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The results of a study on the impact of thousands of the most popular Chrome extensions on browser performance have been published. It has been shown that some extensions can significantly affect performance, create a heavy load on the system, and increase memory consumption several times. The testing assessed CPU load in active and background modes, memory usage, and its effect on rendering speed […]
The developers of the LLVM project have expressed their intention to follow the example of other projects and stop using the word "master" to identify the main repository. This change is presented as a demonstration that the LLVM community is inclusive and sensitive to issues that may cause discomfort to certain groups of participants. Instead of "master," it is proposed to choose a neutral alternative, such as "dev," "trunk," "main," or "default." It is noted that […]
The release of the xfdesktop 4.15.0 desktop manager, used in the Xfce desktop environment for rendering desktop icons and configuring background images, has been announced. At the same time, the Thunar 4.15.0 file manager has been released, which focuses on ensuring high speed and responsiveness while providing a simple, intuitive, and uncluttered interface. […]
An experimental release of the open-source implementation of WinAPI — Wine 5.11 — has been made. Since the release of version 5.10, 57 bug reports have been closed and 348 changes have been made. The most important changes include: The Mono engine has been updated to version 5.1.0 with support for the WpfGfx library; work continues on the implementation of a separate shared Unix library (.so) for NTDLL; an initial implementation of the NetIO kernel driver has been added; […]
I would like to introduce you to a framework called boobstrap, written in POSIX shell, for creating bootable images with GNU/Linux distributions. The framework allows you to complete the entire process in three simple steps: from deploying a system in chroot, creating an initramfs image that includes the system from chroot, to ultimately producing a bootable ISO image. boobstrap includes three utilities mkbootstrap, mkinitramfs […]
A new experimental version of the Firefox browser for Android, developed under the codename Fenix as a replacement for the standard Firefox for Android, has been released. It will soon be available in the Google Play catalog (requires Android 5 or newer). Additionally, starting with Firefox 77, beta builds of the regular Firefox will now be offered on […]
Awake Security has reported the discovery of 111 Google Chrome extensions that send users' confidential data to external servers. Among these extensions were those capable of capturing screenshots, reading clipboard contents, analyzing the presence of access tokens in cookies, and intercepting input in web forms. In total, the identified malicious extensions accounted for 32.9 million downloads in the Chrome Web Store, […]
Canonical, in collaboration with NextCloud, Mosquitto, Plex, OpenHAB, and AdGuard, presents new specialized Ubuntu builds. These allow you to easily and quickly turn a PC or Raspberry Pi into a ready-made solution. The following builds are available: OpenHAB — smart home automation platform https://ubuntu.com/appliance/openhab Media server Plex https://ubuntu.com/appliance/plex Cloud server NextCloud https://ubuntu.com/appliance/nextcloud MQTT Broker Mosquitto for IoT communications […]
Mozilla has launched a new service called Mozilla VPN, which was previously tested under the name Firefox Private Network. This service allows users to set up VPN access for up to 5 devices at a price of $4.99 per month. Access to Mozilla VPN is currently only available for users in the USA. The service can be useful when working on networks that are untrustworthy, for example, when […]
In the May update for Windows 10, Microsoft introduced an improved mechanism for managing dynamic memory, which will reduce RAM consumption by various applications. Microsoft stated in its official Windows blog that it is already utilizing this new capability in the development of its proprietary Edge browser, which now, as a reminder, is based on the Chromium engine. According to the results of early tests, memory consumption reduction […]
Canonical has introduced the Ubuntu Appliance project, initiating the release of fully configured Ubuntu builds optimized for the quick deployment of ready-made server applications on Raspberry Pi or PCs. Currently, there are builds available for launching cloud storage and collaboration platform NextCloud, MQTT broker Mosquitto, media server Plex, home automation platform OpenHAB, and the ad-blocking DNS server AdGuard. Builds […]
A new version of the Rescuezilla 1.0.6 distribution has been released, designed for backup, system recovery after failures, and diagnosing various hardware issues. The distribution is built on the Ubuntu package base and continues the development of the 'Redo Backup & Rescue' project, which was discontinued in 2012. Rescuezilla supports backup and recovery of accidentally deleted files in Linux, macOS, and Windows partitions. […]
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