Kubuntu 20.04 LTS has been released — a stable version of Ubuntu based on the KDE Plasma 5.18 desktop environment and the KDE Applications 19.12.3 suite. Key packages and updates include: KDE Plasma 5.18, KDE Applications 19.12.3, Linux Kernel 5.4, Qt LTS 5.12.8, Firefox 75, Krita 4.2.9, KDevelop 5.5.0, LibreOffice 6.4, Latte Dock 0.9.10, and KDE Connect 1.4.0. Thunderbird now […]
On April 23, the release of Ubuntu version 20.04 with the codename Focal Fossa took place, marking the next long-term support (LTS) release of Ubuntu and a continuation of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which was released in 2018. A little about the codename: The word 'Focal' means 'central point' or 'most important part,' thus relating to the concept of focus, the center of certain properties, phenomena, events, and […]
NTC IT Rosa and the community of developers of the distribution have presented a corrective release of ROSA Fresh R11.1. The release is based on the 2016.1 platform, which will be supported until the end of 2021. It includes all updates and fixes released since the Fresh R11 release in accordance with the adopted 'soft rolling' policy. Builds for the i586 and x86_64 platforms have been prepared for free download […]
Google has announced the third beta version of the open mobile platform Android 11. The Android 11 release is expected in the third quarter of 2020. A pre-testing program has been suggested to assess the new capabilities of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 2 / 2 XL, Pixel 3 / 3 XL, Pixel 3a / 3a XL, and Pixel 4 / 4 XL devices […]
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Apparently, decentralization has burst into the Russian Internet. I saw an article on Habr titled 'Gaming for Money: Experience in Operating a Distributed Gaming Network with Multiple Servers' and realized that I work in the same network. However, I have never tried mining; I own a gaming club. Last October, I opened an esports gaming club 59FPS in Perm. It […]
Nightly builds of Firefox now support the WebGPU specification, providing an interface for 3D graphics rendering and computations on the GPU, conceptually similar to the Vulkan, Metal, and Direct3D 12 APIs. The specification is being developed by Mozilla, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and community representatives in a working group created under the W3C organization. The key goal of WebGPU is to create a secure, convenient, portable, and high-performance program […]
Cisco has introduced the final beta version of the completely revamped Snort 3 intrusion prevention system, also known as the Snort++ project, which has been in development intermittently since 2005. A release candidate is expected to be published later this year. The new branch has rethought the product's concept and redesigned its architecture. Emphasis was placed on several areas during the preparation […]
A new release of QuiteRSS 0.19.4 is available, a program for reading news feeds in RSS and Atom formats. QuiteRSS features an integrated browser based on the WebKit engine, a flexible filtering system, support for tags and categories, multiple viewing modes, an ad blocker, a file download manager, and OPML import and export. The project's code is released under the GPLv3 license. Key changes include: […]
The NixOS project has announced the release of NixOS 20.03, the latest stable version of its independently developed Linux distribution, notable for its unique approach to package management and configuration, along with its own package manager called 'Nix'. New features include: Support is planned until the end of October 2020. Changes in the kernel version include GCC 9.2.0, glibc 2.30, Linux kernel 5.4, Mesa 19.3.3, OpenSSL 1.1.1d. […]
As you gain more experience in IT, you start to notice that systems have their own character. They can be accommodating, quiet, quirky, or stern. They can attract or repel you. Either way, you have to 'negotiate' with them, navigate between the 'hidden pitfalls,' and establish the chains of their interaction. So, we have the honor of building a cloud platform, which requires us to 'persuade' […]
Microsoft has released an update for the Word text editor with a single new feature — the program now marks double spaces after a period as a mistake. From now on, if there are two spaces at the beginning of a sentence, Microsoft Word will underline them and suggest replacing them with a single space. With this update, Microsoft has settled a long-standing debate among users about whether double spaces are considered an error or not, […]