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Release of the Linux Mint 22 distribution

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The release of Linux Mint 22 has been presented, transitioning to a package base of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The distribution is fully compatible with Ubuntu but significantly differs in its approach to user interface organization and the selection of default applications. Linux Mint developers provide a desktop environment that adheres to classic desktop organization principles, which is more familiar to users who do not embrace new interface-building methods […]

Node.js has added experimental support for the TypeScript language.

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A change has been implemented in the JavaScript codebase of the Node.js platform that adds the capability to run files with TypeScript code. TypeScript support is enabled using the option '--experimental-strip-types,' which cleans up type definitions specific to the language, i.e., transforming the source code into JavaScript before execution. Features of TypeScript unrelated to type definitions, such as namespaces, decorators, […]

Access to data from remote and private repositories on GitHub that have forks

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Truffle Security has published attack scenarios for several typical methods used with repositories on GitHub, allowing for data extraction from remote repositories that have public forks or were created as forks. The ability to access commits by hash across all related forked repositories arises because GitHub, for optimization and duplication reduction purposes, stores them together […]

Microsoft has added AI-generated summaries to Bing search results

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The race to implement AI-based features in search engines is gaining momentum, and Microsoft has launched a new tool for its Bing search engine. This week, the software giant rolled out a feature that generates a summary in response to user queries using AI. At this stage, the beta version of the feature is available to a limited number of […]

Radxa X4 is a Raspberry Pi5 form factor single-board computer based on Intel N100

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The Chinese company Radxa has already presented interesting developments in the field of single-board computers. For example, they introduced the Radxa Rock line based on the Rockchip processor, which stands out from the Raspberry Pi5 by having an M.2 slot that supports SSD installation. The new Radxa X4 is a single-board computer with the same form factor as the Raspberry Pi5, featuring the same arrangement of ports, and likely […]

Restructuring the OpenSSL project. Transitioning under the wing of OpenSSL libraries Bouncy Castle and Cryptlib.

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The developers of the cryptographic library OpenSSL have announced a complete transformation of the project's structure and management methods. To support the project's mission, two equal divisions have been created: the non-profit organization OpenSSL Foundation and the commercial company OpenSSL Corporation, focused on the interests of the non-profit community and commercial enterprises. Both divisions operate fully independently and have separate decision-making processes. The project's mission encompasses such values, […]

The release of the DNS server BIND 9.20.0 has been transitioned to libuv with a new database backend.

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After two and a half years of development, the ISC consortium has released the first stable version of a significant branch of the DNS server BIND 9.20, which incorporates changes that have been developed in the experimental branch BIND 9.19. Support for the 9.20 branch will be provided under an extended support cycle until the first quarter of 2028. Support for the 9.18 branch will end in the second quarter of 2025. For development […]

Release of the MidnightBSD 3.2 operating system

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The release of the desktop-oriented operating system MidnightBSD 3.2 has taken place, based on FreeBSD with components ported from DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. The basic desktop environment is built on Xfce (optionally, a bundle of GNUstep + Window Maker + GWorkspace can be installed). Unlike other desktop builds of FreeBSD, the MidnightBSD operating system was initially developed as a fork of FreeBSD 6.1-beta, which was synchronized in 2011 […]

The Qucs-S 24.3.0 electronic circuit simulator has been released

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Qucs-S is a software tool for simulating electronic circuits, using the open Ngspice engine for general-purpose circuits, or QucsatorRF for analyzing microwave devices. On July 23 of this year, another release of the program took place. The main innovations in release 24.3.0 include: The building of binary packages for all platforms has been migrated to Qt6. The process of importing third-party SPICE subcircuit models has been simplified, for which the procedure has been redesigned […]

Thunderbird has added an icon for new email notifications, closing a 24-year-old complaint

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The Thunderbird email client has implemented an indicator that notifies users of new messages via an icon in the system tray. This feature is based on the StatusNotifierItem protocol, originally developed by the KDE project (support in GNOME is implemented via an extension). A tracking page for this issue was created in November 1999. Unfortunately, the fix could not be completed in time for inclusion in […]

Release of hostapd and wpa_supplicant 2.11, implementations of the wireless protocol stack

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After two and a half years of development, the release of hostapd/wpa_supplicant 2.11 has been published, which provides support for wireless protocols IEEE 802.1X, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, and EAP. The suite includes the wpa_supplicant application for connecting to a wireless network as a client and the background process hostapd for managing access points and the authentication server, which includes components such as WPA Authenticator, […]

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