Software: Kali Linux Tools, Open Source Screen Readers, GStreamer 1.22.1, ‘Please’, and ‘Peek’
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Top 10 Kali Linux Tools for Ethical Hackers
Kali Linux is a popular and powerful penetration testing operating system used by ethical hackers to identify vulnerabilities and secure computer networks. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools that are designed to perform various types of security assessments.
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Open Source Screen Readers for Visually Impaired users
In today's digital age, computers and the internet are integral parts of our daily lives. However, for individuals with visual impairments, accessing computers and the internet can be a significant challenge. Screen readers are crucial tools that make it possible for visually impaired individuals to use computers and access the
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GStreamer: GStreamer 1.22.1 stable bug fix release
The GStreamer team is pleased to announce the first bug fix release in the stable 1.22 release series of your favourite cross-platform multimedia framework!
This release only contains bugfixes and it should be safe to update from 1.22.0.
Highlighted bugfixes:
- audio channel-mix: allow up to 64 channels (instead of up to 63 channels)
- avfvideosrc: Don't wait on main thread for permissions request
- avvidenc: avoid generating inaccurate output timestamps, especially with variable framerate streams
- AV1 video codec caps signalling improvements in various elements
- codectimestamper: Fix timestamping on sequence update
- d3d11overlaycompositor: fix texture width and height
- d3d11videosink: Fix rendering on external handle
- dashdemux2: fix seek operation taking a log time to finish for some streams
- nvencoder: Fix B-frame encoding on Linux and min buffers in auto GPU mode
- playbin3: fixing buffering for live pipelines
- playbin: fix potential deadlock when stopping stream with subtitles visible
- redenc: fix setting of extension ID for twcc
- rtspsrc: improved compatibility with more broken RTSP servers
- v4l2h264dec: Fix Raspberry Pi4 will not play video in application
- vtdec: fix jittery playback of H.264 Level 4.1 movies in macOS
- vtdec: Fix non-deterministic frame output after flushing seeks
- vtenc: fix handling of interlaced ProRes on Apple M1 hardware
- vtenc: don't advertise ARGB/RGBA64 input caps on M1 Pro/Max with macOS <13
- wasapi2src: Fix loopback capture on Windows 10 Anniversary Update
- tools: better handling of non-ASCII command line arguments on Windows
- gst-libav: fix build against newer ffmpeg versions
- gst-python: Use arch-specific install dir for gi overrides
- cerbero: Fix setuptools site.py breakage in Python 3.11
- macOS packages: Fix broken binaries on macos < 11.0
- various bug fixes, memory leak fixes, and other stability and reliability improvements
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‘Please’ is a Motivational ‘Start Page’ for Your Terminal
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Linux GIF Recorder ‘Peek’ Discontinued by Developer
Animated GIF screen recorder Peek makes it super-easy to capture a section of your screen and save it as a GIF online — but development has come to an end.