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The first release of the Niri compositor server has been published. The project is inspired by the GNOME extension PaperWM and implements a tiling layout method, where windows are grouped into an endlessly scrollable strip on the screen. Opening a new window causes the strip to expand, while previously added windows never change their size. The project code is written in Rust and is distributed under the […]
On GitLab, one of the developers (Faith Ekstrand) has reported that NVK now supports the Vulkan 1.3 specification. Development for the support of the extensions VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 (vk 1.2) and VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr (vk 1.3) has taken a considerable amount of time. Support for Vulkan 1.3 is now in place, but many extensions still need to be implemented (nvk Extensions:126(56.0%), Version 1.3). Source: linux.org.ru
After five months of development, the release of the console file manager Midnight Commander 4.8.31 has been published, distributed in source code under the GPLv3+ license. The main changes include: Support for LZO/LZOP compression format has been added to VFS. The virtual filesystem uc1541, providing access to disk images of the Commodore VIC20/C64/C128, has been updated to version 3.6. The implementation of the virtual filesystem s3+, used for accessing Amazon AWS S3 storage, […]
The developers of the Slackel distribution, built on the foundations of the Slackware and Salix projects, have presented a build with the custom MATE shell, complementing the previously released environment based on the Openbox window manager. The distribution is formed on the constantly updated Slackware-Current branch and is fully compatible with the Slackware and Salix repositories. The size of the boot image capable of running in Live mode is 2.9 GB (i386 and x86_64). The new release […]
This week, Microsoft announced the start of testing several new features for Windows 11. This includes the use of AI algorithms for noise cancellation during audio and video calls, support for the USB4 2.0 standard, which will provide data transfer speeds of up to 80 Gbps, as well as other useful features. These innovations appeared in Windows 11 build number 26040, which was recently […]
After three months of development, the release of the free Libreboot 20240126 boot firmware has emerged. The update has been designated as a test release (stable releases are published approximately once a year, with the last stable release in June). The project develops a ready-made build of the coreboot project, providing a replacement for proprietary UEFI and BIOS firmware, responsible for initializing the CPU, memory, peripherals, and other hardware components, with […]
Nate Graham, a developer involved in quality control for the KDE project, published another release preparation report for KDE 6, scheduled for February 28. In addition to bug fixes, the user interface of KDE 6 has undergone polishing over the past week. For instance, incremental scrolling has been implemented in the volume control sliders on the panel and in the configurator using user-configurable options […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 9.1 has occurred. Since the release of 9.0, 42 bug reports have been closed and 270 changes have been made. It is worth noting that starting from version 2.x, the Wine project has switched to a version numbering scheme where each stable release increases the first digit of the version number (8.0.0, 9.0.0), while updates […]
One popular method of distributing software across various popular Linux distributions is Flatpak. Flatpak is a utility for deploying, managing packages, and virtualization for Linux. It provides a sandbox in which users can run applications without affecting the main system. Unlike snap, Flatpak is not distributed centrally, and one of the most popular places is Flathub. The repository […]
On January 24, Intel engineers released a major update to the leading open-source AI toolkit, OpenVINO 2023.3. It provides full support for the new Emerald Rapids and Meteor Lake processors, as well as other Intel hardware improvements for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large language models (LLM). OpenVINO 2023.3 introduces the OpenVINO Gen AI repository […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-40547) has been identified in the Shim layer used in most Linux distributions for verified boot in UEFI Secure Boot mode, which may lead to remote code execution and bypassing the UEFI Secure Boot verification mechanism. An attacker controlling the HTTP server contacted by Shim could return a specially crafted response, leading to controlled writes into a buffer overflow area for […]
On January 23, a message appeared on the GitHub page of the Open Broadcaster Software project announcing the completion of support for AV1 video encoding using the Linux Video Acceleration API (VA-API). On May 2, 2023, a merge request for OBS FFmpeg to add AV1 VA-API support was opened, and as of the evening of January 23, that code has been merged. Code […]