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It's amusing how the history of open models for converting text prompts into images, developed and trained by Stability AI, resembles a series of ups and downs like the successions of Microsoft OS releases. After the legendary success of XP, we saw the problematic Vista; then the fantastic 'Seven' — followed by the fruitless Windows 8. Stable Diffusion, though initially unremarkable, has gradually […]
The release of Nobara 40 distribution has been published, based on the Fedora Linux 40 package base and includes additional fixes addressing known issues encountered when running computer games, streaming, and performing content creation tasks. Nine installation images have been prepared for download: the official version with a styled KDE, additional ones with clean GNOME and KDE environments, and Steam-HTPC for Steam Deck on […]
The StartWine-Launcher project has developed an application designed to run Windows-based applications and games on Linux systems. The main goal of the StartWine-Launcher development was to simplify the process for beginners to create Wine prefixes — sets of Windows libraries and dependencies needed to run Windows applications on Linux. Features include a container based on runimage, no need to install system dependencies, and […]
American cloud-based software development tool provider GitLab, which counts Alphabet (the parent company of Google) among its investors, is exploring the possibility of a sale amid interest from potential buyers. This was reported by Reuters citing its own informed sources. The report states that GitLab, valued at around $8 billion, is working with investment bankers on the sales process. […]
The release of the nftables 1.1.0 packet filter has been published, unifying the filtering interfaces for IPv4, IPv6, ARP, and network bridges (aiming to replace iptables, ip6tables, arptables, and ebtables). The significant change in version number is not due to any radical changes, but rather a result of the continuous decimal numbering (the previous release was 1.0.9). At the same time, the release of the associated library libnftnl has been published […]
An international team of scientists led by British colleagues has broken their own record for data transmission speed over standard fiber optics. Previously achieving data transmission at a level of 302 Tbps, the new record has been set at 402 Tbps. An important aspect of this achievement was that ordinary off-the-shelf fiber was used in the experiment, which promises to raise speeds already […]
Audacity, a free and cross-platform audio editor, has been updated to version 3.6. Key features include: Master Effects: These effects are applied to the entire project at once, simplifying sound processing. New compressor and limiter effects: These effects now show the gain reduction history when used in real-time. New and improved themes: New dark and light themes have been added. Users can switch between themes […]
Google has announced the release of the source code for the Google Blocks project, which provides a virtual 3D environment for creating scenes, objects, and models for virtual and augmented reality systems. The program operates using virtual reality headsets, allowing for the creation of models directly within a virtual three-dimensional environment instead of traditional 3D element development processes using flat screens. The code is written in […]
The OpenELA (Open Enterprise Linux Association), formed by companies CIQ (Rocky Linux), Oracle, and SUSE to collaborate on RHEL compatibility, has announced the launch of an automated system that allows the source texts of packages to be made publicly available just days after the release of new Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions. Currently, this is supported by the project […]
Oracle has released a patch for VirtualBox 7.0.20, which includes 8 fixes: The host and guest additions for Linux systems now provide initial support for kernel packages delivered in RHEL 9.5 and openSUSE 15.6. It also resolves an issue with extra lines being attached when copying text via shared […]
The specialized Tails 6.5 distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on Debian 12, has been released with the GNOME 43 desktop environment and is intended for anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by the packet filter. For storing user data in […]
During the Zen5 Tech Day event, where details about the Ryzen 9000 desktop processors and Ryzen AI 300 mobile chips were revealed, AMD also shared plans regarding the release of future architectures — Zen 6 and Zen 6c. AMD did not provide even approximate timelines for the announcement of products based on Zen 6 and Zen 6c, nor did it disclose […]