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New releases of I2P anonymous network 0.9.42 and i2pd 2.28 C++ client

The release of the anonymous network I2P 0.9.42 and the C++ client i2pd 2.28.0 is available. Let us recall that I2P is a multi-layer anonymous distributed network operating on top of the regular Internet, actively using end-to-end encryption, guaranteeing anonymity and isolation. In the I2P network, you can anonymously create websites and blogs, send instant messages and email, exchange files and organize P2P networks. The basic I2P client is written […]

4MLinux 30.0 distribution release

The release of 4MLinux 30.0 is available, a minimalistic user distribution that is not a fork from other projects and uses a JWM-based graphical environment. 4MLinux can be used not only as a Live environment for playing multimedia files and solving user tasks, but also as a system for disaster recovery and a platform for running LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB and […]

Release of the hypervisor for embedded devices ACRN 1.2, developed by the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation presented the release of a specialized hypervisor ACRN 1.2, designed for use in embedded technology and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The hypervisor code is based on Intel's lightweight hypervisor for embedded devices and is distributed under the BSD license. The hypervisor is written with an eye to readiness for real-time tasks and suitability for use in mission-critical […]

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.2 Release

The release of the authoritative DNS server PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.2, designed for organizing the delivery of DNS zones, took place. According to the project developers, PowerDNS Authoritative Server serves approximately 30% of the total number of domains in Europe (if we consider only domains with DNSSEC signatures, then 90%). The project code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. PowerDNS Authoritative Server provides the ability to store domain information […]

OPPO Reno 2: a smartphone with a pop-up front camera Shark Fin

The Chinese company OPPO, as promised, announced a productive smartphone Reno 2, running the ColorOS 6.0 operating system based on Android 9.0 (Pie). The novelty received a frameless Full HD + display (2400 × 1080 pixels) measuring 6,55 inches diagonally. This screen has no notch or hole. The front camera based on a 16-megapixel sensor is made in the form of […]

New version of I2P anonymous network 0.9.42 released

This release continues work on speeding up and improving the reliability of I2P. Also included are a few changes to speed up UDP transport. Separated configuration files to allow for more modular packaging in the future. Work continued on the introduction of new proposals for faster and more secure encryption. There are many bug fixes. Source: linux.org.ru

Release tl 1.0.6

tl is a cross-platform open source web application (GitLab) for fiction translators. The application breaks the downloaded texts into fragments by the newline character and arranges them in two columns (original and translation). Main changes: Compile-time plugins for searching words and phrases in dictionaries; Translation notes; General translation statistics; Statistics of today's (and yesterday's) work; […]

Wine 4.15 release

An experimental release of the open source implementation of the Win32 API is available - Wine 4.15. Since the release of version 4.14, 28 bug reports have been closed and 244 changes have been made. Most important changes: Added an initial implementation of the HTTP service (WinHTTP) and its associated API for client and server applications that send and receive requests using the HTTP protocol. The supported calls are […]

Ruby on Rails 6.0

Ruby on Rails 15 was released on August 2019, 6.0. In addition to numerous fixes, the main innovations in version 6 are: Action Mailbox - directs incoming mail to controller-like mailboxes. Action Text is the ability to store and edit rich text in Rails. Parallel testing - allows you to parallelize a test suite. Those. tests can be run in parallel. Testing […]

Kea 1.6 DHCP server published by ISC consortium

The ISC consortium has published the Kea 1.6.0 DHCP server release, which replaces the classic ISC DHCP. The source texts of the project are distributed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) 2.0, instead of the ISC License previously used for ISC DHCP. Kea's DHCP server is based on BIND 10 technologies and is built using a modular architecture that splits functionality into different handler processes. The product includes […]

Retrospective: how IPv4 addresses were depleted

Geoff Huston, chief research engineer at internet registrar APNIC, predicted that IPv4 addresses will run out in 2020. In a new series of materials, we will update information about how addresses were depleted, who still had them, and why this happened. / Unsplash / Loïc Mermilliod Why addresses are running out Before moving on to the story of how the pool “dried up” […]

Live The Knoppix distribution has abandoned systemd after 4 years of use.

After four years of using systemd, the Debian-based Knoppix distribution removed the controversial init system. This Sunday (August 18*) version 8.6 of the popular Linux distribution Knoppix based on Debian was released. The release is based on Debian 9(Buster), released on July 10th, with a number of packages from the testing and unstable branches to provide support for new video cards. Knoppix is ​​one of the first live-CD […]