The release of 4MLinux 40.0 has been announced, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment for multimedia file playback and solving user tasks but also as a recovery system and a platform for launching LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […]
The release of the OpenNMT 0.28.0 machine translation system (Open Neural Machine Translation), which uses machine learning methods, has been announced. For building the neural network, the project utilizes the capabilities of the TensorFlow deep machine learning library. The code for the modules developed by the OpenNMT project is written in Python and is distributed under the MIT license. Pre-trained models are available for English, German, and Catalan, while models for other languages can be independently […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.14 has taken place. Since the release of version 7.13, 19 bug reports have been closed and 260 changes made. The most significant changes include: Continued the translation of the USER32 library to a system call-based interface. In DirectWrite, improved font handling when accessing a missing font. Issues related to socket closure have been resolved. […]
A new release of Paperless-ngx is available, a web application for document management that converts paper documents into electronic ones, making them available for full-text search, download, and online storage. The code is written in Python using the Django framework and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. To explore the system's capabilities, a demo site is prepared at demo.paperless-ngx.com (login/password — demo/demo). Paperless-ngx is a fork of the paperless-ng project, […]
Google and SkyWater have announced an upgrade to an initiative that allows open hardware developers to produce a trial batch of their developing chips for free, in order to avoid the costs of manufacturing initial prototypes. All expenses for production, packaging, and shipping are covered by Google. Applications are only accepted from projects that are fully distributed under open licenses, free from non-disclosure agreements […]
The QuasarApp development team has introduced CheatCard — a free loyalty program for small and medium-sized businesses. The idea of the application revolves around creating cards for regular customers. The seller defines the rules under which customers will earn bonuses. Interaction with customers occurs through reading a universal QR code by the seller's device. The application is written in C++/QML and is distributed for free under the […]
The release of EdgeDB 2.0 has been announced, implementing a relational-graph data model and the EdgeQL query language, optimized for complex hierarchical data handling. The code is written in Python and Rust (for the parser and performance-critical parts) and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The project develops as an extension on top of PostgreSQL. Client libraries are prepared for Python, Go, Rust, and […]
A new release of the FreeRDP 2.8.0 project has been published, offering a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), developed based on Microsoft specifications. The project provides a library for integrating RDP support into third-party applications and a client that can be used for remote connections to Windows desktops. The project's code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. In the new […]
The release of the OPNsense 22.7 distribution for creating firewalls has been published. This version is a branch of the pfSense project, created to develop a fully open distribution that can offer functionality on par with commercial solutions for deploying firewalls and network gateways. Unlike pfSense, the project is positioned as independent from any company, developed with direct community involvement, and features […]
The release of Ventoy 1.0.79 toolkit has been published, designed for creating bootable USB drives that include multiple operating systems. The program is notable for allowing OS loading from unmodified ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD, and EFI images without the need for extracting the image or reformatting the drive. For example, it is enough to simply copy a set of ISO images of interest onto a USB flash drive with the Ventoy bootloader, and Ventoy will enable loading […]
Corrective releases of the Samba packages 4.16.4, 4.15.9, and 4.14.14 have been published, addressing 5 vulnerabilities. The release of the package updates in distributions can be tracked on the pages: Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SUSE, Arch, FreeBSD. The most critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-32744) allows Active Directory domain users to change the password of any user, including that of the administrator, thus gaining full control over the domain. The issue […]
The release of the zeronet-conservancy project, which continues the development of the decentralized, censorship-resistant ZeroNet network, is now available. In this network, mechanisms of Bitcoin addressing and verification are used along with BitTorrent distribution technologies to create websites. The content of the sites is stored in a P2P network on visitors' machines and verified through the owner's digital signature. The fork was created after the original developer of ZeroNet disappeared and aims to maintain and enhance […]