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Ten years after the source code of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 was released, Microsoft announced the opening of the source code for the MS-DOS 4.0 operating system, originally released in 1988 and developed in collaboration with IBM. The code is open under the MIT license, which allows for free modifications, distribution, and use in products. In addition to the code, documentation is also available […]
TSMC has presented a new 4–5 nm process technology — N4C. It aims to reduce the cost of products based on it by 8.5% compared to the N4P process while maintaining continuity in equipment and design tools. Additionally, N4C is designed to reduce the defect rate in chip production. Image source: TSMC Source: 3dnews.ru
The release of Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat" has occurred, classified as a long-term support (LTS) release, with updates being provided for 12 years (5 years of general availability plus an additional 7 years for users of the Ubuntu Pro service). Installation images have been created for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, […]
The release of Nextcloud Hub 8 has been announced, providing a self-sufficient solution for organizing collaboration among enterprise employees and teams developing various projects. Concurrently, the underlying Nextcloud 28 cloud platform has been released, allowing for the deployment of a cloud storage solution with support for synchronization and data sharing, enabling viewing and editing of data from any device anywhere on the network (with […]
PyBoy version 2.0.3 has been released. PyBoy is a GameBoy handheld console emulator, written in Python and Cython. Some improvements compared to version 2.0 include: fixed issues with .py files in the sdist package; significantly reduced the size of PyPI files, with pip install speed slightly increased; internal optimizations of breakpoints made; ReadOnly error fixed; a delay added in the send_input function. […]
The release of Node.js 22.0 has taken place, a platform for running network applications in JavaScript. Node.js 22.0 is classified as part of the long-term support branches, but this status will be granted only in October, after stabilization. Support for Node.js 22.x will be provided until April 30, 2027. The previous LTS branch Node.js 20.x will be maintained until April 2026, while the earlier LTS branch […]
Google has announced another adjustment to its plans for ending third-party cookie support in the Chrome browser, which are set when accessing sites different from the domain of the current page. Originally, third-party cookie support was scheduled to end by 2022, then the deadline was pushed to mid-2023, and it has since been shifted again to the fourth quarter of 2024. […]
Matthew Kosarek, a developer from Canonical, has proposed the beginning of the formation of official Spin builds of Fedora Linux with a user environment based on the Miracle window manager, using the Wayland protocol and components for building composite managers Mir. The Spin edition of Fedora with Miracle is planned to be delivered starting with the release of Fedora Linux 41. The proposal has not yet been reviewed by the FESCo committee (Fedora […]
The release of Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.2 has been published, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and managing virtual servers using LXC and KVM, capable of serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 1.3 GB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully ready virtual […]
After a 6-month trial period, the official communications of the Xfce project are moving from IRC to Matrix. The old IRC channels will remain open for now, but the official channels are now on Matrix. This change affects the following channels: #xfce on libera.chat → #xfce:matrix.org #xfce-dev on libera.chat → #xfce-dev:matrix.org – development discussion #xfce-commits on libera.chat → #xfce-commits:matrix.org – notable GitLab activity Previously, many IRC participants […]
A corrective release 0.9.2 of the Pluto console interpreter and embedded library has been made available – an alternative implementation of the Lua 5.4 language with numerous changes and improvements in syntax, the standard library, and the interpreter. The project participants are also developing the Soup library. The projects are written in C++ and distributed under the MIT license. Change log: fixed a compilation error on the aarch64 architecture; corrected method calls […]
After a year of development, RT-Thread 5.1, a real-time operating system (RTOS) for Internet of Things devices, is now available. The system has been developed since 2006 by a community of Chinese developers and is currently ported for 154 platforms, chips, and microcontrollers based on x86, ARM, MIPS, C-SKY, Xtensa, ARC, and RISC-V architectures. The minimalist version of RT-Thread (Nano) requires just 3 KB of memory […]