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Removal of wisdom teeth. How it's done?

Dear friends, last time we talked about what wisdom teeth are like, when they need to be removed and when not. And today I will tell you in detail and in every detail how the removal of “sentenced” teeth actually takes place. With pictures. Therefore, I recommend that especially impressionable people and pregnant women press the “Ctrl +” key combination. Joke. WITH […]

The KDE Plasma 5.16 desktop has been released

Release 5.16 is notable for the fact that it contains not only the now familiar minor improvements and polishing of the interface, but also major changes in various Plasma components. To celebrate this fact, it was decided to use new fun wallpapers, which were selected by members of the KDE Visual Design Group in an open competition. Major innovations in Plasma 5.16 The notification system has been completely redesigned. Now you can turn off notifications temporarily [...]

Distribution kit for the corporate sector ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4 has been published

The Rosa company presented the ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4 distribution, aimed at use in the corporate sector and based on the ROSA Desktop Fresh 2016.1 platform with the KDE4 desktop. When preparing the distribution, the main attention is paid to stability - only proven components that have been tested on ROSA Desktop Fresh users are included. Installation iso images are not publicly available and are provided […]

Cable TV networks for the little ones. Part 8: Optical backbone network

For many years now, the basis of data transmission has been the optical medium. It is difficult to imagine a habra reader who is not familiar with these technologies, but it is impossible to do without at least a brief description in my series of articles. Contents of a series of articles Part 1: General architecture of a CATV network Part 2: Composition and shape of the signal Part 3: Analog component of the signal Part 4: Digital component of the signal […]

Release of LMMS 1.2 music production package

After four and a half years of development, the release of the free project LMMS 1.2 has been published, within which a cross-platform alternative to commercial programs for creating music, such as FL Studio and GarageBand, is being developed. The project code is written in C++ (Qt interface) and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Ready-made assemblies are prepared for Linux (in AppImage format), macOS and Windows. Program […]

Wine 4.10 and Proton 4.2-6 release

An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API is available - Wine 4.10. Since the release of version 4.9, 44 bug reports have been closed and 431 changes have been made. The most important changes: More than a hundred DLLs are compiled by default with the built-in msvcrt library (provided by the Wine project, and the DLLs from Windows) in PE (Portable Executable) format; Expanded support for PnP installation (Plug […]

Vulnerabilities in HSMs that could lead to an attack on encryption keys

A team of researchers from Ledger, a company that produces hardware wallets for cryptocurrency, has identified several vulnerabilities in HSM (Hardware Security Module) devices that can be used to extract keys or carry out a remote attack to spoof the HSM device’s firmware. The issue report is currently only available in French, with an English report scheduled to be published in August during the Blackhat […]

New version of the Nim programming language 0.20

The system programming language Nim 0.20.0 was released. The language uses static typing and was created with Pascal, C++, Python and Lisp in mind. Nim source code is compiled into a C, C++, or JavaScript representation. Subsequently, the resulting C/C++ code is compiled into an executable file using any available compiler (clang, gcc, icc, Visual C++), which allows […]

E3 2019: Halo Infinite Coming With Project Scarlett Fall 2020

At the Microsoft press conference at E3 2019, a new trailer for Halo Infinite was shown. Unfortunately, there was no gameplay footage, but we learned something about the plot of the sixth part of the series. In the trailer, the ship's pilot accidentally stumbles upon the Master Chief drifting among space debris. Taking SPARTAN-117 on board, he attempts to launch the exoskeleton of the legendary […]

Trailer Wolfenstein: Youngblood for E3 2019: the wolves hunt the Nazis together

At its presentation, Bethesda Softworks presented a new trailer for the upcoming cooperative shooter Wolfenstein: Youngblood, in which players will have to clear Paris from the Nazis in the ambience of the dark alternative 1980s. For the first time in the series, it will be possible to go through the campaign with a friend, wearing the energy armor of the “Creepy Sisters” Jess and Sophie Blaskowitz, who are looking for their missing dad, the notorious BJ. The video turned out to be very […]

Opera, Brave and Vivaldi Developers Will Ignore Chrome's Ad Blocker Restrictions

Google intends to seriously reduce the capabilities of ad blockers in future versions of Chrome. However, the developers of the Brave, Opera and Vivaldi browsers have no plans to change their browsers, despite the common code base. They confirmed in public comments that they do not intend to support the change to the extension system, which the search giant announced in January of this year as part of Manifest V3. Wherein […]

ROSA presented the release of OS ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4

LLC "NTC IT ROSA" ("ROSA") presented a new release of the OS based on the Linux kernel ROSA Enterprise Desktop X4 (RED X4) - the domestic platform of the ROSA Enterprise Desktop series. This platform is a commercial version of the free ROSA Fresh distribution line. The OS has a wide range of software and includes utilities created by ROSA to facilitate working with the OS and integration with other […]