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The release of Zulip 7, a server platform for deploying enterprise messengers suitable for organizing communication among employees and developer groups, has been introduced. The project was originally developed by Zulip and opened after its acquisition by Dropbox under the Apache 2.0 license. The server-side code is written in Python using the Django framework. The client software is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and […]
A new release of the lightweight window manager IceWM 3.4.0 is now available. IceWM provides full management through keyboard shortcuts, the ability to use virtual desktops, taskbars, and application menus, and tabs can be used for grouping windows. The window manager is configured through a fairly simple configuration file, and theme customization is possible. Window grouping in tab form is supported. Built-in applets for monitoring CPU, memory, and traffic are available. […]
Nearly two years after the last update, the SMTP server Sendmail 8.17.2 has been released. Alongside bug fixes, the new version enhances support for email addresses with characters from national alphabets (EAI, Email Address Internationalization), adds support for new versions of macOS, and improves the execution of DANE (DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities) checks. To prevent performance degradation, the default value for the MaxMimeHeaderLength parameter has been set to […]
The release of Kali Linux 2023.2 has been announced, based on the Debian package base and designed for vulnerability testing, auditing, analysis of residual information, and identifying the consequences of attacks by malicious actors. All original developments created within the distribution are licensed under GPL and are available through a public Git repository. Several ISO image options have been prepared for download, with a size of 443 MB, […]
The release of TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U5 has been announced, a distribution for quickly deploying Network-Attached Storage (NAS), continuing the development of the FreeNAS project. TrueNAS CORE 13 is based on the FreeBSD 13 codebase, features integrated support for ZFS, and can be managed through a web interface built using the Python framework Django. Access to the storage is supported via FTP, NFS, Samba, AFP, rsync, and iSCSI, for […]
After three months of development, the release of the distributed version control system Git 2.41 has been published. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, providing flexible tools for nonlinear development based on branching and merging. To ensure the integrity of history and resilience to 'backdating' changes, implicit hashing of the entire previous history is utilized in each commit, […]
As part of the Crab (CrabLang) project, the development of a fork of the Rust language and package manager Cargo has begun (the fork is named Crabgo). The leader of the fork is Travis Wagner, who is not in the top 100 most active Rust developers. The reason for creating the fork is dissatisfaction with the increasing influence of corporations on the Rust language and the questionable policies of the Rust Foundation organization […]
The release of GoldenDict 1.5.0 has been published, an application for working with dictionary data that supports various dictionary and encyclopedia formats and can display documents in HTML format using the WebKit engine. The project code is written in C++ using the Qt library and is distributed under the GPLv3+ license. It supports builds for Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms. Notable features include a graphical […]
After more than a year of development, the release of Pharo 11 has been published, which extends the Smalltalk programming language dialect. Pharo is a derivative of the Squeak project, which involved Alan Kay, the creator of Smalltalk. In addition to implementing the programming language, Pharo also provides a virtual machine for code execution, an integrated development environment, a debugger, and a set of libraries, including libraries for developing graphical interfaces. Code […]
The GNU Project has released version 0.9.77 of the libmicrohttpd library, which provides a simple API for embedding HTTP server functionality into applications. Supported platforms include GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Android, macOS, Win32, and z/OS. The library is distributed under the LGPL 2.1+ license. When compiled, the library occupies about 32 KB. It supports HTTP 1.1, TLS, incremental processing of POST requests, basic and digest authentication, […]
Information has been revealed about two vulnerabilities in the free office suite LibreOffice, the most dangerous of which could potentially allow code execution when opening a specially crafted document. The first vulnerability was quietly fixed in the March releases of versions 7.4.6 and 7.5.1, while the second was addressed in the May updates of LibreOffice versions 7.4.7 and 7.5.3. The first vulnerability (CVE-2023-0950) could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code in […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have announced the release of the portable version of the LibreSSL 3.8.0 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on robust support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary functionality, adding additional security measures, and undertaking significant cleaning and refactoring of the codebase. The release of LibreSSL 3.8.0 is regarded as experimental, where […]