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The programming language Hare, marketed as a systems programming language that is easier than C but close to it, has added support for the OpenBSD operating system. OpenBSD is the first new platform added to Hare since the project's initial release in April 2022, which originally supported only Linux and FreeBSD. The Hare compiler was ported to OpenBSD about a year […]
The developers of the Arch Linux distribution announced the completion of the migration of the bug tracking system to the GitLab platform and the inclusion of support for merge requests on the GitLab server hosting the project. The modernization of the bug tracking system has been the next step following the migration of the package development infrastructure from Subversion to Git and GitLab. The old bug tracking interface, based on the Flyspray platform, will […]
The release of the GNU Mes 0.26 toolkit has been published, providing the bootstrapping process for GCC and enabling a closed-loop rebuild from source. The toolkit addresses the issue of a verified initial build of the compiler in distributions, breaking the chain of cyclic rebuilding (where compiled executables require already built compilers, and binary builds of the compiler may potentially harbor hidden backdoors, thus preventing […]
The first release of the LDL (Little DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library is now available, designed to work on legacy hardware. The library provides a simple cross-platform API for working with 2D graphics, window management, and OS events, suitable for developing simple games and multimedia applications. In practice, the library is already being used in the development of an alternative open game engine for the game Arcanum. Code […]
The release of CoreBoot 4.22 is now available, which develops a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS. The project's code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. A total of 135 developers contributed to the new version, preparing 977 changes. It is noted that starting from the next release, the project will switch to a new version naming scheme tied to the date (year.month.update), for example, in February 2024 […]
The release of 4MLinux 44.0 has been announced, a minimalistic user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment for playing multimedia files and solving user tasks but also as a system for recovery from failures and a platform for running LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […]
After more than three months of development, version 4.7.0 of the LaTeX document editor TeXstudio, written in C++ using the Qt framework (versions 5 and 6 supported), has been released. Change log: automatic removal of the inserted closing bracket if the opening bracket was deleted by pressing backspace; parsing optimized; the TeXdoc dialog now shows packages (optionally all) in a list with the ability to search. A new button […]
Google released version 14 of the Fuchsia operating system, which serves as the basis for preliminary firmware updates for the Google Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max smart displays. The Fuchsia OS has been developed by Google since 2016, addressing the shortcomings in scalability and security present in the Android platform. Key changes in Fuchsia 14: Enhanced capabilities of the Starnix layer, providing […]
I present to you the first version of the multimedia library Little DirectMedia Layer, abbreviated as LDL, developed by me. The library is written in C++98 standard, allowing it to be compiled starting from Visual C++ 6.0. The code is distributed under the Boost Software License 1.0. However, the library does not restrict programmers in their choice of C++ language standards, and they can use any modern standard of the language. I […]
The release of the integrated development environment Apache NetBeans 20 has been announced, providing support for the programming languages Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript, Rust, and Groovy. Ready-made builds have been created for Linux (snap, flatpak), Windows, and macOS. Among the proposed changes: For Java projects, support for JDK 21 has been added. The input enhancement system has been updated with new features from Java 21. […]
The non-linear video editor Shotcut 23.11 has been released. The main innovation is the addition of easing control for keyframes. Other updates include: A button for Crop: Rectangle > Apply to Source for quick video cropping without changing the aspect ratio. Added opacity settings for the GPS text, Text: Simple, and Timer filters. Improved performance for zooming in the timeline. Rectangular selection has been implemented on the timeline […]
Cinelerra-gg is a multi-track video editor and compositor for Linux (a port for Free/NetBSD is also in development). Notable features include: independence from python/qt/gtk during operation (python3 is required for building); a relatively fast engine; the ability to work with 32-bit floating-point data per channel (however, currently there is clipping of samples with values exceeding 1.0f; […]
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