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Release of Nitrux 1.6.0 distribution with NX Desktop

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The release of the Nitrux 1.6.0 distribution has been published, built on the Debian package base, KDE technologies and the OpenRC initialization system. The distribution develops its own desktop, NX Desktop, which is an add-on to the KDE Plasma user environment. To install additional applications, a system of self-contained AppImages packages is being promoted. The boot image sizes are 3.1 GB and 1.5 GB. The project's developments are distributed under free […]

Linux From Scratch 11 and Beyond Linux From Scratch 11 published

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New editions of the Linux From Scratch 11 (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch 11 (BLFS) manuals, as well as the LFS and BLFS editions with the systemd system manager, have been introduced. Linux From Scratch provides instructions for building a basic Linux system from scratch using only the source code for the required software. Beyond Linux From Scratch augments LFS instructions with assembly information […]

GitHub introduces new requirements for connecting to Git remotely

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GitHub announced changes to the service related to strengthening the security of the Git protocol used during git push and git pull operations via SSH or the “git://” scheme (requests via https:// will not be affected by the changes). Once the changes take effect, connecting to GitHub via SSH will require at least OpenSSH version 7.2 (released in 2016) or PuTTY […]

Armbian distribution release 21.08

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The release of the Armbian 21.08 Linux distribution has been introduced, providing a compact system environment for various single-board computers based on ARM processors, including various models of Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi and Cubieboard based on Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale processors / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip and Samsung Exynos. Debian 11 and Ubuntu package bases are used to generate assemblies […]

Chrome Release 93

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Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome 93 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which serves as the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, the presence of a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, and transmitting RLZ parameters when searching. The next release of Chrome 94 is scheduled for September 21 (development translated […]

New version of SMPlayer media player 21.8

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Three years since the last release, the SMPlayer 21.8 multimedia player has been released, providing a graphical add-on to MPlayer or MPV. SMPlayer has a lightweight interface with the ability to change themes, support for playing videos from Youtube, support for downloading subtitles from opensubtitles.org, flexible playback settings (for example, you can change the playback speed). The program is written in C++ using the […]

Release of nginx 1.21.2 and njs 0.6.2

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The main branch of nginx 1.21.2 has been released, within which the development of new features continues (in the parallel supported stable branch 1.20, only changes related to the elimination of serious errors and vulnerabilities are made). Main changes: Blocking of HTTP/1.0 requests that include the HTTP header “Transfer-Encoding” has been provided (appeared in the HTTP/1.1 protocol version). Support for export cipher suite has been discontinued. Compatibility with the OpenSSL 3.0 library is ensured. Implemented […]

A completely free version of the Linux-libre 5.14 kernel is available

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With a slight delay, the Latin American Free Software Foundation published a completely free version of the Linux 5.14 kernel - Linux-libre 5.14-gnu1, cleared of firmware and driver elements containing non-free components or code sections, the scope of which is limited by the manufacturer. In addition, Linux-libre disables the kernel's ability to load nonfree components that are not included in the kernel distribution, and removes mention of using nonfree […]

ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.4 Online Editors Release

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The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 6.4 has been published with the implementation of a server for ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaboration. Editors can be used to work with text documents, tables and presentations. The project code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. An update to the ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors product, built on a single code base with online editors, is expected in the near future. Desktop editors are designed as desktop applications [...]

NTFS-3G 2021.8.22 release with vulnerabilities fixed

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More than four years since the last release, the release of the NTFS-3G 2021.8.22 package has been published, including a free driver that runs in user space using the FUSE mechanism, and a set of ntfsprogs utilities for manipulating NTFS partitions. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The driver supports reading and writing data on NTFS partitions and can run on a wide range of operating systems, […]

Multitextor console editor beta

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A beta version of the console cross-platform text editor Multitextor is available. The project code is written in C++ and distributed under the BSD license. Supported build for Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and macOS. Ready-made assemblies are generated for Linux (snap) and Windows. Key features: Simple, clear, multi-window interface with menus and dialogs. Mouse and keyboard controls (can be customized). Working with a large […]

Meltdown Vulnerability Discovered in AMD Zen+ and Zen 2 Microarchitecture Processors

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A group of researchers from the Technical University of Dresden has identified a vulnerability (CVE-2020-12965) in AMD processors based on Zen+ and Zen 2 microarchitectures, which allows a Meltdown class attack. It was initially assumed that AMD Zen+ and Zen 2 processors are not susceptible to the Meltdown vulnerability, but researchers identified a feature that leads to speculative access to protected memory areas when using non-canonical virtual addresses. […]

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