Author: ProHoster

Active development of Servo browser engine resumed

The developers of the Servo browser engine, written in the Rust language, have announced that they have received funding to help revive the project. As the first tasks, the return to active development of the engine, the restoration of the community and the attraction of new members are mentioned. During 2023, it is planned to improve the layout system of pages (layout system) and achieve working support for CSS2. The stagnation of the project has continued since 2020, […]

Restic 0.15 backup system available

The release of the restic 0.15 backup system has been published, which provides encrypted backup storage in a versioned repository. The system is designed from the ground up that backups are stored in untrustworthy environments, and falling into the wrong hands should not compromise the system. You can define flexible rules to include and exclude files and directories when creating […]

Release of open media center Kodi 20.0

After almost two years since the publication of the last significant branch, the release of the open media center Kodi 20.0, previously developed under the name XBMC, took place. The media center provides an interface for watching Live TV and managing a collection of photos, movies and music, supports navigating through TV shows, working with an electronic TV guide and organizing video recording according to a schedule. Ready-made installation packages are available for Linux, FreeBSD, […]

LosslessCut 3.49.0 video editing software released

LosslessCut 3.49.0 has been released, providing a graphical interface for editing multimedia files without transcoding content. The most requested feature of LosslessCut is cropping and trimming video and audio, for example, to reduce the size of large files shot with an action camera or a quadcopter camera. LosslessCut allows you to select the actual fragments of the recording in the file and discard the excess, without performing a complete recoding and […]

LibreELEC 10.0.4 home theater distribution release

The release of the LibreELEC 10.0.4 project, which develops a fork of the distribution kit for creating home theaters OpenELEC, is presented. The user interface is based on the Kodi media center. Images have been prepared for download to work from a USB drive or SD card (32- and 64-bit x86, Raspberry Pi 2/3/4, various devices based on Rockchip and Amlogic chips). The build size for the x86_64 architecture is 264 MB. With LibreELEC […]

MX Linux distribution release 21.3

The release of the lightweight distribution kit MX Linux 21.3, created as a result of the joint work of the communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects, has been published. The release is based on the Debian package base with improvements from the antiX project and packages from its own repository. The distribution uses the sysVinit initialization system and its own tools for configuring and deploying the system. 32-bit and 64-bit […]

ZSWatch project develops open smartwatches based on Zephyr OS

The ZSWatch project is developing an open smart watch based on the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52833 chip, equipped with an ARM Cortex-M4 microprocessor and supporting Bluetooth 5.1. A schematic and layout of the printed circuit board (in kicad format) are available for download, as well as a model for printing the case and the docking station on a 3D printer. The software is based on the open RTOS Zephyr. Supports smartwatch pairing with smartphones […]

Calculate Linux 23 released

The new version includes a server edition of Calculate Container Manager for working with LXC, a new cl-lxc utility has been added, and support for selecting an update repository has been added. The following distribution editions are available for download: Calculate Linux Desktop with KDE desktop (CLD), Cinnamon (CLDC), LXQt (CLDL), Mate (CLDM) and Xfce (CLDX and CLDXS), Calculate Container Manager (CCM), Calculate Directory Server (CDS), […]

The new KOMPAS-3D v21 works steadily in the distribution kit "Alt Workstation" 10

The new version of the computer-aided design system KOMPAS-3D v21 works stably in the Alt Workstation 10 OS. Solution compatibility is ensured by the WINE@Etersoft application. All three products are included in the Unified Register of Russian Software. WINE@Etersoft is a software product that provides seamless launch and stable operation of Windows applications in Russian operating systems based on the Linux kernel. The product is based on the code of the free Wine project, […]

Doom port sources for push-button phones based on SC6531 chip

Published source code for Doom port for push-button phones based on Spreadtrum SC6531 chip. Modifications of the Spreadtrum SC6531 chip occupy about half of the market of cheap push-button phones of Russian brands (the rest belongs to MediaTek MT6261, other chips are rare). What was the difficulty of porting: Third-party applications are not provided on these phones. Small amount of RAM - only 4 megabytes (brands / sellers often indicate this as […]

TECNO Unveils Phantom Vision V Concept Smartphone With Flexible Sliding Screen

The Chinese company TECNO has introduced a conceptual folding smartphone Phantom Vision V with a flexible screen that can be folded like a book on one side and twisted inside the case on the other, allowing the smartphone to move apart. Information about the device was shared by the GSMArena portal. Image source: GSMArena / TECNOSource: 3dnews.ru