After a year of development, the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment, KDE Frameworks 6 libraries and the KDE Gear 24.02 collection of applications have been released. To evaluate KDE 6, you can use builds from the KDE Neon project. Main changes: Switched to using the Qt 6 library. By default, a session using the Wayland protocol is offered. Work using X11 has been moved to […]
In 17 years, only two games have been released based on the supernatural horror films Paranormal Activity. None of them had any serious success, but the Paramount film company decided to try for a third time. Image source: Steam (Kotusya)Source: 3dnews.ru
The Maibenben P429 laptop is designed for work, study and entertainment. It successfully combines fairly compact dimensions, light weight, a high-quality display and powerful hardware. And all this at an attractive priceSource: 3dnews.ru
NVIDIA's long efforts to agree on a deal to buy Arm in 2022 led to it falling apart "due to significant regulatory difficulties." Speaking at a Bloomberg conference this week, FTC Chairwoman Lin Khan said the outcome has forced both companies to focus more on innovation, and ultimately […]
Daniel Almeida, who is involved in the development of video codecs at Collabora, presented for discussion by Linux kernel developers a new implementation of a layer for using hardware video decoders in the VP9 format in the V4L2 subsystem, used to provide access to video capture devices such as web cameras and TVs. tuners. The layer code is completely rewritten in the Rust language and is focused on working with rkvdec drivers […]
Three years after the formation of the last branch, the release of the server Linux distribution Zentyal 8.0 was published, built on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS package base and specializing in creating servers for servicing the local network of small and medium-sized businesses. Among other things, the distribution is positioned as an alternative to Windows Server and includes components to replace Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft […]
The developers of the composite window manager KWinFT, based on the KWin codebase, have announced that they are renaming the project to Theseus Ship, moving development from GitLab to GitHub, and forming a major release of Theseus Ship 6.0. Theseus Ship supports Wayland and X11, is aimed at KDE Plasma and can be used as a transparent replacement for KWin. Project code […]
Intel traditionally announces new series of vPro processors, characterized by an increased degree of security, at the MWC exhibition. This year, the manufacturer introduced Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) mobile processors under the vPro series. Image source: IntelSource: 3dnews.ru
The Japanese company Honda Motor began producing passenger vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells back in 2002, but by 2021 it discontinued the then-current Clarity model, promising to reconsider its strategy in the production of such vehicles. Honda is ready to return to the market this year, offering customers in the US and Japan the CR-V e:FCEV crossover, […]
The K2Tech project to create a supercomputer complex on the basis of Novosibirsk State University (NSU) became the winner of the Global CIO “Project of the Year” competition. In 2023, 484 IT projects competed for the honorary title. The professional community of IT managers awarded the Oracle supercomputer the victory in the category “Best Project in the Ural Federal District, Siberian Federal District and Far Eastern Federal District.” Source: 3dnews.ru
Recently, a repository for the Gloire operating system appeared on Github. Gloire uses the Ironclad kernel, written in the Ada programming language, and the GNU user environment. The website dedicated to Ironclad states that it is in the process of “formal verification.” Boot images are available for x86 for Gloire OS, although supported hardware is still limited. Gloire repository: https://github.com/streaksu/Gloire?tab=readme-ov-file Kernel project website: https://ironclad.nongnu.org And Gloire, […]
Tecno has announced the Camon 30 Premier 5G smartphone, which is the first to receive the new Tecno PolarAce imaging technology unveiled at MWC 2024. Tecno PolarAce takes advantage of the Sony CXD5622GG imaging processor, which has 4,6 teraflops of FP16 compute performance. The technology includes the company's AI-powered Universal Tone solution to accurately reproduce skin tones. AIGC mode […]
