Updates for Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.2 and 20.04 OTA-12 firmware, based on Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 package bases, have been presented. The firmware is developed by the UBports project, which took over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical distanced itself from it. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch update […]
After nearly a year of development, a new stable branch of the multimedia server PipeWire 1.6.0 has been established, replacing the PulseAudio sound server and distinguished by the addition of tools for handling video streams, the capability for low-latency audio processing, and a new security model for managing access at the level of individual devices and streams. The project is applied by default in Fedora Linux, […]
The Community Manager at Oracle (MySQL Community Manager) published a note announcing changes in engineering leadership, enhancing collaboration with the community and accelerating the development of new features. The new MySQL development strategy includes three areas: implementing innovations and new features for developers in MySQL Community Edition; expanding the ecosystem and developing tools, frameworks, and […]
The release of MariaDB database version 12.2.2 has been published, marking it as the first stable release of the 12.2 branch. The MariaDB 12.2 branch is classified as an intermediate release (rolling), continuing the gradual development of features and succeeding the MariaDB 12.1 branch. At the same time, MariaDB 12.3.1 has been released with a new implementation of binlog, which has the status of a candidate for future LTS releases. The MariaDB 12.2 branch will be supported until the formation of […]
The first release of the Netbase project, which focuses on porting NetBSD utilities to other operating systems, has been published. The first release primarily addresses the functionality of NetBSD user space components on systems with Linux kernels and the standard C library, Glibc. It also mentions the not fully tested support for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS, and potential support for GNU/Hurd. The project's developments are distributed under the BSD license. […]
On January 30, version 26.1 of the cross-platform video editor Shotcut was released, which supports a wide range of audio and video formats through the use of FFmpeg libraries. The project is written in C++ using the MLT and Qt frameworks and is distributed under the GPL 3.0 license. Key changes in version 26.1 include improving video hardware decoding (with many limitations) and adding an option in the Settings > Preview Scaling menu […]
After several months of development, LineageOS 23.2 has been released, based on Android 16 QPR2. As Google transitioned to a 6-month update cycle, LineageOS is following suit, except for security patches, which are released monthly. New features include Material 3 Expressive and some applications updated for this design by the Lineage team: Twelve, ExactCalculator, and Deskclock. The updater […]
With the growing popularity of AI assistants, developers have seen an increase in leaks of confidential data into public Git repositories, which is among the information stored by AI tools in the project's working directory. AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, Continue, Aider, OpenAI Codex, Copilot, Sourcegraph Cody, and Amazon Q create local configuration files and directories in the project's root folder where operation histories may be stored […]
On February 17, version 0.8.0 of the C++ library (C++20 standard) libunicode was released. The project is developed by the team behind the Contour terminal emulator and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The library's features include support for Unicode standards 17.0: UAX #11 East Asian Width, UAX #24 Unicode Script Property, UAX #29 Unicode Text Segmentation, UTS #51 Unicode Emoji; API for obtaining Unicode properties; […]
A group of researchers from Yale University proposed (PDF) a new type of open license CCAI (Contextual Copyleft), extending the application of copyleft to generative AI models. The idea behind CCAI is that using content under this license as data for machine learning results in the dissemination of copyleft terms to the resulting generative AI models. It is expected that the new license could help reduce abuse in AI projects […]
GitHub has announced the results of the third round of the "GitHub Secure Open Source Fund" initiative, aimed at funding efforts to enhance the security of open-source projects. In this round, 67 projects focused on development or involved in modern AI stacks received funding. Participants were awarded $10,000 each to improve security, which included a three-week training for maintainers on cybersecurity, recommendations, and […]
The release of the Lutris 0.5.20 gaming platform has been published, providing tools to simplify the installation, configuration, and management of games on Linux. The project's code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready-made builds are available in flatpak format. The project supports a catalog for quick searching and installing gaming applications, allowing users to launch games on Linux with a single click through a unified interface […]