After more than a year of development, the release of FreeCAD 3, an open parametric 0.20D modeling system, has been published, which is distinguished by flexible customization and functionality enhancements through the connection of add-ons. The interface is built using the Qt library. Add-ons can be created in Python. Supports saving and loading models in various formats, including STEP, IGES and STL. The FreeCAD code is distributed under […]
Mozilla has announced the inclusion of Total Cookie Protection by default for all users. Previously, this mode was enabled only when opening sites in private browsing mode and when choosing the strict mode for blocking unwanted content (strict). The proposed method of protection implies the use of a separate isolated storage for Cookies for each site, which does not allow […]
The KDE Plasma 5.25 custom shell release is available, built using the KDE Frameworks 5 platform and the Qt 5 library using OpenGL / OpenGL ES for faster rendering. You can evaluate the work of the new version through a Live build from the openSUSE project and a build from the KDE Neon User Edition project. Packages for various distributions can be found on this page. Key improvements: In […]
Alexandre Julliard, creator and project leader of Wine, summarized the results of testing the experimental collaborative development server gitlab.winehq.org and discussing the possibility of transferring development to the GitLab platform. Most of the developers have embraced the use of GitLab and the project has begun a gradual transition to GitLab as the main development platform. To simplify the transition, a gateway has been created to send requests to the wine-devel mailing list […]
To protect against account hijacking attacks aimed at gaining control of dependencies, the RubyGems package repository announced the transition to mandatory two-factor authentication for accounts maintainers of the 100 most popular packages (by number of downloads), as well as packages with more than 165 million downloads. The use of two-factor authentication will significantly complicate access in the event of a compromise […]
Oracle has unveiled a pre-release distribution of Oracle Linux 9, based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 package base and fully binary compatible with it. For download without restrictions, an installation iso image is offered, 8 GB in size, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures (aarch64). For Oracle Linux 9, unlimited and free access to the yum repository with […]
Paweł Zadrożniak presented the third edition of the Floppotron electronic orchestra, which generates sound using 512 floppy drives, 4 scanners and 16 hard drives. The sound source in the system is the controlled noise emitted by the movement of the magnetic heads by the stepper motor, the clicks of the hard disk heads, and the movement of the scanner carriage. To increase sound quality, drives are grouped into […]
The browser-linux distribution is proposed for launching a Linux console environment in a web browser. The project can be used for a quick introduction to Linux without the need to run virtual machines or boot from external media. A stripped-down Linux environment is built using the Buildroot toolkit. To execute the resulting assembly in the browser, a v86 emulator is used, which translates native code into a WebAssembly representation. To organize the operation of the repository, […]
The Thunderbird and K-9 Mail development teams have announced a project merger. The K-9 Mail email client will be renamed "Thunderbird for Android" and will be shipped under a new brand. The Thunderbird project has long considered creating a version for mobile devices, but during the discussions came to the conclusion that there is no point in spreading effort and doing double work when […]
On June 18-19, an online conference "Adminka" for open source software developers will be held. The event is open, non-commercial and free. Pre-registration is required to participate. The conference is planned to discuss changes and trends in open source development after February 24, the emergence of protest software (Protestware), the prospects for implementing open source software in organizations, open solutions for maintaining […]
On June 20, the III annual children's and youth Linux competition - "CacTUX 2022" will start. As part of the competition, participants will have to move from MS Windows to Linux, keeping all documents, install programs, configure the environment, and configure the local network. Registration is open from 13 to 22 June 2022 inclusive. Competitions will be held from June 20 to July 04 in two stages: […]
Aqua Security has published the results of a study on the presence of sensitive data in build logs publicly available in the Travis CI continuous integration system. Researchers have found a way to extract 770 million logs from various projects. During a test load of 8 million logs, about 73 tokens, credentials, and access keys associated with various popular services, including […]
