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Nearly all acoustic systems from HARMAN, produced under the JBL brand, are always distinguished by their incredibly attractive design, unique features, and, of course, high sound quality. The latter is typically aimed at a young audience that prefers electronic music genres, pop, rap, hip-hop, and other styles where bass sound is essential. Let's face it—many people love JBL for its expressive bass, […]
The Khronos Group, responsible for developing specifications for the OpenGL, Vulkan, and OpenCL families, has announced the release of the final specifications for OpenCL 3.0, defining the API and language C extensions for organizing cross-platform parallel computing using multi-core CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, DSPs, and other specialized chips, from those used in supercomputers and cloud servers to chips commonly found in […]
The main branch release of nginx 1.19.3 has been formed, continuing the development of new features (only critical bug fixes and vulnerabilities are addressed in the concurrently supported stable branch 1.18). Key changes include: The addition of the ngx_stream_set_module, allowing the assignment of a variable value server { listen 12345; set $true 1; } A new directive proxy_cookie_flags has been added to specify flags for […]
The release of the web browser Pale Moon 28.14 has occurred, which diverged from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher efficiency, retain the classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project maintains a traditional interface organization, without […]
The developers of the Xen project have announced the implementation of the ability to use the Xen Hypervisor on Raspberry Pi 4 boards. The adaptation of Xen to work on previous versions of Raspberry Pi boards was hindered by the use of a non-standard interrupt controller that did not support virtualization. The Raspberry Pi 4 uses a standard GIC-400 interrupt controller, which is supported in Xen, and the developers expected that there would be no issues booting Xen […]
Updates for the authoritative DNS server PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.3.1, 4.2.3, and 4.1.14 are available, which fix four vulnerabilities, two of which could potentially lead to remote code execution by an attacker. The vulnerabilities CVE-2020-24696, CVE-2020-24697, and CVE-2020-24698 affect the code implementing the GSS-TSIG key exchange mechanism. The vulnerabilities only manifest when PowerDNS is built with GSS-TSIG support ("--enable-experimental-gss-tsig", which is not enabled by default) […]
The beta testing of Fedora 33 has begun. This beta release marks the transition to the final testing phase, during which only critical bug fixes are allowed. The release is scheduled for the end of October. It includes Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora Silverblue, Fedora IoT, and Live builds provided in the form of spins with desktop environments such as KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, and LXQt. The builds are prepared for […]
The release of the free cross-platform interpreter for classic quests, ScummVM 2.2.0, has been announced. This allows the execution of many classic games on platforms for which they were not originally intended, replacing executable files for games. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. It supports running over 250 quests and around 1600 interactive text games, including titles from LucasArts, Humongous Entertainment, Revolution […]
The release of the Mir 2.1 display server has been introduced, which is still being developed by Canonical, despite the abandonment of the Unity shell and the Ubuntu edition for smartphones. Mir remains in demand for Canonical's projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). Mir can be used as a compositing server for Wayland, allowing it to run in environments […]
The Ubuntu GamePack 20.04 build is now available for download, including tools to run more than 85,000 games and applications, both specifically designed for the GNU/Linux platform and Windows games that can be run using PlayOnLinux, CrossOver, and Wine, as well as classic MS-DOS games and games for various consoles (Sega, Nintendo, PSP, Sony PlayStation, […]
Charlie Somerville, who is developing the CrabOS operating system in Rust as a hobby, has introduced a humorous but functional project called DOS Subsystem for Linux (DSL), presented as an alternative to Microsoft's WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) for those who prefer working in DOS. Like the WSL subsystem, DSL allows for direct execution of Linux applications, but not […]
The NetBSD project has announced a change to the default window manager in the X11 session from twm to CTWM. CTWM is a fork of twm that emerged in 1992, developed with the aim of creating a lightweight and fully customizable window manager, allowing users to modify its appearance and behavior to their liking. The twm window manager has been offered in NetBSD for the past 20 years, and […]