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Release of desktop environment Trinity R14.1.2, continuing the development of KDE 3.5

The release of the Trinity R14.1.2 desktop environment has been published, continuing the development of the KDE 3.5.x and Qt 3 codebase. Binary packages will soon be prepared for Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE and other distributions. Among the features of Trinity are its own tools for managing screen parameters, a udev-based layer for working with equipment, a new interface for […]

Lennart Pottering introduced run0, a sudo replacement integrated into systemd

Lennart Pottering introduced the run0 utility, which allows you to run processes under the identifiers of other users. The new utility is positioned as a more secure replacement for the sudo program, implemented as an add-on to the systemd-run command and allowing you to get rid of the use of an executable file with the SUID flag. The run0 utility is included in the release candidate release of systemd 256. It is noted that […]

OpenAI will be able to legally train AI using Financial Times publications

The spread of artificial intelligence systems, which used large volumes of texts, works of art and other intellectual property to train their language data, encountered opposition from copyright holders. The Financial Times was able to conclude a licensing agreement with OpenAI. Image source: Unsplash, Toa HeftibaSource: 3dnews.ru

The Chinese auto industry will produce twice as many electric vehicles and hybrids as it can sell in China

Concerns among many experts and policymakers outside China about the prospect of overproduction of electric vehicles in the domestic market have some basis, the Nikkei Asian Review reported, citing local media. Next year, local manufacturers will produce 36 million hybrids and electric vehicles in China, but will only be able to sell 17 million units within the country. Image source: BYDSource: […]

Shotcut 24.04 Video Editor Release

The release of the video editor Shotcut 24.04 is available, which is developed by the author of the MLT project and uses this framework to organize video editing. Support for video and audio formats is implemented through FFmpeg. It is possible to use plugins with the implementation of video and audio effects compatible with Frei0r and LADSPA. Among the features of Shotcut, one can note the possibility of multi-track editing with the layout of video from fragments in […]