Developer Jan Kara from SUSE proposed a patch that removes support for Xenix, SystemV/386, and Coherent file systems from the Linux kernel. This code has been marked as orphaned since 2023, with no one stepping up to maintain it since then. Maintainer Christian Brauner, responsible for file systems in the kernel, agreed […]
The architecture of the new language model resembles Llama or Qwen, but it has been trained completely from scratch. The similarity allows the use of the same toolkit. The pre-trained version of the large language model YandexGPT 5 Lite has 8 billion parameters with a context length of 32k tokens. Special attention was paid to the Russian language during the model's training, with materials in Russian making up over 70% of the dataset. The senior model YandexGPT 5 […]
The first release of the OpenCloud platform has been introduced, allowing users to deploy a system for file sharing and collaborative work on content on their own server. The project is presented as an open alternative to proprietary systems such as Microsoft SharePoint, Google Drive, and Dropbox, complying with GDPR requirements. OpenCloud is a fork of the OCIS (ownCloud Infinite Scale) platform, rewritten from PHP to Go, unlike the original codebase […]
After a year-long hiatus, version 1.96 of the Gifsicle console utility has been released. This tool is designed for creating and editing images and animations in the GIF format, as well as for retrieving information about files in this format. The package also includes utilities gifdiff and gifview (for X11) for comparing and viewing GIF files, respectively. The utility is written in C and is distributed […]
The FreeBSD developers have published a development report for the fourth quarter of 2024, which mentions the bsd-user-4-linux project that is developing tools for running applications compiled for FreeBSD on Linux. The project's goal is to achieve the ability to build applications using FreeBSD tools in Linux, as well as to build packages for FreeBSD in Linux using the native FreeBSD build tools. To run executable […]
Oracle has published the release of Solaris Operating System 11.4 SRU 78 (Support Repository Update), which offers a series of significant changes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the fixes proposed in the update, simply execute the command ‘pkg update’. Users can also take advantage of the free edition of Solaris 11.4 CBE (Common Build Environment), developed using a continuous publication model of new […]
Mozilla has announced that Firefox will be subject to terms of use in addition to the open-source MPL license, which outlines the requirements users must agree to in order to work with the product branded as Firefox. It was noted that previously Mozilla relied solely on the MPL license and public commitments, but due to changes in the technological landscape, it decided to formally establish requirements and […]
The release of Nextcloud Hub 10 has been announced, providing a self-sufficient solution for organizing collaboration among enterprise employees and teams engaged in various projects. Simultaneously, the underlying cloud platform Nextcloud 31 has been released, enabling the deployment of cloud storage with synchronization and data sharing support, allowing users to view and edit data from any device anywhere on the network (uploads […]
On February 24, after more than a year of development, the release of version 0.11.22 of the cross-platform audio capture and playback library miniaudio, written in C and distributed as public domain, took place. Miniaudio works on all major desktop and mobile platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, iOS, Android, and Web (via Emscripten) without any third-party dependencies. The library features a simple, flexible, and modular API […]
Corrective releases of X.Org Server 21.1.16 and the DDX component (Device-Dependent X) xwayland 24.1.6 have been published, enabling the running of X.Org Server to facilitate the execution of X11 applications in Wayland-based environments. The new version of X.Org Server fixes 8 vulnerabilities. These issues could potentially be exploited for privilege escalation in systems where the X server runs with root privileges, as well as for remote execution […]
The developers of the EdgeDB database announced the renaming of the project to Gel. At the same time, a new significant release has been formed — Gel 6.0. The reason for the name change is mentioned as the desire to eliminate misleading connotations caused by the use of the word 'edge', which led many to perceive the project as a database for edge computing or as a graph-oriented database. The renaming has only affected brand elements. The project's structure, goals […]
The release of the Linux distribution Armbian 25.2 has been announced, providing a compact system environment for single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V, and x86 architectures, supporting various models like Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi, and Cubieboard based on Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, Radxa, and Samsung Exynos processors. To form the assemblies […]