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Release of GnuCash 5.0: 27/03/2023
GnuCash 5.0 was released, providing tools for tracking income and expenses, maintaining bank accounts, managing information on stocks, deposits and investments and planning loans. With GnuCash, it is also possible to maintain accounting for small businesses. The import of data in QIF/OFX/HBCI formats and visual presentation of information on graphs are supported. The project code is supplied under the GPLv2+ license. There is a GnuCash for Android too. Ready-made builds are prepared for Linux (flatpak), macOS and Windows.
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-announce/2023-March/000388.html
BlenderGPT plugin announced: 27/03/2023
A small BlenderGPT plugin has been prepared for the 3D modeling system, which allows you to generate content based on tasks defined in natural language. The interface for entering commands is decorated in the form of an additional “GPT-4 Assistant” tab in the sidebar 3D View, in which you can enter arbitrary instructions (for example, “create 100 cubes in random places,” “take the available cubes and make them different size”) and immediately get the result. The code is written in Python, it takes a little over 300 lines and is distributed under the MIT license.
The principle of operation is to transfer a text query to the ChatGPT chatbot using the GPT-4 model through the openAI API, adding a note “Can you write Blender code for me that the following address” Next, Python code is retrieved from the answer and executed as a script in Blender. All you need for it to work, is the access key to the OpenAI API (shows in the menu with the add-on parameters). The generated code can be tracked via the Windows > Toggle System Console.
https://github.com/gd3kr/BlenderGPT
Ubuntu Touch OTA-1 Focal, translated on Ubuntu 20.04: 27/03/2023
The UBports project, which took over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch, after Canonical withdrew from it, published an update to the firmware: OTA-1 Focal. The project is also developing an experimental port of Unity 8, which is renamed Lomiri. The updated output summed up almost three-year work on Ubuntu Touch porting on Ubuntu 20.04 (the previous releases were based on Ubuntu 16.04). The update of Ubuntu Touch OTA-1 Focal is built for smartphoneslike the Fairphone 4, Google Pixel 3a, Vollaphone 22, Vollaphone X and Vollaphone.
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-24-release-3872
Debian 9 Stretch moved to archive: 27/03/2023
Debian 9 (Stretch) repositories are moved to archive.debian.org, after taht the distribution will soon cease to be available through the main network of mirrors. Deletion of Debian 9 from the main archive is scheduled for April 23.
The release of Debian 9 was presented on June 18, 2017 and was maintained regularly until July 18, 2020, and in the LTS branch until June 30, 2022. The extended Extended LTS program will be publishing updates in a separate repository until June 30, 2027, with the elimination of vulnerabilities in a limited set of Debian 9 packages for the amd64, armhf and i386 architectures.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/03/msg00006.html
Release Ventoy 1.0.90: 28/03/2023
Ventoy 1.0.90 tools designed to create bootable USB portables, including several operating systems, has been published. The program is notable for the fact that it allows you to download the OS from unchanged ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD and EFI images, without requiring unpacking the image or reformatting the media. For example, it is enough to simply copy to USB Flash with the Ventoy downloader of interest a set of iso-images and Ventoy will provide the ability to load the operating systems inside. At any time, you can replace or add new iso-images simply by copying new files, which is convenient for testing and previewing various distributions and operating systems. The project code is written in C and distributed under the GPLv3 license.
In the new version, the number of supported iso-image has been brought to 1,100. They added support for LibreELEC 11 and Chimera Linux distributions and implemented optimization for the process of downloading Fedora Linux, solved the problem with the definition of installation builds Fedora Rawhide. The VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT option on systems with Intel Gen11+ CPU and Linux 5.18+ cores has been established.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html
Release of Porteus Kiosk 5.5.0: 28/03/2023
After a year of development, the release of the Porteus Kiosk 5.5.0 distribution, based on Gentoo and designed for self-service terminals, was published. The bootable image of the distribution is 170 MB (x86_64).
The basic build includes only the minimum set of components required to run a web browser (supported by Firefox and Chrome), which is reduced in its capabilities to prevent unwanted activity in the system (for example, it is not allowed to change settings, they blocked download/installation of applications and you can open only access to the selected pages). Additionally, you can offer specialized Cloud builds for easy work with web-applications (Google Apps, Jolicloud, OwnCloud, Dropbox) and ThinClient to work as a thin client (Citrix, RDP, NX, VNC and SSH) and Server to manage the kiosk network.
In the new edition things like Porteus Kiosk Server “Premium” administrator panel added the ability to monitor the battery capacity of connected customer.
https://porteus-kiosk.org/news.html#230327
Release nginx 1.23.4 with default TLSv1.3: 28/03/2023
The release of the main branch of nginx 1.23.4 ws announced, in which the development of new opportunities continues. In parallel, the 1.52.x-supported stable branch made only changes related to the elimination of serious errors and vulnerabilities. In the future, a stable 1.24 branch will be formed, based on off the 1.23.x main branch.
Ubuntu Cinnamon now an official edition of Ubuntu: 29/03/2023
Members of the technical committee managing the development of Ubuntu approved the adoption of the Ubuntu Cinnamon distribution, offering the user environment Cinnamon, among the official editions of Ubuntu. At the current stage of integration with the Ubuntu infrastructure, the preparation of test builds of Ubuntu Cinnamon has already begun and work is underway to organize testing in the quality control system. If no serious problems are identified, Ubuntu Cinnamon will be among the official builds offered starting from the release of Ubuntu on April 23.
The user environment, Cinnamon is developed by a community of developers of the Linux Mint distribution and is a fork of the GNOME Shell shell, Nautilus file manager and Mutter's window manager, aimed at providing an environment in the classical style of GNOME 2 with support for successful elements of interaction from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components are supplied as a periodically synchronized fork not associated with GNOME external dependencies. From third-party applications, the basic supply of Ubuntu Cinnamon includes LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Rhythmbox, GIMP, Celluloid, gThumb, GNOME Software and Timeshift.
https://ubuntucinnamon.org/ubuntu-cinnamon-flavor-status-announcement/
ROSA Fresh 12.4: 29/03/2023
STC IT ROSA has released a bug-fix release of the freely distributed and developed ROSA Fresh 12.4, with the participation of the distribution community, built on the Rosa 2021.1 platform. A free download, designed for the x86_64 platform in versions with KDE Plasma 5, LXQt, GNOME, Xfce and without GUI is available. Users who have already installed the ROSA Fresh 12 distribution will receive an update automatically.
http://wiki.rosalab.ru/ru/index.php/ROSA_Fresh_12.4
Release of Finnix 125: 29/03/2023
After a year of development, the release of the Live Distributive Finnix 125, which is timed to coincide with the 23rd anniversary of the project, is presented. The distribution is based on Debian and only supports work on the console, but contains a good selection of utilities for an administrator's needs. It includes 601 packages with all kinds of utilities. The size of iso-image is 489 MB.
https://blog.finnix.org/2023/03/28/finnix-125-released/
Release of OpenMandriva ROME 23.03: 30/03/2023
The OpenMandriva project was published by OpenMandriva ROME 23.03, a rolling release distribution model. The proposed version allows you to access new versions of packages developed for the OpenMandriva Lx 5 branch, without waiting for the classical distribution. Iso-images with a size of 1.7-2.9 GB with KDE, GNOME and LXQt desktops are prepared to support the download in Live mode. There are also server builds, as well as images for the boards RaspberryPi 4 and RaspberryPi 400.
https://www.openmandriva.org/en/news/article/openmandriva-rome-23-03
Release of Blender 3.5: 30/03/2023
The Blender Foundation has published the release of Blender 3.5, suitable for solving various tasks related to 3D modeling, 3D graphics, computer game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, tracking of movements, sculptural modeling, creating animation and video editing. The code is distributed under the GPL license. The finished builds are formed for Linux, Windows and macOS. At the same time, a corrective release of Blender 3.3.5 inthe LTS branch was made, for which updates will be forthcoming until September 2024.
https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-5/
Upgrade X.Org Server 21.1.8 and xwayland 23.1.1: 30/03/2023
The corrective releases of X.Org Server 21.1.8 and DDX-component (Device-Dependent X) xwayland 22.1 and 23.1.1, which enables X.Org Server to run X11 applications in environments based on Wayland, have been published. The new versions eliminated a vulnerability (CVE-2023-1393), which can potentially be exploited to increase privileges in systems in which the X-server is executed with root privilege, as well as for remote code execution in configurations that use X11 session redirection, using SSH.
The vulnerability is caused by the appeal to memory after its release (use-after-free), due to the abandonment of an uninhabited pointer on the window in the CompScreen structure after the client's explicit elimination of the Compositor Overlay Window window.
https://www.mail-archive.com/xorg-announce@lists.x.org/msg01586.html
IETF standardizes MLS end-to-end encryption protocol: 30/03/2023
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), which is engaged in the development of Internet protocols and architecture, has approved the publication of the MLS (Messaging Layer Security) standard, which defines the protocol for the organization of end-to-end encryption in applications that perform messaging. It is expected that the promotion of MLS will allow to unify the mechanisms of end-to-end encryption of messages in groups covering two or more participants, and to simplify the introduction of their support in the applications.
To review the publication of documents describing the MLS architecture and the protocol used to encrypt messages. MLS implementations are developed in C++ (MLSpp, RingCentral), Go, TypeScript and Rust (OpenMLS, Wickr). The MLS development uses the expertise of existing protocols used to protect the transmission of messages, such as S/MIME, OpenPGP, Off the Record and Double Ratchet.
The processes of preparation of the specification, work and verification procedures are carried out in parallel, using the methods used in the preparation of the standard TLS 1.3. Such an approach will allow RFC to have several compatible and proven protocol implementations by the time RFC is ready. Currently, the MLS work implementations are already being used in the Webex and RingCentral communication platforms, and the transition to MLS is also planning Wickr and Matrix projects.
The main purpose of creating a new protocol is the unification of means for end-to-end encryption and the introduction of a single standardized and verified protocol, which can be used instead of individual protocols developed by different manufacturers, solving the same tasks, but not compatible with each other. MLS will allow you to use already proven ready-to-use implementations of the protocol in different applications, as well as organize their joint development and verification. The portability at the application level is planned to be implemented at the level of authentication, receipt of keys and confidentiality (compatibility at the level of transport and semantics goes beyond the standard).
https://www.ietf.org/blog/mls-secure-and-usable-end-to-end-encryption/
Beta-release of Ubuntu 23.04: 31/03/2023
The beta-release of the Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” distribution is presented, after which a full freeze of the package base was made, and the developers switched to final testing and error correction. The release, which is attributed to the intermediate releases, with updates for 9 months, is scheduled for April 27. Ready test images are created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin (edition for China), Ubuntu Unity, Edubuntu and Ubuntu Cinnamon.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2023-March/000288.html
DentOS 3.0 is available: 31/03/2023
DentOS 3.0, based on the Linux kernel and designed to equip switches, routers and specialized network equipment, has been published. The project was originally founded by Amazon for network equipment in its infrastructure, but then came under the patronage of the Linux Foundation and among the key participants in the project in addition to Amazon included companies such as Delta Electronics, Marvell, NVIDIA, Edgecore Networks and Wistron NeWeb (WNC). The DentOS code is written in C and distributed under the Eclipse Public License.
The system environment is based on the ONL (Open Network Linux) distribution, which in turn uses Debian GNU/Linux and provides an installer, settings and drivers to run on switches. ONL is developing the Open Compute project and is a platform for the creation of specialized network devices that supports the installation of more than a hundred different models of switches. The composition includes drivers for interaction with indicators used in switches, temperature sensors, coolers, I2C tires, GPIO and S-transceivers. You can use IpRoute2 and ifupdown2 tools, as well as gNMI (gRPC Network Management Interface) tools. YANG data models (Yet Another Next Generation, RFC-6020) are used to determine the configuration
https://github.com/dentproject/dentOS/releases/tag/v3.0
Bloomberg has established a fund to pay grants to open projects: 02/04/2023
Bloomberg announced the creation of the FOSS Contributor Fund, aimed at providing financial support to open projects. Once a quarter, Bloomberg employees will select up to three open projects that will be paid grants, to the amount of 10 thousand dollars. The nomination of applicants for grants can be made by employees of different divisions and departments of the company, taking into account their work specifications. The selection of winners will be carried out through voting.
You can note that open software is actively used in the infrastructure of Bloomberg and through the creation of the fund, the company is trying to contribute to the development of popular open projects. The first grants were presented to developers of the platform for analyzing data, Apache Arrow, Curl utilities and Celery message queue processing system.
https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/bloomberg-ospo-launches-foss-contributor-fund/
The STAR64 goes on sale: 02/04/2023
The Pine64 community, which is engaged in the creation of open devices, announced the readiness of a single-board STAR64 computer, built using the drandice processor StarFive JH7110 (SiFive U74 1.5GHz) based on the RISC-V architecture. The Star64 will be available for the order on April 4 and will be sold at $70 in the version with 4 GB of RAM and $90 with 8 GB of RAM.
The board is equipped with 128 MB QSPI NOR Flash, 2.4GHz/5Ghz MIMO WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.2, two gigabit Ethernet ports, HDMI 2.0, PCIe slot, SD Card, eMMC, 1 USB 3.0 port, 3 USB 2.0 ports, 3.5mm audio jack, 40pin GPIO. Size 133 x 80 x 19 mm To speed up the graphics, the GPU BX-4-32 from Imagination Technology, which supports OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.2, are used.
https://www.pine64.org/2023/04/01/march-update-tablet-bonanza/
Re-Spawn tournament adds Linux servers: 02/04/2023
Gobbo Games has announced the availablilty of the highly anticipated dedicated server support for both Windows and Linux in version 0.3.3 of the FPS, Re-Spawn. Unlike other early access games, this one fully supports Linux and has been delivering on its promises in every release version. (See the roadmap)
Re-Spawn Tournament is a fast paced, mutiplayer FPS in an arena, like Quake Arena, that supports multiple players and won't break the bank. Check out the agressive pricing here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1590010/ReSpawn_Tournament )
If you believe in No Tux, No Bux, then I suggest you wishlist / buy this game on Steam now and support Linux developers.
The game features a special system to let new players get to grips with the game, even when playing with veteran players: “With our unique handicap system, Re-Spawn Tournament will appeal to veterans and new players alike, take on more experienced players with no disadvantage.”
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1590010/view/6579236671733131147?l=english
RT-Thread 5.0: 04/04/02/2023
RT-Thread 5.0, the real-time operating system (RTOS) for IOT devices has been published. The system has been in development since 2006 by the Chinese community and is currently ported to nearly 200 boards, chips and microcontrollers based on x86, ARM, MIPS, C-SKY, Xtensa, ARC and RISC-V architectures. Minimalistic assembly RT-Thread (Nano) requires only 3 KB Flash and 1.2 KB RAM to work. For IoT devices, not limited in resources, a full-featured version is offered, supporting the management of packages, configurations, network stack, graphical interface, voice control system, DBMS, network services and engines for scripts. The code is written in C and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.
https://github.com/RT-Thread/rt-thread/releases/tag/v5.0.0
Release of Tux Paint 0.9.29: 04/04/02/2023
A release of the graphic editor for children - Tux Paint 0.9.29, is out. The program is designed to teach drawing to children aged 3 to 12 years. Binary builds are available for Linux (rpm, Flatpak), Haiku, Android, macOS and Windows.
https://tuxpaint.org/latest/tuxpaint-0.9.29-press-release.php
Fedora FS encryption: 04/04/02/2023
Owen Taylor, the creator of GNOME Shell and the Pango library, part of the Fedora working group for workstations, put forward a default encryption plan for the default system partitions and home user directories in Fedora Workstation. The advantages of the transition to encryption by default, is data protection in case of theft of a laptop, protection against attacks on unattended devices, maintaining privacy and integrity out the box without the need for unnecessary fiddling.
In the current form, the Fedora installer has an option to encrypt partitions at block level using dm-crypt using a separate password phrase not tied to the user account. This solution highlights such problems as unsuitability for separate encryption in multi-user systems, the lack of internationalization support and means for people with disabilities, the ability to carry out attacks through the loader subsider (installed by the attacking loader can pretend to be the original downloader and request a decryption password), the need to support the framebuffer in initrd to withdraw the password.
Available Wayland 1.22: 04/04/02/2023
After nine months of development, a stable release of the protocol, the interprocess interaction mechanism and Wayland 1.22 libraries are presented. The 1.22 branch is backwards compatible at API and ABI level with 1.x releases and contains mainly bug fixes and minor protocol updates. The Weston Composite server, providing code and working examples for the use of Wayland in desktop environments and embedded solutions, is being developed within a separate development cycle.
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2023-April/042647.html
ppp 2.5.0: 05/04/02/2023
The release of the ppp 2.5.0 package (Point-to-Point Protocol), which allows you to organize an IPv4/IPv6 communication channel, using a connection via serial ports or point-to-point connections (for example, dial-up), was announced 22 years after the formation of the last branch. The package includes the pppd background process used to match the connection, authentication and configuration of the network interface, as well as auxiliary utilities pppstats and pppdump. The project code is distributed under the BSD license. The package officially provides support for Linux and Solaris (no-accompanied code for NeXTStep, FreeBSD, SunOS 4.x, SVR4, Tru64, AIX and Ultrix are available).
The last major ppp 2.4.0 branch was released in 2000. A major increase in the version number is due to the introduction of changes that break the compatibility with plugins to pppd, and the complete reworking of the build system.
https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/releases/tag/ppp-2.5.0
Release of OpenShot 3.1: 05/04/02/2023
OpenShot 3.1.0 has been published. The project code is supplied under the GPLv3 license: the interface is written in Python and PyQt5, the video processing kernel (libopenshot) is written in C++ and uses the capabilities of the FFmpeg package, the interactive timeline is written using HTML5, JavaScript and AngularJS. Ready-made builds are prepared for Linux (AppImage), Windows and macOS.
The editor is distinguished by a convenient and intuitive user interface that allows you to edit video even to novice users. The program supports several dozen visual effects, allows you to work with multi-track mounting scales with the ability to move the elements between them, allows you to scale, crop, merge video blocks, ensure smooth flow from one roller to another, to overlay translucent areas, etc. It is possible to convert video with preview of changes on the fly. Thanks to the use of the libraries of the FFmpeg OpenShot project supports a huge number of video, sound and image formats (including full support for SVG).
https://www.openshot.org/blog/2023/04/06/new_openshot_release_310/
Release of DNF 4.15: 05/04/02/2023
The package manager DNF 4.15, which is used by default in the Fedora Linux and RHEL distributions, had an update. DNF is an offshoot of Yum 3.4, adapted to work with Python 3 and using the hawkey library as a backend to resolve dependencies. Compared to Yum, DNF has a noticeably higher operating speed, low memory consumption and better dependency control.
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/releases/tag/4.15.0
Release of Fonoster 0.4, open alternative to Twilio: 05/04/02/2023
The Fonoster 0.4.0 project, that is developing an open alternative to the Twilio service, is out. Fonoster allows you to deploy a cloud service that provides the Web API to make and receive calls, send and receive SMS messages, create voice applications and perform other communication functions. The project code is written in JavaScript and distributed under the MIT license.
https://github.com/fonoster/fonoster/releases/tag/v0.4.0
Vulnerability in the Linux 6.2 kernel: 16/04/2023
The Linux 6.2 kernel has a vulnerability (CVE-2023-1998), which disconnects the protection from Spectre v2 attacks that allow access to the memory of other processes performed in different streams of SMT or Hyper Threading, but on one physical core of the processor. The vulnerability, among other things, can orchestrate a data breach between virtual machines in cloud systems. The problem affects only the Linux 6.2 kernel and is caused by incorrect implementation of optimizations designed to reduce significant overheads when applying protection against Spectre v2. The vulnerability is eliminated in the experimental branch of the Linux 6.3 core.
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-mj4w-6495-6crx
Postfix 3.8.0 available: 17/04/2023
After 14 months of development, the release of a new stable branch of the Postfix mail server - 3.8.0, was announced. At the same time, they announced the termination of support for the Postfix 3.4 branch released in early 2019. Postfix is one of the rare projects that combine high security, reliability and performance at the same time, which was achieved thanks to the well-thought-out architecture and a fairly rigid policy of code design and patch audit. The project code is distributed under the licenses of EPL 2.0 (Eclipse Public license) and IPL 1.0 (IBM Public License).
https://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce@postfix.org/msg00052.html
Release of the Deepin 20.9: 17/04/2023
Deepin 20.9, based on Debian 10, but developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) and about 40 custom applications, including a DMusic music player, DMovie's messaging system, DTalk messaging system, installer and install center Deepin Software Center, has a new version. The project was founded by a group of developers from China, but transformed into an international project. All developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. Loading size iso-image 4 GB (amd64).
https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-20-9-is-officially-released/
Release of digiKam 8.0: 18/04/2023
After almost three years since the formation of the last branch, the program for managing your photo collection, developed within the KDE project was released. The program provides a comprehensive set of tools for import, control, editing and publishing photos, as well as images from digital cameras in raw format. The code is written in C++ using Qt and KDE libraries, and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Installation packages are prepared for Linux (AppImage, FlatPak), Windows and macOS
https://www.digikam.org/news/2023-04-16-8.0.0_release_announcement/
Release of Vivaldi 6.0: 18/04/2023
The release of the proprietary browser Vivaldi 6.0, developed on top of the Chromium engine, has been published. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, Android and macOS. The project is distributed under an open license to the Chromium codebase. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify and various ready-made NPM modules. The implementation of the interface is available in the source code, but under a proprietary license.
The browser developed by former developers of Opera Presto and aims to create a customizable and functional browser that preserves the privacy of user data. The main functions include the surveillance and advertising blocker, note managers, history and bookmarks, private viewing mode, synchronization, cross-cutting, tab grouping mode, sidebar, configurator with a large number of settings, horizontal display mode of tabs, as well as in test mode built-in mail client, RSS-resider and calendar.
https://vivaldi.com/ru/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-6-0/
Release of Fedora Linux 38: 18/04/2023
The release of the Fedora Linux 38 distribution is announced. The products of Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, Fedora CoreOS, Fedora Cloud Base, Fedora IoT Edition and Live-builds supplied in the form of backboard environments KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, Phosh, LXQt, Budgie and Sway are prepared. The builds are formed for x86_64, Power64 and ARM64 architectures. The publication of the Fedora Silverblue builds is delayed as usual.
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-38/
Tails 5.12: 19/04/2023
The new release of the specialized distribution Tails 5.12 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on Debian and designed for an anonymous entry to the network, was formed. Anonymous access to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic over the Tor network, are blocked by the default packet filter. Encryption is used to store user data in the mode of saving user data between launches. You can download a prepared iso-image, able to work in Live mode, measuring 1 GB.
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.12/index.en.html
Release of QEMU 8.0: 20/04/2023
A new release of the project QEMU 8.0 is presented. As an emulator, QEMU allows you to run a program built for one hardware platform on a system with a completely different architecture, for example, to execute an application for ARM on an x86-compatible PC. In virtualization mode in QEMU, the performance of code in an isolated environment is close to the hardware system by directly executing instructions on the CPU and the use of the Xen hypervisor or KVM module.
The project was originally created by Fabrice Bellard to enable the launch of x86 Linux executables on architectures other than x86. Over the years, support for complete emulation for 14 hardware architectures has been added, and the number of hardware devices emulated has exceeded 400. During the preparation of version 8.0, more than 2,800 changes from 238 developers were made.
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-04/msg02755.html
Available now /e/OS 1.10: 20/04/2023
The release of the mobile platform /e/OS 1.10, aimed at preserving the confidentiality of user data, was announced. The platform was founded by Gael Duval, the creator of the Mandrake Linux distribution. The project provides firmware for many popular smartphone models, as well as the Murena One, Murena Fairphone 3+/4 and Murena Galaxy S9 brands offers the editors of OnePlus One, Fairphone 3+/4 and Samsung Galaxy S9 with pre-installed firmware /e/OS. A total of 227 smartphones are officially supported.
The firmware /e/OS is developing as an offshoot from the Android platform (they are used by LineageOS), freed from being linked to Google's services and infrastructure, which allows you to maintain compatibility with Android applications and simplify hardware support, and on the other hand, block the transfer of telemetry to Google servers and ensure a high level of privacy.
https://e.foundation/leaving-apple-celebrate-earth-day-with-a-sustainable-choice/
Release of Ubuntu 23.04: 20/04/2023
The release of the Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” distribution has been announced, which is included in the midterm releases. Updates are only for 9 months (support will be carried out until January 2024). Installation images are designed for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin (edition for China), Ubuntu Unity, Edubuntu and Ubuntu Cinnamon.
https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-desktop-23-04-release-roundup
Opus 1.4 is available: 21/04/2023
Xiph.Org, that develops free video and audio codecs, has released the Opus 1.4.0 audio codec, which provides high coding and minimal latency in both the compression of high-bit and voice compression in limited bandwidth applications like VoIP-telephony. The reference implementations of the encoder and decoder are distributed under the BSD license. The full specifications of the Opus format are publicly available, free of charge and approved as an Internet standard (RFC 6716).
Opus is characterized by high coding quality and minimal latencyin streaming also. Previously, Opus was recognized as the best codec when using the 64Kbit bitrate (Opus overtook competitors such as Apple HE-AAC, Nero HE-AAC, Vorbis and AAC LC). You can note Firefox browser, the GStreamer framework and the FFmpeg package as some of the products that support Opus out of the box.
http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/opus/2023-April/004578.html
Release of Ubuntu Sway Remix 23.04: 21/04/2023
The Ubuntu Sway Remix 23.04, providing a pre-configured and ready-to-use desktop based on the mosaic composite manager Sway, is ready for download. The distribution is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu 23.04, created with an eye to both experienced GNU/Linux users and beginners who want to try the mosaic window managers without the need for their long configuration. They provided, builds for the amd64 and arm64 (Raspberry Pi) architectures.
The distribution includes programs with both graphical interfaces such as Firefox, Qutebrowser, Audacious, Transmission, Libreoffice, Pluma and MATE Calc, and console applications and utilities such as Musikcube music player, MPV video player, Swayimg image viewer utility, PDF Zathura document viewer utility, and other editors.
Another feature of the distribution is the complete refusal to use the Snap package manager, all programs are supplied in the form of ordinary deb packages, including the Firefox web browser, which includes the official PPA repository Mozilla Team. The distribution installer is based on the Calamares framework.
https://github.com/Ubuntu-Sway/Ubuntu-Sway-Remix
KaOS 2023.04: 21/04/2023
KaOS 2023.04, a distribution with a continuous update model, aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest releases of KDE and applications using Qt, was released. From the features specific for the design, you can note the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution is evolving with an eye on Arch Linux, but supports its own independent repository, with over 1,500 packages and offers a number of its own graphical utilities. XFS is used as a default file system. Builds are published for x86_64 (3.2 GB) systems.
https://kaosx.us/news/2023/kaos04/
Manjaro Linux 22.1: 22/04/2023
The Manjaro Linux 22.1 distribution, based on Arch Linux and oriented to novice users, was released. The distribution is notable for the presence of a simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for the automatic identification of equipment and installation of drivers necessary for optimum operation. Manjaro comes as live-builds with KDE graphics environments (3.9 GB), GNOME (3.8 GB) and Xfce (3.8 GB). With the participation of the community, builds with Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and i3 are additionally developed.
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-22-1-talos-released/139155
Shotwell 0.32 is available: 23/04/2023
After four and a half years of development, the first release of a new stable branch of the Shotwell 0.32.0 photo management program, was announced. It provides convenient cataloging and navigating capabilities for your collection, supports time and tags, provides tools for importing and converting new photos, supports the execution of typical image processing operations (rotation, elimination of the effect of red eyes, correction of exposure, color optimization, etc.). It also contains tools for publication in social networks. The program is written in Vala, uses GNOME libraries and is distributed under the LGPLv2.1 license.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/shotwell/-/tags/shotwell-0.32.0
Release of Rakudo 2023.04: 23/04/2023
The release of Rakudo 2023.04, a compiler for the Raku programming language (former Perl 6) is presented. The project was renamed from Perl 6 as it was not a continuation of Perl 5, as originally expected, but turned into a separate programming language incompatible with Perl 5 at the source level and developed by a separate developer community. The compiler supports the Raku language options described in 6.c, 6.d specifications (default). Simultaneously, there was a release of the virtual machine, MoarVM 2023.04, which forms the environment to start the compiled in Rakudo-code in. The Rakudo compilation is also supported for JVM and some virtual machines for JavaScript.