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The development of the Moment.js library, which has 12 million downloads weekly, has been discontinued.

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The developers of the JavaScript library Moment.js have announced the cessation of development and the transition of the project to maintenance mode. This means no further expansion of functionality, freezing of the API, and limited active bug fixes, reflecting changes from the time zone database and maintaining infrastructure for existing users. Moment.js is not recommended for new projects. The Moment.js library provides functions for manipulating time and dates.

GNOME 3.38

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A new version of the GNOME user environment has been released, codenamed 'Orbis' (in honor of the organizers of the online version of the GUADEC conference). Changes include: the GNOME Tour app, designed to help new users acclimate to the environment, is notably written in Rust. Applications for: sound recording, screenshots, and clock settings have been visually revamped. It's now possible to directly modify XML files of virtual machines from Boxes. The main menu has removed […]

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-7468) has been identified in the ftpd server included with FreeBSD.

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The developers of Gentoo Linux have announced the availability of universal builds with the Linux kernel, created as part of the Gentoo Distribution Kernel project to simplify the maintenance process of the Linux kernel in the distribution. The project offers the option to install ready binary builds with the kernel or use a unified ebuild for compiling, configuring, and installing the kernel using the package manager, similar to other […]

Vulnerability in ftpd from FreeBSD that allowed root access when using ftpchroot

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A critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-7468) has been identified in the ftpd server included in FreeBSD, which allows users restricted to their home directory through the ftpchroot option to gain full root access to the system. The issue arises from a combination of an error in the implementation of the user isolation mechanism using the chroot call (non-fatal errors were reported during failures in changing uid or performing chroot and chdir, not […]

Gentoo has started distributing universal builds of the Linux kernel

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The release of the BlendNet 0.3 add-on for Blender 2.80+ has been published. This add-on is used for managing resources for distributed rendering in the cloud or on a local render farm. The code for the add-on is written in Python and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Features of BlendNet: Simplifies the deployment process in GCP/AWS clouds. Allows the use of cheap (preemptible/spot) machines for the main workload. Utilizes secure REST + HTTPS […]

2020 Rust Survey

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The Rust community has launched the 2020 State of Rust Survey to assess the language and ecosystem. The survey aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the language and set development priorities. It is published in multiple languages, participation is anonymous, and it will take about 10-15 minutes. Responses are accepted until September 24. Results from last year can be found here: 2020 State of Rust form on […]

New Article: Review of the Sony BRAVIA OLED A8 TV: A Choice for a Small Home Theater

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When plasma televisions left the stage, there was a period dominated by liquid crystal panels. However, the era of low contrast is not endless — TVs with elements that emit light on their own without requiring separate lamps are gradually finding their places. This refers to organic light-emitting diode panels. Today, they are not surprising anyone in small diagonal screens — in […]

Solaris 11.4 SRU25 is available

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An update for the Solaris 11.4 SRU 25 (Support Repository Update) operating system has been released, which proposes a series of further fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed updates, simply run the command ‘pkg update’. In this release: Added the lz4 utility Updated versions to address vulnerabilities: Apache 2.4.46 Apache Tomcat 8.5.57 Firefox 68.11.0esr MySQL 5.6.49, 5.7.31 […]

Release of Java SE 15

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After six months of development, Oracle has released Java SE 15 (Java Platform, Standard Edition 15), with the open project OpenJDK as the reference implementation. Java SE 15 maintains backward compatibility with previous releases of the Java platform, meaning all previously written Java projects will run without changes on the new version. Installable builds are […]

Release of VMWare Workstation Pro 16.0

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The release of version 16 of VMWare Workstation Pro has been announced, a proprietary virtualization software suite for workstations, also available for Linux. The following changes have occurred in this release: Support for new guest OSs has been added: RHEL 8.2, Debian 10.5, Fedora 32, CentOS 8.2, SLE 15 SP2 GA, FreeBSD 11.4, and ESXi 7.0 Support for guest Windows 7 and above […]

LSP Plugins audio effects 1.1.26 released

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A new version of the LSP Plugins effect package has been released, designed for audio processing during mixing and mastering of recordings. The most significant changes include: Added a plugin that implements the crossover function (splitting the signal into distinct frequency bands) — Crossover Plugin Series. Fixed a regression that caused desynchronization of the left and right channels of the limiter when oversampling was enabled (the change came from Hector Martin). An error was fixed in […]

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