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The release of the web browser Firefox 77 has taken place, along with the mobile version Firefox 68.9 for the Android platform. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 68.9.0 has been formed. Soon, the Firefox 78 branch will enter beta testing, with a release scheduled for June 30. Key new features: A new service page "about:certificate" has been added for accessing the built-in certificate viewer interface. In […]
Good day. The team translating the GitLab product on a voluntary basis would like to reach out to the community of developers, testers, managers, and other professionals working with this product, as well as to all those who care. It should be noted that this is not a new initiative; the Russian language has existed in GitLab for quite some time. However, recently the percentage of translations has been increasing, and we would like to make […]
The release of the distributed version control system Git 2.27.0 is now available. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, offering flexible nonlinear development based on branching and merging. Implicit hashing of the entire previous history in each commit is used to ensure the integrity of the history and resist "backdating" changes, and digital certification is also possible […]
The release of the lightweight MX Linux 19.2 distribution has taken place, created through the collaborative efforts of communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. This release is based on a Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and numerous proprietary applications that simplify software setup and installation. By default, the Xfce desktop is offered. 32-bit and 64-bit builds are available for download, with a size of 1.5 GB […]
The release of the web browser qutebrowser 1.12.0 has been published, providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from viewing content, along with navigation styled like the Vim text editor, built entirely on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The use of Python does not affect performance, as rendering and parsing content […]
The Latin American Free Software Foundation has released a fully free version of the 5.7 kernel — Linux-libre 5.7-gnu, cleaned of firmware elements and drivers containing proprietary components or sections of code with restricted usage by the manufacturer. Additionally, Linux-libre disables kernel features for loading proprietary components not included with the kernel and removes mentions of using proprietary components from the documentation. For […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have released a portable edition of the LibreSSL 3.2.0 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at achieving a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on providing quality support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary functionality, adding additional security measures, and conducting significant cleanup and restructuring of the codebase. The release of LibreSSL 3.2.0 is considered experimental, in which […]
California-based Qualcomm is moving forward, aiming not only to strengthen its leadership in the 5G market but also to cover new frequency ranges. Today, Qualcomm introduced two new systems on a chip, the FastConnect 6900 and 6700, which are expected to elevate the bar for the next generation of mobile devices in terms of increasing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speeds. As promised by […]
The developers of the free content management system Joomla have warned of the discovery of full backup copies of the site resources.joomla.org in a third-party storage, which included a database of users from the JRD (Joomla Resources Directory). The backups were not encrypted and included data on 2,700 participants registered on the resources.joomla.org site, where information about developers and providers creating websites based on Joomla is gathered. […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel 5.7. Among the most notable changes are: a new implementation of the exFAT file system, a bareudp module for creating UDP tunnels, pointer authentication protection for ARM64, the ability to attach BPF programs to LSM handlers, a new implementation of Curve25519, a 'split-lock' detector, BPF compatibility with PREEMPT_RT, removal of the 80-character line limit in code, accounting of […]
Thanks to a sensor with an enormous resolution of 108 MP, the main camera of the Galaxy S20 Ultra is capable of taking highly detailed photos and provides digital zoom compared to the standard 12 MP cameras on the Galaxy S20 and S20+. However, the S20 Ultra also has a limitation: its main camera is less convenient than the 12 MP cameras of the Galaxy S20 and S20+ when it comes to […]
A new version of the LSP Plugins effects package has been released, designed for sound processing during mixing and mastering of audio recordings. The most significant changes include the implementation of a series of new plugins — the Multiband Gate Plugin Series. The ability to filter sidechain using LFP and HPF has been added for the following plugins: compressors, gates, expanders, dynamic processors, and triggers. Spanish interface localization has been added (user modification Ignotus […]