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A new version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 distribution has been released. This is an update of the previous branch, which will be supported parallelly with the RHEL 9.x branch until 2029. Installation builds are prepared for various architectures but are only available to registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal. RHEL 8.10 is the last release in the 8.x branch, formed during the full support stage, which includes functional […]
The Core i5-14400F is a processor with a very poor performance-to-price ratio. Even Intel has cheaper and more powerful solutions. Therefore, in this review, we thoroughly tested the not-so-impressive Core i5-14400F, but rather the much more capable Core i5-12600KF. And for good reason! Source: 3dnews.ru
The Rust Foundation has published statistics indicating that out of 127,000 significant packages presented in the crates.io catalog, over 24,000 (19.11%) use the keyword "unsafe" to enable features that allow unsafe memory operations in certain blocks of code, such as pointer dereferencing, calling external functions, or modifying static variables. 34.35% of packages make direct function calls […]
One of the 13 root DNS servers (c.root-servers.net) that support the functioning of the DNS root zone (the initial link in the domain name resolution chain, providing information about DNS servers serving top-level domains and keys for their verification using DNSSEC) was out of sync with the other root DNS servers for four days. The root DNS server 'C' (192.33.4.12) is supported by 12 servers located […]
For those who reacted negatively to the emergence of AI-generated information summaries in Google search results, a method has been found to forcibly restore the search engine to displaying the traditional 'ten blue links' by default—without advice to have glue and run with scissors, and without the need to manually enable the 'Web version' option each time. The option with a 'clean' Google search result was suggested by […]
Following the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4, an update for the previous branch Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 has been published, which will be supported alongside the RHEL 9.x branch until at least 2029. Installation builds are prepared for x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le, and Aarch64 architectures, but are available for download only to registered Red Hat customers […]
Along with the transition of the GNOME OS distribution to using the systemd-sysupdate component for atomic system updates, the development of a new installer for GNOME OS has begun. The development is currently at the initial prototype stage, based on the interface mockups released in April by the GNOME project designers. At this stage of development, the focus is mainly on the overall architecture and […]
The release of CoreBoot 24.05 has been announced, which develops a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The new version includes 722 changes, with the participation of 131 developers. Major changes: 64-bit CoreBoot builds have been declared stable and ready for production deployments. Support for 2 processors (POWER9 and RISC-V) and 25 platforms has been implemented. […]
The release of the sane-backends package 1.3.1 has been published, which includes a set of drivers, the command-line utility scanimage, the background process saned for network scanning, and libraries implementing SANE-API. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Release 1.3.0 was skipped due to issues in the build infrastructure. The package supports 1804 (up from 1747 in the previous version) models of scanners, of which 825 (up from 815) […]
Version 3.20.0 of the Alpine Linux distribution has been released with initial support for 64-bit RISC-V. Other significant changes include updates to GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6, and the replacement of Redis with Valkey due to Redis adopting a non-free license model. Additional information about this release can be found in the release notes. Alpine Linux is a minimalist distribution built on musl libc and […]
SQLite 3.46 has been released, a lightweight database management system designed as a dynamic library. The SQLite code is released into the public domain, meaning it can be used without restrictions or compensation for any purpose. The financial support for SQLite developers is provided by a specially created consortium. Key changes: The ability to use the ‘_’ separator in numbers for better readability of numeric literals (for example, 1_234_567) has been introduced. Additional […]
In a recently published post titled 'Ubuntu Desktop’s 24.10 Dev Cycle — The Roadmap', Oliver Smith stated that developers plan to make Wayland the default graphics server for all users. Starting with Ubuntu 24.10, it will be available for NVIDIA graphics cards. The developers also noted that adding Wayland in interim releases will help them identify and resolve potential issues, which may […]