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The free personal finance management system GnuCash 5.0 has been released, providing tools for tracking income and expenses, managing bank accounts, handling information about stocks, deposits, and investments, and planning loans. GnuCash also allows for accounting for small businesses and balancing (debit/credit). It supports data import in QIF/OFX/HBCI formats and provides visual representation of information in graphs. […]
A small plugin called BlenderGPT has been prepared for the 3D modeling system, allowing content generation based on tasks defined in natural language. The command input interface is presented as an additional tab āGPT-4 Assistantā in the 3D View sidebar, where arbitrary instructions can be entered (for example, ācreate 100 cubes in random locationsā, ātake existing cubes and make them different sizesā) and […]
The nonprofit certificate authority Letās Encrypt, community-controlled and providing certificates free of charge to anyone interested, has announced the implementation of ARI (ACME Renewal Information) support within its infrastructure, which is an extension of the ACME protocol, allowing the client to receive information about the need to update certificates and recommending the optimal time for updates. The ARI specification is undergoing standardization by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) committee that develops protocols […]
The Wine project has released version 1.7 of the vkd3d package, implementing Direct3D 12 through call translation to the Vulkan graphics API. The package includes the libvkd3d libraries for implementing Direct3D 12, libvkd3d-shader with a shader translator for models 4 and 5, and libvkd3d-utils with functions to simplify porting Direct3D 12 applications, as well as a set of demonstration examples, including a port of glxgears […]
Docker has announced the cancellation of its earlier decision to discontinue the "Docker Free Team" subscription service, which allows organizations managing open projects to host container images for free in the Docker Hub registry, organize team work, and use private repositories. Users of the "Free Team" plan can continue operating as before and do not have to worry about the previously intended removal of their […]
GitHub reported an incident in which a private RSA key, used as a host key for accessing GitHub repositories via SSH, was mistakenly published in a publicly accessible repository. The leak only affected the RSA key; the host SSH keys ECDSA and Ed25519 remain secure. The publicly accessible host SSH key does not provide access to GitHub's infrastructure […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-0386) has been identified in the Linux kernel's OverlayFS file system implementation, which can be exploited to gain root access on systems with the FUSE subsystem installed and where unprivileged users are allowed to mount OverlayFS partitions (starting from Linux kernel 5.11 with unprivileged user namespace enabled). The issue has been resolved in the 6.2 kernel branch. The release of package updates in distributions can be tracked at […]
The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.4 has been announced, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and maintaining virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and capable of serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 1.1 GB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully ready virtual […]
The release of the MyLibrary 2.1 home library cataloger has taken place. The program code is written in C++ and is available (GitHub, GitFlic) under the GPLv3 license. The graphical user interface is implemented using the GTK4 library. The program is adapted for use in Linux and Windows operating systems. For Arch Linux users, a ready-to-use package is available in AUR. MyLibrary catalogs book files in […]
The release of the Pale Moon 32.1 web browser has been published, branched from the Firefox codebase to provide higher efficiency, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and offer additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are created for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface arrangement, without transitioning to […]
The release of the completely free Linux distribution Trisquel 11.0 has been published, based on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS package base and aimed at small enterprises, educational institutions, and home users. Trisquel is personally endorsed by Richard Stallman, officially recognized by the Free Software Foundation as completely free, and included in the FSF's list of recommended distributions. Installers are available for download, sized at 2.2 […]
The release of Polemarch 3.0.0, a web interface for managing server infrastructure based on Ansible, has taken place. The project code is written in Python and JavaScript using the Django and Celery frameworks. The project is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. To run the system, it's sufficient to install the package and launch 1 service. For industrial use, it is recommended to additionally use MySQL/PostgreSQL and Redis/RabbitMQ+Redis (cache and MQ broker). For […]