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Release of the IceWM window manager 1.8

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The release of the lightweight window manager IceWM 1.8 is now available. IceWM features full keyboard shortcut management, the ability to use virtual desktops, taskbars, and application menus. The window manager is configured through a quite simple configuration file, allowing for the use of themes. Built-in applets for monitoring CPU, memory, and traffic are available. Several third-party GUI tools for configuration and workspace implementation are being developed separately […]

The FreeBSD codebase has transitioned to using OpenZFS (ZFS on Linux)

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The implementation of the ZFS file system in the main branch of FreeBSD (HEAD) has been transitioned to using OpenZFS code, which develops the codebase of 'ZFS on Linux' as the reference version of ZFS. In spring, FreeBSD support was moved to the main OpenZFS project, after which all related changes to FreeBSD continued to be developed there, enabling FreeBSD developers to promptly implement changes into the system […]

Firefox 80

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Firefox 80 is now available. There is a new feature allowing users to set Firefox as the system's default PDF viewer. The loading and processing of lists of malicious and problematic extensions has been significantly sped up. This feature will be ported to the ESR version, as maintaining two different 'blacklist' formats is cumbersome, and the developers were unable to incorporate the change into the 78 release (on which the current ESR branch is based) due to a last-minute issue […]

The Linux kernel has turned 29 years old

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On August 25, 1991, after five months of development, 21-year-old student Linus Torvalds announced in the comp.os.minix newsgroup the creation of a working prototype of the new operating system Linux, marking the completion of the porting of bash 1.08 and gcc 1.40. The first public release of the Linux kernel was presented on September 17. Kernel 0.0.1 was 62 KB in compressed form and contained […]

Release of Armbian 20.08 distribution

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The release of the Linux distribution Armbian 20.08 has been presented, providing a compact operating environment for various single-board computers based on ARM processors, including different models of Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, pine64, Nanopi, and Cubieboard using Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, and Samsung Exynos processors. The builds are based on Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 10 repositories, […]

Almost half of the traffic to root DNS servers is caused by Chromium activity.

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The registrar APNIC, responsible for the distribution of IP addresses in the Asia-Pacific region, has published the results of an analysis of traffic distribution on one of the root DNS servers a.root-servers.net. 45.80% of the queries to the root server were related to checks performed by browsers based on the Chromium engine. Thus, almost half of the resources of root DNS servers are spent on performing diagnostic checks for Chromium rather than processing requests from DNS servers during […]

Release of XMPP client Kaidan 0.6.0

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A new version of the XMPP client Kaidan 0.6.0 is available. The program is written in C++ using Qt, QXmpp, and the Kirigami framework. The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Builds have been prepared for Linux (AppImage and flatpak) and Android. The release of builds for macOS and Windows is delayed. A key improvement in the new version is the implementation of an offline message queue—messages are now stored […] when there is no network connection.

Zextras has taken over the management of Zimbra 9 Open Source Edition builds

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Zextras has started the formation and publication of ready-to-use builds of the Zimbra 9 collaboration and email package, marketed as an alternative to MS Exchange. Builds are available for Ubuntu and RHEL (260 MB). Previously, Synacor, which oversees the development of Zimbra, announced it would cease publishing binary builds of the Zimbra Open Source Edition and intends to develop Zimbra 9 as a proprietary product without […].

Kotlin 1.4 has been released

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Here’s what’s new in Kotlin 1.4.0: A new, more powerful type inference algorithm is enabled by default. It automatically infers types in more cases, supports smart-cast even in complex scenarios, better handles delegated properties, and much more. New IR backends for JVM and JS are available in alpha mode. Once stabilized, they will be used by default. In Kotlin 1.4 […].

For Chrome, an API for direct TCP and UDP communications is being developed.

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Google has begun implementing a new Raw Sockets API in Chrome, allowing web applications to establish direct network connections using TCP and UDP protocols. In 2015, the W3C consortium attempted to standardize the "TCP and UDP Socket" API, but the working group members did not reach consensus, and the development of this API was halted. The need to add a new API […]

Public testing of the Firefox Relay anonymous email address service

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Mozilla has made the Firefox Relay service available for testing to all interested users. Previously, access to Firefox Relay was by invitation only, but now it is available to any user with a Firefox Account. Firefox Relay allows users to generate temporary email addresses for signing up on websites, helping to protect their real addresses. Users are allowed […]

Vulnerability in chrony

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A vulnerability (CVE-2020-14367) has been identified in chrony, the NTP protocol implementation used for synchronizing accurate time across various Linux distributions, which allows overwriting any file in the system with access to the local unprivileged chrony user. The vulnerability can only be exploited through the chrony user, which reduces its danger. However, the issue compromises the isolation level in chrony and can be utilized in […]

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