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Lennart Poettering proposed to include a change in the system manager systemd that allows the system to boot using a root file system image obtained from an external host via the HTTP protocol. This change expands systemd's capabilities to not only download a disk image via HTTP during the initial boot stage but also to unpack the downloaded image, link it to a block device in loopback mode, and mount […]
The free lossless audio codec FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) has introduced its new version 1.5, which includes several long-awaited improvements that will surely please both audiophiles and professionals. This release comes more than a year and a half after the previous version 1.4.3 and brings significant enhancements in both encoding and decoding processes. Key innovations include multi-threaded encoding. The most […]
Corrective releases of the OpenSSL cryptographic library 3.0.16, 3.1.8, 3.2.4, 3.3.3, and 3.4.1 are now available. Versions 3.2.4, 3.3.3, and 3.4.1 have addressed a vulnerability (CVE-2024-12797) that has been assigned a high severity rating. This vulnerability allows for a MITM attack on TLS and DTLS connections. The issue only manifests in systems that use Raw Public Key (RPK, RFC 7250) for client authentication. By default, support for […]
The Xiph.Org community has released an update for the free audio codec FLAC 1.5.0, which allows for lossless audio compression. FLAC employs only lossless encoding methods, ensuring the complete preservation of the original audio stream's quality and its identity with the reference version encoded. The lossless compression methods used can reduce the size of the original audio stream by 50-60%. […]
After four months of development, the release of the KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment has been published. To evaluate the performance of the new KDE releases, you can utilize builds from the KDE Neon and openSUSE projects (Argon, based on openSUSE Leap, and Krypton, based on openSUSE Tumbleweed). Key changes include a redesigned fractional scaling support in the composite manager KWin to reduce blurriness and enhance clarity when […]
The test builds of Chrome Canary have introduced a password auto-change feature based on AI. This option can be enabled in the 'Experimental AI Features' section (chrome://settings/ai). If a password is deemed compromised, Chrome will display a warning when trying to log in with that password, suggesting to change it. Upon agreement, the browser will generate a strong password, change it on the site, and save […]
The release of EndeavourOS 25.02 'Mercury' has been announced, continuing the development of the Antergos project and aimed at providing a straightforward installation of Arch Linux with a selected desktop environment. The desktop environment's foundations match the original offerings of the chosen project. The size of the installation image is 2.7 GB (x86_64). The distribution offers a simple installer for setting up the basic Arch Linux environment, based on the Calamares framework. For […]
The most important screenshot tool, fastfetch, has been updated. This tool for displaying system information in the terminal, the successor to the no longer supported Neofetch, continues to delight users with new features and improvements. Fastfetch is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. Key changes include the use of the kernel API for detecting sound devices on NetBSD; detection of the sound server with sndio.
The EndeavourOS project has announced the release of a new ISO version called Mercury. This release includes numerous enhancements and new features that make the installation and use of the system even more convenient and reliable. EndeavourOS is a distribution based on Arch Linux. It utilizes the Calamares graphical installer, and supports the installation of desktop environments such as Xfce, KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, MATE, Cinnamon.
About the platform CADBase provides a system for publishing, storing, and versioning engineering data such as 3D models and drawings. The name of the platform is formed by combining two words — CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and Base, essentially meaning 'Database for Computer-Aided Design Systems'. The platform's website features a viewer for STL files, with plans to add support for STEP format files.
The PaleMoon browser v33.6.0 has been released. This version includes bug fixes and security enhancements. Changes include the implementation of a content analyzer for ADTS and raw audio AAC; the introduction of AbortSignal.abort() and the suppression of AbortSignal.timeout(); removal of the :modal prefix from the CSS pseudo-class; improved efficiency and performance of the Cycle Collector; added explicit waiting check for percentage values in CSS HSL for S and L components; and updated.
The release of PuTTY 0.83 has been formed, a client for SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, and SUPDUP protocols, delivered with a built-in terminal emulator and compatible with Unix-like systems and Windows. The source code of the project is available under the MIT license. The new version provides support for key exchange based on the ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) algorithm, which is resistant to quantum computer attacks. ML-KEM utilizes methods of cryptography based on.