The Latin American Free Software Foundation has released the fully free version of the Linux kernel 5.16 — Linux-libre 5.16-gnu, which is cleared of firmware and driver elements containing non-free components or code segments restricted by the manufacturer. Additionally, Linux-libre disables kernel functions for loading non-free components not included in the kernel distribution and removes mentions of using non-free components.
After nearly 8 months of development, a significant release of the OpenIPC 2.2 project has been published, which develops a Linux distribution for installation in surveillance cameras instead of the default firmware. Firmware images have been prepared for IP cameras based on Hisilicon Hi35xx, SigmaStar SSC335/SSC337, and XiongmaiTech XM510/XM530/XM550 chips. The oldest supported chip is the 3516CV100, which was discontinued by the manufacturer back in 2015. The project's developments include...
Marak Squires, the author of the popular packages colors (node.js console colorization) and faker (a fake data generator for input fields), which have 2.8 and 25 million weekly downloads, has released new versions of his products in the NPM repository and on GitHub, which include destructive changes aimed at causing failures during the build and execution stages of dependent projects. As a result of Marak's actions...
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 5.16. Among the most notable changes are: the futex_waitv system call to enhance the performance of Windows games in Wine, error tracking in the filesystem through fanotify, the concept of folios in memory management, support for AMX processor instructions, the ability to reserve memory for network sockets, support in netfilter for packet classification at the egress stage, and the involvement of...
TIOBE Software has published its January programming language popularity ranking, highlighting the rise of Python from third to first place compared to January 2021. C and Java have dropped to second and third places, respectively. The TIOBE Index determines its conclusions based on the analysis of search query statistics from systems such as Google, Google […]
The release of the Clonezilla Live 2.8.1 Linux distribution has been announced, designed for quick disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to those of the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the ISO image of the distribution is 339 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and utilizes code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Downloading is possible […]
Ingo Molnar has introduced the second version of a patch set that significantly reduces the time needed to rebuild the kernel by restructuring the hierarchy of header files and minimizing cross-dependencies. This new version, adapted for kernel 5.16-rc8, features additional optimizations and support for building with the Clang compiler, differing from the first version proposed a few days ago. When using Clang, the application […]
Barry Kauler, the founder of the Puppy Linux project, has published an experimental distribution EasyOS 3.2, aiming to combine Puppy Linux technologies with container isolation for running system components. Each application, as well as the desktop itself, can be run in separate containers, using the Easy Containers framework for isolation. Management of the distribution is carried out through an evolving […]
After two years of development, the first release of the Messor project is available, which promotes free, independent, and decentralized software for network security and transparent data collection on attacks and scans. The project's developers have launched the Messor.Network and released a plugin for the OpenCart3 e-commerce platform. The plugin code is written in PHP and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Ongoing development includes […]
Canonical has unveiled plans for a significant overhaul of the Snapcraft toolkit used for building, distributing, and updating self-contained Snap packages. It is noted that the current Snapcraft codebase is considered legacy and will be utilized only when old technologies are needed. The radical changes being developed will not affect the current usage model — in projects related to Ubuntu Core 18 […]
The results of a study on Python code susceptibility to errors related to incorrect comma usage have been published. The issues arise from the fact that Python automatically concatenates strings in a list if they are not separated by commas and also treats a value as a tuple if a comma follows it. After conducting an automated analysis of 666 GitHub repositories containing Python code, the researchers […]
The release of Linux Mint 20.3 has been announced, continuing the development of the branch based on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS package base. This distribution is fully compatible with Ubuntu but differs significantly in its approach to organizing the user interface and the selection of default applications. The Linux Mint developers provide a desktop environment that adheres to classical desktop organization, making it more familiar for users who do not embrace new […]