algorithms,_A_New_Key_Daemon_And_More

Teeworlds is an active, multiplayer #FOSS #game. You control a Tee character, and usually work with others to solve different missions.

#Teeworlds supports both English and #Korean, with 500+ players online most days.
https://linuxreviews.org/Teeworlds

Xwayland Has Gained Support For Hardware Acceleration On Machines With #Nvidia graphics Cards.
#x #linux #wayland
https://linuxreviews.org/Xwayland_Has_Gained_Support_For_Hardware_Acceleration_On_Machines_With_Nvidia_graphics_Cards

#Mesa 21 Broke #VAAPI Hardware Encoding On Machines With #AMD Graphics Cards. A Fix Is Coming.
https://linuxreviews.org/Mesa_21_Broke_VAAPI_Hardware_Encoding_On_Machines_With_AMD_Graphics_Cards._A_Fix_Is_Coming.

ClamAV 0.103.2 Is Released With #Security Fixes For Four Vulnerabilities. You should update if you use #ClamAV as part of a production #mail server setup.
https://linuxreviews.org/ClamAV_0.103.2_Is_Released_With_Security_Fixes_For_Four_Vulnerabilities

Working on DOS in 2021: "Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, DOS was everywhere. DOS was actually pretty good for the era. Jim Hall did a really good presentation about #FreeDOS and #DOS in the 1980s and 1990s at the Fosdem conference.
https://linuxreviews.org/Working_on_DOS_in_2021

Wine 6.6 Is Released. It comes with Mono 6.1.1 and 56 bug-fixes. The built-in #Wine #DirectX 11 support remains somewhat unimpressive compared to what #DXVK offers in certain specific demo scene demos.
https://linuxreviews.org/Wine_6.6_Is_Released

Vulnerabilities In The #Linux Kernels BPF Virtual Machine Lets Any Local User Run Kernel-Level Code. All modern kernels, including the latest Linux 5.11.12, are vulnerable. #security #vms
https://linuxreviews.org/Vulnerabilities_In_The_Linux_Kernels_BPF_Virtual_Machine_Lets_Any_Local_User_Run_Kernel-Level_Code

GNUnet 0.14.1 Is Released. The latest version of the technically interesting #GNUnet overlay network is so buggy you're lucky if it stays up five minutes before it crashes. The sparse graphical GTK applications for it are still practically useless jokes.
https://linuxreviews.org/GNUnet_0.14.1_Is_Released

notcurses, as in not ncurses, is a thread-safe library for building complex user interfaces for modern terminal emulators. It is written in C with C++ safe headers. It can be used to create games, image viewers and a lot more.
https://linuxreviews.org/Notcurses

Mesa 21.0.2 Is Released With Minor Bug-Fixes Mostly For #AMD Graphics Hardware
https://linuxreviews.org/Mesa_21.0.2_Is_Released_With_Minor_Bug-Fixes_Mostly_For_AMD_Graphics_Hardware

FFmpeg 4.4 Is Released With Support For Even More Encoders, Decoders, Muxers and Filters
https://linuxreviews.org/FFmpeg_4.4_Is_Released_With_Support_For_Even_More_Encoders,_Decoders,_Muxers_and_Filters

The #Google Vs #Oracle Saga Is Finally Over. The US Supreme Court Ruled In Favor Of Google.
https://linuxreviews.org/The_Google_Vs_Oracle_Saga_Is_Finally_Over._The_US_Supreme_Court_Ruled_In_Favor_Of_Google.

IBM has announced that they will release a proprietary GNU/Linux version of their #IBM #COBOL compiler on April 16th. The #Linux version will be fully compatible with IBM's existing COBOL compiler products for z/OS and AIX. Pricing is unknown.
https://linuxreviews.org/IBM_Set_To_Release_COBOL_Compiler_For_Linux

Xfdashboard 0.9.2 Is Released. The latest release adds support for linear gradients, the algorithm for detecting what programs are running in open windows is improved and a bug that would cause xfdashboard to immediately crash in some cases, introduced in xfdashboard 0.9.1, is fixed. Primarily for #xfce, works in all #linux and #bsd window managers.
https://linuxreviews.org/Xfdashboard_0.9.2_Is_Released

Setting up multi-cluster and multi-cloud #container #networking for dev environments has been too harder than it needs to be. #NoRouter is a novel instant networking stack to overcome this difficulty, by transferring IP packets over stdio streams (aka "shell connections"). Akihiro Suda gave a 15 minute video presentation about it at Fosdem 2021. It covers how it works and why it is pretty neat.
https://linuxreviews.org/NoRouter:_instant_multi-cluster_%26_multi-cloud_container_networking

#KDE Is Now Offering A #Qt 5.15 LTS Branch Patch-set For The Free Software Community
https://linuxreviews.org/KDE_Is_Now_Offering_A_Qt_5.15_LTS_Branch_Patch-set_For_The_Free_Software_Community

Warzone2100 4.0 Is Released With #Vulkan Support, Built-In JavaScript Engine And Other Major Improvements. It is free as in free software and it is available for #Linux, Windows, macOS.
https://linuxreviews.org/Warzone2100_4.0_Is_Released_With_Vulkan_Support,_Built-In_JavaScript_Engine_And_Other_Major_Improvements

DevilutionX 1.2 Is Released For The Enjoyment Of Diablo Fans. #DevilutionX lets you play #Diablo on a vast array of modern hardware. The original game, or a shareware version, is required. The shareware version will likely result in a huge disappointment.
https://linuxreviews.org/DevilutionX_1.2_Is_Released_For_The_Enjoyment_Of_Diablo_Fans