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Release of the mobile platform KDE Plasma Mobile 21.12

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The release of the KDE Plasma Mobile 21.12 mobile platform has been published, based on the mobile edition of the Plasma 5 desktop, the KDE Frameworks 5 libraries, the ModemManager phone stack and the Telepathy communication framework. The kwin_wayland composite server is used to display graphics in Plasma Mobile, and PulseAudio is used for sound processing. At the same time, a set of mobile applications Plasma Mobile Gear 21.12 was prepared, which is […]

Mozilla releases 2020 financial report

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Mozilla has published its financial report for 2020. In 2020, Mozilla's revenues almost halved to $496.86 million, roughly the same as in 2018. For comparison, Mozilla earned $2019 million in 828, $2018 million in 450, $2017 million in 562, […]

Release of open billing system ABillS 0.92

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A release of the open billing system ABillS 0.92 is available, the components of which are supplied under the GPLv2 license. Main innovations: In the Paysys module, most payment modules have been redesigned and tests have been added. Callcenter redesigned. Added selection of objects on the map for mass changes to CRM/Maps2. The Extfin module has been redesigned and periodic charges to subscribers have been added. Implemented support for selective session detail for clients (s_detail). Added ISG plugin […]

Release of Tor Browser 11.0.2. Tor blocking extension. Possible attacks on Tor

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The release of a specialized browser, Tor Browser 11.0.2, has been presented, focused on ensuring anonymity, security and privacy. When using the Tor Browser, all traffic is redirected only through the Tor network, and it is impossible to access directly through the standard network connection of the current system, which does not allow tracking the user’s real IP address (if the browser is hacked, attackers can gain access to system network parameters, so [... ]

Calculate Linux 22 distribution released

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The release of the Calculate Linux 22 distribution is available, developed by the Russian-speaking community, built on the basis of Gentoo Linux, supporting a continuous update release cycle and optimized for rapid deployment in a corporate environment. The new version includes the ability to bring systems that have not been updated for a long time up to date, Calculate utilities have been translated to Python 3, and the PipeWire sound server is enabled by default. For […]

Fedora Linux 36 scheduled to enable Wayland by default on systems with proprietary NVIDIA drivers

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For implementation in Fedora Linux 36, it is planned to switch to using the default GNOME session based on the Wayland protocol on systems with proprietary NVIDIA drivers. The ability to select a GNOME session running on top of a traditional X server will continue to be available as before. The change has not yet been reviewed by the FESCo (Fedora Engineering Steering Committee), which is responsible for the technical part of the development of the Fedora Linux distribution. […]

RHVoice 1.6.0 speech synthesizer release

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The open speech synthesis system RHVoice 1.6.0 was released, initially developed to provide high-quality support for the Russian language, but then adapted for other languages, including English, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Kyrgyz, Tatar and Georgian. The code is written in C++ and distributed under the LGPL 2.1 license. Supports work on GNU/Linux, Windows and Android. The program is compatible with standard TTS (text-to-speech) interfaces for […]

GitHub Implements Mandatory Extended Account Verification in NPM

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Due to the increasing cases of repositories of large projects being hijacked and malicious code being promoted through the compromise of developer accounts, GitHub is introducing widespread expanded account verification. Separately, mandatory two-factor authentication will be introduced for maintainers and administrators of the 500 most popular NPM packages early next year. From December 7, 2021 to January 4, 2022 there will be […]

The Tor website is officially blocked in the Russian Federation. Release of the Tails 4.25 distribution for working through Tor

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Roskomnadzor has officially made changes to the unified register of prohibited sites, blocking access to the site www.torproject.org. All IPv4 and IPv6 addresses of the main project site are included in the registry, but additional sites not related to the distribution of Tor Browser, for example, blog.torproject.org, forum.torproject.net and gitlab.torproject.org, remain accessible. The blocking also did not affect official mirrors such as tor.eff.org, gettor.torproject.org and tb-manual.torproject.org. Version for […]

FreeBSD 12.3 release

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The release of FreeBSD 12.3 is presented, which is published for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe, sparc64 and armv6, armv7 and aarch64 architectures. Additionally, images have been prepared for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and Amazon EC2 cloud environments. FreeBSD 13.1 is expected to be released in spring 2022. Key innovations: Added the /etc/rc.final script, which is launched at the last stage of work after all […]

Firefox 95 release

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The Firefox 95 web browser has been released. In addition, a long-term support branch update has been created - 91.4.0. The Firefox 96 branch will soon be transferred to the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for January 11. Key innovations: An additional isolation level based on RLBox technology has been implemented for all supported platforms. The proposed insulation layer ensures that security problems are blocked […]

The provider of the Tor anonymous network website received a notification from Roskomnadzor

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The story of problems with connecting to the Tor network in Moscow and some other large cities of the Russian Federation continued. Jérôme Charaoui from the Tor project system administrators team published a letter from Roskomnadzor, redirected by the German hosting operator Hetzner, on whose network one of the mirrors of the torproject.org site is located. I have not received the draft letters directly and the authenticity of the sender is still in question. IN […]

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