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Arnd Bergmann, responsible for kernel packaging at SUSE, has published a plan on the Linux kernel developers' mailing list to eliminate the kernel and GCC build toolchain code that supports old ARM CPUs and associated ABIs, instruction sets, and kernel features. The plan is currently in the RFC stage, meaning it is open for community discussion. […]
Ampere Computing has announced the 512-core AmpereOne Aurora processor for data centers, along with pricing for the previously introduced 96-, 128-, 144-, 160-, and 192-core AmpereOne M chips, and provided updates on the development of the AmpereOne MX processors, which will offer up to 256 cores. The AmpereOne processors are designed for high-density data centers. They not only compete with […]
After 8 months of development, the free hypervisor Xen 4.19 has been released. Companies such as Amazon, Arm, EPAM Systems, and AMD participated in the development of the new release. Updates for the Xen 4.19 branch will continue until February 2026, while publication of vulnerability fixes will go on until August 2027. Key changes in Xen 4.19 include support for ARM architecture systems […]
The Circle to Search feature, which allows users to initiate an image search by drawing around an area on the screen, has appeared in beta versions of Google ChromeOS 127 and Chrome 128 for Windows and macOS. Initially debuting on Samsung Galaxy S24 and Google Pixel 8 smartphones, the feature quickly spread to other devices. Circle to Search enables searching based on visual […]
On July 30, the release of version 0.14 of the command-line utility trurl (tr for URLs), written in C using the curl_url_set function from the libcurl library, took place. The utility is intended for parsing and other manipulations with URLs. Changes include: the use of a custom implementation instead of strncasemp; support for strict prefix with the command —get; addition of conditional assignment operator ?= with the command —set; removal of unnecessary translation […]
Daniel Robbins, the founder of the Gentoo distribution, who stepped away from the project in 2009, has announced the cessation of development for the Funtoo Linux distribution, which he had been developing since 2006 as a project to further enhance the technologies present in Gentoo. The reason for closing the project is cited as the loss of interest and a desire to devote his time to other pursuits. Management will be handed over to other […]
The release of the Redis 7.4 database management system, classified as a NoSQL system, has been published. Redis provides features for storing data in a key/value format, enhanced with support for structured data formats such as lists, hashes, and sets, as well as the ability to execute handler scripts on the server side in Lua. Unlike in-memory storage systems like Memcached, Redis stores the database not […]
Google has rolled out the Chrome 127.0.6533.88 update, which fixes three vulnerabilities, including a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-6990) that allows bypassing all browser security layers and executing code in the system beyond the sandbox environment. Details have not yet been disclosed, but it is known that the critical vulnerability is related to the use of uninitialized values in the Dawn component implementing the WebGPU specification. The other two vulnerabilities are marked as […]
Japanese developer Keigo Oka demonstrated that a Turing-complete computational environment can be created using the GNU find and mkdir utilities, allowing for the implementation of any computable function and self-replication. Previously, the possibility of creating such an environment was demonstrated for the sed and awk utilities. Implementations confirming Turing completeness are provided based on find […]
Five years after the last release, a specialized boot image of Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 has been introduced, designed for booting any systems in situations where users encounter bootloader damage, inability to boot the system, or overwriting of the main bootloader in multi-OS setups. A console interface is provided for managing and searching available bootable systems […]
On July 27, version 1.28.0 of the jdupes console utility was released, written in C and distributed under the MIT license. The utility is designed to find duplicate files, with options for deletion, block deduplication, or replacement with links. In the new version, security fixes from the in-development version 2 have been ported; crashes when creating a new hash database have been fixed; performance of name length calculation has been improved; […]
Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 (Focal) is a mobile operating system from UBports focused on freedom and privacy. This update is part of the 20.04 series and includes several important changes and improvements. Key innovations: Improved power profile system: the system can now distinguish between 'supported' and 'interactive' modes on supported devices. Fix for settings migration: an issue with migrating settings when updating from […]