Author: Yuri Gagarin

The AI model ChatTTS for speech synthesis has been released.

The ChatTTS project has released a model and associated machine learning tools for synthesizing emotional speech. The ChatTTS project is specifically optimized for use in dialogue systems such as interactive assistants and aims to replicate the properties of natural emotional communication. It supports interaction with multiple speakers and the construction of interactive dialogues. Prosodic elements are accurately tracked and reproduced during synthesis, such as […]

Release of the continuously updated distribution of Rhino Linux 2024.1

The release of the Rhino Linux 2024.1 distribution has been presented, implementing a variant of Ubuntu with a continuous delivery model, allowing access to the latest versions of software. New versions are mainly pulled from the devel branches of the Ubuntu repositories, where packages with new versions of applications are built, synchronized with Debian Unstable. Components of the desktop, the Linux kernel, boot splash screens, themes, the Firefox browser […]

Ubuntu 24.04 builds have been created for the compact RISC-V board Milk-V Mars

Canonical has announced the preparation of separate builds of Ubuntu 24.04, specifically optimized for use on the Milk-V Mars board, equipped with a 4-core 64-bit StarFive JH7110 processor (1.5GHz) based on the RISC-V architecture (RV64GC). It is noted that this is the first miniature board based on the RISC-V architecture, comparable in size to a credit card (board size 85 x 56 mm). The board is also remarkable for […]

The AlmaLinux 8.10 and EuroLinux 8.10 distributions are available

The release of AlmaLinux 8.10 has been published, synchronized with the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 and containing all the changes proposed in this release. Installation images are prepared for the x86_64, ARM64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures in the form of bootable (1 GB), minimal (2.1 GB), and full images (13 GB). Later, Live builds with GNOME, KDE, Xfce, and MATE are planned, and […]

Update Firefox 126.0.1. Changes at Mozilla

A corrective release of Firefox 126.0.1 is available, which fixes several issues: Problems with the drag & drop mechanism on the Linux platform have been resolved. After updating to Firefox 126, in some configurations, it stopped working to move tabs, selected text, images, links, and other objects with the mouse. A memory leak has been fixed, leading to high memory consumption by the process providing GPU interaction in systems […]

Release of KaOS 2024.05 Distribution

The release of KaOS 2024.05 has been published, a distribution with a continuous update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications that use Qt. Among the specific design features of the distribution, one can note the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution evolves with a nod to Arch Linux, but supports its own independent repository containing over 1500 packages, and […]

Conversations Classic 2.2

Quietly and discreetly evolving for a couple of years, the Conversations fork has officially emerged – introducing Conversations Classic. The release title was inspired by a radical change in the UI to the trendy 'Material 2.0' in the upstream project, as well as unique reactions from Daniel, the creator of Conversations, to bug reports and pull requests. The changelog for version 2.2.2 includes backports from Cheogram DTMF during calls (which may be useful […]

Release of Armbian 24.5, a distribution for single-board computers

The release of the Linux distribution Armbian 24.5 has been announced, providing a compact system environment for various single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V, and x86 architectures, including various models of Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi, and Cubieboard using Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale/NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, Radxa, and Samsung Exynos processors. To create […]

First release of the XMPP client Conversations Classic.

After two years of development, the first release of the Conversations Classic project (2.2) has been published, developing the XMPP client Conversations for the Android platform. The application supports features such as end-to-end encryption, image and file transfers, audio and video calls, voice messages, conferences, read receipts, synchronization with desktop systems, integration with the address book, and binding multiple accounts. The project's code is written in […]

Google Cloud has taken full responsibility for the scandalous removal of the UniSuper pension fund cloud.

Earlier this month, Google Cloud mistakenly deleted the account of the Australian pension fund UniSuper. After restoring the functionality of UniSuper's systems and completing an internal review, the company published information aimed at clarifying the nature of the incident. According to the report, the incident only affected a single client, only one of its services, Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), and only in one […]

The ravynOS project develops a FreeBSD edition aimed at compatibility with macOS.

After two years of development, the release of the ravynOS 0.5 project has been published, developing an operating system based on FreeBSD aimed at achieving compatibility with macOS applications and providing a macOS-style user interface. The project's builds are distributed under the BSD license. The size of the bootable ISO image is 869 MB (x86_64). The project's goals include achieving compatibility with macOS applications at the level of […]

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