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On July 1, 2019, the release of GNU Rush 2.0 was announced. GNU Rush is a Restricted User Shell designed to provide limited non-interactive access to remote resources via ssh (for example, GNU Savannah). Its flexible configuration gives system administrators complete control over the capabilities available to users, as well as control over the use of system resources such as virtual […]
The release of ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop version 4.0.93.0 took place. Key changes: Fixed potential GUI crashes. Resolved an issue when running the command 'sudo apt --reinstall install wget'. A 'Privacy Policy' button was added to the installer. A rare error when opening directories on GNOME environments was fixed. Source: linux.org.ru
On May 14, the French non-profit organization Framasoft, which recently introduced the federated video hosting project PeerTube, began fundraising for a new initiative — Mobilizon, a free and federated alternative to Facebook Events and MeetUp, servers for organizing planned meetings and events. Three funding levels were proposed with the following objectives: €20,000: a tool for organizing events; work on graphic […]
Intel has released version 0.6 of the SVT-AV1 library (Scalable Video Technology AV1), which provides alternative encoders and decoders for the AV1 video encoding format, utilizing the hardware parallel computing capabilities present in modern Intel CPUs. The main goal of SVT-AV1 is to achieve a level of performance suitable for on-the-fly video transcoding and for use in on-demand video (VOD) services. […]
A third unofficial candidate for the installer release of the upcoming major release of Debian 10 'Buster' has been prepared. The reason for creating this latest test version of the installer is the need to test last-minute changes related to the selection of recommended dependencies for kernel packages and the inclusion of the shim-signed package among the recommended dependencies for grub-efi-{arm64,i386}-signed packages. The Debian 10 release is expected on July 6. […]
I am adding a review of my little helper — the Seek Thermal Compact mobile thermal imaging camera. This thermal camera for smartphones and tablets helps detect and eliminate heat or cold leaks, spot electrical wiring issues, see areas of localized heating or overheating of equipment, find game while hunting, and more. Seek Thermal has managed to create an affordable and accessible compact device that connects to [...]
Dear friends, we have already discussed the types of wisdom teeth, what happens if they are left alone, and how the extraction process goes. It may seem straightforward, but! Patients still come in for consultations and say, "Well, the doctor at another clinic said..." Suggesting that such complex teeth should be removed outside of a hospital setting, [...]
yescrypt is a password-based key derivation function based on scrypt. Advantages (compared to scrypt and Argon2): Improved resistance to offline attacks (due to increased attack costs while defensive costs remain unchanged). Additional functionality (for example, the ability to switch to stronger settings without knowing the password) out of the box. Utilization of cryptographic primitives approved by NIST. The possibility remains [...]
After nine months of development, the release of the Cinnamon 4.2 user environment has been finalized, within which the Linux Mint distribution's development community is advancing a fork of the GNOME Shell, Nautilus file manager, and Mutter window manager, aimed at providing a GNOME 2 style environment with support for successful interaction elements from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components [...]
According to online sources, Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana will be completely detached from Windows 10 and transformed into a standalone application. Currently, a beta version of Cortana has appeared in the Windows Store app store, from where anyone can download it. This indicates that Microsoft will update the voice assistant separately from the software platform in the future. This approach will help [...]
After three years of development, the first stable release of Pleroma version 0.9.9 has been presented — a federated social network for microblogging, written in Elixir and utilizing the standardized W3C ActivityPub protocol. It is the second largest network in the Fediverse. In contrast to its closest competitor, Mastodon, which is written in Ruby and relies on a large number of resource-intensive components, Pleroma is a high-performance […]
After almost six months of active development and the release of the first versioned edition, the first major version of Pleroma — a federated social network for microblogging, written in Elixir and using the standardized W3C ActivityPub protocol — has been presented. It is the second largest network in the Fediverse. Unlike its closest competitor, Mastodon, which is written in Ruby and depends on […]