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Chrome 79.0.3945.130 update addressing a critical vulnerability

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An update for Chrome browser version 79.0.3945.130 is now available, which fixes four vulnerabilities, one of which has been classified as critical, allowing bypass of all levels of browser protection and executing code on the system outside of the sandbox environment. Details about the critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-6378) have not yet been disclosed, only that it is triggered by accessing a previously freed memory block in the speech recognition component. […]

The release of display server Mir 1.7.

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The release of the Mir 1.7 display server has been announced, the development of which continues under Canonical, despite the abandonment of the Unity shell and the Ubuntu edition for smartphones. Mir remains in demand for Canonical's projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). Mir can be used as a compositing server for Wayland, allowing it to run in environments […]

Google has announced plans to discontinue support for Chrome Apps, NaCl, PNaCl, and PPAPI.

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Google has released a timeline for phasing out support for specialized web applications, Chrome Apps, in the Chrome browser. In March 2020, the Chrome Web Store will stop accepting new Chrome Apps (the ability to update existing applications will continue until June 2022). Support for Chrome Apps will be discontinued in June 2020 for Chrome browser versions on Windows, Linux, and macOS […]

Themes from Chrome also work for Edge Canary

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The Microsoft Edge browser, which was recently released, has many features of Chromium and Chrome, but currently does not support the latter's themes. However, it turns out this can be fixed, although this feature only works on Edge Canary. You can also try to do the same with the developer version, beta, and release build. As of now, this feature is confirmed […]

The history of books and the future of libraries.

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Books, as we know them, have not been around for very long. In ancient times, the primary medium for information was papyrus, but after the ban on its export, parchment took its place. As the Roman Empire declined, books transitioned from scrolls to volumes made by sewing together sheets of parchment. This process happened gradually, some […]

Release of DilOS 2.0.2 distribution.

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DilOS is an Illumos-based platform with a Debian package manager (dpkg + apt) that is licensed under MIT. DilOS will be oriented towards server-side virtualization, such as Xen (dilos-xen3.4-dom0 is currently available), zones, and tools for use in small businesses and by home users (Example: as a file server with a torrent client featuring a WEB GUI, Apache).

GNU Guile 3.0 has been released.

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More than 50 companies, including Privacy International, Digital Rights Foundation, DuckDuckGo, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, have sent an open letter to Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai. The authors of the letter note that the pre-installed software on Android represents a privacy threat to consumers. All Android OEM manufacturers pre-install their devices with applications that cannot be removed and that may bypass user consent.

The Linux smartphone PinePhone is available for order.

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It has been announced that the first limited batch of the PinePhone (Braveheart Edition), developed by the Pine64 community, is now available for everyone (note: the first batch is already sold out). Mass production is scheduled to begin in March 2020. As initially stated, the price of the smartphone is $150. The device is designed for enthusiasts who are tired of Android and want a fully controllable and secure environment.

Announced the start

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The release of GNU Guile 3.0 has taken place, a free implementation of the functional programming language Scheme, supporting the embedding of code in applications written in other programming languages. Guile can be used as a language for developing extensions for applications, defining configurations, or developing components for connecting various primitives provided by applications. Guile is the official extension development language for the GNU operating system.

The first stable release of Fedora CoreOS

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The Fedora project developers announced the stabilization of the Fedora CoreOS distribution and its readiness for widespread use. Fedora CoreOS is promoted as a unified solution for running environments based on isolated containers, replacing the Fedora Atomic Host and CoreOS Container Linux products. Support for the CoreOS Container Linux distribution will be discontinued in six months, while support for Fedora Atomic Host will also end shortly.

Streamlining the writing process in a block notebook

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Vasya Pupkin is currently writing: expressing his stream of thoughts in a notebook. But Vasya encountered a problem: the page has ended. And it happened on the right side of the spread, which is very inconvenient. This means that if Vasya needs to write the next batch of his thoughts while having the previous step in front of him, he will have to scroll the sheet of paper […]

Paul Graham: My Icons

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I have several topics in store that I could write about endlessly. One of them is 'idols'. Of course, this is not a list of the most respected people in the world. I think that such a list would be difficult for anyone to compile, even with a strong desire to do so. For instance, Einstein is not on my list, but he certainly deserves […]

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