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Console file manager written in Rust. Features: Measures have been taken for comfortable viewing of large directories. Search for files and directories (fuzzy search is used). File manipulation. There is a multi-panel mode. Preview of files. View occupied space. License: MIT Installed size: 5.46 MiB Dependencies: gcc-libs and zlib. Source: linux.org.ru
After more than a year since the last release, the Nmap 7.90 network security scanner is now available, intended for conducting network audits and identifying active network services. This release includes 3 new NSE scripts to automate various actions with Nmap. Over 1200 new signatures have been added for identifying network applications and operating systems. Notable changes in Nmap 7.90: Project […]
The Pension Fund of Russia has announced a tender for the improvement of application and server software for the module 'Management of electronic signatures and encryption' (PPO UEPSh and SPO UEPSh) for operation with Astra Linux and ALT Linux operating systems. As part of this government contract, the PFR will adapt part of the automated system AIS PFR-2 for use with Russian distributions of Linux: Astra and ALT. At the same […]
This version is the result of four weeks of development since the release of 5.33.1. Changes were made by 19 authors in 260 files, totaling approximately 11,000 lines of code. However, only one key innovation is noted in perldelta: the interpreter can be built with the experimental flag -Dusedefaultstrict, which includes the corresponding pragma by default. This setting does not apply to one-liners. […]
The release of Nextcloud Hub 20 is now available, providing a comprehensive solution for organizing collaboration among enterprise employees and teams working on various projects. At the same time, the underlying cloud platform Nextcloud 20 has been released, enabling the deployment of a cloud storage service with synchronization and data sharing support, allowing viewing and editing of data from any device from anywhere on the network (with […]
Google has introduced the Android Partner Vulnerability initiative, which aims to disclose information about vulnerabilities in Android devices from various OEM manufacturers. This initiative will make it more transparent to users about vulnerabilities specific to firmware modified by third-party developers. Until now, official vulnerability reports (Android Security Bulletins) only reflected issues in the main code provided by [...]
Red Hat has released a new version of the graphical interface for managing virtual environments — Virt-Manager 3.0.0. The Virt-Manager shell is written in Python/PyGTK, is a wrapper around libvirt, and supports management of systems such as Xen, KVM, LXC, and QEMU. The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The program provides tools for visualizing performance statistics and resource consumption of virtual machines, [...]
The release of the Stratis 2.2 project, developed by Red Hat and the Fedora community to unify and simplify the setup and management tools for a pool of one or more local storage devices, has been published. Stratis offers features such as dynamic storage space allocation, snapshots, integrity assurance, and layer creation for caching. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under the [...]
After ten years of inactivity, the Fedora Mobility group has resumed its work aimed at developing an official edition of the Fedora distribution for mobile devices. The currently developed version of Fedora Mobility is targeted for installation on the PinePhone smartphone, which is developed by the Pine64 community. Future editions of Fedora for other smartphones, such as the Librem 5 and OnePlus 5/5T, are expected after support for them is provided [...]
The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a human rights organization, has unveiled a new strategy to ensure compliance with the GPL license in devices whose firmware is built on Linux. To implement this initiative, the ARDC (Amateur Radio Digital Communications) has already allocated a grant of $150,000 to the SFC organization. Planned efforts will focus on three areas: Enforcing manufacturers to comply with the GPL and [...]
Element Company acquires Gitter from GitLab to adapt the service for use within the federated Matrix network. This is the first major messenger that is planned to be transparently transitioned into a decentralized network along with all users and message history. Gitter is a free centralized tool for group communication among developers. Besides standard team chat functionality, it is essentially similar to proprietary […]
The beta release of the Ubuntu 20.10 'Groovy Gorilla' distribution has been announced, marking the complete freeze of the package base and moving to final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for October 22. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, and Ubuntu Kylin (the edition for China). Key changes: Updated application versions. Desktop […]