Category: Internet News

EasyGG 0.1 has been released — a new graphical interface for Git

This is a simple graphical interface for Git, written in bash, using technologies like yad, lxterminal*, and leafpad*. It is based on the KISS principle, so it fundamentally does not provide complex and advanced features. Its task is to speed up typical Git operations: commit, add, status, pull, and push. For more complex functions, there is a 'Terminal' button that allows you to use all conceivable and inconceivable capabilities […]

GNU project maintainers oppose Stallman's unilateral leadership

Following the call from the Free Software Foundation to reconsider its relationship with the GNU project, Richard Stallman announced that as the current leader of the GNU project, he will address the issues of building relationships with the FSF (the main problem being that all GNU developers sign an agreement transferring ownership rights of the code to the FSF, giving it legal ownership of all GNU code). 18 maintainers and...

Release of VeraCrypt 1.24, a fork of TrueCrypt

After a year of development, the release of VeraCrypt 1.24 has been published, continuing the fork of the TrueCrypt disk encryption system, which has ceased to exist. VeraCrypt is notable for replacing the algorithm used in TrueCrypt, RIPEMD-160, with SHA-512 and SHA-256, increasing the number of hashing iterations, simplifying the build process for Linux and macOS, and fixing issues identified during the audit of TrueCrypt's source code. Additionally, VeraCrypt provides a mode...

Dobroshrift

What comes easily and freely to some can be a real challenge for others — such thoughts arise from each letter of the font 'Dobroshrift', which was developed for the international day of CP with the participation of children with this diagnosis. We decided to take part in this charitable campaign and changed our website logo until the end of the day. Our society is often non-inclusive and alienates […]

Interaction between FSF and GNU

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has posted a message clarifying the relationship between the FSF and the GNU Project in light of recent events. 'The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project were founded by Richard M. Stallman (RMS), who until recently served as the head of both. For this reason, the relationships between FSF and GNU were smooth...'

Release of Mastodon 3.0, a platform for creating decentralized social networks

A release of the open-source platform for deploying decentralized social networks — Mastodon 3.0 — has been published, allowing users to create services on their own infrastructure that are not controlled by individual providers. If a user is unable to run their own node, they can choose a reputable public service to connect to. Mastodon belongs to the category of federated networks, which use […]

Third beta release of FreeBSD 12.1

The third beta release of FreeBSD 12.1 has been published. The FreeBSD 12.1-BETA3 release is available for amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe, sparc64, armv6, armv7, and aarch64 architectures. Additionally, images for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and Amazon EC2 cloud environments have been prepared. The FreeBSD 12.1 release is scheduled for November 4. You can find out about the new features in the announcement of the first beta release. Compared to […]

SQLite DBMS Release 3.30

SQLite 3.30.0 has been released, a lightweight database management system presented as a dynamic library. The SQLite code is released into the public domain, meaning it can be used freely and without restriction for any purpose. Financial support for SQLite developers comes from a specially formed consortium that includes companies such as Adobe, Oracle, Mozilla, Bentley, and Bloomberg. Key changes: The ability to apply the expression […]

Can randomness be programmed?

What is the difference between a human and a program? Neural networks, which currently make up almost the entire field of artificial intelligence, can consider significantly more factors when making decisions than humans, do this faster, and in most cases more accurately. However, programs only act as they have been programmed or trained. They can be very complex, taking many factors into account, and […]

OpenBVE 1.7.0.1 — a free railway transport simulator

OpenBVE is a free railway transport simulator written in C#. OpenBVE was created as an alternative to the BVE Trainsim railway simulator, which is why most routes from BVE Trainsim (versions 2 and 4) are compatible with OpenBVE. The program features physics and graphics close to reality, a side view of the train, animated surroundings, and sound effects. 18 […]

Release of SQLite Database 3.30.0

The release of SQLite database management system 3.30.0 has occurred. SQLite is a compact embedded database management system. The source code of the library has been placed in the public domain. What's new in version 3.30.0: The ability to apply the "FILTER" expression with aggregate functions has been added, allowing for limiting the scope of data processed by the function to only records that meet specified conditions; support for "NULLS FIRST" and "NULLS LAST" flags has been provided in the "ORDER BY" clause […]

Google Chrome will block "mixed content" loaded over HTTP

Developers at Google aim to enhance the security and privacy of Chrome browser users. A further step in this direction will be a change in security settings. An announcement appeared on the developers' official blog stating that soon web resources will be able to load page elements only over the HTTPS protocol, while loading over HTTP will be automatically blocked. According to […]

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