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The first experimental release of the instant messaging client Pidgin 3.0 (2.90) has been published. It allows working simultaneously in several networks with different protocols and switching between chats using tabs. Plugins can be used to expand functionality and add support for new protocols. The builds will be prepared in Flatpak format (only the archive with the code is available for now). The second test release of Pidgin [β¦]
Phosh 0.44, a mobile desktop shell based on GNOME technologies and the GTK library, has been released. The environment was initially developed by Purism as an analogue of GNOME Shell for the Librem 5 smartphone, but then became one of the unofficial GNOME projects and is used in postmarketOS, Mobian, Droidian, some firmware for Pine64 devices, and the Fedora edition for smartphones. Phosh [β¦]
Stretchly is a cross-platform program that reminds the user to take a break from time to time while working on the computer. It is written in JavaScipt (Electron), distributed under the terms of the "Simplified" BSD-2 license. Features: setting up mini- and long breaks, intervals between breaks; delaying breaks, as well as prohibiting them; skipping breaks completely, as well as a strict mode prohibiting skipping; displaying useful tips or ideas [β¦]
Kees Cook, former chief systems administrator of kernel.org and leader Ubuntu Security Team demonstrated the ability to create a commit whose abbreviated ID matches a commit previously added to the kernel. LinuxThe experiment was conducted to confirm the feasibility of switching to 16-character shortened commit identifiers in the kernel. Linux, previously discussed on the kernel developer mailing list but not endorsed by Linus [β¦]
The LineageOS 22.1 mobile platform release, based on the code base, has been released. Android 15. LineageOS 22 has reached parity in functionality and stability with 21 and is considered ready for the first release. Builds have been prepared for 132 device models (23 more than LineageOS 21). LineageOS can also be run in an emulator. Android Emulator [β¦]
On December 29, 2024, the next version of the Amarok audio player from the KDE project was released. This version added support for building with Qt6 (although using Qt5 is recommended for now), filtering collections by missing/empty tag, and showing the track context applet by default. Several bugs were fixed. Source: linux.org.ru
Cloudflare has announced the open source code for h3i, a command-line utility and library of functions for low-level testing and debugging of HTTP/3 server implementations. The utility can be used to evaluate the behavior of HTTP/3 servers, determine the level of compliance with specification requirements, and check the response to emergency situations. The utility code is written in Rust and is open sourced under the BSD license. [β¦]
After three years of development and a year and a half since the formation of the first alpha version, the transition of the Chimera distribution was announced Linux into beta testing. The distribution is notable for its use of the kernel Linux in combination with FreeBSD utilities, the dinit system manager, and the Musl standard C library. It's built using the Clang compiler. The project was founded by Nina Kolesa of Igalia, a company that participates in [β¦]
On December 28, after a more than two-year break, version 2.5.0 of the termbox2 TUI library, written in C and distributed under the MIT license, was released. Compared to the original termbox, it retains the simple API and lack of dependencies beyond libc, but adds: stricter error checking; more efficient parsing of escape sequences; optional 32-bit color support; improved support for Unicode graphemes; [β¦]
After more than a year of development, 0.8.3 of the xxHash library has been released. It implements high-performance non-cryptographic hash algorithms xxHash. The library and console utility are written in C and are distributed under the BSD 2 license. What's new: Fixed a bug in the XXH3_128bits_withSecretandSeed() function, which led to incorrect results in some cases. Added an optimized implementation for LoongArch SX. Now the xxhsum console utility automatically detects and [β¦]
The first version of Ghostty, one of the fastest terminal emulators in existence, was recently released. Reddit and many YouTube channels have already dubbed it the best. The project has quickly amassed over 15k β on Github. Features: Multi-platform. Written in the increasingly popular Zig programming language. Uses a native UI (in Linux Requires GTK 4) and GPU acceleration. [β¦]
After five months of development, the Amarok 3.2.0 music player, which was very popular during the times of KDE 3 and KDE 4, is released. After the release of KDE 5, the project was abandoned, but this year it was revived and ported to Qt5/Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 5/6 libraries. The project code is written in C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. [β¦]