The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.17 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous internet access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. By default, all connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter. For storing user data in save mode between sessions, […]
After six months of development, the GNOME 40 desktop environment has been released. Over 24,000 changes have been made compared to the previous release, involving 822 developers. To quickly assess the features of GNOME 40, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative are offered. GNOME 40 is also already included in […]
Dissenters against the attempt to displace Stallman from all positions published a counter open letter from Stallman's supporters and opened a petition to support him (to sign, one must send a pull request). Actions against Stallman are interpreted as attacks on free speech, a distortion of what was said, and social pressure on the community. Historically, Stallman has focused more on philosophical questions and […]
The release of Manjaro Linux 21.0, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginner users, has taken place. The distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live builds with graphical environments KDE (2.7 GB), GNOME (2.6 GB), and Xfce (2.4 GB). At […]
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), which works on the development of Internet protocols and architecture, has published RFC 8996, officially classifying TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocols as obsolete technologies. The TLS 1.0 specification was published in January 1999. Seven years later, an updated TLS 1.1 was released with security improvements related to initialization vector generation and padding. At […]
Google has announced that in the release of Chrome 90, scheduled for April 13, the default will be to open websites via HTTPS when entering hostnames in the address bar. For example, when entering the host example.com, the website https://example.com will be opened by default, and if there are issues, it will revert to http://example.com. This feature was previously […]
Richard Stallman's return to the board of the Free Software Foundation has sparked negative reactions from some organizations and developers. In particular, the nonprofit organization Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), whose director recently received an award for contributions to the development of free software, announced the termination of all relations with the Free Software Foundation and the cessation of any activities intersecting with this organization, in […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 87 has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 78.9.0 has been prepared. The Firefox 88 branch has entered beta testing, with the release scheduled for April 20. Key innovations include new indicators for the position of found keywords displayed on the scrollbar when using the search function and activating the Highlight All mode.
The release of the Crystal programming language 1.0 has been announced. This version marks the first significant release, summarizing 8 years of development and signifying the stabilization of the language, making it ready for use in production projects. The 1.x branch will maintain backward compatibility, ensuring no changes to the language and standard library negatively impact the compilation and operation of existing code.
The release of the Porteus Kiosk 5.2.0 distribution has taken place, based on Gentoo and designed for equipping standalone internet kiosks, exhibition stands, and self-service terminals. The bootable image of the distribution occupies 130 MB (x86_64). The basic build includes only the minimal set of components necessary to run a web browser (Firefox and Chrome are supported), which is limited in its capabilities to prevent unwanted activity in the system (for example, […]
Mozilla has changed the method of generating the HTTP Referer header in the upcoming release of Firefox 87, scheduled for tomorrow. To block potential leaks of confidential data, by default, when navigating to other sites, the HTTP Referer header will only include the domain, not the full URL of the source from which the transition was made. The path and query parameters will be trimmed. That is, instead of "Referer: https://www.example.com/path/?arguments" it will be […]
After nearly two years of development, the release of the open parametric 3D modeling system FreeCAD 0.19 is now officially available. The source code for the release was published on February 26, and then updated on March 12, but the official release announcement was delayed due to the unpreparedness of installation packages for all declared platforms. Just a few hours ago, a warning that the FreeCAD 0.19 branch is still not officially ready […]