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On October 23, the 50th release of the 0.5.0 free, BSD-licensed real-time OS for embedded systems Embox took place: Changes: Added the ability to separate streams and tasks Added the ability to set the task stack size Improved STM32 support (added support for the f1 series, cleaned up the f3, f4, f7, l4 series) Improved ttyS subsystem performance Added support for NETLINK sockets Simplified DNS configuration […]
GDB is a source code debugger for Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Go, Rust, and many other programming languages. GDB supports debugging on over a dozen different architectures and can run on the most popular software platforms (GNU/Linux, Unix, and Microsoft Windows). GDB 10.1 includes the following changes and improvements: Support for debugging BPF (bpf-unknown-none) GDBserver now supports the following […]
This release fixes 36 bugs, including mouse cursor issues and crashes of Wine when running on FreeBSD 12.1. New in this release: Additional work on implementing the DSS cryptographic provider. A number of fixes for windowless RichEdit. Support for FLS callbacks. Added window resizing in the new console implementation Various bug fixes. The source code can be downloaded from […]
At the request of the RIAA, the main repository of the youtube-dl source code and all its forks on github.com have been blocked. All download links and documentation from the website https://youtube-dl.org return a 404 error, but the page on pypi.org (packages for pip, requiring Python installation) remains operational for now. youtube-dl is a popular open-source program for downloading video and audio files from several popular sites: […]
The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), which is responsible for the development of internet protocols and architecture, has published RFC 8905 describing the new resource identifier (URI) "payto:" designed for organizing interactions with payment systems. RFC has attained the status of a "Proposed Standard", after which work will begin to elevate the RFC to a Draft Standard status, effectively meaning complete stabilization of the protocol and consideration of all the feedback provided […]
The final version of the software synthesizer Odin 2 for Linux has been released in VST3 and LV2 formats. The source code is available under the GPLv3+ license on GitHub. Features: 24 voices; 3 OSC, 3 filters, separate distortion, 4 FX, 4 ADSR envelopes, 4 LFOs; modulation matrix; arpeggiator; step sequencer; XY-Pad for combining modulation sources; scalable interface. Documentation is available in PDF. Source: […]
Keith Packard, an active developer of Debian, leader of the X.Org project, and creator of many X extensions, including XRender, XComposite, and XRandR, has released version 1.4.7 of the standard C library PicoLibc, developed for use in embedded devices with limited permanent storage and RAM. Part of the code was borrowed from the newlib library from the Cygwin project and AVR Libc during development.
The release of the Ubuntu 20.10 'Groovy Gorilla' distribution is now available, which is categorized as an interim release, with updates being provided for 9 months (support will continue until July 2021). Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, and UbuntuKylin (the edition for China). Key changes include updated application versions.
Another release of the open-source operating system — 9front — has been announced. 9front, plan9 (as well as inferno) are operating systems that were ahead of their time, combining traits such as extreme clarity and conciseness of basic abstractions. Together, this provides a daunting (for the average POSIX user) architectural transparency and simplicity in solving complex tasks.
Microsoft Corporation has released a beta version of its Edge browser for Linux, available for download in the developer channel. Microsoft Edge is a browser developed by Microsoft, first released in 2015 alongside the very first version of Windows 10. It replaced Internet Explorer. Initially, it operated on its proprietary EdgeHTML engine, but later Microsoft decided to switch to […]
Following the release of the new version of OpenBSD this week, the NetBSD team has also launched a significant update in the form of NetBSD 9.1. NetBSD 9.1 includes numerous enhancements, such as: the default inclusion of a new X11 window manager and other desktop improvements; improved touchpad and trackpoint functionality for Lenovo ThinkPad laptops; enhanced performance […]
Firefox 82 is now available. Pages using flexbox load 20% faster, and session recovery is improved by 17%. The appearance of the picture-in-picture mode activation button has changed (you can compare the old and new versions here). On macOS, you can use the shortcut 'Option + Command + Shift + Right Bracket' to activate the mode before playback starts. When saving […]