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Registration for the OpenSource online conference "Adminka" is open

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On March 27-28, 2021, an online conference of open source software developers “Adminka” will be held, to which developers and enthusiasts of Open Source projects, users, popularizers of Open Source ideas, lawyers, IT and data activists, journalists and scientists are invited. Starts at 11:00 Moscow time. Participation is free, pre-registration is required. The purpose of the online conference: to popularize Open Source development and support Open Source […]

An open letter in support of Stallman has been published

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Those who disagreed with the attempt to remove Stallman from all posts published a response open letter from Stallman’s supporters and opened a collection of signatures in support of Stallman (to subscribe, you need to send a pull request). Actions against Stallman are interpreted as attacks on expressing personal opinions, distorting the meaning of what was said and exerting social pressure on the community. For historical reasons, Stallman paid more attention to philosophical issues and […]

Manjaro Linux 21.0 distribution release

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The Manjaro Linux 21.0 distribution, built on Arch Linux and aimed at novice users, has been released. The distribution is notable for the presence of a simplified and user-friendly installation process, support for automatically detecting hardware and installing the drivers necessary for its operation. Manjaro comes in live builds with KDE (2.7 GB), GNOME (2.6 GB) and Xfce (2.4 GB) desktop environments. At […]

TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are officially deprecated

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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which develops Internet protocols and architecture, has published RFC 8996, officially deprecating TLS 1.0 and 1.1. The TLS 1.0 specification was published in January 1999. Seven years later, the TLS 1.1 update was released with security improvements related to the generation of initialization vectors and padding. By […]

Chrome 90 approves default HTTPS in address bar

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Google has announced that in Chrome 90, scheduled for release on April 13, it will make websites open over HTTPS by default when you type hostnames in the address bar. For example, when you enter the host example.com, the site https://example.com will be opened by default, and if problems arise when opening, it will be rolled back to http://example.com. Previously, this opportunity was already [...]

Motion to remove Stallman from all posts and dissolve the board of directors of the Free Software Foundation

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The return of Richard Stallman to the board of directors of the Free Software Foundation has caused a negative reaction from some organizations and developers. In particular, the human rights organization Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), whose director recently won an award for his contribution to the development of free software, announced the severance of all relations with the Free Software Foundation and the curtailment of any activities intersecting with this organization, […]

Nokia relicensed Plan9 OS under MIT license

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Nokia, which in 2015 acquired Alcatel-Lucent, which owned the Bell Labs research center, announced the transfer of all intellectual property related to the Plan 9 project to the non-profit organization Plan 9 Foundation, which will oversee the further development of Plan 9. At the same time, the publication of the Plan9 code was announced under the MIT Permissive License in addition to the Lucent Public License and […]

Firefox 87 release

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The Firefox 87 web browser was released. In addition, an update to the long-term support branch 78.9.0 was created. The Firefox 88 branch has been transferred to the beta testing stage, the release of which is scheduled for April 20. Key New Features: When using the search function and activating the Highlight All mode, the scroll bar now displays markers to indicate the position of the keys found. Removed […]

Crystal 1.0 programming language available

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The release of the Crystal 1.0 programming language took place. The release is marked as the first significant release, which summed up 8 years of work and marked the stabilization of the language and its readiness for use in working projects. The 1.x branch will maintain backward compatibility and ensure that there are no changes to the language or standard library that negatively affect the build and operation of existing code. Releases 1.0.y […]

Release of Porteus Kiosk 5.2.0, a distribution kit for equipping Internet kiosks

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The Porteus Kiosk 5.2.0 distribution kit, based on Gentoo and intended for equipping autonomously operating Internet kiosks, demonstration stands and self-service terminals, has been released. The boot image of the distribution takes 130 MB (x86_64). The basic build includes only the minimum set of components required to run a web browser (Firefox and Chrome are supported), which is limited in its capabilities to prevent unwanted activity on the system (for example, […]

Thunderbird project disclosed financial results for 2020

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The developers of the Thunderbird email client have published a financial report for 2020. During the year, the project received donations in the amount of $2.3 million (in 2019, $1.5 million was collected), which allows it to independently develop successfully. According to available statistics, about 9.5 million people use Thunderbird every day. Expenses amounted to $1.5 million and almost all (82.3%) were related to […]

Celluloid video player v0.21 release

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Celluloid video player 0.21 (formerly GNOME MPV) is now available, providing a GTK-based GUI for the MPV console video player. Celluloid has been chosen by the developers of the Linux Mint distribution to ship instead of VLC and Xplayer, starting with Linux Mint 19.3. Previously, the developers of Ubuntu MATE made a similar decision. In the new release: Correct operation of command line options for random and […]

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