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The release of Rocky Linux 9.1, aimed at creating a free build of RHEL that can replace the classic CentOS, has been announced. This release is marked as ready for production deployment. The distribution is fully binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and can be used as a replacement for RHEL 9.1 and CentOS 9 Stream. Support for the Rocky Linux 9 branch will continue until May 31 […]
The third major release of the Wasmer project, which develops a runtime for executing WebAssembly modules that can be used to create universal applications capable of running on different operating systems, as well as for the isolated execution of untrusted code, has been presented. The project’s code is written in Rust and is distributed under the MIT license. The ability to run a single application across different platforms is achieved through compilation […]
The release of the Nuitka 1.2 project, which develops a compiler for translating Python scripts into C code representation that can then be compiled into an executable file using libpython for maximum compatibility with CPython (using CPython’s built-in tools for object management), is now available. Full compatibility is ensured with the latest releases of Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.3 – 3.10. Compared to […]
The release of the zeronet-conservancy project 0.7.8, which continues the development of the decentralized, censorship-resistant ZeroNet network, has taken place. In this network, websites are created using Bitcoin addressing and verification mechanisms combined with BitTorrent distributed delivery technologies. The content of the websites is stored in a P2P network on visitors' machines and is verified using the owner's digital signature. This fork was created after the original developer of ZeroNet disappeared and aims to maintain and […]
Within the Forgejo project, a fork of the collaborative development platform Gitea has been established. The reason for this is the rejection of attempts to commercialize the project and concentrate management in the hands of a commercial company. According to the creators of the fork, the project should remain independent and belong to the community. Forgejo will continue to adhere to the previous principles of independent governance. On October 25, the founder of Gitea (Lunny) and one of the active participants (techknowlogick) without […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.22 has taken place. Since the release of version 7.21, 38 bug reports have been closed and 462 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: In WoW64, the layer for running 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows, system call (thunk) converters for Vulkan and OpenGL have been added. The OpenLDAP library has been included in the main build, compiled in the format […]
After two years of work on the project, the developers of the SerpentOS distribution announced the availability of testing for the core toolkit, which includes: the package manager moss; the container system moss-container; the dependency management system moss-deps; the build system boulder; the service hiding system avalanche; the repository manager vessel; the control panel summit; the database moss-db; and the reproducible bootstrapping system bill. A public API and package recipes are available. […]
The UBports project, which has taken over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after its original developer Canonical withdrew, has released OTA-24 (over-the-air) firmware update. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, renamed Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 update is available for smartphones BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google […]
Sysdig, which develops the open-source toolset for system performance analysis, has released the findings of a study involving over 250,000 Linux container images hosted on Docker Hub without any indication of being verified or official images. As a result, 1,652 images were classified as malicious. Among them, 608 images contained components for cryptocurrency mining, while 288 had access tokens (155 including SSH keys, and […]
Zulip 6 has been released, a server platform for deploying corporate messengers suitable for facilitating communication among employees and developer groups. The project was initially developed by Zulip and was open-sourced after being acquired by Dropbox under the Apache 2.0 license. The server-side code is written in Python using the Django framework. Client software is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and […]
A set of programs for organizing remote desktop access LTSM 1.0 (Linux Terminal Service Manager) has been released. This project is primarily intended for organizing multiple virtual graphical sessions on a server and serves as an alternative to the Microsoft Windows Terminal Server family of systems, enabling the use of Linux on client systems and on the server. The code is written in C++ and is distributed under […]
The release of SDL 2.26.0 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has been announced, aimed at simplifying the development of games and multimedia applications. The SDL library provides features such as hardware-accelerated output of 2D and 3D graphics, input handling, sound playback, output of 3D through OpenGL/OpenGL ES/Vulkan, and many other related operations. The library is written in C and is distributed under the Zlib license. To utilize SDL capabilities […]