Release of Budgie 10.7: 30/01/2023 The organization Buddies of Budgie, which oversees the development of the project after its separation from the Solus distribution, published Budgie 10.7.0. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. You can use distributions such as Ubuntu Budgie, Fedora Budgie, Solus, GeckoLinux and EndeavourOS to familiarize yourself with Budgie. The user environment form the separate components supplied with the implementation of the Budgie Desktop, a set of Budgie Desktop icons, a Budgie Desktop View interface, an interface for configuring the Budgie Control Center (GNOME Control Center) and the screen keeper Budgie Screensaver (gnome-screensaver fork). The Budgie 10.x continues to develop a code base based on GNOME technology and its own GNOME shell implementation. In the future, they expect to start the development of the Budgie 11 branch, in which they plan to separate the functionality of the desktop from the layer that provides visualization and output of information, which will allow you to abstract from specific graphic libraries, and implement full support for the Wayland protocol. https://blog.buddiesofbudgie.org/budgie-10-7-released/

Release of Coreboot 4.19: 30/01/2023 The release of the CoreBoot 4.19 project, that is developing a free alternative to the proprietary firmware and BIOS, is out. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. More than 150 developers took part in the creation of the new version, which prepared more than 1,600 changes. https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2023/01/28/announcing-coreboot-release-4-19/

Release of ONLYOFFICE Docs 7.3.0: 31/01/2023 The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 7.3.0 with the implementation of the server for ONLYOFFICE's online editors and collaboration, was ammounced. The editors can be used to work with text documents, tables and presentations. The project code is distributed under the AGPLv3 free license. As a side note, the ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 7.3 was also built on a single code base with online editors. Desktop editors are designed in the form of desktop applications that are written in JavaScript using web-based technologies, but combine client and server components in one set, designed for self-sufficient use on the user's local system, without accessing external services. For on prem, you can also use the Nextcloud Hub platform, which provides full integration with ONLYOFFICE. The finished builds are available for Linux, Windows and macOS. https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2023/01/onlyoffice-docs-7-3-released/

Release of Elementary OS 7: 01/02/2023 The release of Elementary OS 7, positioned as a fast, open and alternative to Windows and macOS, is presented. The project focuses on high-quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources and provides high-speed launch. Users are offered their own Pantheon desktop environment. To download, a bootable Iso-image (2.8 GB) is available for amd64 architecture. Among the applications, most of the project's own development, such as the Pantheon Terminal emulator, Pantheon Files file manager, Code text editor, and Music music player (Noise) can be found. The project also develops photo manager Pantheon Photos (a fork of Shotwell) and 'Mail' mail client (forked from Evolution). https://blog.elementary.io/os-7-available-now/

Xfce developing support Wayland: 02/02/2023 Experimental editions of the xfce4-panel 4.19.0 and the xfdesktop 4.19.0, desktop, which offer initial support for the Wayland protocol, is available. Support is implemented with the new libxfce4windowing library, offering a layer for abstraction from a graphics subsystem capable of working on top of X11 and Wayland. The libxfce4windowing library implements window control components (screens, root windows, virtual desktops, etc.) not tied to a specific window system. X11 support is based on libwnck (Window Navigator Construction Kit), and Wayland through the use of various protocol extensions. At the current stage of development, the implementation on top of Wayland is still lagging behind the functionality of the implementation on top of the X11, since not all the capabilities of the X11 are relevant extensions of the Wayland protocol. https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce-announce/2023-January/001220.html

Progress of COSMIC written in Rust: 02/02/2023 System76, the developer of the Linux distribution Pop!_OS, has published a report on the development of their new user environment COSMIC, written in the Rust language (not to be confused with the old COSMIC, which was based on GNOME Shell). The environment is evolving as a universal project not tied to a particular distribution that meets the Freedesktop specifications. The project is also developing a composite cosmic-comp server based on Wayland. To build the interface in COSMIC, the Iced library is used, which uses safe types, modular architecture and reactive programming model, and also offers an architecture familiar to developers familiar with the language of declarative construction of Elm interfaces. There are several render engines that support Vulkan, Metal, DX12, OpenGL 2.1+ and OpenGL ES 2.0+, as well as a window shell and engine for Web integration. Applications based on Iced can be made for Windows, macOS, Linux and launch in a web browser. The developers offered a ready-made set of widgets, the ability to create asynchronous handlers and use an adaptive layout of the interface elements depending on the size of the window and the screen. The code is distributed under the MIT license. https://blog.system76.com/post/more-on-cosmic-de-to-kick-off-2023

Release of Glibc 2.37: 02/02/2023 After six months of development, the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.37, which fully follows the requirements of ISO C11 and POS.1-2017, has been released. The new issue includes corrections from 63 developers. Unlike previous releases in Glibc 2.37, this one is mainly bug fixes. From noticeable improvements, only the addition of the “–no-addrconfig” option to the getent utility is allocated for leaving IP addresses that do not correspond to the existing network configuration in the output (i.e. display IP6/IPv4 addresses, even if there are no network interfaces with IPv6/IPv4 addresses, which corresponds to behavior when calling the getaddrinfo function without the flag of AI_ADDRCONFIG). The new version also changed the behavior of the builder, which now does not load shared objects from subdirectories “tls” in the path of search for libraries and subdirectories with the name of the platform (AT_PLATFORM). https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2023-February/145190.html

HashiCorp unveils open document management system for Hermes: 02/02/2023 HashiCorp, known for the development of open-source tools Vagrant, Packer, Nomad and Terraform, has published an open Hermes document management system designed to coordinate processes related to writing, searching, exchanging, reviewing and approving documents used in both individual teams and across the organization. The project code is written in Go and distributed under the MPL 2.0 license. The Ember.js library and Helios interface elements are used to develop the web-interface. The data is stored in the PostgreSQL DBMS. It is noted that Hermes is not an official product of the company and is still in the stage of active development. The project is being developed by the HashiCorp Labs team, founded to develop tools that improve the company's efficiency. Initially, Hermes is an internal project, but is now published in the open access. The introduction of Hermes in HashiCorp began in June 2022 and more than 20% of employees have started to use it. https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/introducing-hermes-an-open-source-document-management-system

Release of LibreOffice 7.5: 02/02/2023 The Document Foundation has released the LibreOffice 7.5 office package. Installation packages are prepared for various Linux, Windows and macOS distributions. 144 developers participated in the preparation of the release, of which 91 are volunteers. 63% of the changes were made by 47 employees of the three companies that oversee the project - Collabora, Red Hat and Allotropia, 12% by six employees of the organization The Document Foundation, and 25% of the changes were added by independent enthusiasts. The release of LibreOffice 7.5 is equipped with the “Community” tag, will be supported by enthusiasts and is not aimed at enterprises. LibreOffice Community is available for free to everyone, including corporate users. For enterprises in need of support, products of the LibreOffice Enterprise family are separately developed, for which partner companies will be provided with full support, the ability to receive long-term updates (LTS) and additional functions such as SLA (Service Level Agreements). https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/02/02/tdf-announces-libreoffice-75-community/

Release of Postgres Pro Enterprise 15.1.1: 03/02/2023 Postgres Professional announced the availability of Proprietary DBMS Pro Enterprise 15.1.1, based on the PostgreSQL 15 code base and including new features that are transferred to integrate into the following PostgreSQL branches, as well as a number of specific additions for high-load systems. The DBMS supports multimaster replication, block-level data compression, incremental backup, built-in connection pool, optimized sectioning of tables, improved full text search, automatic compilation and query planning. https://postgrespro.ru/blog/news/5969951

Release of deep packet inspection system, nDPI 4.6: 03/02/2023 The ntop project, which develops tools for capturing and analyzing traffic, has published a toolkit for deep inspection of nDPI 4.6 packages, which continues to develop the OpenDPI library. The nDPI project was founded after a successful attempt to transfer changes to the OpenDPI repository. The nDPI code is written in C and distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The system allows you to determine the application level protocols used in traffic, analyzing the nature of network activity without binding to network ports (can identify known protocols whose handlers accept connections on non-standard network ports, for example, if http is not given from port 80, or, conversely, when some other network activity is trying to camouflage under http through launching on port 80). https://www.ntop.org/ndpi/welcome-to-ndpi-4-6-code-fuzzing-new-protocol-and-flow-risks/

SPA Studios opened Grease Pencil: 04/02/2023 Spanish animation studio SPA Studios, which became famous thanks to the cartoon “Klaus,” opened the source cod of their internal fork of Blender and related additions. The fork developed in the depths of the studio for more than a year in the process of working on a new cartoon “Ember” and was first announced at the BlenderCon conference in October 2022. The developers of the fork were directly in contact with the studio's artists, adding the necessary functionality, taking into account their wishes and the difficulties that had to be faced in the process of using Blender in the creation of an animated film. As a result, new tools and modifications of the interface of the system of two-dimensional drawing and animation, Grease Pencil, were added, which allows for comfortable operation of 2D-animators in the program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HNmJebYY8M

Foundation for Sustainable Open and Free Software: 04/02/2023 The non-profit Open Technology Fund, which promotes technology to ensure freedom of communication and censorship on the Internet, has announced the creation of the Sustainability Fund. It is noted that despite the importance of the role that open software plays on the Internet, open projects experience underfunding and problems with support. The purpose of the new fund is to ensure that open projects receive the resources and support necessary to maintain and maintain the security of critical tools. Companies such as GitHub, Okta, Omidyar Network and Schmidt Futures announced their participation in the formation of the fund. The rules for selecting projects for financing have not yet been published. Those in need of resources, project developers and project leaders are invited to contact a representative of the fund directly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Technology_Fund

The Open-Assistant project AI bot: 05/02/2023 The organization LAION (Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network), a developmental tool, models and data collection for the creation of free machine learning systems (for example, the LAION collection is used to train the Stable Diffusion image synthesis system), founded the Open-Assistant project, in which the development of a chatbot with artificial intelligence began, reminiscent of the proprietary ChatGPT service and able to interact with the information in the natural language. The project code is written in Python and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. https://open-assistant.io/

Release of OpenTTD 13.0: 06/02/2023 OpenTTD 13.0, a free strategy game that simulates a transport company in real time, is out. The project code is written in C++ and distributed under a GPLv2 license. Installation packages are prepared for Linux, Windows and macOS. Initially, OpenTTD was developed as an analogue of the commercial game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, but later turned into a self-sufficient project, significantly overtaking the reference version of the game. In particular, an alternative set of game data has been created, new sound and graphic design, the capabilities of the game engine have been significantly expanded, the size of the cards have been increased, a network mode of the game has been implemented, many new game elements and models have been added. https://www.openttd.org/news/2023/02/05/openttd-13-0

Release of MythTV 33: 06/02/2023 After a year of development, MythTV 33 was released, which allows you to turn a desktop PC into a TV, a video recorder, a music center, an album with photos, a station for recording and watching DVD. The project code is distributed under the GPL license. At the same time, the release of a separately developing MythWeb web-interface was formed to control the media center through a web browser. MythTV architecture is based on the separation of the backend for storing or capturing video (IPTV, DVB card, etc.) and frontend to display and form the interface. Frontland can run simultaneously with several backends that can be run on both the local system and on external computers. The functionality is implemented through plugins. Currently two sets of plug-ins are available - official and unofficial. The range of features covered by plugins is quite wide - from integration with various online services and implementation of the web-interface to manage the system over a network to working with the web camera and video communication to a PC. https://www.mythtv.org/news/173/v33.1%20Released

Fedora 38 to offer unlimited support for Flathub: 07/02/2023 The FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), responsible for the technical part of the development of the Fedora Linux distribution, approved a proposal allowing full access to the Flathub application catalog. Starting with Fedora 35, a limited sample of applications (white list) for Flatpak was offered to users, implemented with the fedora-flathub-remove package. In Fedora 37, instead of a white list, a filter was implemented that cleaned unofficial packages, proprietary programs and applications with restrictive licensing requirements. The application filter will be turned off in Fedora 38, but the implementation of the filtering mechanism will be left in case it is required in the future. To determine which package to offer by default, if there are flatpak and rpm packages with the same programs, Fedora 38 will set the priority of installation. When used to install GNOME Software interface applications, first RPM packages then Flathub packages will be installed. Thus, Flatpak packages from Flathub will be selected only when there are no other options. If necessary, for individual applications in GNOME Software, you can manually select the desired source of the installation. https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2939

New version of Transmission 4.0.0: 08/02/2023 After almost three years of development, a release of Transmission 4.0.0 is out. A relatively lightweight and undemanding BitTorrent client, which supports a variety of user interfaces: GTK, Qt, native, Web-based interface, daemon, CLI. The code is written in C++ and distributed under the GPLv2 and GPLv3 licenses. A key change in the new branch was the translation of the codebase from the C (C90) to C++. Previously, only the interface based on Qt was written in C++. The main reason for the transition of the entire project to C++ is the desire to use the additional features provided in the standard C++ library, and the presence in C++ of more advanced means to check the types. The GTK interface is switched to gtkmm. A significant refactoring of the code base was carried out, which reduced the code size by 18%, improve the coverage of tests and simplify the maintenance. The process of interaction with the community has been modernized, more active response to error messages and transfer of changes through pull-requests has been implemented. The transition to semantic versioning when assigning version numbers, implying the use of the X.Y.Z notation (instead of the previously used X.NN), in which X changes when making changes that violate backward compatibility, Y changes when expanding functionality and Z when correcting errors. http://www.transmissionbt.com/

The Linux 6.1 kernel is long term support: 08/02/2023 The Linux 6.1 kernel has been assigned a branch status with a long support period. Updates for the 6.1 branch will be available at least until December 2026, but most likely, as in the case of 5.10, 5.4 and 4.19 branches, the term will be extended to six years and the extra support will last until December 2028. Recall that for regular releases of the kernel, updates are released only before the release of the next stable branch (for example, updates for the 6.0 branch were released before release 6.1). https://kernel.org/category/releases.html

Release of Endless OS Distribution 5.0: 08/02/2023 Endless OS 5.0, aimed at creating an easy-to-use system in which you can quickly select applications to your taste. Applications are distributed as self-sufficient packages in Flatpak format. The size of the proposed images range from 3.3 to 17 GB. The distribution does not use traditional package managers, instead, a minimum atomically updated basic system is offered, working in read-only mode and formed using the OSTree tool (the system image is atomically updated from the Git-like storage). Identical to Endless OS ideas, Fedora Silverblue project will create an atomically updated version of the Fedora Workstation, as well as the creators of Vanilla OS, tau-OS and Pop!_OS. The Endless OS installer and update system, as planned, are now used in GNOME OS. Endless OS is one of the distributions that promote innovation among user Linux systems. The DE in Endless OS is based on a significantly redesigned GNOME fork. At the same time, Endless developers are actively involved in the development of upstream projects and transfer their achievements to them. For example, in the release of GTK+ 3.22, about 9.8% of all changes were prepared by Endless developers, and the project's overseeing company Endless Mobile is a member of the GNOME Foundation's supervisory board, along with the FSF, Debian, Google, Linux Foundation, Red Hat, and SUSE. https://community.endlessos.com/t/release-endless-os-5-0-0/19857

Release of Ocular GOST: 09/02/2023 A new release of Ocular GOST is available, which allows you to view, print, comment, and also sign documents in PDF format. Commenting tools include text and graphical notes, text highlighting, pop-up notes and stamps. The application provides full support for Cyrillic and electronic signatures according to Russian standards, supported by a simple (CAdES BES) and improved (CAdES-X Type 1) formats of embedded signatures CAdES. Ocular GOST is an offshoot from the Okular document viewer developed by the KDE project. The program code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Ready-made builds are prepared for Alt, Astra Linux, Debian, Fedora, ROSA and Ubuntu. http://okulargost.ru/

Release of FreeType 2.13: 09/02/2023 The release of FreeType 2.13.0, a modular font engine that provides a single API for unifying the processing and output of font data in various vector and raster formats, was announced. https://www.mail-archive.com/freetype-announce@nongnu.org/msg00136.html

Work on the GTK5 will begin at the end of the year: 10/02/20231 The developers of the GTK library plan to form an experimental 4.90 branch at the end of the year, in which the functionality for the future release of GTK5 will develop. Before they start work on GTK5, in addition to the spring release of GTK 4.10, they planned to publish a release of GTK 4.12 in the fall, which will include color control innovations. The GTK5 branch will include changes in API-level for compatibility, for example, related to the translation of some outdated widgets, such as the old file selection dialog. They also discussed the possibility of stopping support for X11 protocol in the GTK5 branch and working only with the Wayland protocol. https://blog.gtk.org/2023/02/09/updates-from-inside-gtk/

Release of NetworkManager 1.42.0: 11/02/20231 A stable release of the interface to simplify the configuration of the network settings - NetworkManager 1.42.0, is available. Plugins for VPN support (Libreswan, OpenConnect, Openswan, SSTP, etc.) These are developing as part of their own development cycles. https://networkmanager.dev/blog/networkmanager-1-42/

Google intends to add telemetry to the Go language: 12/02/20231 Google plans to add telemetry collection to the Go language and enable it as the default - sending your collected data to them. The telemetry will cover command line utilities developed by the Go team of developers, such as the “go,” compiler, gopls and govulncheck. The collection of information will be limited only by information about the features of the utilities, i.e. telemetry will not be added to user applications collected using the tools.(for now…) As a motive for the collection of telemetry is the desire to get missing information about the needs and features for developers, which can not be gleaned, using message about errors and surveys as a method of feedback. https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/58409

Dino 0.4 released: 14/02/2023 After a year of development, the release of a communication client Dino 0.4, supporting chat, audio calls, video calls, video conferencing and text messaging using the Jabber/XMPP protocol, was published. The program is compatible with various clients and servers of XMPP, focused on ensuring the confidentiality of negotiations and supports end-to-end encryption. The project code is written in Vala language using GTK toolkit and distributed under the GPLv3+ license. The XMPP protocol and the XMPP standard extensions (XEP-0353, XEP-0167) are used for connection, which allows you to make calls between Dino and any other XMPP clients that support the relevant specifications, for example, you can use encrypted video calls from Conversations and Movim applications, as well as unencrypted calls with the Gajim application. End-to-end messaging and validation confirmation is carried out using the XMPP-expansion OMEMO based on the Signal protocol. https://dino.im/blog/2023/02/dino-0.4-release/

Release of Wolvic 1.3: 14/02/2023 Wolvic 1.3, designed for use in augmented and virtual reality systems, has been published. The project continues to develop the Firefox Reality browser, which was previously developed by Mozilla. After the stagnation of the Firefox Reality code base as part of the Wolvic project, it was continued by Igalia, known for its participation in the development of free projects such as GNOME, GTK, WebKitGTK, Epiphany, GStreamer, Wine, Mesa and freedesktop.org. The Wolvic code is written in Java and C++, and is distributed under the MPLv2 license. Ready-made builds are available for the Android platform. 3D headsets like Oculus, Huawei VR Glass, HTC Vive Focus, Pico Neo, Pico4, Pico4E, Meta Quest Pro and Lynx (also porting the browser for Qualcomm and Lenovo devices), are supported. https://wolvic.com/blog/release_1.3/

Release of KDE Plasma 5.27: 14/02/2023 KDE Plasma 5.27, built using the KDE Framework 5 platform and the Qt 5 library using OpenGL/OpenGL ES to speed up the drawing, is out. You can try out the new version through the Live-Assembly from the openSUSE project and builds from the KDE Neon User Edition project. Packages for various distributions can be found on this page. Release 5.27 will be the last before the formation of the KDE Plasma 6.0 branch, built on Qt 6. https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.0/

A prototype of the new Thunderbird interface has been published: 15/02/2023 The results of the processing of the side panel in the new interface of the mail client Thunderbird, which is planned to offer in July in the release of 115, are presented. It is expected that the new interface will be understandable for beginners, but at the same time it will remain familiar and convenient for seasoned users. https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/02/thunderbird-115-supernova-preview-the-new-folder-pane/

Release of CrossOver 22.1 16/02/2023 CodeWeavers has released Crossover 22.1, based on the Wine code and designed to run programs and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key participants of the Wine project, sponsors its development and returns to the project all the innovations implemented for its commercial products. The original code of the CrossOver 22.1 open components can be downloaded on this page > https://www.codeweavers.com/support/forums/announce/?t=24;msg=275240

Real-time kernel in Ubuntu: 15/02/2023 Canonical announced the completion of testing packages with the Linux kernel for real-time systems. The package with the real-time kernel is recognized as ready for ubiquitous use and is no longer positioned as experimental. The finished builds are available for x86_64 and Aarch64 architectures, and are distributed through the Ubuntu Pro service for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu Core 22. The package is based on the Linux 5.15 kernel and patches from RT-Linux kernel (“Realtime-Preempt,” PREEMPT_RT or “-rt”) patches, which provide delays and allow for predictable time for event processing. https://canonical.com/blog/real-time-ubuntu-is-now-generally-available

Stable release of MariaDB 10.11: 17/02/2023 The first stable release of the new branch of the DBMS MariaDB 10.11 (10.11.2) has been published, where the branching of the MySQL branch, which retains backward compatibility and is distinguished by the integration of additional storage engines and advanced capabilities, was announced. The development of MariaDB is supervised by the independent MariaDB Foundation in accordance with an open and transparent development process, independent of individual manufacturers. MariaDB is shipped instead of MySQL in many Linux distributions (RHEL, SUSE, Fedora, openSUSE, Slackware, OpenMandriva, ROSA, Arch Linux, Debian) and has been implemented in large projects such as Wikipedia, Google Cloud SQL and Nimbuzz. https://mariadb.org/mariadb-10-11-2-ga-now-available/

Simply Linux 10.1 for RISC-V: 17/02/2023 The release of the experimental build of the distribution Simply Linux 10.1 (virtage p10 Aronia) for riscv64 has been published. The distribution is a simple system with a classic Xfce-based desktop. The build is based on the Sisyphus riscv64 repository and tested in QEMU, the VisionFive v1 board and SiFive boards. The development distribution company “Basalt SPO” is part of the international community supporting RISC-V and is working to support the VisionFive v2 and other RISC-V64 boards. https://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/community/2023-February/688884.html

Lapdock or Librem: 17/02/2023 Purism, who are developing the Librem 5 and a series of laptops, servers and mini-PCs supplied with Linux and CoreBoot, introduced the Lapdock, which allows you to use your smartphone (Librem 5) as a full-fledged laptop. Lapdock presents a laptop frame with a keyboard and a 13.3-inch screen rotated 360 degrees, which also allows you to use the device as a tablet. Using a smartphone as a laptop makes it possible to always keep your data and applications with you. The basis for Lapdock was the already produced platform Nexdock 360, which is supplemented by a holder to attach the smartphone to the dock and cable. The docking station weighs 1.1 kg and contains a 13.3-inch IPS-screen (1920×1080), a full-size keyboard, a trackpad with multitouch support, a battery (5800 mAh), Mini HDMI, USB-C 3.1 with DisplayPort, USB-C 3.0, USB-C PD for charging, micro SDXC card reader, 3.5mm audio jack, loudspeakers. Device size 30.7 x 20.9 x 1.5 cm. In addition to the Librem 5 with the docking station, you can also use Android smartphones. The cost of the Lapdock Kit is $339 (cost Nexdock 360 - $299). https://puri.sm/posts/announcing-the-lapdock-kit/

WebOS Open Source Edition 2.20: 18/02/2023 The release of webOS Open Source Edition 2.20, which can be used on various portable devices, boards and car infotainment systems, is out. The Raspberry Pi 4 boards are considered as the reference hardware platform. The platform is developing in a public repository under the Apache 2.0 license, and the development is supervised by the community, adhering to a joint development management model. webOS system environment is formed using OpenEmbedded tools and base packages, as well as a build system and a set of metadata from the Yocto project. The key components of webOS are the system and application manager (SAM, System and Application Manager), responsible for the execution of applications and services, and Luna Surface Manager (LSM), which forms the user interface. The components are written using the Qt framework and the Chromium browser engine. https://www.webosose.org/blog/2023/02/17/webos-ose-2-20-0-release/

Intel has opened OpenCL 19/02/2023 Intel has opened the source code of the OpenCL CPU RT (OpenCL CPU RunTime), the implementation of the OpenCL standard, designed to run OpenCL cores on the central processor. The OpenCL standard defines the API and extensions of the C language for the organization of cross-platform parallel computing. The implementation includes 718996 lines of code distributed to 2750 files. The code is adapted for integration with LLVM and will be offered for inclusion in the main LLVM. The original code is open under the Apache 2.0 license. Alternative projects that develop open implementations of OpenCL include PoCL (Portable Computing Language OpenCL), Rusticl and Mesa Clover. The implementation from Intel is rated as demonstrating higher performance and providing more functionality. https://github.com/intel/llvm/pull/8216

Release of Clonezilla Live 3.0.3: 19/02/2023 The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 3.0.3, designed for fast cloning of disks (only using blocks). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the iso-image of the distribution is 334 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses the code of projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, udpcast. It is possible to download from CD/DVD, USB Flash and via the network (PXE). Supported are LVM2 and FS ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, nilfs2, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HFS+, UFS, minix, VMFS3 and VMFS5 (VMWH ESX). There is a mode for mass cloning over a network, including the transfer of traffic in a multicast mode, which allows you to clone the original disk on a large number of client machines at the same time. You can clone from one disk to another, and creating backups by saving the disk image to the file. You can clone entire disks or individual partitions. https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/2023/02/-stable-clonezilla-live-303-22-released-/

Release of the Parrot 5.2: 19/02/2023 Parrot 5.2, based on Debian 11 and includes a selection of tools for system security, forensic analysis and reverse engineering is available. To download, several iso-images with an MATE environment designed for everyday use, security testing, installation on Raspberry Pi 4 boards and the creation of specialized installations, for example, for use in cloud environments, are proposed. The Parrot distribution is positioned as a portable laboratory with an environment for security experts and criminologists, which focuses on means to verify cloud systems and devices of the Internet. The composition also includes cryptographic tools and programs to ensure secure access to the internet, including TOR, I2P, anonsurf, gpg, tccf, zulucrypt, veracrypt, truecrypt and luks. https://parrotsec.org/blog/2023-02-15-parrot-5.2-release-notes/