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Ubuntu 26.10 plans to add ntpd-rs and discontinue support for Btrfs, XFS, ZFS, LVM, and LUKS in /boot.

Jon Seager, Vice President of Engineering at Canonical and Technical Lead of the Ubuntu project, announced plans to integrate the NTP server ntpd-rs, written in Rust and already used in the Let’s Encrypt certificate authority infrastructure, into the fall release of Ubuntu 26.10. The ntpd-rs project will become the third component, following Rust Coreutils and sudo-rs, integrated into Ubuntu as part of the […]

Release of the network security scanner Nmap 7.99.

The release of the network security scanner Nmap 7.99 has been published, designed for conducting network audits and identifying active network services. The project code is provided under the NPSL (Nmap Public Source License), which is based on the GPLv2 license and supplemented with recommendations (not requirements) for using the OEM licensing program and purchasing a commercial license if the manufacturer does not wish to open the code of their product according to the requirements […]

Introducing Monogram, an alternative open client for Telegram on Android

A group of independent enthusiasts has released the Monogram project, developing a new open Telegram messenger client for the Android mobile platform. The project is written in Kotlin using the Jetpack Compose declarative UI framework. The code is open under the GPLv3 license (the project also has its own Telegram channel). The main motivation for creating an alternative application is stated as the need to ensure transparency in development and address the accumulated issues of the original client. […]

Windows crashes three times more often than macOS — with a 7.5 times gap in hang-ups.

The analytics company Omnissa has released a report indicating that Windows corporate environments experience crashes, freezes, and failures much more frequently than macOS, leading to significant productivity losses and growing stability issues. The report reveals some statistics on how unstable Windows can be in corporate environments. The detection of errors in Windows has long been a topic of concern for many […]

Froggy-BLC 1.0 (Book-Like CMS)

A stable release (1.0) of the Book-Like CMS "Froggy-BLC" has taken place, which operates on files without a database. In this release: Russian Typographer Intelligent “Quotation-Maker-Tree” Ad Block visible on every page Updated “Gallery” Fully stabilized Fault Tolerance Edits “UNOBSCURED LOGIC” – unraveled logic Numerous fixes Numerous small improvements (details in the commits) NB: The author does not know how to write quality code, so […]

Fossil SCM 2.28

After five and a half months of development, version 2.28 of the simple and highly reliable distributed cross-platform configuration management system Fossil SCM has been released, developed by SQLite's author, Dwayne Richard Hipp. Fossil SCM stands out among version control systems with its radical simplicity of deployment: the whole project is a single executable file with no external dependencies, which simultaneously serves as a VCS, embedded web server, bug tracker, wiki, forum, and chat. […]

Third beta version of Android 17.

Google has introduced the third beta version of the open mobile platform Android 17, marking the stabilization of the platform and the end of changes to the API ahead of the upcoming release. A beta testing program has been offered to evaluate the new capabilities of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9a/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10/10 […]

Greg Kroah-Hartman stated that LLMs have become better at finding bugs.

Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Dutch Linux developer, spoke to The Register about changes in the vulnerability reports generated by AI. About a month ago, the quality of AI-generated vulnerability reports significantly improved. Previously, much of them was just nonsense, but according to Kroah-Hartman, this was not a major issue for the kernel (unlike cURL) — as there are many developers, and […]

Release of MicroPythonOS 0.9, a GUI operating system for microcontrollers.

The release of MicroPythonOS version 0.9.0 is now available, an operating system for microcontrollers such as the ESP32, developed using the MicroPython toolkit. The operating system features a graphical interface designed with consideration for Android and iOS, supporting touch screen controls. Use cases for MicroPythonOS include Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home automation systems, interactive displays, robots, and smart wearables […]

Beta release of Ubuntu 26.04

A beta release of the Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ distribution has been introduced, following a complete freeze of the package base, with developers now focused on final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for April 23. The 26.04 branch falls under the category of long-term support (LTS) releases, with updates provided for 15 years (5 years publicly available, plus another 10 years […]

GitRiver 1.0 — self-hosted platform for managing git repositories

The first public release of GitRiver has occurred – a self-hosted platform for managing git repositories, written in Rust. The platform combines repository hosting, continuous integration, container registry, package registry, Kubernetes deployment management, task management, and merge requests in one binary. The platform consumes about 100 MB of RAM when idle. Installation requires only Docker Compose and PostgreSQL. […]

Readiness of the Fedora Forge collaborative development platform

The CLE (Community Linux Engineering Team), established at Red Hat to address technical challenges within the Fedora and CentOS projects, such as providing infrastructure, preparing releases, and ensuring quality, has announced the readiness of the Fedora Forge collaborative development platform, built on the Forgejo project. The Fedora Forge project is created to replace the existing Pagure platform used in Fedora […]

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