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

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

Release of the Salix 15.0 distribution

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

OpenWrt release 22.03.0

After a year of development, a new significant release of the OpenWrt 22.03.0 distribution has been published, targeting applications in various network devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports many different platforms and architectures and has a build system that allows you to easily and conveniently cross-compile, including various components in the assembly, which makes it easy to create […]

Distributed operating system DBOS, running on top of a DBMS, is introduced

The DBOS (DBMS-oriented Operating System) project is presented, developing a new operating system to run scalable distributed applications. A feature of the project is the use of a DBMS to store applications and the state of the system, as well as organizing access to the state only through transactions. The project is being developed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wisconsin and Stanford Universities, Carnegie Mellon University, and Google and VMware. Works are spreading […]

Release of Communist 2 p2.0p messenger and libcommunist 1.0 library

The Communist 2.0 P2P messenger and the libcommunist 1.0 library, which integrates network operations and P2P communication capabilities, have been released. They support operation both on the Internet and on local area networks of various configurations. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3 license and is available on GitHub (Communist, libcommunist) and GitFlic (Communist, libcommunist). They support operation in Linux и WindowsTo install […]

The number of domains appearing in Google block requests has reached 4 million

A new frontier has been marked in the requests that Google receives to block pages from search results that violate someone else's intellectual property. Blocking is done in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and with public disclosure of information on requests for public scrutiny. According to published statistics, the number of unique second-level domains mentioned in […]

New version of GNU Awk 5.2 interpreter

A new release of the GNU project's implementation of the AWK programming language, Gawk 5.2.0, has been introduced. AWK was developed in the 70s of the last century and has not undergone significant changes since the mid-80s, in which the main backbone of the language was defined, which made it possible to maintain the original stability and simplicity of the language over the past decades. Despite its advanced age, AWK until […]

Ubuntu Unity will receive official edition status Ubuntu

Members of the technical committee managing development Ubuntu, approved the plan for the adoption of the distribution Ubuntu Unity is now an official edition UbuntuDuring the first stage, daily test builds will be generated. Ubuntu Unity, which will be offered along with the other official editions of the distribution (Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu и UbuntuKylin). If no serious problems are identified, Ubuntu Unity […]

Competing Evernote note-taking platform Notesnook open source

As promised earlier, Streetwriters has moved its note-taking platform, Notesnook, to an open source project. Notesnook is touted as a completely open, privacy-focused alternative to Evernote, with end-to-end encryption to prevent server-side analysis of information. The code is written in JavaScript/Typescript languages ​​and is open under the GPLv3 license. Currently published […]

Release of the GitBucket 4.38 collaborative development system

The release of the GitBucket 4.38 project, which develops a system for collaborating with Git repositories with a GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket-style interface, has been released. The system is easy to install, expandable via plugins, and compatible 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 a DBMS. Main features […]

Peter Eckersley, co-founder of Let's Encrypt, dies

Peter Eckersley, one of the founders of Let's Encrypt, a non-profit, community-controlled CA that provides free certificates to anyone, has passed away. Peter served on the board of directors of the non-profit organization ISRG (Internet Security Research Group), which is the founder of the Let's Encrypt project, and worked for the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) human rights organization for a long time. The idea promoted by Peter to provide […]

Google Open Project Vulnerability Bounty Initiative

Google has introduced a new OSS VRP (Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program) initiative to pay cash rewards for identifying security issues in open source projects Bazel, Angular, Go, Protocol buffers and Fuchsia, as well as projects developed in Google repositories on GitHub ( Google, GoogleAPIs, GoogleCloudPlatform, etc.) and their dependencies. The presented initiative complements […]

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