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The desktop distribution Manjaro Linux will now be curated by Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG, established with the support of Blue Systems (one of the main sponsors of KDE). As a result, the following key points have been announced: full-time developers and maintainers will be hired; the company will manage donations, cover expenses for equipment, events, and specialists; the Manjaro community […]
The release of the interactive firewall TinyWall 2.0 has been formed. The project is a small bash script that reads information from logs about packets that did not match the accumulated rules and presents a request to the user for confirmation or blocking of the identified network activity. The user's choice is saved and subsequently used for similar traffic associated with the IP ('one connection => one question => [...])
The founders of the Manjaro project announced the creation of the commercial company Manjaro GmbH & Co, which will now oversee the development of the distribution and own the trademark. At the same time, the distribution will remain community-oriented and will evolve with its participation — the project will continue to exist in its current form, retaining all its properties and processes as they were before the company was established. The company will provide [...],
Today we celebrate the people who ensure a bit more order in the world — testers. On this day, GeekUniversity from Mail.ru Group opens a faculty for those who want to join the ranks of the fighters against the entropy of the Universe. The course program is designed so that the profession of 'Software Tester' can be mastered from scratch, even if you have previously worked [...],
After a year of development, the release of the decentralized web platform ZeroNet 0.7 has been launched, which offers the use of Bitcoin's addressing and verification mechanisms combined with BitTorrent distributed delivery technologies to create websites that cannot be censored, forged, or blocked. The content of websites is stored in a P2P network on visitors' machines and verified by the owner's digital signature. The alternative root system is used for addressing [...],
Mozilla has completed the testing phase for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) support and plans to launch the feature in the USA by the end of this month. After the full launch, the protocol will also be considered for other countries. This technology allows for the encryption of DNS traffic, although users will have the option to disable the function in the browser and use regular DNS queries. This is likely how users of systems […]
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Release of Lutris v0.5.3 – an open gaming platform designed to simplify the installation and launch of games on GNU/Linux from GOG, Steam, Battle.net, Origin, Uplay, and others using specially prepared scripts. New features include: Added D9VK option; Added support for Discord Rich Presence; Added ability to launch WINE console; When DXVK or D9VK is enabled, the WINE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE variable is set to 1, […]
On the same day, the releases of ZeroNet 0.7 and 0.7.1 took place – a platform distributed under the GPLv2 license, intended for creating decentralized websites using Bitcoin cryptography and the BitTorrent network. Features of ZeroNet include: Real-time updating websites; Support for Namecoin .bit domains; One-click website cloning; Password-less BIP32 based authorization: Your account is secured with the same cryptography as […]
The first corrective update for the Debian 10 distribution has been released, which includes package updates issued in the two months since the release of the new branch and fixes for issues in the installer. The release includes 102 updates addressing stability issues and 34 updates fixing vulnerabilities. Notable changes in Debian 10.1 include the removal of 2 packages: pump (no longer maintained and […]
The Firefox developers announced the completion of testing support for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and their intention to enable this technology by default for users in the United States at the end of September. The rollout will be gradual, starting with a small percentage of users, and, if there are no issues, it will gradually expand to 100%. After the U.S. is covered, the possibility of enabling DoH for […] will be considered.
Microsoft previously announced that the PowerToys utility set is returning to Windows 10. This set first appeared during the Windows XP era. Now, developers have released two small programs for the 'ten'. The first is a guide to Windows keyboard shortcuts, which is a program with dynamic key combinations for each active window or application. When you press the […]