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A new version of the Linux kernel 5.2 has been released. This version includes contributions from 15,100 developers out of 1,882. The size of the available patch is 62MB, with 531,864 lines of code removed. New features include a new attribute for files and directories, +F, which allows files to be treated as one file regardless of case. This attribute is available in the ext4 file system. In […]
The release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 has been announced, as part of the Debian 10.0 "Buster" distribution, which combines the Debian environment with the GNU/Hurd kernel. The Debian GNU/Hurd repository includes approximately 80% of the packages from the total Debian archive, including ported versions of Firefox and Xfce 4.12. Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian GNU/KFreeBSD are the only Debian platforms built on a kernel other than Linux. The GNU/Hurd platform […]
After two years of development, the release of Debian GNU/Linux 10.0 (Buster) is now available for ten officially supported architectures: Intel IA-32/x86 (i686), AMD64/x86-64, ARM EABI (armel), 64-bit ARM (arm64), ARMv7 (armhf), MIPS (mips, mipsel, mips64el), PowerPC 64 (ppc64el), and IBM System z (s390x). Updates for Debian 10 will be released over the next five years. The repository offers […]
There are questions we have asked or tried to answer: why is the sky blue, how many stars are in the sky, who is stronger — a white shark or an orca, etc. And there are questions we haven’t asked, but their answers remain just as interesting. One such question includes—what important topic did scientists decide to explore from […]
Public speaking is a weapon in the battle for minds. If you are not a conqueror, it’s of no use to you. Otherwise, here are the "blueprints" for this weapon! Each person decides for themselves what is primary in public speaking – the presentation or the spoken text. For example, I almost always start with the presentation, which I then "layer" with the text. […]
This week saw the release of version 0.3.0 of the free utility Vector, designed for collecting, transforming, and saving log data, metrics, and events. Written in Rust, it boasts high performance and low memory consumption compared to its counterparts. Additionally, significant attention is paid to correctness features, particularly the ability to save unsent events to the buffer […]
Mozilla will not include DNS-over-HTTPS support by default for users in the UK due to pressure from the UK Internet Service Providers Association (UK ISPA) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). However, Mozilla is working on finding potential partners for wider adoption of DNS-over-HTTPS technology in other European countries. A few days ago, the UK ISPA nominated Mozilla […]
The latest release of the Telegram messenger includes animated stickers, which have been added to the main versions of both the desktop and mobile applications. There are both ready-made packs and an option to create your own. It is noted that stickers only weigh 20–30 KB, allowing them to load almost instantly and work even on slow internet connections. The frame rate of the animation […]
On July 5, the release of the new stable version of the GNU operating system bootloader GRUB took place. This bootloader complies with the Multiboot specification, supports a wide range of platforms, and is one of the most widely used bootloaders for operating systems based on the Linux kernel. The bootloader can also load many other operating systems, including Windows, Solaris, and BSD family operating systems. The new stable […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 4.12 — is now available. Since the release of version 4.11, 27 bug reports have been closed, and 336 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Added support for drivers for PnP (Plug & Play) devices; improved support for remote debugging under Visual Studio; implementation of the EnumDisplayDevicesW() call, used to retrieve information about the currently used […]
The release of Open Build Service platform 2.10 has been announced, designed for organizing the development process of distributions and software products, including the preparation and support of releases and updates. The system allows for cross-compilation of packages for most major Linux distributions or the creation of a custom distribution based on a specified package base. It supports building for 21 target platforms (distributions), including CentOS, Debian, Fedora, OpenMandriva, […]
The release of the cryptographic library Botan 2.11.0 is now available, used in the NeoPG project, a fork of GnuPG 2. The library provides a large collection of ready-to-use primitives utilized in TLS protocols, X.509 certificates, AEAD ciphers, TPM modules, PKCS#11, password hashing, and post-quantum cryptography. The library is written in C++11 and is distributed under the BSD license. Changes in the new release include the addition of the Argon2 password hashing function […]