Author: ProHoster

VeraCrypt 1.25.4 release, TrueCrypt fork

After a year of development, the release of the VeraCrypt 1.25.4 project has been published, developing a fork of the TrueCrypt disk partition encryption system, which has ceased to exist. The code developed by the VeraCrypt project is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, and borrowings from TrueCrypt continue to be distributed under the TrueCrypt License 3.0. Ready-made assemblies are generated for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and macOS. VeraCrypt is notable for replacing the RIPEMD-160 algorithm used in TrueCrypt […]

Created EPEL 9 repository with Fedora packages for RHEL 9 and CentOS Stream 9

The EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) project, which maintains a repository of additional packages for RHEL and CentOS, announced the creation of a repository version for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9-beta and CentOS Stream 9 distributions. Binary assemblies are generated for the x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le and s390x. At this stage of the repository's development, only a few additional packages have been published, supported by the Fedora community […]

Blueprint, a new user interface language for GTK, is introduced

James Westman, developer of the GNOME Maps application, introduced a new markup language, Blueprint, designed for building interfaces using the GTK library. The compiler code for converting Blueprint markup into GTK UI files is written in Python and distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The reason for creating the project is the binding of the interface description ui files used in GTK to the XML format, […]

EndeavorOS distribution release 21.4

The release of the EndeavorOS 21.4 “Atlantis” project has been published, replacing the Antergos distribution, the development of which was stopped in May 2019 due to the lack of free time among the remaining maintainers to maintain the project at the proper level. The size of the installation image is 1.9 GB (x86_64, an assembly for ARM is being developed separately). Endeavor OS allows the user to install Arch Linux […]

Release of the free 3D modeling system Blender 3.0

The Blender Foundation has released Blender 3, a free 3.0D modeling package suitable for a variety of 3D modeling, 3D graphics, game development, simulation, rendering, compositing, motion tracking, sculpting, animation, and video editing applications. . The code is distributed under the GPL license. Ready-made assemblies are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS. Major changes in Blender 3.0: Updated user interface […]

Removed classic driver code from Mesa that does not use Gallium3D

All classic OpenGL drivers have been removed from the Mesa codebase and support for the infrastructure for their operation has been discontinued. Maintenance of the old driver code will continue in a separate “Amber” branch, but these drivers will no longer be included in the main part of Mesa. The classic xlib library has also been removed, and it is recommended to use the gallium-xlib variant instead. The change affects all remaining […]

Wine 6.23 release

An experimental branch of the open implementation of WinAPI, Wine 6.23, was released. Since the release of version 6.22, 48 bug reports have been closed and 410 changes have been made. The most important changes: The CoreAudio driver and mount point manager have been converted to PE (Portable Executable) format. WoW64, a layer for running 32-bit programs on 64-bit Windows, added support for exception handling. Implemented […]

Former Ubiquiti employee arrested on hacking charges

The January story of illegal access to the network of network equipment manufacturer Ubiquiti received an unexpected continuation. On December 1, the FBI and New York prosecutors announced the arrest of former Ubiquiti employee Nickolas Sharp. He is charged with illegal access to computer systems, extortion, wire fraud and making false statements to the FBI. If you believe […]

In Russia, there are problems connecting to Tor

In recent days, users of various Russian providers have noted the inability to connect to the anonymous Tor network when accessing the network through various providers and mobile operators. Blocking is mainly observed in Moscow when connecting through providers such as MTS, Rostelecom, Akado, Tele2, Yota, Beeline and Megafon. Individual messages about blocking also come from users from St. Petersburg, Ufa […]

The distribution of CentOS Stream 9 is officially presented

The CentOS Project has officially announced the availability of the CentOS Stream 9 distribution, which is being used as the basis for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 distribution as part of a new, more open development process. CentOS Stream is a continuously updated distribution and allows earlier access to packages being developed for a future RHEL release. The assemblies are prepared for x86_64, Aarch64 […]

The first release of the game engine Open 3D Engine, opened by Amazon

The non-profit organization Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) has published the first significant release of the open 3D game engine Open 3D Engine (O3DE), suitable for developing modern AAA games and high-fidelity simulations capable of real-time and cinematic quality. The code is written in C++ and published under the Apache 2.0 license. There is support for Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS platforms […]

HyperStyle - adaptation of StyleGAN machine learning system for image editing

A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University presented HyperStyle, an inverted version of NVIDIA's StyleGAN2 machine learning system that is redesigned to recreate the missing parts when editing real images. The code is written in Python using the PyTorch framework and is distributed under the MIT license. If StyleGAN allows you to synthesize realistic-looking new human faces by specifying parameters such as age, gender, […]