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The hacker group Crimson Collective claimed to have gained access to an internal GitLab server of Red Hat and downloaded 570GB of compressed data containing information from 28,000 repositories. Among other things, the seized data included about 800 CER reports (Customer Engagement Report), which contain confidential information about Red Hat clients’ platforms and network infrastructures, for whom consulting services were provided […]
The release of the P2P platform Radicle 1.5 has been announced, aimed at creating a decentralized code collaboration and storage service similar to GitHub and GitLab, but unbound by specific servers, censorship-resistant, and utilizing resources from participants of the P2P network. The platform supports standard elements of developer social interaction such as issues, patches, and code reviews. The project developments are written in […]
The release of OpenSSL 3.6.0 has taken place, which includes implementations of SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption algorithms. OpenSSL 3.6 is classified as a regular support release, with updates provided for 13 months. Support for previous OpenSSL 3.5 LTS, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, and 3.0 LTS branches will continue until April 2030, October 2026, April 2026, November […]
The release of openSUSE Leap 16.0 has been announced, built on technologies from the next significant branch of the commercial distribution SLES 16, transitioning to the new SLFO (SUSE Linux Framework One) platform, formerly known as ALP (Adaptable Linux Platform). openSUSE Leap 16 retains the characteristics of a classic distribution that uses traditional packages, while those needing an atomically updatable system with a basic setup in […]
Google has released version 141 of the Chrome web browser. Simultaneously, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. Chrome differs from Chromium by using Google logos, having a crash notification system, modules for playing DRM-protected video content, an automatic update installation system, consistent Sandbox isolation, provision of keys for Google APIs, and transmission of RLZ parameters […]
The fourth experimental release of the Pidgin 3.0 (2.93) instant messaging client has been announced. This release is marked as having the quality level of a preliminary alpha version and is not intended for everyday use. Builds are provided in Flatpak format (currently only the source archive is available). The Pidgin 3 branch has been under development since 2011, after being discussed for three years at the conceptual and idea level. […]
A corrective release of Firefox 143.0.3 is now available, addressing several issues: The timing of pinned tab activation has been adjusted to work correctly when dragging a tab with the mouse to the start of the tab bar. The drag-and-drop behavior for pinning has been aligned with the operation for dragging tab groups. A problem preventing some add-ons from being updated through the Add-ons Manager has been resolved. A regression that caused some features to break has been fixed.
The firmware Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 has been released, developed by the UBports project, which has taken over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical stepped away from it. This is the first release of Ubuntu Touch based on the package base of Ubuntu 24.04. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 update will be available soon.
The MiniOS Flux 5.1 distribution has been released, which runs directly from a USB drive. MiniOS Flux is a minimalist edition featuring the Fluxbox window manager, inspired by the Slax distribution. It employs a modular architecture that allows for creating specialized configurations to adapt the system for specific tasks. The release is available in the form of compact images based on various versions of Debian that support amd64 and i386 architectures: Debian 10.
Eric S. Raymond, one of the founders of the OSI (Open Source Initiative) and a key figure in the open source movement, spoke about codes of conduct: I'm going to do something that I think I have never done before, which is to use all my authority as someone who opened and established the rules of open source. After ten years of drama and controversy, I feel it's time to address this issue.
The moderation team responsible for maintaining order in the forums and repositories of the NixOS project announced that they are resigning in protest against the actions of the Steering Committee (SC), which interferes with the work of moderators and attempts to influence the decisions made. The committee's actions are viewed by moderators as an abuse of power, and since the project's rules do not regulate such situations, […]
Olivier Cochard-Labbé, the creator of the FreeNAS distribution, has announced the release of the specialized BSD Router Project 2.0 (BSDRP), notable for updating its codebase to the in-development branch of FreeBSD 16. This distribution is designed for creating compact software routers that support routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, and PIM. Management is conducted via a command line interface that resembles Cisco IOS. The distribution […]