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The release of Chrome OS 81, based on the Linux kernel, upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and Chrome 81 web browser, has taken place. The user environment in Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard programs, web applications are utilized; nevertheless, Chrome OS features a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The Chrome OS 81 build […]
The Fedora mailing list has published a proposal for standardizing macros in RPM spec files, allowing RPM packages to select compilation flags and additional dependencies during the build stage. Example usage: %if %{use ssl} BuildRequires: openssl-devel %endif %prep %configure %{use_enable ssl openssl} %check make test %{?_use_ssl:-DSSL} In this example, when the USE macro ssl is defined in the spec file, an additional dependency will be added […].
Despite the upheavals in the world, we are pleased to introduce the amazing update of Kali Linux 2020.2! It is already available for download at https://www.kali.org/downloads/. A brief overview of the changes: Updated KDE Plasma look and login screen, Improvements in Kali ARM, New packages and icons, Redesigned installer, Enhanced infrastructure, Updated KDE Plasma look and login screen. Our Xfce and […]
A major release of Deno has occurred – an open, secure runtime for TypeScript programs, featuring the following: Explicit access to the filesystem, network, and environment through user-defined permissions; Execution of TypeScript without Node.JS and tsc; Backward compatibility with JavaScript: any subset of programs for Deno that does not reference the global namespace Deno and is valid […]
Red Hat has published the source texts of its Bugzilla system, which is used for maintaining a bug database, tracking their fixes, and coordinating the implementation of innovations. The Bugzilla code is written in Perl and is distributed under the MPL open license. The largest projects using Bugzilla include Mozilla, Red Hat, and SUSE. Red Hat uses its own branch in its infrastructure […]
After five years of inactivity, in honor of the project's 20th anniversary, preparations for new releases of the Live distribution Finnix have resumed, based on the Debian 10.4 package base and the Linux 5.4 kernel. The distribution only supports console operation, but includes a good selection of utilities for administrative needs. It consists of 586 packages with various utilities. The size of the ISO image is 477 MB. The new release features […]
What do Samsung, Huawei, and Apple have in common, aside from producing mobile devices? All these companies are involved in the development and production of their own mobile processors. There are other smartphone manufacturers also producing chips for mobile devices, but their volumes are significantly smaller. As blogger Digital Chat Station has discovered, the company vivo is working on creating its own chipsets. The blogger […]
The company LLC "RusBITech-Astra" has released version 2.12.29 of the Astra Linux Common Edition distribution, built on the Debian GNU/Linux package base and supplied with its proprietary Fly desktop (interactive demo), which uses the Qt library. ISO images for download are currently not available, but a binary repository and source package texts are provided. The distribution is distributed under a licensing agreement that imposes certain restrictions on […]
The UBports project, which has taken over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical withdrew from it, has released the OTA-12 firmware update (over-the-air) for all officially supported smartphones and tablets that were equipped with the Ubuntu-based firmware. The update has been created for the OnePlus One, Fairphone 2, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2013, Meizu […]
The release of the functional programming language Erlang 23 has taken place, aimed at developing distributed fault-tolerant applications that provide parallel processing of requests in real time. The language has found use in areas such as telecommunications, banking systems, e-commerce, computer telephony, and instant messaging. Simultaneously, the OTP 23 (Open Telecom Platform) release was issued — a companion set of libraries and components for […]
Bitdefender Labs, a software security research company, has revealed details about a new malware targeting Android devices. According to experts, it behaves somewhat differently than most common threats, as it does not attack all devices. Instead, the virus selects users from whom it can extract the most useful data. The malware developers have restricted it from attacking users in certain […]
Micron has introduced two new series of M.2 solid-state drives with a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface: Micron 2210 and Micron 2300. These new products are positioned as affordable storage devices for consumer laptops and desktops. The more budget-friendly Micron 2210 series is built on 3D QLC NAND memory chips, which allow storage of four bits of information in one […]