GitHub introduced the GitHub Copilot project, which develops an intelligent assistant capable of generating typical constructs while coding. The system was developed in collaboration with OpenAI and uses the OpenAI Codex machine learning platform, trained on a large dataset of source texts available in public GitHub repositories. Unlike traditional code completion systems, GitHub Copilot can generate quite complex blocks […]
System76, a company specializing in manufacturing laptops, PCs, and servers pre-installed with Linux, has released version 21.04 of the Pop!_OS distribution. Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu 21.04 and comes with its own desktop environment, COSMIC. The project's developments are licensed under GPLv3. ISO images are available for the x86_64 architecture with variants for NVIDIA (2.8 GB) and Intel/AMD (2.4 GB) graphics chips. […]
A new version of the Ultimaker Cura 4.10 package is available, providing a graphical interface for preparing models for 3D printing (slicing). Based on the model, the program determines the 3D printer's working scenario when applying each layer sequentially. In the simplest case, it is enough to import the model in one of the supported formats (STL, OBJ, X3D, 3MF, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG), select the speed, material, and quality settings, and […]
GitHub has lifted the blockage on the RE3 project repository, which was disabled in February following a complaint from Take-Two Interactive, the owner of game-related intellectual property for GTA III and GTA Vice City. The blockage was lifted after the RE3 developers submitted a counter-complaint challenging the initial decision. The appeal stated that the project is developed based on reverse engineering, […]
In Firefox 91, files opened after downloading in external applications will be automatically saved in the default 'Downloads' directory instead of a temporary directory. It is worth noting that Firefox offers two download modes — save and open in the application. In the latter case, the downloaded file was saved in a temporary directory, which was deleted after the session ended. Such behavior […]
Following the switch to HTTPS by default in the address bar, Chrome has added a setting that forces the use of HTTPS for all requests to websites, including transitions through direct links. When the new mode is activated, trying to open a page via 'http://' will automatically attempt to first open the resource via 'https://'; if this attempt fails, a warning will be displayed […]
In Ubuntu 21.10, it has been decided to discontinue the theme that combines dark headers, a light background, and light controls. Users will be offered a fully light version of the Yaru theme as the default, with the option to switch to a fully dark version (dark headers, dark background, and dark controls). This decision is explained by the lack of ability in GTK3 and GTK4 to define different colors […]
The Linux Terminal Service Manager (LTSM) project has prepared a set of programs for organizing desktop access based on terminal sessions (currently using the VNC protocol). The project's developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. It includes: LTSM_connector (VNC and RDP handler), LTSM_service (receives commands from LTSM_connector, launches login and user sessions based on Xvfb), LTSM_helper (graphical interface […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 5.13. Among the most notable changes are: the EROFS filesystem, initial support for Apple M1 chips, the 'misc' cgroup controller, the discontinuation of /dev/kmem support, support for new Intel and AMD GPUs, the ability to directly call kernel functions from BPF programs, kernel stack randomization for each system call, the ability to build with Clang with CFI protection […]
Veracode has published the results of a study on security issues caused by embedding open libraries in applications (instead of dynamic linking, many companies simply copy the needed libraries into their projects). As a result of scanning 86,000 repositories and surveying about two thousand developers, it was found that 79% of the third-party libraries incorporated into the code of projects are never updated afterward. At the same time, […]
The release of the decentralized file system IPFS 0.9 (InterPlanetary File System) has been announced, forming a global versioned file storage deployed as a P2P network made up of participant systems. IPFS combines ideas previously implemented in systems such as Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the Web, resembling a single 'swarm' of BitTorrent (peers involved in sharing) that exchanges Git objects. IPFS features content-based addressing, and […]
Valve has released version 6.3-5 of the Proton project, which is based on the Wine project’s developments and aims to facilitate the running of gaming applications on Linux that were created for Windows and listed in the Steam catalog. The project’s developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows users to directly launch gaming applications provided solely for Windows in the Linux version of the Steam client. The package includes DirectX implementation […]