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Arch Linux has temporarily restricted access to the website to IPv6 only due to a DDoS attack.

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The Arch Linux project has restricted access to the website archlinux.org due to a DDoS attack. Access via IPv4 has been disabled and is only allowed through IPv6 until the situation is resolved. This is noted as a necessary measure due to the inability to solve the problem promptly — assistance from the hosting provider (Hetzner) is required to block the attack, but reaching customer support during the holiday period has proven difficult. […]

Release of the QEMU emulator 10.2.0

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The QEMU project has released version 10.2.0. As an emulator, QEMU allows running programs built for one hardware platform on a system with an entirely different architecture, for example, executing an ARM application on an x86-compatible PC. In virtualization mode, QEMU offers near-native performance for code execution in an isolated environment by directly executing instructions on the CPU and utilizing […]

Release of the CoMaps 2025.12.19 mapping application and project status report

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The CoMaps project, developing a fully open community fork of the mobile mapping application Organic Maps, has released version 2025.12.19 along with a report on the project and community status. The project's code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The application is available in the F-Droid, Google Play, and Apple App Store catalogs, as well as directly on Codeberg. One of the project's priorities has always been engaging the community in the decision-making process […]

Release of Angie 1.11.0, a fork of Nginx.

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The release of the high-performance HTTP server and multi-protocol proxy server Angie 1.11.0, forked from Nginx by a group of former developers from F5 Network, has been published. The source code of Angie is available under the BSD license. The project has obtained compatibility certificates with Russian operating systems Red OS, Astra Linux Special Edition, Rosa Chrome Server, Alt, and the FSTEC version of Alt. The development is supported by the company 'Web Server', which was established […]

Release of XLibre XServer 25.1.0, a fork of X.Org Server

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After six months of development, release 25.1.0 of the XLibre project, which is a fork of X.Org Server, has been published. The first release of the XLibre XServer 25.1.0 branch is positioned as beta-quality and is intended for testing and identifying any potential issues. Following this, two more beta versions are planned to be released, after which the branch will be declared stable in release 25.1.3. The project is led by Enrico Weigelt, who ranks first in […]

The award ceremony for the best open science projects of 2025 took place in France.

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The Open Science Awards ceremony took place at Paris-Saclay University, honoring achievements in open science in France. The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research presented awards in three categories: free software, open data, and dissertations demonstrating open science principles. A total of 8 laureates were recognized among open data, 3 free software projects, and 8 […]

Release of the Alt Workstation K 11.2 distribution

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An update for the Linux distribution 'Alt Workstation K 11.2' is now available, offering a KDE desktop environment suitable for office and home use. The build is prepared for the x86_64 architecture and is based on the ALT platform 11. An installation ISO image (8.8 GB) and a separate Live build (5.4 GB) have been prepared for download. The downloaded version can be freely used only by individuals, in […]

A distribution for creating network storage OpenMediaVault 8.0 is available.

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After nearly two years since the last significant branch was formed, the stable release of the OpenMediaVault 8.0 distribution has been published, allowing for rapid deployment of network-attached storage (NAS). The OpenMediaVault project was founded in 2009 following a split among developers of the FreeNAS distribution, resulting in the classic FreeNAS based on FreeBSD and a fork, whose developers set […]

Release of Wayback 0.3, a layer for running X11 desktops using Wayland components.

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After four months of development, release 0.3 of the Wayback project has been published, enabling the launch of desktop environments tied to the X11 protocol using components based on Wayland. Wayback is a slimmed-down Wayland compositor server that supports only the necessary features for running a fullscreen X11 session using Xwayland. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. The project was created by the developers of the […]

Comparison of error numbers in code written by humans and AI

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Researchers from CodeRabbit analyzed 470 pull requests (350 generated by AI, 150 manually written) in open projects on GitHub and concluded that AI-generated changes contain 1.7 times more significant defects and 1.4 times more critical issues than manually written code. On average, AI-generated pull requests […]

The founder of QEMU and FFmpeg published the Micro QuickJS JavaScript engine.

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French mathematician Fabrice Bellard, founder of projects such as QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL, and TinyCC, has released a new JavaScript engine for embedded systems — Micro QuickJS, capable of compiling and executing JavaScript programs with only 10 KB of RAM. Together with the C library, the engine occupies approximately 100 KB of persistent memory. It is possible to compile JavaScript to bytecode and run it separately […]

French mathematician Fabrice Bellard, the founder of projects like QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL, and TinyCC, has published a new JavaScript engine for embedded systems — Micro QuickJS.

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After 6 months of development, the postmarketOS 25.12 release has been presented, which develops a Linux distribution for mobile devices based on the Alpine Linux package base, the standard C library Musl, and the BusyBox utility set. The goal of the project is to provide a Linux distribution for smartphones and tablets that is independent of the support lifecycle of official firmware and not tied to typical solutions from the industry's major players. Builds […]

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