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A major new update of digiKam has been released – a program for working with digital photos, a cataloger, and editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows. With digiKam, you can easily transfer photos, raw files, and videos directly from your camera or external storage devices (SD cards, USB drives, etc.). The application allows you to customize import settings and rules that handle […]
The first release of a new network port scanning utility, RustScan, is available, optimized for significantly increasing scanning speed. High speed is achieved through intensive parallelization of checks. In tests, scanning 65,000 ports took only 8 seconds while performing 10,000 simultaneous checks. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Pre-built packages are available for […]
As part of the Issuer project, a GitHub bot has been developed to tackle repository users' self-service tasks. On GitHub, there are repositories whose sole purpose is coordinating people through the Issue system. In some of them, those leaving Issues are asked to fill out a form. Then a moderator comes in, checks the accuracy of the form completion, and assigns tags according to those specified in the form (tags […]
Five years after the release of the previous version, a new release of the specialized Linux distribution REMnux 7.0 has been formed, designed for studying and reverse engineering malicious software code. During the analysis, REMnux provides a controlled laboratory environment where one can emulate the operation of a specific targeted network service to study the behavior of malware in conditions close to real-life scenarios. Another area […]
The release of the cross-platform toolkit wxWidgets 3.1.4 has taken place, allowing the creation of graphical interfaces for Linux, Windows, macOS, UNIX, and mobile platforms. wxWidgets 3.1 is positioned as a branch for developers, in which new features are being developed for the next stable release 3.2.0. Compared to the 3.0 branch, a number of API-level incompatibilities are observed, and ABI stability between intermediate 3.1.x releases is not guaranteed. […]
Jellyfin is a free-licensed media server. It serves as an alternative to Emby and Plex, enabling media streaming from a dedicated server to end-user devices through several applications. Jellyfin is a fork of Emby 3.5.2 and has been ported to the .NET Core framework for complete cross-platform support. It does not feature any premium licenses, paid functions, or hidden plans: its […]
On Monday, July 20, the release of re2c — a generator of fast lexical analyzers — was announced. Key changes include the addition of support for the Go language (which can be enabled using the —lang go option for re2c or as a separate re2go program). Documentation for both C and Go is generated from the same text but with different code examples. The code generation subsystem in re2c has been completely redesigned.
Microsoft has released a preview version of the Procmon utility. Process Monitor (Procmon) is a port for Linux of the classic Procmon tool from the Sysinternals suite for Windows. Procmon provides a convenient and effective way for developers to track application system calls. The Linux version is based on the BPF toolkit, which allows easy instrumentation of kernel calls. The utility offers a user-friendly text interface with filtering capabilities […]
The release of Chrome OS 84 has taken place, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage build tool, open components, and the Chrome 84 web browser. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and standard programs are replaced by web applications; nonetheless, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The build of Chrome OS 84 […]
After a year of development, SUSE has released the industrial distribution SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2. The SUSE 15 SP2 packages have already been used as the basis for the community-supported distribution openSUSE Leap 15.2. Based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform, products such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Manager, and SUSE Linux Enterprise […]
The online resource Windows Central reports that Microsoft has likely changed its strategy regarding the Windows 10X operating system. The company has removed from the OS the technology responsible for virtualizing familiar Win32 applications for most users. This capability was initially planned to be included in Windows 10X, but Microsoft has now decided to eliminate it. It is assumed that this change was made to position Windows 10X as a competitor […]
The release of GeckoLinux, based on the openSUSE package base and focusing on desktop optimization and details such as high-quality font rendering, has been presented. The distribution is available in two versions: Static, based on openSUSE releases, and Rolling, based on the Tumbleweed repositories. The size of the ISO image is approximately 1.3 GB. Notable features include the availability of downloadable live builds that support […]