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Sound Open Firmware 2.0 is now available, a set of open firmware for DSP chips.

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The release of Sound Open Firmware 2.0 (SOF) has been published, originally created by Intel to move away from the practice of providing closed firmware for DSP chips related to audio processing. Subsequently, the project was taken under the wing of the Linux Foundation and is now developed with the involvement of the community and participation from companies like AMD, Google, and NXP. The project is developing an SDK to simplify firmware development, […]

Release of Toxiproxy 2.3, a proxy for testing applications' resilience to network issues

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Shopify, which operates one of the largest e-commerce platforms, has released Toxiproxy 2.3, a proxy server intended for simulating network and system failures and anomalies to test application functionality under such conditions. The program is notable for providing an API to dynamically alter channel characteristics, which can be used to integrate Toxiproxy with unit testing systems, continuous integration platforms, and environments […]

Release of the Enlightenment 0.25 User Environment

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After a year and a half of development, the release of the Enlightenment 0.25 user environment has taken place, which is based on the EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Library) and Elementary widgets. The release is available in source code, while packages for distributions are not yet formed. The most notable innovations in Enlightenment 0.25 include a revamped appearance, which has transitioned to a new flat theme that moves away from the relief highlighting of elements. Significant enhancements are proposed […]

Release of the minimalist set of system utilities BusyBox 1.35

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The release of BusyBox 1.35 has been announced, featuring a set of standard UNIX utilities packaged as a single executable file and optimized for minimal system resource consumption, with the total size being less than 1 MB. The first release of the new branch 1.35 is positioned as unstable, with full stabilization expected in version 1.35.1, which is anticipated in about a month. The project's code is distributed under the license […]

Release of Lumina Desktop 1.6.2

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The release of the Lumina 1.6.2 desktop environment has been published, developed after the discontinuation of TrueOS as part of the Trident project (a desktop distribution of Void Linux). The components of the environment are written using the Qt5 library (without the use of QML). Lumina adheres to a classic approach to organizing the user environment. It includes a desktop, an application panel, a session manager, an application menu, an environment settings system, a task manager, and a system […]

Release of the CAD software KiCad 6.0

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After three and a half years since the last significant release, the free automated circuit board design system KiCad 6.0.0 has been published. This is the first major release formed after the project transitioned under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation. Builds have been prepared for various Linux distributions, Windows, and macOS. The code is written in C++ using the wxWidgets library and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. […]

Release of the Backup Distribution Rescuezilla 2.3

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The release of the Rescuezilla 2.3 distribution is now available, designed for backing up, restoring systems after failures, and diagnosing various hardware issues. The distribution is built on an Ubuntu package base and continues the development of the 'Redo Backup & Rescue' project, which was discontinued in 2012. Live builds for 64-bit x86 systems (846MB) and a deb package for installation in Ubuntu are available for download.

Release of the Siduction 2021.3 distribution.

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The release of the Siduction 2021.3 project has been formed, developing a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on the Debian Sid (unstable) package base. Siduction is a fork of Aptosid, which split off in July 2011. A key difference from Aptosid was the use of a newer version of KDE from the experimental Qt-KDE repository as the user environment. Builds based on KDE (2.9 GB) and Xfce (2.5 GB) are available for download.

Release of system manager systemd 250

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After five months of development, the release of the system manager systemd 250 has been presented. The new version includes the ability to store credentials in encrypted form, verification of automatically detected GPT partitions by digital signature, improved notification about the reasons for delays when starting services, added options to restrict service access to certain file systems and network interfaces, and ensured support for integrity control.

Release of Snoop 1.3.3, an OSINT tool for gathering user information from open sources.

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The release of Snoop version 1.3.3 has been published, enhancing the OSINT tool that searches for user accounts in public data (open-source intelligence). The program analyzes various websites, forums, and social networks for the presence of the desired username, i.e., it detects on which sites a user with the specified nickname is found. The project is developed based on research materials in the field of scraping [...]

A decentralized communication client Jami “Taranis” has been released

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A new version of the decentralized communication platform Jami has been released, code-named 'Taranis'. The project aims to create a communication system that operates in P2P mode, allowing for both large group communication and individual calls while providing a high level of privacy and security. Jami, formerly known as Ring and SFLphone, is among the GNU projects […]

Release of the Raster Graphics Editor Krita 5.0

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The release of the raster graphics editor Krita 5.0.0 has been announced, designed for artists and illustrators. The editor supports multi-layer image processing, provides tools for working with various color models, and boasts a wide set of features for digital painting, sketching, and texture creation. Self-contained AppImage packages for Linux, experimental APK packages for ChromeOS and Android, and […] are available for installation.

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