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Joshua Strobl, the key developer of the Budgie desktop, announced his departure from the Core Team of the Solus project, relinquishing his duties as Experience Lead responsible for developer engagement and user interface development. Beatrice/Bryan Meyers, who oversees the technical aspects of Solus, assured that the distribution's development will continue and updates will come soon […]
Jason A. Donenfeld, the author of the WireGuard VPN, has proposed an updated implementation of the RDRAND random number generator, which handles the /dev/random and /dev/urandom devices in the Linux kernel. In late November, Jason was appointed as one of the maintainers of the random driver and has now published the first results of his work on its redesign. The new implementation is notable for switching to the BLAKE2s hash function instead of […]
After three years of development, the GNU cflow 1.7 utility has been released. It is designed to build a visual call graph of functions in C programs, which can be used to simplify the understanding of application logic. The graph is constructed solely based on analysis of the source code, without the need to execute the program. It supports the generation of both direct and reverse execution flow graphs, as well as […]
The release of the open-source raster graphic editor Pinta 2.0 has been published, representing an attempt to rewrite the Paint.NET program using GTK. The editor provides a basic set of features for drawing and image editing, aimed at beginner users. The interface is greatly simplified, supports an unlimited undo buffer, allows working with multiple layers, and is equipped with a set of tools for applying various effects and adjusting images. […]
The release of Slackel 7.5 has been announced, built on the foundations of the Slackware and Salix projects, and fully compatible with the repositories they offer. A key feature of Slackel is the use of the continuously updated Slackware-Current branch. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. The size of the boot image capable of running in Live mode is 2.4 GB (i386 and x86_64). The distribution can be used on systems with 512 […]
The GNOME project has released the first stable version of the Libadwaita library, which includes a set of components for styling user interfaces in accordance with GNOME HIG (Human Interface Guidelines). The library includes ready-to-use widgets and objects for building applications that match the overall GNOME style, with interfaces that can adaptively adjust to screens of any size. The code for the library is written in C and is distributed […]
Updates for the CentOS 8.x distribution have been discontinued, replaced by the continuously updated CentOS Stream edition. On January 31, related content for the CentOS 8 branch is scheduled to be removed from mirrors and moved to the archive vault.centos.org. CentOS Stream is positioned as an upstream project for RHEL, allowing third-party participants to control the preparation of packages for RHEL, suggest their changes, and influence […]
The release of the libmdbx 0.11.3 library (MDBX) has occurred, featuring a high-performance compact embedded key-value database. The libmdbx code is distributed under the OpenLDAP Public License. All current operating systems and architectures are supported, as well as the Russian Elbrus 2000. As of the end of 2021, libmdbx is used as a storage backend in two of the fastest Ethereum clients — Erigon and the new […]
The release of ALT Server Virtualization OS 10.0 and Simply Linux 10.0 based on the Tenth ALT platform (p10 Aronia) is now available. ALT Server Virtualization 10.0, designed for use on servers and implementing virtualization features in corporate infrastructure, is available for all supported architectures: x86_64, AArch64, ppc64le. Changes in the new version: System environment based on the Linux kernel 5.10.85-std-def-kernel-alt1, […]
The release of Linux Remote Desktop project 0.9, developing a platform for organizing remote user work, is now available. It is noted that this is the first stable release of the project ready for building production implementations. The platform allows for setting up a Linux server for automating remote work for employees, enabling users to connect to a virtual desktop over the network and run graphic applications provided by the administrator. Access to the desktop […]
The release of the postmarketOS 21.12 project, developing a Linux distribution for smartphones based on the Alpine Linux package base, the standard C library Musl, and the BusyBox utility set, has been presented. The goal of the project is to provide a Linux distribution for smartphones that is independent of the support lifecycle of official firmware and not tied to the typical solutions of major industry players that dictate the development vector. Builds are prepared for PINE64 PinePhone, […]
The release of the compact wolfSSL 5.1.0 cryptographic library, optimized for use on embedded devices with limited CPU and memory resources, such as Internet of Things devices, smart home systems, automotive information systems, routers, and mobile phones, has been prepared. The code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The library provides high-performance implementations of modern cryptographic algorithms, including ChaCha20, Curve25519, NTRU, RSA, […]