it’s been while since I’d stopped #window-manager hopping and just settled with #Herbstluftwm but I’m NGL, the River #Wayland compositor is starting to grow on me… I’m still not sure if it’s just me but something about it feels clean and snappy. The shortcuts in the vanilla/example configuration feel a bit clunky, but then again, it’s just me being used to the same old ones I keep adopting and replicating across WMs. I’ve got 0 energy for ricing so I’ll just roll with the vanilla config as is (maybe add in a short-cut for a launcher but that will be it).
Gajim: Gajim 2.0.1
This release resolves an issue with Gajim’s preferences window and fixes some bugs. Thank you for all your contributions!
Gajim 2.0
A note for Windows users: At the time of writing, there are some issues with emoji rendering on Windows. That’s why there is no release of Gajim 2.0 for Windows yet. This issue should soon be resolved and we will post an update once Gajim 2.0 is released on Windows.
More Changes … ⌘ Read moreSChernykh releases P2Pool v4.4
SChernykh1 has released P2Pool 2 version 4.43 with various new features and fixes.
New Features:
* Added RPC-SSL support for Monero node connections
* Removed deprecated --config command line parameter
* Faster initial sync (0.5-1 seconds saved on verification of blocks)
Bugfixes:
* Updated internal dependencies
The full list of changes since v4.3 is available on Github4.
Before using the software, you should v … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 9 2025: 20 PRs, 9 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (4)
monero-project/monero:
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 9, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
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Long story short, there are at least two major changes warranting the new number (and plenty of other things, read on!):
- switching the cython jid implementation for a rust one, which will be faster and more correct
- removing the xmpp.process() method (planned since the 1.8.0 release)
Special thanks to nicoco … ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 1 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 1st of March 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.
Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoing story and the repor … ⌘ Read more
zlib-rs is faster than C
I’m sure we can all have a calm, rational discussion about this, so here it goes: zlib-rs, the Rust re-implementation of the zlib library, is now faster than its C counterparts in both decompression and compression. We’ve released version 0.4.2 of zlib-rs, featuring a number of substantial performance improvements. We are now (to our knowledge) the fastest api-compatible zlib implementation for decompression, and beat the competition in the most important compression cases too. ↫ F … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 4 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, March 4 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code repositor … ⌘ Read more
Sailfish OS 5.0 released for all supported devices
Sailfish OS 5.0, originally released late last year as part of the new Jolla C2 Community Phone, will now be pushed to all Sailfish OS devices. There have been several other minor releases since the original release, so if you’re running Sailfish OS on something other than the C2, you’re getting a release with some more bugfixes and improvements. The main improvement is an upgrade to Gecko ESR91, with work underway to move to ESR1 … ⌘ Read more
[LTH] [Bounty] [0.35 XMR] Silent.Link - Develop android widget for displaying of account balance
Link: https://bounties.monero.social/posts/179/
b4n6_b4n6 (Github) ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 8, 2025
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Meeting summary: Monero Research Lab, 19 February 2025
This is a comprehensive summary, with added reference links, of the MRL meeting1 from February 19th 2025, 1700 UTC.
The raw, unedited, full log file for this meeting:
250219-mrl.log (168 lines)
SummaryNote: it is possible that some relevant information may be missing from this summary; read the full log file for the complete, unedited discussion.
- *Participants … ⌘ Read more
Kmesh v1.0 officially released!
Stable, simple and high performance sidecarless service mesh At the beginning of the new year 2025, we are thrilled to announce the official release of Kmesh v1.0.0. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all Kmesh community… ⌘ Read more
jeffro256 posts January 2024 Monero/Carrot dev update
jeffro2561 has posted the first progress report (M1/January 2025)2 for their Monero/Carrot3 dev work CCS proposal4:
Work overviewI spent a lot of time reviewing / debugging the upcoming release v0.18.4.0 build. I would like to post more details about this for transparency, but some of it involves vulnerability work, so I will hold off for now. I plan to publish reports about this eventually.
… ⌘ Read more
[WTS] [US] [0.015 XMR] XMR Bear Sticker
cute monero bear sticker made by me. shipping already included in price.
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/kB7E/
@k4th (YouTube) ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 25 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 25 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate co … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] CVE-2025-26819: Public XMR nodes should update to ‘release-v0.18’ branch until 0.18.4.0 is out (very soon)
Monero through 0.18.3.4 before ec74ff4 does not have response limits on HTTP server connections.
Links:
acx releases first beta for Mysu Wallet fork ‘Monfluo’
acx1 has announced2 the first beta release of Monfluo 3 (v0.6.04) - a pure Monero wallet for Android that was forked from Mysu Wallet5 last year:
Monfluo is a fork of Mysu (previously known as MyNero) originally developed by pokkst. Mysu was a fork of Monerujo developed by m2049r. [..] There are no unique features (except the lack of features), it is a very simple wallet for minimalists. There is no su … ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 15 February 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday (today), 15th of February 2025 at 16:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.
Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoing … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 7, 2025
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 NanoKVM-USB: 4K HDMI Loopback, USB 3.0, and Integrated Keyboard/Mouse Control
This month, Sipeed unveiled the NanoKVM-USB, described as a compact and low-cost device designed to simplify the operation and management of multiple systems. The Sipeed Wiki pages indicate that this device eliminates the need for dedicated keyboards, mice, or monitors. It allows users to perform operations graphically through the Chrome browser on a single computer, […] ⌘ Read more
Kaidan: Kaidan 0.11.0: Qt 6
Kaidan supports Qt 6 now!
In addition, this release improves the user interface and fixes some bugs.
Have a look at the changelog for more details.
Features:
- Highlight public XMPP provider titles while card is expanded (melvo)
- Round corners of cards and buttons (melvo)
- Add fading in/out hover effect to map previews (melvo)
- Collapse contact profiles by default if they have more than 3 entries (melvo)
- Show colored check mark for … ⌘ Read more
woodser releases monero-cpp v0.8.13, monero-java v0.8.36, monero-ts v0.11.3
woodser1 has just released new versions for three Monero libraries: monero-cpp v0.8.132, monero-java v0.8.363, and monero-ts v0.11.34:
monero-cpp:
-Support wallet->get_default_fee_priority()
-Fix building sample_code.cpp on Linux
-Update instructions to use unbound v1.22.0
-Update instructions to use boost v1.85.0
-Update build ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-cpp-v0.8.13-monero-java-v0.8.36-monero-ts-v0.11.3/)@andros@twtxt.andros.dev Broke on me for having alt-urls I think 🥲
twtxt---profile-layout: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p, ("https://aelaraji.com/twtxt.txt" "gemini://box.aelaraji.com/twtxt.txt" "gopher://box.aelaraji.com/0/twtxt.txt")
Announcing Ratify v1.4.0 – Revocation Checking with CRL Support, Enhanced Out-of-box Experience, and New Cloud Provider Support
We are thrilled to announce the release of Ratify v1.4.0! This milestone release introduces significant new features that enhance Ratify’s capabilities as a trusted supply chain security tool. As always, we deeply appreciate the contributions from the… ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Monero once again beats Bitcoin on ShopinBit
Monero: 56.3%
Bitcoin: 42.9%
LightningNetwork: 0.4%
Fiat: 0.4%
Link: https://farside.link/nitter/shopinbit/status/1889584085057896498
u/vicanonymous (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
selsta posts January 2025 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for January 2025, which includes several Monero dev updates.
Milestone 2:
* Most time was spent on v0.18.4.0
* I also created a to-do list that shows the current status
* Removed old debug code that we used to verify the difficulty code
(this could speed up sync times)
* Hackerone conflict resolution
Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 18 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 18 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate co … ⌘ Read more
Notary Project announces Notation v1.3.0 and tspclient-go v1.0.0!
The Notary Project maintainers are thrilled to announce the latest releases, including notation v1.3.0, notation-go v1.3.0, notation-core-go v1.2.0 and tspclient-go v1.0.0! These new versions are production ready and have successfully completed a comprehensive security audit. Check… ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 6, 2025
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Cyrix126 releases Gupaxx v1.8.0
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.8.03 with various improvements and bugfixes:
Changes overviewThis release is making the use of advanced submenu and simple submenu together sound. New feature to hide tabs you don’t use. New fields in advanced submenu for Node,P2Pool,Xmrig and Proxy tabs.
[UI] Node: button to enable "fast mode"
[UI] P2pool: binding port field
[UI] Xmrig: token field
[Internal] processes are now aware of custom va ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cyrix126-releases-gupaxx-v1.8.0/)Cassette: a POSIX application framework featuring a retro-futurist GUI toolkit
Cassette is a GUI application framework written in C11, with a UI inspired by the cassette-futurism aesthetic. Built for modern POSIX systems, it’s made out of three libraries: CGUI, CCFG and COBJ. Cassette is free and open-source software, licensed under the LGPL-3.0. ↫ Cassette GitHub page Upon first reading this description, you might wonder what a “cassette-futurism aesthe … ⌘ Read more
MaXX Interactive Desktop 2.2.0 released
Late last year, the MaXX Interactive Desktop, the Linux (and BSD) version of the IRIX desktop, sprung back to life with a new release and a detailed roadmap. Thanks to a unique licensing agreement with SGI, MaXX’ developer, Eric Masson, has been able to bring a lot of the SGI user experience over to Linux and BSD, and as promised, we have a new release: the final version of MaXX Interactive Desktop 2.2.0. It’s codenamed Octane, and anyone who knows the … ⌘ Read more
Ivy Carrier Board for Toradex Verdin SoM Family in Industrial Applications
The Ivy Carrier Board is designed for compatibility with the Verdin SoM family by Toradex. With a compact 130 x 105 mm form factor, it features dual Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, Mini PCIe, industrial I/O, and MIPI DSI for display integration. Built for demanding environments, it supports an extended temperature range and a wide input […] ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 11 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 11 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate co … ⌘ Read more
GENE-MTH6: A 3.5” SBC with Intel Core Ultra Processors for Edge Computing
AAEON has announced the GENE-MTH6, a 3.5” SubCompact Board designed for edge computing and embedded applications. Featuring Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 1) with integrated Intel Arc Graphics, the board supports up to 96GB of DDR5 memory and offers PCIe Gen 4 expansion with RAID 0 and RAID 1 support. The GENE-MTH6 is built around […] ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 5 2025: 27 PRs, 6 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (26)
monero-project/monero:
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 5, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
2 in the Monero core repository for the upcoming v0.18.4.0 Fluorine Fermi release:
PR list overviewThe following pull requests have to be merged and issues have to be resolved. Any other PRs that I’m missing?
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- build: prepare v0.18.4.0 #9722
- blockchain sync: reduce disk writes from 2 to 1 per tx [RELEASE] #9740
- Some cleanup in span/connection_cont … ⌘ Read more”`
Apple’s macOS UNIX certification is a lie
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a someone mentioning macOS is a UNIX approaches 1. In fact, it was only late last year that The Open Group announced that macOS 15.0 was, once again, certified as UNIX, continuing Apple’s long-standing tradition of certifying macOS releases as “real” UNIX®. What does any of this actually, mean, though? Well, it turns out that if you actually dive into Apple’s conformance statements for macOS’ … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 4 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 4 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code … ⌘ Read more
What is observability 2.0?
Member post originally published on the Middleware blog by Sam Suthar In the race to adopt cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, microservices, and serverless computing, monitoring often becomes an afterthought. Many enterprises assume their legacy observability tools will suffice. However, as they… ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 4 2025: 38 PRs, 8 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (15)
monero-project/monero:
Cake Wallet adds XMR/WOW passphrase restore support
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.23.0-RC2 with support for Zano wallets, and passphase restore for Monero and Wownero:
The latest version of Cake Wallet is now live for public beta testing here on Github as well as on Google Play (testers channel) and Apple TestFlight. This release of Cake Wallet brings support for Zano, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency with additional alias and token functionality to Cake Wal … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 4, 2025
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SDL 3.2.0 released
SDL, the Simple DirectMedia Layer, has released version 3.2.0 of its development library. In case you don’t know what SDL is: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. It is used by video playback software, emulators, and popular games including Valve‘s award winning catalog and many Humble Bundle games. ↫ SDL website This new release has a lot of impr … ⌘ Read more