On December 1st, an emulator of old systems, pcem, was released. The changes are few: New machines: Amstrad PC5086, Compaq Deskpro, Samsung SPC-6033P, Samsung SPC-6000A, Intel VS440FX, Gigabyte GA-686BX New video cards: 3DFX Voodoo Banshee, 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000, 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000, Creative 3D Blaster Banshee, Kasan Hangulmadang-16, Trident TVGA9000B New processors: Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Celeron, Cyrix III Support for images […]
A new version of Guitarix has been released — a free guitar effects and amplifier emulator. The main novelty is the redesigned tube emulation algorithm, which has influenced both the overall sound and the dynamic response. This change will likely alter the sound of existing presets, but the developers are confident that the improvements are worth it. The new algorithm was written by Damien Zammit, the author of ZamAudio plugins. Besides […]
A new version of the LSP Plugins effects package has been released, intended for sound processing in mixing and mastering audio recordings. The most significant changes include: Release of a series of artistic delay plugins. Expanded crossover functionality: added the ability to control phase and delay for each band. A number of changes to the Multi-Sampler: octave numbering has been changed, now starting with "-1" (earlier numbering started with "-2"); […]
Camelot v0.2 has been released — the second minor release of the cross-platform file manager. Changes from version 0.1: Support for macOS Archive handling Ability to open a file in a specified program Support for removable drives File search Localization Deleting to trash Performance improvements Bug fixes and much more. Source: linux.org.ru
The first stable release of the minimalist orchestration system HashiCorp Nomad has been announced, which supports container orchestration using Docker and Podman, Java programs, QEMU virtual machines, regular binaries, and several other methods supported by the community. The project is written in Go and is notable for its tight integration with other HashiCorp projects. For […]
On December 16, the graphical toolkit GTK 4.0 was released. This new version includes new widgets, built-in media player support, GPU acceleration enhancements, and improved support for other operating systems. What's new: Constraint-based layout: a layout building method where the size of elements depends on the boundaries and sizes of others. The data exchange APIs are no longer copies of the same APIs from […]
In the latest version of Kubernetes 1.20, the following significant changes have been made: Kubernetes is transitioning to the Container Runtime Interface (CRI) standard. For running containers, it will no longer use Docker, but any of the implementations of the standard, such as containerd. For most users, the difference will be imperceptible — for instance, any existing Docker images will work fine. However, issues may arise when using […]
CloudLinux has announced plans to invest over a million dollars a year in the development of a CentOS clone, a new distribution called Lenix. The company's CEO, Igor Seletsky, stated that the company will provide all necessary infrastructure for developing the new distribution as part of a non-profit open-source initiative. CloudLinux generates revenue by developing a specialized distribution based on RHEL/CentOS for the needs of […]
Quietly and unceremoniously, the release of kernel version 5.10 has occurred. According to Torvalds himself, the kernel "consists mostly of new drivers with patches sprinkled in," which is not surprising, as the kernel has achieved LTS status. New features include: Support for fast_commit in the Ext4 filesystem. Now applications will write fewer metadata to the cache, speeding up writes! However, it must be explicitly enabled […]
Firefox 84 is now available. This is the last version that supports Adobe Flash. The next release is expected to remove support for NPAPI, as Flash is the only NPAPI plugin allowed to run in Firefox. The list of systems with WebRender enabled has been expanded: Linux: GNOME/X11 (except for systems with proprietary NVIDIA drivers, as well as those with an "Intel graphics and resolution >= 3440×1440" combination). The next release is set to include […]
On December 8, a release of the Intel toolkit set for software development was announced, designed for development using a unified application programming interface (API) for various computing accelerators, including vector instructions for processors (CPU), graphics accelerators (GPU), and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) — Intel oneAPI Toolkits for XPU Software Development. The base toolkit, “oneAPI Base Toolkit,” includes compilers, libraries, and analysis tools […]
Gregory Kurtzer, the founder of the CentOS project, has created a new initiative to 'revive' CentOS — Rocky Linux. For this purpose, the domain rockylinux.org was registered and a repository was created on GitHub. Currently, Rocky Linux is in the planning phase and assembling a developer team. Kurtzer stated that Rocky Linux will be a classic CentOS — '100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat […]