The resource Phoronix has published performance comparison results of gaming applications run in environments based on Wayland and X.org in Ubuntu 21.10 on a system with an AMD Radeon RX 6800 graphics card. The testing included games such as Total War: Three Kingdoms, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, HITMAN 2, Xonotic, Strange Brigade, Left 4 Dead 2, Batman: Arkham Knight, Counter-Strike: […]
Corrective releases of the Log4j library 2.17.1, 2.3.2-rc1, and 2.12.4-rc1 have been published, addressing yet another vulnerability (CVE-2021-44832). It is noted that the issue allows for remote code execution (RCE), but it is marked as non-critical (CVSS Score 6.6) and is primarily of theoretical interest, as it requires specific conditions for exploitation — the attacker must have the ability to make changes […]
The release of aTox 0.7.0 has occurred, a free messenger for the Android platform that uses the Tox protocol (c-toxcore). Tox offers a decentralized P2P messaging distribution model that employs cryptographic methods for user identification and protecting transit traffic from interception. The application is written in the Kotlin programming language. The source code and built versions of the application are distributed under the GPLv3 license. Features of aTox: Convenience: simple and clear settings. End-to-end […]
The second edition of the guide 'Linux From Scratch' (LX4, LX4U) has been published, offering instructions for creating an independent Linux system using only the source texts of the required software. This project is an independent branch of the LFS (Linux From Scratch) guide, but does not use its source texts. Users can choose multilib support, EFI support, and a set of additional software for easier system configuration. […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has published an update for the open-source tool Open MCT 1.8.2 (Open Mission Control Technologies), designed for visualizing data collected during telemetry gathering from various sensors and information sources. The web interface is built using responsive layout methods and can be used on both desktop computers and mobile devices. Code […]
A new version of the video editor Avidemux 2.8.0 is now available, aimed at simple tasks such as video cutting, applying filters, and encoding. It supports a wide range of file formats and codecs. Task execution can be automated using job queues, script writing, and project creation. Avidemux is distributed under the GPL license and is available in builds for Linux (AppImage), macOS, and Windows. […]
The release of Sound Open Firmware 2.0 (SOF) has been published, originally created by Intel to move away from the practice of providing closed firmware for DSP chips related to audio processing. Subsequently, the project was taken under the wing of the Linux Foundation and is now developed with the involvement of the community and participation from companies like AMD, Google, and NXP. The project is developing an SDK to simplify firmware development, […]
Shopify, which operates one of the largest e-commerce platforms, has released Toxiproxy 2.3, a proxy server intended for simulating network and system failures and anomalies to test application functionality under such conditions. The program is notable for providing an API to dynamically alter channel characteristics, which can be used to integrate Toxiproxy with unit testing systems, continuous integration platforms, and environments […]
After a year and a half of development, the release of the Enlightenment 0.25 user environment has taken place, which is based on the EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Library) and Elementary widgets. The release is available in source code, while packages for distributions are not yet formed. The most notable innovations in Enlightenment 0.25 include a revamped appearance, which has transitioned to a new flat theme that moves away from the relief highlighting of elements. Significant enhancements are proposed […]
The release of BusyBox 1.35 has been announced, featuring a set of standard UNIX utilities packaged as a single executable file and optimized for minimal system resource consumption, with the total size being less than 1 MB. The first release of the new branch 1.35 is positioned as unstable, with full stabilization expected in version 1.35.1, which is anticipated in about a month. The project's code is distributed under the license […]
The release of the Lumina 1.6.2 desktop environment has been published, developed after the discontinuation of TrueOS as part of the Trident project (a desktop distribution of Void Linux). The components of the environment are written using the Qt5 library (without the use of QML). Lumina adheres to a classic approach to organizing the user environment. It includes a desktop, an application panel, a session manager, an application menu, an environment settings system, a task manager, and a system […]
After three and a half years since the last significant release, the free automated circuit board design system KiCad 6.0.0 has been published. This is the first major release formed after the project transitioned under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation. Builds have been prepared for various Linux distributions, Windows, and macOS. The code is written in C++ using the wxWidgets library and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. […]