The release of the dynamically managed firewall firewalld 1.2 has been published, implemented as a wrapper over the packet filters nftables and iptables. Firewalld runs as a background process that allows dynamic modification of packet filter rules via D-Bus, without the need to reload the packet filter rules or interrupt established connections. The project is already used in many Linux distributions, including RHEL 7+, Fedora 18+ […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.12 has occurred. Since the release of version 7.11, 13 bug reports have been closed and 266 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Support for themes has been added for applications using Qt5. The vkd3d package implementing Direct3D 12, which operates through call translation to the Vulkan graphics API, has been updated to version 1.4. In the API […]
The Raspberry Pi project has introduced a new Raspberry Pi Pico W board, continuing the development of the miniature Pico board equipped with the custom RP2040 microcontroller. The new edition features integrated Wi-Fi support (2.4GHz 802.11n), implemented based on the Infineon CYW43439 chip. The CYW43439 chip also supports Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low-Energy, but these features are not yet activated on the board. The price of the new board is 6 […]
The support period for the LTS branch of the Debian 9 "Stretch" distribution, established in 2017, has come to an end. Updates for the LTS branch were released by a separate group of developers known as the LTS Team, composed of enthusiasts and representatives from companies interested in the long-term provision of updates for Debian. In the near future, the initiative group will begin forming a new LTS branch based on Debian 10 "Buster", for which standard support […]
The release of the open-source platform webOS Open Source Edition 2.17 has been published, which can be used on various portable devices, boards, and automotive infotainment systems. The Raspberry Pi 4 boards are considered as the reference hardware platform. The platform is being developed in a public repository under the Apache 2.0 license, with development overseen by the community, following a collaborative development management model. The webOS platform was originally developed by […]
The release of the web content management system InstantCMS 2.15.2 is now available, featuring a well-developed social interaction system and the use of 'content types,' somewhat reminiscent of Joomla. Projects of any complexity can be created based on InstantCMS, from personal blogs and landing pages to corporate portals. The project follows the MVC (model, view, controller) model. The code is written in PHP and is distributed under the license of […]
After six months of development, a stable release of the Wayland 1.21 protocol, inter-process communication mechanism, and libraries has been presented. The 1.21 branch is backward compatible at the API and ABI levels with 1.x releases and primarily includes bug fixes and minor protocol updates. A few days ago, a corrective update for the composite server Weston 10.0.1 was formed, which is being developed within a separate development cycle. Weston […]
The developers of the Ubuntu Unity project, which is developing an unofficial edition of Ubuntu Linux with the Unity desktop, have announced the formation of a stable release of the Unity 7.6 user interface. The Unity 7 shell is based on the GTK library and optimized for efficient use of vertical space on laptops with widescreen displays. The code is released under the GPLv3 license. Ready-made packages have been created for Ubuntu 22.04. The latest significant release […]
The developers of the Packj platform, which analyzes the security of libraries, have released an open-source command line tool that allows for the detection of risky constructs in packages that may be associated with malicious activity or the presence of vulnerabilities used to carry out attacks on projects utilizing the examined packages ("supply chain"). Support is provided for package verification in Python and JavaScript languages hosted in the PyPi and NPM directories (in this […]
The UBports project, which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical distanced itself from it, has released the OTA-23 firmware update (over-the-air). The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-23 update has been created for BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus smartphones, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google […]
The release of the Rizin reverse engineering framework and its associated graphical interface Cutter has taken place. The Rizin project began as a fork of the Radare2 framework and continued its development with an emphasis on a user-friendly API and a focus on code analysis without forensics. Since the fork, the project has switched to a fundamentally different mechanism for saving sessions ("projects") in the form of states based on serialization. In addition […]
Collabora has released the CODE 22.5 (Collabora Online Development Edition) platform, offering a specialized distribution for rapid deployment of LibreOffice Online and organizing collaborative remote work with the office suite via the web to achieve functionality similar to Google Docs and Office 365. The distribution is formatted as a pre-configured Docker container and is also available as packages for […]