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The Hardkernel team has released the ODROID-N2 Plus development board, which can be used for various projects in the Internet of Things, robotics, and more. At the core of the solution is the Amlogic S922X Rev.C processor. Its six computing cores feature a big.LITTLE configuration: four Cortex-A73 cores operate at a clock speed of up to 2.4 GHz, while two Cortex-A53 cores run at a frequency of up to […]
The release of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.102.4 has been announced, which addresses three vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-3350 — allows an unprivileged local attacker to delete or move arbitrary files in the system, for instance, they can delete /etc/passwd without having the necessary permissions. The vulnerability is caused by a race condition that occurs during the scanning of malicious files, enabling a user with shell access in the system to change the target directory […]
Microsoft has released the source code of the ProcMon (Process Monitor) utility edition for Linux under the MIT license. Originally, the utility was included in the Sysinternals suite for Windows and has now been adapted for Linux. Tracing in Linux is organized using the BCC (BPF Compiler Collection) toolkit, which allows the creation of efficient BPF programs for tracing and manipulating kernel structures. Installable packages have been prepared for […]
Eleven months after the release of the last significant version, the Thunderbird 78 email client developed by the community and based on Mozilla technology has been released. This new version is categorized as a long-term support release, with updates scheduled for the next year. Thunderbird 78 is based on the ESR codebase of Firefox 78. The release is available only for direct download; automatic […]
GitHub has announced the realization of a project to create an archive of open-source texts located in the Arctic World Archive, capable of surviving a global catastrophe. 186 piqlFilm film storage units, which contain photographic information and can preserve data for over 1000 years (according to other sources, the lifespan is 500 years), have been successfully placed in an underground storage facility on the island of […]
The release of the JPype 1.0 layer is now available, allowing full access for Python applications to Java class libraries. With JPype, Java-specific libraries can be used from Python, creating hybrid applications that combine Java and Python code. Unlike Jython, integration with Java is achieved not by creating a Python variant for the JVM, but through interaction at […]
Developers from the Ukrainian branch of GlobalLogic are advancing the GloDroid project with a mobile platform edition of Android 10 from the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) repository for platforms based on Allwinner processors, supported by the SUNXI project, as well as for Broadcom platforms. Installation is supported on the Pinephone smartphone, Pinetab tablet, and Orange Pi Plus 2, Orange Pi Prime, Orange Pi PC/PC 2 boards […]
The release of the Sway 1.5 composite manager has been prepared, built using the Wayland protocol and fully compatible with the i3 tiling window manager and i3bar panel. The project's code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. The project is aimed at use in Linux and FreeBSD. Compatibility with i3 is ensured at the level of commands, configuration files, and IPC, allowing […]
The release of the EndeavourOS project 2020.07.15 has been published, succeeding the Antergos distribution, which was discontinued in May 2019 due to a lack of free time from remaining maintainers to support the project adequately. The distribution offers a simple installer for setting up a basic Arch Linux environment with Xfce desktop as the default and the option to install one of 9 standard workspaces […]
A new version of the i3 compatible tiling window manager Sway 1.5 (for Wayland and XWayland) has been released. The wlroots 0.11.0 composer library has been updated (enabling the development of other WMs for Wayland). 78 developers contributed 284 changes that provide a multitude of new features and bug fixes. Key changes include: Headless mode for running environments without output display, which can be used together with WayVNC; Support for new […]
A new version of the LSP Plugins effect package, designed for audio processing during mixing and mastering of recordings, has been released. The most notable changes include: Added a plugin for volume compensation using equal loudness curves — Loudness Compensator. Added a plugin to protect against sharp signal spikes at the start and end of playback — Surge Filter. Significant changes have been made to the Limiter plugin: several […]
The developers of the Matrix client Riot have announced a name change to Element. The company developing the software, New Vector, founded in 2017 by key developers of the Matrix project, has also been renamed to Element, and the hosting of Matrix services in Modular.im is now called Element Matrix Services. The necessity for the name change is due to conflicts with the existing trademark of Riot Games, preventing the registration of their own Riot trademark for […]