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Red Hat has released the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 distribution (the announcement of the new version was made only a week ago on the portal access.redhat.com; it has not appeared in the mailing list or in the press release section). The installation images of RHEL 7.9 are available for download only to registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal and are prepared for x86_64, IBM POWER7+, POWER8 (big […]
Google has announced the start of replacing its version of the QUIC protocol with the variant developed in the IETF specifications. The variant of QUIC used in Chrome differs in some details from the version in the IETF specifications. Meanwhile, Chrome supports both versions of the protocol, but has still used its version of QUIC by default. As of today, 25% of users of the stable […]
GitHub has announced the opening of the source codes that power the docs.github.com service, as well as published the documentation hosted there in Markdown format. The code can be used to create interactive sections for viewing and navigating the project documentation, originally formatted in Markdown and translated into various languages. Users can also propose their edits and new documents. In addition to GitHub, the specified […]
Google has released version 86 of the Chrome web browser. The stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is also available. The Chrome browser features Google branding, a crash notification system, the ability to load the Flash module on demand, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. The next release, Chrome 87, is on the way […]
An interesting news item was reported on ZDNet: Wayland has been ported to the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, allowing the execution of graphical applications from Linux on Windows 10. They were operational before, but it required a third-party X server; with Wayland's port, everything will work immediately. Essentially, users will see an RDP client through which they can view the application. […]
Mozilla has published instructions for resolving the issue preventing users from opening Twitter in Firefox (showing an error or a blank page). The problem has been evident since Firefox 81 but only affects a portion of users. As a workaround to restore access to Twitter, it is recommended to go to the page ‘about:serviceworkers,’ find the block ‘Origin: https://twitter.com,’ and disable it by clicking the ‘Unregister’ button. The issue also […]
The NasNas project is developing a modular framework for creating 2D games in C++, utilizing the SFML library for rendering and focusing on pixel art style games. The code is written in C++17 and is distributed under the Zlib license. It supports operation in Linux, Windows, and Android. There is a wrapper for Python. An example is the game History Leaks, created for a competition […]
DuploQ is a graphical interface for the command-line utility Duplo (https://github.com/dlidstrom/Duplo), designed to find duplicated code in source files (commonly known as 'copy-paste'). The Duplo utility supports several programming languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, C#, and can also be used to find duplicates in any text files. For specified languages, Duplo aims to ignore macros, comments, empty lines, and whitespace […]
The release of the Ephemeral 7 web browser has been published, developed by the elementary OS team specifically for this Linux distribution. The development utilized Vala, GTK3+, and the WebKitGTK engine (the project is not a fork of Epiphany). The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready builds are prepared only for elementary OS (recommended price $9, but a custom amount, including 0, can be chosen). From […]
Qt Company has announced the transition of the Qt 6 branch to alpha testing. Qt 6 includes significant architectural changes, and a compiler supporting the C++17 standard is required for building it. The release is scheduled for December 1, 2020. Key features of Qt 6: an abstracted graphical API that is independent of the operating system's 3D API. A key component of the new graphical stack of Qt is the engine […]
The first test release of the utility for customizing the appearance of applications based on Qt6 has been unveiled. This utility is an adapted version of the previously known qt5ct for Qt6. The current version supports the recently released Qt 6.0 Alpha, allowing customization of application appearances to the same extent as qt5ct. Compatibility with qt5ct has also been ensured when using both in one system. […]
After a year of development, a significant release of the Python programming language 3.9 has been presented. Python 3.9 is the first release after the project transitioned to a new cycle for preparing and maintaining releases. Major releases will now be formed annually, while corrective updates will be issued every two months. Each major branch will be supported for one and a half years, after which another three […]