The first stable release of GNU wget2: 09/27/2021 After three and a half years of development , the first stable release of the GNU Wget2 project is presented , developing a completely redesigned version of the program for automating recursive loading of GNU wget content. GNU Wget2 is designed and rewritten from scratch, they moved the basic web client functionality into the libwget library, which can be used in standalone applications. The utility is supplied under the GPLv3+ license, and the library under the LGPLv3+. Instead of gradually reworking the existing code base, it was decided to redo everything from scratch and they founded a separate branch of wget2 to implement ideas for restructuring, increasing functionality and making changes that break compatibility. With the exception of the end of support for FTP and the WARC format, wget2 can act as a transparent replacement for the classic wget utility in most situations. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2021-09/msg00011.html

PaSh shell script parallelization system moved under the wing of Linux Foundation: 09/27/2021 The PaSh project, who develops tools for parallel execution of shell scripts, has announced a move under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, which will provide the infrastructure and services needed to continue development. The project code is distributed under the MIT license and includes components in Python, Shell, C and OCaml languages. The project is supported by MIT, Rice University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania. https://linuxfoundation.org/press-release/linux-foundation-to-host-the-pash-project-accelerating-shell-scripting-with-automated-parallelization-for-industrial-use-cases/

Fedora Linux 35 has entered beta testing: 09/28/2021 Testing of the beta version of Fedora Linux 35 has begun. The beta release marked the transition to the final testing phase, where only critical bug fixes are allowed. The release is scheduled for October 26th. This release covers Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora Silverblue, Fedora IoT, and Live builds delivered as spins with KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE and LXQt desktop environments. Assemblies are formed for x86_64, Power64, ARM64 (AArch64) architectures and various devices with 32-bit ARM processors. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-35-beta/

OBS Studio 27.1 Released: 09/28/2021 Available now is OBS Studio 27.1 for streaming, compositing and video recording. The code is written in C / C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Packages are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS. The development goal of OBS Studio was to create a portable version of the Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Classic) application that is not tied to the Windows platform, supports OpenGL, and is extensible through plugins. What stands out is all the Youtube integration, done with the help of Youtube themselves. https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/27.1.0

SuperTuxKart 1.3 released: 09/29/2021 SuperTuxKart 1.3, free racing game with plenty of go-karts, tracks and features, is out. The game code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Binary assemblies are available for Linux, Android, Windows, and macOS. Not much was said about the release, but there is a long list of changes. Those of you who like comics, it now contains Pepper, from Pepper and Carrot. https://blog.supertuxkart.net/2021/09/supertuxkart-13-release.html

Firezone - create VPN servers based on WireGuard: 30/09/2021 The Firezone project is developing a VPN server for organizing access to hosts in an internal isolated network from user devices located in external networks. The project aims to achieve a high level of security and simplify the VPN deployment process. The project code is written in Elixir and Ruby, and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The project is being developed by a security automation engineer from Cisco, who tried to create a solution that automates the work with host configurations and eliminates the problems that had to be faced when gaining secure access to cloud VPCs. Firezone can be thought of as an open source counterpart to OpenVPN Access Server, built on top of WireGuard instead of OpenVPN. https://github.com/firezone/firezone

New version of Exim mail server: 09/29/2021 The Exim 4.95 mail server has been released with the accumulated fixes and new features added. According to an automated survey of more than a million mail servers in September, Exim accounts for 58% (57.59% a year ago), Postfix is ​​used by 34.92% (34.70%) of mail servers, Sendmail is 3.52% (3.75%), MailEnable is 2% (2.07 %), MDaemon - 0.57% (0.73%), Microsoft Exchange - 0.32% (0.42%). https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20200601.152400.f7bce8f6.en.html

PostgreSQL 14 released: 09/30/2021 After a year of development, a new stable branch of PostgreSQL 14 is out. Updates for the new branch will be released for five years until November 2026. PostgreSQL 14 brings a variety of features that help developers and administrators deploy their data-backed applications. PostgreSQL continues to add innovations on complex data types, including more convenient access for JSON and support for noncontiguous ranges of data. This latest release adds to PostgreSQL's trend on improving high performance and distributed data workloads, with advances in connection concurrency, high-write workloads, query parallelism and logical replication. https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-14-released-2318/

Free Software Foundation Introduces JShelter Browser Add-on to Restrict JavaScript API: 10/01/2021 The Free Software Foundation has unveiled the JShelter project, that develops a browser add-on to protect against threats posed by JavaScript on websites, including hidden identification, movement tracking, and user data collection. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The add-on is prepared for Firefox , Google Chrome , Opera , Brave, Microsoft Edge and other browsers based on the Chromium engine. The project is being developed as a joint initiative funded by the NLnet Foundation. JShelter has also been joined by Giorgio Maone, the creator of the NoScript add-on, as well as the founders of the J++ project and the authors of the JS-Shield and JavaScript Restrictor add-ons . The new project is based on the JavaScript Restrictor add-on. https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-announces-jshelter-browser-add-on-to-combat-threats-from-nonfree-javascript

Crashes in OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD and Electron due to deprecation of the IdenTrust root certificate: 10/01/2021 The termination of the IdenTrust root certificate (DST Root CA X3) used to cross-sign the Let's Encrypt CA root certificate resulted in problems with Let's Encrypt certificate validation in projects using older versions of OpenSSL and GnuTLS. Problems also affected the LibreSSL library, the developers of which did not take into account the past experience related to failures that occurred after the AddTrust root certificate of the Sectigo (Comodo) certification authority expired. As a workaround, they proposed you delete the “DST Root CA X3” certificate from the system storage (/etc/ca-certificates.conf and /etc/ca-certificates.conf and /etc/ssl/certs), and then run the command “update-ca-certificates -f -v ”). https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/595

Google donates a million dollars to improve the security of open source software: 02/10/2021 Google introduced the Secure Open Source (SOS) initiative, which will provide bonuses for work related to hardening critical open source software. A million dollars have been allocated for the first payments, but if the initiative is recognized as successful, the investment in the project will continue. https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/introducing-secure-open-source-pilot.html