Release of qBittorrent 4.6 with I2P support: 23/10/2023 The release of the torrent client qBittorrent 4.6, written using the Qt toolkit, has been published. Among the features of qBittorrent: integrated search engine, the ability to subscribe to RSS, support for many BEP extensions, remote control via a web-interface, sequential download mode, advanced settings for torrents, peers and trackers, bandwidth scheduler and IP filter, torrenting interface, support for UPnP and NATMP. The project code is written in C++ and is distributed under the GPLv2+ license. https://www.qbittorrent.org/news.php

alternative installer Agama 5: 24/10/2023 The developers of the openSUSE project published a new release of the installer, Agama (formerly D-Installer), developed to replace the classical installer of the SUSE and openSUSE. It has a notable separation of the user interface from the internal components of YaST. Agama provides the ability to use various frontends, for example, a frontend to control the installation through a web-interface. YaST libraries continue to be used to install packages, equipment checks, disk breakdowns and other functions required for installation, abstracting access to libraries through the unified D-Bus interface. For testing, live-builds with a new installer (x86_64, ARM64) were formed, supporting the installation of the openSUSE Tumbleweed builds, as well as the openSUSE Leap Micro, SUSE ALP and openSUSE Leap 16, built on the basis of isolated containers. https://github.com/openSUSE/agama/releases/tag/v5

Ubuntu LTS release support time increased to 10 years: 24/10/2023 Canonical announced a 10-year deadline for the development of updates for Ubuntu's LTS releases, as well as for the basic packages with the Linux kernel originally supplied in LTS. Thus, the LTS release of Ubuntu 22.04 and the Linux 5.15 kernel used in it will be supported until April 2032, and updates for the next LTS release of Ubuntu 24.04 will be formed until 2034. Previously, decisions on similar extensions of the support period from 8 to 10 years were taken separately for the releases of Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 and 20.04. Half of the 10-year support is provided under the ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) program, which covers updates with the elimination of vulnerabilities for the kernel and the most important system packages. Access to ESM updates is provided to users of a paid subscription to technical support services. Free ESM-updates for 5 years can be obtained upon registration subject to personal use. Official members of the Ubuntu Community can get an ESM update for free. For ordinary users, access to updates is only available for five years from the release. The support period for Debian GNU/Linux, taking into account the extended LTS support program, is 5 years (plus selectively two more years as part of the “Ext LTS” initiative). Fedora Linux is supported for 13 months and openSUSE is 18 months. https://canonical.com/blog/linux-kernel-lts

Release nginx 1.25.3, njs 0.8.2 and NGINX Unit 1.31.1: 25/10/2023 A release of the main branch of nginx 1.25.3 has been formed, where the development of new opportunities continues. In parallel, to the supported stable branch of 1.24.x, only changes are made related to the elimination of serious errors and vulnerabilities. In the future, a stable 1.26 branch will be formed based on the main 1.25.x branch. The project code is written in the C language and distributed under the BSD license. http://nginx.org/#2023-10-24

Release of TrueNAS SCALE 23.10: 25/10/2023 iXsystems has published the TrueNAS SCALE 23.10 distribution, which uses the Linux kernel and Debian package base. (previously manufactured products of this company, including TrueOS, PC-BSD, TrueNAS and FreeNAS, based on FreeBSD). Like TrueNAS CORE (FreeNAS), TrueNAS SCALE can be downloaded and used for free. The size iso image of 1.5 GB. The original code for TrueNAS SCALE assembly scripts, web-interfaces and layers are published on GitHub. TrueNAS CORE products based on FreeBSD and TrueNAS SCALE based on Linux develop in parallel and complement each other, using a common code base for the toolkit and a typical web interface. The provision of an additional edition based on the Linux kernel is explained by the desire to implement some ideas that are unattainable when using FreeBSD. It is noteworthy that this is not the first such initiative - in 2009, FreeNAS has already separated OpenMediaVault, which was transferred to the Linux kernel and Debian package base. https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-scale-23-10-is-released/

MySQL DBMS available 8.2.0: 26/10/2023 Oracle has formed a new branch of MySQL 8.2 and published corrective updates to MySQL 8.0.35 and 5.7.44. MySQL Community Server 8.2.0 versions are prepared for all major Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows distributions. MySQL 8.2.0 is the second edition, formed within the new model of release generation, providing for the presence of two types of MySQL branches - “Innovation” and “LTS.” The Innovation branches, which include MySQL 8.1 and 8.2, are recommended for those who want to access new functionality earlier. Updates of the branch is published every 3 months and is supported only until the next major release is published. LTS branches will be produced every two years and will be maintained in the normal mode for 5 years, in addition, it will be possible to receive another 3 years of extended support. In 2024, the LTS release of MySQL 8.4 is expected, after which a new Innovation-branch 9.0 will be formed https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

The first Cinnamon porting results on Wayland: 26/10/2023 The developers of the Linux Mint project announced the adaptation of the Cinnamon custom shell based on the Wayland protocol. Experimental support for Wayland will be available in the release of Cinnamon 6.0 scheduled for November, and an optional session with Cinnamon based on Wayland will be offered for testing in the release of Linux Mint 21.3, which is expected in December. The porting is still in the early stage, and many of the features available when Cinnamon is launched in an environment based on X.org are not yet available or incorrectly working in Wayland. At the same time, when you launch in a Wayland environment, the control of windows and virtual desktops already works, and most of the applications and components, including the file manager and the panel, are also running. They plan to bring Cinnamon on Wayland to full readiness before the release of Linux Mint 23, which will be out in 2026. After that, the developers will consider the possibility of switching to Wayland by default. It is expected that two years will be enough to eliminate all the problems they currently have. https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4591

Project Genode published OS Sculpt 23.10: 27/10/2023 A new release of the Sculpt 23.10 project is presented, within the Genode OS Framework, developing a general-purpose operating system that can be used by ordinary users to perform everyday tasks. The original code of the project is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB-image, measuring 28 MB, is available for download. Operation on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystem with VT-d and VT-x extensions included, as well as on ARM systems with VMM extensions. https://genode.org/news/sculpt-os-release-23.10

KDE implements support for Wayland extensions for colour management: 28/10/2023 In the code, on which the release of KDE Plasma 6 is formed, support for the Wayland protocol extensions responsible for colour management has been added to the KWin composite server. In the KDE Plasma 6 session, the Wayland-based one, the ability to separate colour control for each screen is implemented. Users can now assign their ICC profiles for each screen, and the apps using Wayland will provide correct colour reproduction. In addition, the colours selected using the “Color Picker” application are now converted into sRGB colour space and processed taking into account their colour profiles. https://pointieststick.com/2023/10/27/these-past-2-weeks-in-kde-wayland-color-management-the-desktop-cube-returns-and-optional-shadows-in-spectacle/

Canoeboot (GNUboot?): 28/10/2023 Leah Rowe, the main developer and founder of the Libreboot distribution, presented the first edition of the Canoeboot project, developed in parallel with Libreboot and positioned as a completely free build, which meets the requirements of the SPO Foundation for completely free distributions. The project was previously published under the name of “unofficial GNU Boot,” but after the receipt of a claim from the creators of GNU Boot was initially renamed nonGeNUine Boot, and now in Canoeboot. The Canoeboot 20231026, is based on the recent version of Libreboot 20231021, where components and changes that do not meet the criteria of the SPR Fund have been removed. The need to create a separate build of Libreboot is explained by the fact that the requirements for free distributions formed by the SPO Foundation do not allow the supply of binary firmware and any binary components of drivers. https://libreboot.org/news/canoeboot.html

The Dagor game engine: 29/10/2023 Gaijin Entertainment has opened the source code of the Dagor Engine, which has been developing for more than 20 years and has been used to create games such as 3D shooters Enlisted, Crossout and CRSED: F.O.A.D., adventure action movie Blades of Time, Apache: Air Assault and Battle Warload Thunder. The engine supports Windows, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3-5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, tvOS and iOS. The graphic API supports Vulkan, DX12, DX11 and Metal. Among the capabilities of the engine we can note: physically correct rendering (PBR), built-in simulator of physics processes, collisions, destruction and physics of vehicles, the ability to connect external physical engines, dynamically destroyed environments, support for NVIDIA Waveworks, a wide range of graphic effects and lighting management methods, dynamic and soft shadows, global lighting, support HDR, voluminous sound, synthesizing, SLsimulator of plants, support for skeletal, procedural and hybrid animation, subsystem for creating multiplayer networking and online games, level and resources editors. The engine code is written in C/C++ and opened under the BSD-3 license. Judging by the notes in the repository, the code is imported from the dagor4 repository (Dagor Engine 4), but the separate files mention version 6.5 (Dagor Engine 4 released in 2016, Dagor Engine 5 in 2018, and Dagor Engine 6 in 2020). In addition to the engine in the repository, examples of the use of the engine, skyshares and global lighting, as well as auxiliary utilities, such as resource viewer, font generator, dryers compiler, utilities for format conversion, Dargbox, script editor and stage builders were published. https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/DagorEngine

Release of Ubuntu Sway Remix 23.10: 30/10/2023 Ubuntu Sway Remix 23.10, providing a pre-configured and ready-to-use desktop based on the mosaic composite manager Sway, is out. The distribution is an unofficial edition of Ubuntu 23.10, created with an eye on both experienced GNU/Linux users and those who want to try the mosaic window manager. To download, builds for the amd64 and arm64 (Raspberry Pi) architectures were prepared. The distribution environment is built on Sway - a composite manager using the Wayland protocol and fully compatible with the mosaic window manager i3, as well as the Waybar panel, PCManFM-GTK3 file manager and utilities from the NWG-Shell project. Those are, the Azote desktop wallpaper manager, full-screen nwg-drawer application menu, the GTK theme setting manager, the morsator and nwg-look fonts and the Autotiling script, which automatically composes the open applications windows in the same way as dynamic mosaic window managers. 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, IMV image viewing utility, PDF app and Neimr. 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 comes from the official PPA repository, Mozilla Team. The distribution installer is based on the Calamares framework. https://github.com/Ubuntu-Sway/Ubuntu-Sway-Remix

GhostBSD 23.10.1: 30/10/2023 A new release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 23.10.1, built on FreeBSD 13-STABLE and offering the MATE user environment, has been published. By default, the ZFS file system is used in GhostBSD. It supports both Live mode and the installation on the hard drive (using their own installer, written in Python). The boot images are built for x86_64 (2.5 GB) architecture. https://www.ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_23.10.1_Now_Available

Release of Incus 0.2: 31/10/2023 The second edition of the Incus project is presented, where the Linux Containers community is developing a fork of the LXD container management system, created by the old development team that once created LXD. The Incus code is written in GO and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Stéphane Graber's company provides funds for centralized management of containers and virtual machines deployed on both one host and in a cluster of several servers. The project is implemented as a background process that accepts requests over the network via the REST API and supports various storage backends (director line, ZFS, Btrfs, LVM), rhenshots with a status, live-migration of working containers from one machine to another and storage containers. As a runtime for the launch of containers, the LXC toolkit is used, which includes the liblxc library, a set of utilities (lxc-create, lxc-start, lxc-stop, lxc-ls, etc.), templates for building containers and a set of bindings for various programming languages. Isolation is carried out using the regular mechanisms of the Linux kernel (name space, cgroups, Apparmor, SELinux, Seccomp). https://stgraber.org/2023/10/30/announcing-incus-0-2/

Release of VLC 3.0.20: 31/10/2023 Unscheduled corrective release of VLC 3.0.20 is available, in which a potential vulnerability (CVE is not assigned) The vulnerability can theoretically be exploited when you try to load content from malicious servers using the URL "mms://." It notably fixes a crash with AMD GPU, a green line in fullscreen on Windows, a crash with AV1 hw acceleration and a bug in the fullscreen panel. https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/tags/3.0.20

Midori 11 web browser based on the Floorp project: 31/10/2023 The company Astian, which in 2019 absorbed the Midori project and turned it into a scummy harvesting browser, introduced a new branch for Midori 11, which has moved to the Mozilla Gecko engine, used in Firefox. The main development goals of Midori is concern for user privacy and lightness is mentioned - the developers set themselves the task of making a browser that is most undemanding among Firefox products and suitable for work even on outdated systems. The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 license. The builds are prepared for Linux, Windows and macOS. The Midori 11 code repository is open source and created by borrowing the floorp code base developed by a group of Japanese students and combining the Firefox engine with Chrome-style capabilities and interface. Midori 11 is similar to the floorp-11 line. It is noted that the version was made in conjunction with the team of Floorp developers, cooperation will continue in the future. https://astian.org/midori-en/explore-midori-11-0-faster-and-lighter-than-ever/

Release of Pale Moon 32.5: 01/11/2023 The release of Pale Moon 32.5, using the Firefox code base to provide higher efficiency, protect the classical interface, minimize memory consumption and provide additional customization options, has been released. Pale Moon builds are made for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project code is licensed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). Compared to Firefox, the browser returned support for extensions using XUL, and the possibility of using both full and lightweight themes were saved. https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?t=30485&p=245150#p245150

Release of Yggdrasil 0.5: 01/11/2023 After more than two years of development, the release of the reference implementation of the Yggdrasil 0.5 protocol, which runs on top of the conventional global network to deploy a separate decentralized private IPv6 network, to protect privacy, which uses end-to-end encryption, was announced. The Yggdrasil network can use any existing IPv6 applications. The code is written in GO and is distributed under the LGPLv3 license. Linux, OpenWRT, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, VyOS and Ubiquiti EdgeRouter platforms are supported. Yggdrasil is developing a new routing concept to create a global decentralized network, nodes in which can be connected both directly in mesh-network mode (for example, via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth), and interact on top of existing IPv6 or IPv4 networks (a network on top of the network). A distinctive feature of Yggdrasil is the self-configuration that does not require an explicit routing setting - route information is calculated, starting from the location of the node in the network relative to other nodes. Devices are addressed via a regular IPv6 address that does not change if the node is moved (the unused range of addresses 0200::/7 is used in Yggdrasil). The entire Yggdrasil network is not considered as a combination of disparate subnets, but as a single structured backbone tree that has one “root,” and each node has one parent and one or more children. This tree structure allows you to build a route to the destination node, relative to the source node, using the “locator” mechanism that determines the optimal path to the node from the root. Information about the tree is distributed between nodes and is not stored centrally. https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/

Audacity 3.4: 02/11/2023 A release was announced of the free audio editor Audacity 3.4, which provides audio editing tools (Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3 and WAV), audio recording and digitization, changes in the parameters of the sound file and overlay tracks and application of effects (e.g. noise suppression, tempo change and tone). Audacity 3.4 was the fourth significant release formed after the transfer of the project to the hands of the Muse Group. The Audacity code is distributed under the GPLv3 license, binary builds are available for Linux, Windows and macOS. https://www.audacityteam.org/blog/audacity-3-4/

New version of the GNU Awk 5.3 interpreter: 02/11/2023 After a year of development, a new release of the AWK programming language from the GNU - Gawk 5.3.0 project is presented. AWK was developed in the 70s of the last century and has not undergone significant changes since the mid-1980s. The main backbone of the language was determined, which allowed the preservation of the pristine stability and simplicity of the language over the past decades. Despite the advanced age, AWK is still actively used by administrators to perform routine work related to the analysis of various types of text files and the generation of simple-stating statistics. http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk

Release of Nitrux 3.1: 02/11/2023 A release of the Nitrux 3.1 distribution, built on Debian, KDE technologies and the OpenRC initialization system, has been published. The project offers its own NX Desktop desktop, which is an add-on over KDE Plasma. A set of typical user applications is developed, which can be used on both desktop and mobile devices, based on the Maui library. AppImages is being promoted to install additional applications. The full loading image is 3.3 GB. The project is distributed under free licenses. The NX Desktop desktop offers a different style design, its own implementation of the system tray, notification output center and various plasmoids, such as a network connector and multimedia applet to control the volume and control the playback of multimedia content. Applications created using the MauiKit framework, you can note the file manager Index (you can also use Dolphin), text editor Note, Station terminal emulator, VVave music player, Clip video player, NX Software Center application center and Pix image viewer. https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-1-0/

OpenELA repositories for RHEL-compatible distributions: 03/11/2023 The OpenELA (Open Enterprise Linux Association), formed in August by CIQ (Rocky Linux), Oracle and SUSE to combine efforts to ensure compatibility with RHEL, announced the readiness of a package repository, which can be used for creating distributions that are fully binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The original code of the prepared packages are distributed free of charge and without restrictions. The new repository is supported by the development teams of Rocky Linux, Oracle, Linux and SUSE Liberty Linux and includes packages that are compatible with RHEL 8 and 9. In the future, they plan to publish packages for distributions that are compatible with the RHEL 7 branch. In addition to the source packages, the project also intends to distribute the tools necessary to create derivatives that are fully compatible with RHEL. The OpenELA repository promises to maintain, using a fully open development process, provide prompt publication of updates and vulnerabilities. The project is open, independent and neutral. https://openela.org/news/2023.11.02-governance_and_code_availability/

Release of Radix cross 1.9.212: 03/11/2023 The latest version of the Radix cross Linux 1.9.212 built using its own Radix.pro builder, that simplifies the formation of distributions for embedded systems, is available. Distributed structures are available for devices based on ARM/ARM64, MIPS and x86/x86_64 architectures. The boot images are prepared according to the instructions of the Platform. Download section contains a local package repository and therefore the installation of the system does not require connection to the Internet. The build system code is distributed under the MIT license. With 1.9.212 they added the build for the Orange Pi5 device based on the SoC RK3588s. Instructions for installing or using images as Live-CD can be found in the Install section. https://radix.pro/platform/install/

New version of Exim 4.97 mail server: 04/11/2023 A release of Exim 4.97, which included accumulated bug fixes and added new features, is out. According to the November automated survey of about 700,000 mail servers, the share of Exim is 58.73% (a year ago 60.90%), compared to Postfix at 34.86% (32.49%), Sendmail - 3.46% (3.51%), MailEnable - 1.84% (1.91%), MDaemon - 0.40% (0.42%), Microsoft Exchange - 0.19% (0.20%) of mail servers. https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20231104.135832.37148bbd.en.html

Release of Libreboot 20231106: 06/11/2023 A release of free bootable firmware, Libreboot 20231106 was published. The update was assigned the status of a test release (stable releases are published about once a year, the last stable release was in June). The project develops the finished build of the coreboot project, which provides replacement of proprietary firmware UEFI and BIOS, responsible for the initialization of the CPU, memory, peripherals and other motherboard connections, with the minimization of binary inserts. Libreboot is aimed at forming a system environment that allows you to do without proprietary software as much as possible,at the firmware level. Libreboot complements Coreboot with for end users, forming a ready-made distribution that can be used by any user who does not have special skills. In the new release support was added for the Intel D945GCLF motherboards. In a separate branch, they put the development of firmware for the Dell Latitute E6400. There have been many changes to the build system. https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/d945gclf.html

Release of SAIL 0.9.0: 07/11/2023 A release of the C/C++ library of image decoding SAIL 0.9.0, which can be used to create image viewers, upload images to memory, download resources in game development, etc. was annoinced. The library continues to develop ksquirrel-libs image format decoders from the KSquirrel program, which were rewritten from C++ and C. The KSquirrel program has been in existence since 2003 (today the project is exactly 20 years old), but the development was discontinued in 2008 along with KDE3. The SAIL code is licensed under the MIT license. Supported on Windows, macOS and Linux. https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/releases/tag/v0.9.0

OmniOS CE r151048 and OpenIndiana 2023.10: 07/11/2023 The OmniOS Community Edition r151048 is out, based on the work of the Illumos project and providing full support for bhyve and KVM hypervisors, the crossbow virtual network stack, the ZFS file system and the means to run lightweight Linux containers. The distribution can be used both to build scalable web-systems and to create storage systems. https://omnios.org/article/r48

Release of Mineclonia 0.91 game created on Minetest engine 11/7/2019 11:14 PM An update of the game Mineclonia 0.91, was announced. It is made on the Minetest engine and is the fork of the Mineclone 2 game, providing a similar game to Minecraft. The fork is still being developed, the focus is on improving stability, expanding functionality and optimizing performance. The project code is written in Lua and distributed under the GPLv3 license. The new version has been refining villages and residents, updated hudbars and improved game physics. https://content.minetest.net/packages/ryvnf/mineclonia/

Release of Fedora Linux 39: 07/11/2023 A release of the Fedora Linux 39 distribution is out. Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora CoreOS, Fedora CoreOS, Fedora Cloud Base, Fedora IoT Edition and Live-builds - 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 are delayed. https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-39/

GIMP 2.10.36: 08/11/2023 GIMP 2.10.36 has been published. Packages in flatpak and snap format will be published for installation in the near future. The release mainly includes bug fixes and small improvements. All efforts to increase functionality are focused on the preparation of the GIMP 3 branch, which is in the testing stage of preliminary releases. It is expected that GIMP 2.10.36 will be the penultimate release in the 2.10 branch and next year will see GIMP 3.0. https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/11/07/gimp-2-10-36-released/

Ubuntu Touch OTA-3 Focal: 08/11/2023 The UBports project, which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform, after Canonical moved away from it, introduced the firmware: OTA-3 Focal (over-the-air). This is the third release of Ubuntu Touch, based on the Ubuntu 20.04 (old releases were based on Ubuntu 16.04). The project is also developing an experimental port of Unity 8, which is renamed Lomiri. The update to the Ubuntu Touch OTA-3 Focal will be formed for Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1, Fairphone 3/3+ and 4,(x)tec Pro1 X, Google Pixel 3a/3a XL, Vollaphone X23, Vollaphone X, Vollaphone X, Vollaphone, JingPad A1, Sony Xperia X, Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC / X, Xiaomi Redbow, 9 Pro, 9 Pro, 9, 3 Pro, At the beta stage are the Pine64 PinePhone, PinePhone Pro and PineTab and PineTab2 units. https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-3-focal-release-3905

Release of Clonezilla Live 3.1.1: 08/11/2023 The release of Clonezilla Live 3.1.1, designed for fast cloning, (accessing only used blocks) is out. The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the distribution iso-image is 417MB (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 use it from CD/DVD, USB Flash and via the network (PXE). It supports LVM2 and FS ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, btrfs, f2fs, nilfs2, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HFS+, UFS, minix, VMFS3 and VMFS5 (VMWash ESX). There is a mode for mass cloning over the 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 at the level of entire disks or individual partitions. https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/2023/11/stable-clonezilla-live-311-27-released-/

LG has published webOS Open Source Edition 2.24: 09/11/2023 The release of the open platform webOS Open Source Edition 2.24, which can be used on various portable devices, boards and car and entertainment systems, is presented. The Raspberry Pi 4 boards are considered as the reference hardware platform. The platform is developing in the public repository under the Apache 2.0 license, and the development is supervised by the community, adhering to a joint development management model. https://www.webosose.org/blog/2023/11/08/webos-ose-2-24-0-release/

GNOME project received a million euros for development: 10/11/2023 GNOME Foundation has received a million euros from the Sovereign Foundation in Germany to stimulate the development of open digital and open source ecosystems. The fund was created with funds provided by the German Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection and is supervised by the Federal Agency for Subversive Innovation SPRIND. The money received is planned to be spent on upgrading the GNOME platform, improving tools, expanding funds for people with disabilities and implementing functions of public interest. In particular, they plan to develop a prototype of a new stack for people with disabilities and make improvements to the existing stack, to provide support for selective encryption of home directories of users, modernize the storage of passwords and keys, improve the quality of equipment support, improve quality control, expand the Freedesktop API and work on the consolidation and improvement of the platform components. In addition to GNOME, the Sovereign fund also supports open projects such as OpenSSH, WireGuard, Python, RubyGems, curl, OpenBGPd, OpenPm.j.js/GopenPGP, Pendulum, Sequoia PGP and Yocto. The amount of support for these projects is not specified. Applications from significant open projects for financing continue to be accepted. The total budget for 2023 is EUR 11.5 million. https://foundation.gnome.org/2023/11/09/gnome-recognized-as-public-interest-infrastructure/

Release of BackBox Linux 8.1: 10/11/2023 After a year of development, the release of BackBox Linux 8.1, based on Ubuntu 22.04 and supplied with a collection of tools for security checks, testing exploits, reverse engineering, analysis of network traffic and wireless networks, malware research, stress testing, detection of hidden or lost data. The user environment is based on Xfce. ISO-image size 4.2 GB (x86_64). The new version notes an update of the Xfce environment and the Linux kernel (5.15), the supply of new versions of security verification tools and updating the ISO-feature built in hybrid format and adapted for download on UEFI systems. http://linux.backbox.org/

Available Vortex 2.0: 11/11/2023 The second edition of the Vortex project, developing an open GPGPU based on the RISC-V architecture, designed to perform parallel computing using the OpenCL API and the SIMT (SingLending, Multiple Threads) model, was published. The project can also be used in 3D graphics research and in the development of new GPU architectures. Drivers and accompanying project documentation are distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The GPGPU is based on a typical ISA RISC-V, extended by some additional instructions necessary to support GPU functions and flow management. In this case, changes in the architecture of the RISC-V command set are minimized and existing vector instructions are used if possible. A similar approach is used in the RV64X project, which also develops an open GPU based on RISC-V technology. https://github.com/vortexgpgpu/vortex/releases/tag/v2.x

Release of FFmpeg 6.1: 11/11/2023 After ten months of development, the multi-media package FFmpeg 6.1, is available, including a set of applications and a collection of libraries for operations on various multimedia formats (recording, converting and decoding of sound and video formats). The package is distributed under the LGPL and GPL licenses. Development of FFmpeg is carried out with the MPlayer project. http://ffmpeg.org/download.html#releases

OBS Studio 30.0: 12/11/2023 OBS Studio 30.0, a suite for streaming, compositing and video recording, is now available. The code is written in C/C++ and distributed under the GPLv2 license. Builds are created for Linux ( flatpak ), Windows and macOS. Support is provided for compositing with scene construction based on arbitrary video streams, data from web cameras, video capture cards, images, text, the contents of application, windows, or the entire screen. During broadcasting, you can switch between several predefined scenes (for example, to switch views with an emphasis on screen content and webcam image). The program also provides tools for audio mixing, filtering using VST plugins, volume equalization and noise reduction. https://obsproject.com/