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On September 3, the Android mobile operating system development team published the source code of version 10. New features in this release include: Support for resizing the output image in applications for devices with foldable displays when opening or closing. 5G network support and an expanded corresponding API. The Live Caption feature, which converts speech to text in any application. Especially […]
Firefox 69 has been released. Key changes include: By default, blocking scripts that perform cryptocurrency mining is enabled. The setting 'Do not allow websites to play sound' allows blocking not only sound playback without explicit user interaction but also video playback. Behavior can be set globally or specifically for individual sites. An about:protections page has been added with statistics on tracking protection performance. The manager […]
The Go programming language 1.13 has been released, featuring major updates: The Go language now supports a more unified and modernized set of numeric literal prefixes, including for binary, octal, hexadecimal, and imaginary literals. Compatibility with Android 10 has been improved. TLS 1.3 support is enabled by default in the crypto/tls package. Error wrapping support for Unicode 11.0 is now available from the Go Unicode package. This is the last […]
Michael Stapelberg, the author of the i3wm tiling window manager and a former active Debian developer (maintainer of around 170 packages), is developing an experimental distribution called distri and the namesake package manager. The project is positioned as an exploration of potential ways to increase the performance of package management systems and embodies some new ideas for building distributions. The package manager's code is written in the Go language and is distributed under […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 69 has taken place, along with the mobile version Firefox 68.1 for the Android platform. Additionally, long-term support updates for versions 60.9.0 and 68.1.0 have been formed (the ESR branch 60.x will no longer be updated, and transitioning to branch 68.x is recommended). The Firefox 70 branch will enter beta testing shortly, with a release scheduled for October 22. Key innovations include: […]
New releases of the guides Linux From Scratch 9.0 (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch 9.0 (BLFS) have been presented, as well as editions of LFS and BLFS with the system manager systemd. Linux From Scratch provides instructions for building a basic Linux system from scratch, using only the source code of the necessary software. Beyond Linux From Scratch supplements the LFS instructions with information on building […]
TFIR has published a video interview with Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is responsible for maintaining the stable branch of the Linux kernel, as well as being the maintainer of several subsystems of the Linux kernel (USB, driver core) and the founder of the Linux driver project. Greg shared his experience of switching distributions on his work systems. Although up until 2012, Greg […]
The plan for the GTK 4 release has been outlined. It is noted that bringing GTK 4 to its proper form will take about another year (GTK 4 has been in development since the summer of 2016). By the end of 2019, another experimental release of the GTK 3.9x series is planned, followed by a final testing release of GTK 3.99 in spring 2020, which will include all the intended functionality. The release […]
The official release of Firefox 69 is scheduled for today, September 3rd, but developers uploaded the builds to the servers yesterday. Release versions are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, and source codes are also provided. Firefox 69.0 can currently be obtained via OTA updates in the installed browser. Additionally, you can download the network or full installer from the official FTP. And […]
I have an engineering background, but I interact more with entrepreneurs and production directors. Some time ago, the owner of an industrial company approached me for advice. Despite the fact that the enterprise is large and was established in the 90s, management and accounting operate in an outdated way within a local network. This is a result of concerns for their business and increased state control. Laws and regulations […]
Syncthing is a program for synchronizing files between two or more devices. Fixes in the latest version: Attempts to revert changes in the Sync Protocol Listen Address were unsuccessful. The chmod command did not work properly. Log leak was prevented. There are no indications in the GUI that Syncthing is disabled. Adding/updating pending folders increased the number of saved configurations. Closing a closed channel […]
A major update has been released for the widely used Linux initialization system. Release notes include the new systemd-network-generator tool, support for NUMAPolicy determination for systemd services, now PID1 listens to kernel memory shortage events, the service manager now provides I/O resources used by systemd modules, support for MACsec in the network, custom BPF applications in cgroups, and a new Pstore service. Systemd 243 — this is […]