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Following Fedora and Debian, Ubuntu developers are considering a shift to using the nftables packet filter by default. To maintain backward compatibility, the iptables-nft package is proposed, providing utilities with the same command-line syntax as iptables, but translating the received rules into nf_tables bytecode. This change is planned to be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 20.10 release this fall. This is the second […]
Users of the Mypal browser, which is a fork of Pale Moon for Windows XP created after support for this platform was discontinued with Pale Moon 27.0, have noticed the loss of the ability to install add-ons from the site 'addons.palemoon.org,' which has also blocked access for other browsers whose User Agent headers mention Windows XP. M.C. Straver (Moonchild), the creator of the Pale Moon browser, […]
A group of researchers from Mozilla, the University of Iowa, and the University of California has published the results of a study on the use of code for the hidden identification of users on websites. Hidden identification refers to the generation of identifiers based on indirect data about browser behavior, such as screen resolution, a list of supported MIME types, specific parameters in headers (HTTP/2 and HTTPS), analysis of installed plugins and fonts, and the availability of certain Web […]
A new version of the libheif library has been released, designed for encoding and decoding images in HEIF and AVIF formats. Key changes include the integration of rav1e, which provides faster encoding compared to AOM; support for AVIF with 10/12-bit depth; AVIF support in the gdk-pixbuf loader (included with the library); support for NCLX color profiles; HEIF and AVIF encoding with chroma 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 […]
The release of the email client Thunderbird 78.2.0 is now available, with the following changes: Generation of the OpenPGP key has been disabled if no default email account is configured. Drafts are now encrypted if OpenPGP is enabled. The code for searching on Twitter has been removed. Support for applying themes for the event summary dialog in the calendar scheduler has been added. Some APIs for […]
Google has released version 85 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, a system for sending notifications in case of crashes, the ability to download 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 86 […]
The Fedora project has announced the holding of "Test Week." The event will run from August 31 to September 7, 2020. During "Test Week," everyone is invited to test the upcoming Fedora 33 release and report the results to the distribution developers. To participate, one must install the system and perform several standard operations. Then, results must be reported via a special form. According to the wiki […]
After eight months of development, the new version 3.0.0 of the advanced editor for LaTeX documents TeXstudio is now available. Among the new features are faster document parsing, which should reduce the time needed to open them; spell checking is now performed asynchronously; the custom syntax highlighting for mathematical and verbatim environments has been replaced with a cwl-based approach; improved support for 'dark' mode; […]
A specialized distribution release of Tails 4.10 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been formed, based on the Debian package base and designed to ensure anonymous access to the network. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. For storing user data in the data preservation mode between sessions, […]
The release of the Firefox 80 web browser has taken place. In addition, updates have been made for the long-term support branches 68.12.0 and 78.2.0. Firefox 68.12 ESR is the last in its series, and users of Firefox 68 will be offered an automatic update to the 78.3 release in a month. The Firefox 80 version for Android is delayed. The Firefox 81 branch will enter beta testing soon, with a release that […]
The day of August 24, 1995, marked the official presentation of the legendary Windows 95, which brought graphical user interface operating systems to the masses and made Microsoft widely known. After 25 years, let’s try to understand what made 'the Wind' win the hearts of billions of users around the world. One of the most important features of Windows 95 was that it allowed the operating system […]
The developers of the NetBSD project announced the inclusion of the wg driver with WireGuard protocol implementation into the core of NetBSD. NetBSD has become the third OS after Linux and OpenBSD to integrate support for WireGuard. Additionally, companion commands for VPN configuration have been offered — wg-keygen and wgconfig. In the default kernel configuration (GENERIC), the driver is currently not activated and requires explicit indication in […]
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