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Episode XNUMX of the Pepper and Carrot Open Source Animated Comic

The fourth episode of the animation project based on the comic book “Pepper&Carrot” by French artist David Revoy has been released. The animation for the episode was created entirely on free software (Blender, Synfig, RenderChan, Krita), and all source files are distributed under a free CC BY-SA 4.0 license (the source texts of the third and fifth episodes were published at the same time). The online premiere of the episode took place simultaneously in three languages: Russian, English and […]

Wasmer 3.0, a toolkit for building WebAssembly-based applications, is available

The third major release of the Wasmer project is introduced, which develops a runtime for executing WebAssembly modules that can be used to create universal applications that can run on different operating systems, as well as to execute untrusted code in isolation. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under the MIT license. The ability to run one application on different platforms is provided by compiling [...]

Release of Nuitka 1.2, a compiler for the Python language

A release of the Nuitka 1.2 project is available, which develops a compiler for translating Python scripts into a C representation, which can then be compiled into an executable file using libpython for maximum compatibility with CPython (using native CPython tools for managing objects). Provided full compatibility with current releases of Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 - 3.10. Compared with […]

Amazon has published a toolkit for Linux-Finch containers

Amazon unveiled Finch, an open source toolkit for building, publishing, and running Linux-containers. The toolkit features a very simple installation process and uses standard, ready-made components for working with OCI (Open Container Initiative) containers. Finch's code is written in Go and is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. The project is still in its early stages of development and includes only […]

Release of zeronet-conservancy 0.7.8, platform for decentralized sites

The zeronet-conservancy 0.7.8 project has been released, continuing the development of the decentralized, censorship-resistant ZeroNet network, which uses Bitcoin addressing and verification mechanisms in combination with BitTorrent distributed delivery technologies to create sites. The content of sites is stored in a P2P network on visitors’ machines and is verified using the owner’s digital signature. The fork was created after the disappearance of the original developer ZeroNet and aims to maintain and […]

The Forgejo project started developing a fork of the Gitea co-development system

As part of the Forgejo project, a fork of the Gitea collaborative development platform was founded. The reason given is the non-acceptance of attempts to commercialize the project and the concentration of management in the hands of a commercial company. According to the fork creators, the project should remain independent and belong to the community. Forgejo will continue to adhere to its previous principles of independent management. On October 25, the founder of Gitea (Lunny) and one of the active participants (techknowlogick) without […]

Wine 7.22 release

The experimental release of the open source WinAPI implementation, 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 important changes: In WoW64, a layer for running 32-bit programs in a 64-bit environment Windows, system call thunks for Vulkan and OpenGL have been added. The core package includes the OpenLDAP library, compiled in the […]

SerpentOS toolkit available for testing

After two years of work on the project, the developers of the SerpentOS distribution announced the possibility of testing the main tools, including: the moss package manager; moss-container container system; moss-deps dependency management system; boulder assembly system; Avalanche service hiding system; vessel repository manager; summit control panel; moss-db database; system of reproducible bootstrapping (bootstrap) bill. Public API and package recipes available. […]

Twenty-fourth firmware update Ubuntu touch

The UBports project, which took over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch, after Canonical divested from the platform, released the OTA-24 (over-the-air) firmware update. The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, renamed Lomiri. Update Ubuntu Touch OTA-24 is designed for smartphones BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google […]

1600 malicious container images found on Docker Hub

Sysdig, a company that develops an open source toolkit for analyzing system performance, has published the results of a study of more than 250 images. Linux-containers hosted in the Docker Hub directory without any indication of being verified or official images. A total of 1652 images were classified as malicious. 608 images were found to contain cryptocurrency mining components, 288 contained access tokens (155 contained SSH keys, […]

Release of Zulip 6 messaging platform

Zulip 6, a server platform for deploying corporate messaging apps suitable for organizing communication between employees and development teams, has been released. The project was originally developed by Zulip and, following its acquisition by Dropbox, was made public under an 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 […]

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