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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 […]
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, one of the creators of Opera Software, is keeping his word. As promised by the visionary founder of another Norwegian browser — Vivaldi, the mobile version of the latter has appeared online by the end of this year and is already available for testing to all Android device owners in Google Play. Regarding the timing of the release of the version […]
A website has been launched for testing and the source codes of the TON blockchain platform (Telegram Open Network), which has been developed by Telegram Systems LLP since 2017, have been made public. TON provides a set of technologies that enable the functioning of a distributed network for various services based on blockchain and smart contracts. During the ICO, the project attracted over $1.7 billion in investments. The source codes include 1,610 files containing […]
Google has released a differential privacy library under an open license on its GitHub page. The code is distributed under the Apache License 2.0. Developers will be able to use this library to build a data collection system without gathering information that could identify individuals. "Whether you are a city planning specialist, a small business owner, or a developer […]
The developers of the Vivaldi browser, based on the Blink engine and highly customizable (inspired by the Presto era of Opera), have released the beta version of the mobile version of their creation. Among the features they highlight are: the ability to create notes; support for synchronizing favorites, passwords, and notes between devices; taking screenshots of both the visible area of a page and the whole page […]
In experimental builds of Chrome Canary, the incognito mode now allows blocking all Cookies set by third-party sites, including ad networks and web analytics systems. This mode can be enabled via the flag 'chrome://flags/#improved-cookie-controls' and also activates an extended interface for controlling Cookie setting on sites. After activation, a new icon appears in the address bar, which when clicked shows […]
After nearly ten years since the last significant release, the Mumble 1.3 platform for creating voice chats, which provide low latency and high-quality voice transmission, has been released. A key application area of Mumble is facilitating communication among players during computer game sessions. The project code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. Builds are prepared for Linux, […]