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Minetest is an open-source engine for creating voxel games using Lua. A substantial number of games, mods, and texture packs have already been developed for it. Version 5.3.0 has brought many updates, including: Reinstated support for Android Smoother camera movement More precise controls The standard keys for changing views and enabling the minimap have been changed to C and V […]
Nginx 1.19.1 has been released, marking the latest iteration in the current mainline branch of the nginx web server. The mainline branch is actively developed, while only bug fixes are applied to the current stable branch (1.18). Changes include: the directives lingering_close, lingering_time, and lingering_timeout now function with HTTP/2. Additionally, any excess data sent by the backend is now always discarded. Furthermore, when receiving too short a […]
A new version of MaXX Interactive Desktop has been released – the true successor to the great IRIX Interactive Desktop, which can only be found in SGI systems. This is not just a theme or skin over an existing window manager. This project aims to revive the IRIX Interactive Desktop and continue its evolution as if SGI still existed…. This release is considered a 'base' release. By base release […]
Several vulnerabilities have been addressed in FreeBSD that allow a local user to escalate their privileges in the system: CVE-2020-7458 — a vulnerability in the posix_spawnp mechanism provided in libc for process creation, exploited by specifying a value that is too large in the PATH environment variable. This vulnerability may lead to data being written beyond the memory area allocated for the stack and allows overwriting the contents of subsequent locations […]
Google and Canonical have launched a joint initiative to support the development of graphical applications based on the Flutter framework for desktop Linux systems. The Flutter user interface framework is written in Dart (the runtime engine for executing applications is written in C++) and allows for the creation of universal applications that work across different platforms, being considered an alternative to React Native. Despite the availability of Flutter […]
The EasyOCR project develops a new optical character recognition system that supports over 40 languages, including English, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, and Lithuanian. Cyrillic-based languages are not currently supported, but their addition is planned. The code is written in Python using the PyTorch framework and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Ready to download are provided […]
It's been a while since laptops from the Aspire series visited the 3DNews testing lab. However, these mobile PCs are quite popular in our country. Using the Aspire 7 A715-75G model, equipped with a 6-core Core i7 chip and GeForce GTX 1650 Ti graphics, you'll find out how successful the new generation of Acer's "fast" laptops is. ⇡#Technical Specifications, Configuration, and Software How I […]
Kitware, a company specializing in medical data visualization and computer vision, and known for developing the CMake build system, has introduced F3D 1.0, a fast and compact 3D model viewer, developed under the KISS principle (Keep it simple, stupid). The program is written in C++, uses the VTK visualization library, also developed by Kitware, and is distributed under the BSD license. It can be built for […]
The first significant release of the SFTPGo 1.0 server has occurred, allowing remote file access via SFTP, SCP/SSH, and Rsync protocols. SFTPGo can also be used to provide access to Git repositories using the SSH protocol. Data can be served from both the local file system and external storage compatible with Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage. […]
Today, July 8, 2020, after nearly four months of active development, our team is pleased to announce the new major release of the HestiaCP server management panel. The new features added in this release include support for Ubuntu 20.04, the ability to manage SSH keys from both the graphical interface of the panel and the CLI, and a graphical file manager, FileGator, which uses SFTP for file operations […]
Microsoft has introduced a new free online service, Freta, aimed at checking Linux environment images for rootkits, hidden processes, malware, and suspicious activities such as system call interception and the use of LD_PRELOAD to substitute library functions. The service requires the upload of a system image snapshot to an external Microsoft server and is designed to inspect the contents of virtual environments. The output […]
Mozilla has temporarily suspended the Firefox Send file-sharing service due to its involvement in the distribution of malware and complaints regarding the lack of means to send abuse notifications about improper use of the service (only a general feedback form was available). Service restoration is planned after implementing the ability to report malicious or problematic content and establishing a system for prompt […]