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Chitchatter, a communication client for creating P2P chats, is available.

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The Chitchatter project is developing an application for creating decentralized P2P chats, where participants interact with each other directly without relying on centralized servers. The code is written in TypeScript and released under the GPLv2 license. The program is designed as a web application that runs in the browser. You can evaluate the application's functionality on the demo site. The application allows you to generate a unique chat identifier that can be shared with other participants […]

Release of the Salix 15.0 distribution.

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The release of the Salix 15.0 Linux distribution has been published, developed by the creator of Zenwalk Linux, who left the project due to a conflict with other developers advocating for maximum similarity to Slackware. Salix 15 is fully compatible with Slackware Linux 15 and follows the approach of 'one application for one task.' 64-bit and 32-bit builds (1.5 GB) are available for download. The package manager gslapt is used for package management, […]

Release OpenWrt 22.03.0

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After a year of development, a new significant release of the OpenWrt 22.03.0 distribution has been published, aimed at use in various network devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports many different platforms and architectures and features a build system that allows for easy and convenient cross-compilation, including various components in the build, which enables easy customization for specific tasks […]

The distributed operating system DBOS has been introduced, functioning on top of the DBMS.

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The DBOS (DBMS-oriented Operating System) project has been introduced, developing a new operating system for executing scalable distributed applications. A distinctive feature of the project is the use of a DBMS for storing applications and system states, as well as organizing access to the state solely through transactions. The project is being developed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, and companies such as Google and VMware. The findings are being shared […]

Release of the p2p messenger Communist 2.0 and the library libcommunist 1.0

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The P2P messenger Communist 2.0 and the library libcommunist 1.0 have been released, which include features related to network operations and P2P communication. It supports functioning both over the Internet and in local networks of various configurations. The code for the projects is distributed under the GPLv3 license and is available on GitHub (Communist, libcommunist) and GitFlic (Communist, libcommunist). It supports operation on Linux and Windows. To install […]

The number of domains involved in blocking requests to Google has reached 4 million.

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A new milestone has been reached in the requests that Google receives to block pages from search results that violate others' intellectual property. Blocking is carried out in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and with public disclosure of information about requests for public oversight. According to the published statistics, the number of unique second-level domains mentioned in the requests for […]

New version of the GNU Awk interpreter 5.2

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A new release of the AWK programming language from the GNU project has been introduced — Gawk 5.2.0. AWK was developed in the 1970s and has not undergone significant changes since the mid-1980s when the core structure of the language was defined, allowing it to maintain its original stability and simplicity for decades. Despite its age, AWK remains […]

Ubuntu Unity will receive official release status for Ubuntu.

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Members of the technical committee overseeing Ubuntu's development have approved the plan to adopt the Ubuntu Unity distribution as one of the official editions of Ubuntu. Initially, daily test builds of Ubuntu Unity will be created and offered alongside the other official editions of the distribution (Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, and UbuntuKylin). If no serious issues are identified, Ubuntu Unity […]

The source code for the Notesnook note-taking platform, competing with Evernote, has been opened.

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In line with a previously made promise, Streetwriters has transitioned its note-taking platform, Notesnook, to an open project. Notesnook is presented as a fully open alternative to Evernote, focused on privacy and supporting end-to-end encryption to prevent data analysis on the server. The code is written in JavaScript/Typescript and is released under the GPLv3 license. Currently, it has been published […]

Release of the GitBucket 4.38 collaborative development system

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The release of GitBucket 4.38 has been announced, which develops a system for collaborative work with Git repositories featuring an interface similar to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. The system is known for its easy installation, the ability to extend functionality through plugins, and compatibility with the GitHub API. The code is written in Scala and is available under the Apache 2.0 license. MySQL and PostgreSQL can be used as the database management systems. Key features […]

Peter Eckersley, one of the founders of Let's Encrypt, has passed away

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Peter Eckersley, one of the founders of the community-controlled, non-profit certificate authority Let’s Encrypt, has passed away. Peter served on the board of the non-profit organization ISRG (Internet Security Research Group), which is behind the Let’s Encrypt project, and he worked for a long time at the civil liberties organization EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). The idea promoted by Peter was to ensure […]

The initiative to reward the discovery of vulnerabilities in Google's open projects

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Google has introduced a new initiative called OSS VRP (Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program) to provide monetary rewards for identifying security issues in open projects such as Bazel, Angular, Go, Protocol Buffers, and Fuchsia, as well as in projects developed in Google's repositories on GitHub (Google, GoogleAPIs, GoogleCloudPlatform, etc.) and their dependencies. This initiative complements […]

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