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Mozilla has reversed its decision to discontinue the Test Pilot program and introduced new testing functionality — Private Network. Private Network allows users to establish a network connection through an external proxy service operated by Cloudflare. All traffic to the proxy server is transmitted in an encrypted format, enabling the service to provide protection when operating on untrusted networks, […]
The second release of the user-space OOM killer oomd 0.2.0, licensed under GPL-2.0 and written in C++. Release 0.2.0 includes numerous updates and file reorganizations to simplify the oomd package for Linux distributions: https://github.com/facebookincubator/oomd/releases/tag/v0.2.0 RPM for the newly released oomd v0.2.0 is available in this COPR repository: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/filbranden/oomd/ oomd is designed for high-load servers and requires support […]
In the upcoming release of Ubuntu 19.10, scheduled for October 17th, the decision has been made to adopt a light theme closely resembling the default appearance of GNOME, instead of the previously suggested theme with dark headers. A fully dark theme will also be available as an option, featuring a dark background within windows. Additionally, in the fall release of Ubuntu, there will be a transition to the use of […]
After many years of working in schools, I have created a database of physics problems for preparing for Olympiads. Problems can be searched by relevant topics, levels, and grades. Then they can be sent for printing, or shared via a link with students. And although I am no longer working in schools, I decided that it would be a shame for the good to go to waste. The site is free of ads and other monetization. If you are a teacher […]
The Windows 10 May 2019 Update did not pose significant problems after its release, unlike last year's version. However, it seems that fate has caught up with the company from Redmond. The recently released update KB4512941 turned out to be quite problematic for users. Firstly, it was causing high CPU usage on PCs using the Cortana voice assistant, specifically the SearchUI.exe process. One core of the CPU was fully […]
After more than a year of development, the LXLE 18.04.3 distribution aimed at outdated systems has been released. The LXLE distribution is based on the work of Ubuntu MinimalCD and seeks to provide an extremely lightweight solution that combines support for older hardware with a modern user environment. The need to create a separate branch stems from the desire to include additional drivers for older systems and a reworked user interface. […]
Purism has announced the first shipments of pre-ordered free Librem 5 smartphones. The first batch will begin shipping on September 24 of this year. The Librem 5 is a project to create a smartphone with fully open and free software and hardware that ensures user privacy. It comes with PureOS — a GNU/Linux distribution approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). One of the key […]
The GCC compiler suite has accepted code for compiling programs for the Linux kernel's embedded eBPF bytecode interpreter. Thanks to JIT compilation, bytecode is translated into machine instructions on the fly in the kernel, achieving native code performance. Patches supporting eBPF have been accepted into the branch from which GCC 10 is developed. Besides the backend for bytecode generation […]
Alexander Larsson, the Flatpak developer and an active participant in the GNOME community, has published the second release of the Gthree project, which is developing a port of the 3D library three.js for GObject and GTK. This can be used in practice to add 3D effects to GNOME applications. The Gthree API is practically identical to three.js, including a glTF (GL Transmission Format) loader and the ability to use materials in models on […]
The release of the new stable branch WebKitGTK 2.26.0 has been presented, which is a port of the WebKit browser engine for the GTK platform. WebKitGTK allows you to use all the capabilities of WebKit via a GNOME-oriented interface based on GObject and can be used to integrate web content processing tools into any applications, from specialized HTML/CSS parsers to full-featured web browsers. Notable projects using WebKitGTK include Midori […]
Of the ten projects in the Russian industrial market today, only two are new constructions, while the others are related to the reconstruction or modernization of existing facilities. To perform any project work, the client chooses a contractor from among companies, which is quite challenging to compare linearly due to subtle but significant differences in the structure and organization of internal processes. Two main competing forces […]
On September 4, SeaMonkey 2.49.5 was released. SeaMonkey is a suite of integrated internet applications, including a web browser, email client, RSS/Atom aggregator, and a WYSIWYG HTML page editor. The 2.49.5 release is synchronized with the code base of Firefox 52.9.0 ESR and Thunderbird 52.9.1 ESR (see corresponding release notes for links). Features: Security-related fixes from the Mozilla Firefox code base have been ported, including […]