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On January 11 and 22, after more than six months of development, versions 5.2.0 and 5.2.1 of the two-panel file manager Worker, written in C++ using its own GUI library (X11 only), were released under the GNU GPL 2 license. Worker offers a vast array of settings, both for appearance and functionality, which can be extended with the built-in interpreter […]
The Python Package Index (PyPI) has introduced support for marking projects as archived. Maintainers can now archive a project to inform users that it will no longer receive updates. This will enable users to make more informed decisions about which packages their software depends on, especially regarding the security of the dependency chain […]
The first release of the OpenVox project has been introduced, which develops a fork of the Puppet configuration automation system, allowing for administration automation across a group of servers and organizing centralized execution of tasks such as user management, package installation, and configuration updates. It is noted that the first release OpenVox 8.11 is equivalent to the similar version of Puppet and can be used as a transparent replacement. The project code is written in Ruby and […]
The developers of the Thunderbird email client have announced a change in their model for producing significant releases. Instead of the current scheme, where a significant release is made once a year and based on the ESR branches of Firefox, starting March 2025, significant releases will be published monthly and based on the releases of Firefox with regular maintenance duration. Since October last year, Thunderbird […]
After two and a half years of development, the twenty-seventh alpha release of the free game 0 A.D., featuring real-time strategy reminiscent of the Age of Empires series, has been presented. Like all previous releases, the new version is marked 'alpha', but the developers have decided to break from this tradition, and the next update will be labeled '0 A.D. Release 28'. The alpha version tag […]
The developers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have announced the option to assign archived status to projects, which prohibits any updates from being published. The archive project page displays a warning that the maintainer will no longer be releasing new updates. For users, this label may signal not to use the given package, as no further […]
The number of lines in the Linux kernel has crossed the milestone of 40 million, with the last 20 million accumulated over the past 10 years (since 2015). Proof from the terminal where this number was recorded. Let’s congratulate the developers on this anniversary! %) Source: linux.org.ru
Collabora has announced the continuation of the development of the libsurvive toolkit, which advances the open implementation of the Lighthouse motion tracking technology for virtual reality systems. The project had been in a state of stagnation since 2022. After several years of inactivity, the original maintainers of libsurvive decided to completely step away from development and transferred the rights to the GitHub project to Collabora. Two new […] have been appointed to oversee further development of the project.
The release of the OPNsense 25.1 distribution for creating firewalls has been published. This project, which split from pfSense in 2015, aims to develop a fully open distribution that can provide functionality on par with commercial solutions for deploying firewalls and network gateways. Unlike pfSense, this project is positioned as not controlled by a single company and is developed with the direct involvement of the community and […]
Starting March 1, the Ubuntu project will officially adopt Matrix as its platform for developer communication. The previously used IRC communication channels have been classified as deprecated. In a poll conducted among developers working at Canonical, 10 participants voted in favor of the transition to Matrix, 1 voted against it, and 6 requested a public discussion. A discussion on the feasibility of migrating to […]
The release of KaOS 2025.01 has been published, a distribution with a continuous update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications that use Qt. Among its distinctive design features is a vertical panel positioned on the right side of the screen. The distribution is developed with consideration for Arch Linux but supports its own independent repository, containing over 1500 packages, and also offers […]
The release of the Pidgin 2.14.14 instant messaging client has been announced, which supports networks such as XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, and Novell GroupWise. The graphical interface of Pidgin is built using the GTK library and supports tabs, a unified address book, and the ability to work simultaneously across different networks. Plugins can be used to extend functionality and add support for new protocols; for example, there is […]