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The graphic editor has been released with a number of new fill layer types, including a truly versatile SeExpr script-based fill layer, new options for Krita brushes such as gradient map mode for brushes, brightness and gradient modes for brush textures, dynamic color usage in gradients, webm animation export, new scripting features — and, of course […]
The Open Invention Network (OIN), aimed at protecting the Linux ecosystem from patent claims, has announced an expansion of the list of packages covered by the patent non-assertion agreement and the provision for the free use of certain patented technologies. The list of components in distributions that fall under the definition of a Linux system (“Linux System”), covered by the agreement among OIN participants, has been expanded to include […]
The corrective release of Firefox 81.0.2 has been published, fixing the incompatibility with Twitter that was already reported last week. The issue manifests as a network protocol failure error when attempting to open Twitter, which can be resolved by removing the site-related handler on the “about:serviceworkers” page without modifying the browser’s code. Additionally, it is worth noting the appearance in nightly builds of Firefox […]
The release of a set of GCC-compatible LLVM development tools has occurred. In particular, as part of the experiment, Flang — a frontend for the Fortran language — has been included. Notably, the migration of the build system towards the use of Python 3 has begun. However, version 2 of the language is still supported as a fallback option. Support for AST recovery has been added, which simplifies error tracing in the code, […]
A release of the Porteus Kiosk 5.1.0 distribution has been prepared, based on Gentoo and designed for equipping standalone internet kiosks, demonstration stands, and self-service terminals. The bootable image of the distribution takes up 110 MB. The base build includes only the minimal set of components necessary to run a web browser (both Firefox and Chrome are supported), which has been stripped down to prevent undesirable activity in the system (for example, […]
The free office suite OpenOffice.org has turned 20 — on October 13, 2000, Sun Microsystems released the source code of the StarOffice office suite under a free license, which was created in the early 1990s by Star Division. In 1999, Star Division was acquired by Sun Microsystems, which made one of the most significant steps in the history of […]
An assessment has been conducted on the support level for hardware with the Linux kernel 5.9. The average support for PCI devices across all categories (Ethernet, WiFi, graphics cards, sound, etc.) was 99.3%. A repository called DevicePopulation was specifically created for the study, which presents the population of PCI devices on users' computers. The support status of devices in the latest Linux kernel can be obtained through the LKDDb project. To evaluate hardware support […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds presented the release of Linux kernel 5.9. Among the most notable changes are: restrictions on symbol imports from proprietary modules into GPL modules, acceleration of context-switching operations using the FSGSBASE processor instruction, support for kernel image compression using Zstd, a reworking of thread priority scheduling in the kernel, and support for the PRP (Parallel Redundancy Protocol) protocol.
Googler is a powerful tool for searching Google (Web, News, Videos, and Site search) from the command line. It displays the title, snippet, and URL for each result, which can be opened directly in the browser from the terminal. Demo video. Initially, googler was created to service servers without a graphical interface, but it quickly evolved into a very convenient tool.
The release of the Matrix server Dendrite 0.1.0 has been published, marking the transition of development to the beta testing stage. Dendrite is developed by the core team behind the decentralized communication platform Matrix and is positioned as an implementation of the second generation of Matrix server components. Unlike the reference server Synapse, which is written in Python, Dendrite's code is developed in Go. Both official implementations are distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.
The release of the Live distribution Redo Rescue 2.0.6 has been published, designed for creating backups and recovering the system in case of failure or data corruption. The snapshots generated by the distribution can be fully or selectively cloned to a new disk (creating a new partition table) or used to restore system integrity after malware activity, hardware failures, or accidental data deletion.
The release of FreeType 2.10.3 has been announced, a modular font engine that provides a unified API for standardizing the processing and rendering of font data in various vector and raster formats. Key changes include: improved TrueType glyph support with overlapping outlines. LCD filtering is now enabled by default during initialization. The auto-hinting code has been synchronized with ttfautohint. Support has been added for building with the toolchain […]
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