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Main changes: Added a 256-color video mode 640×480 Bug fixes in the CD-ROM emulator An invalid operation handler for opcode 0xff subcode 7 has been added An undocumented x87 instruction — FFREEP — has been added Improvements in the 0x10 interrupt handler Support for 16C550A FIFO added for emulating the serial port Bug fixes related to RTC, EMS, UMB Support for emulating Tandy DAC added Bug fixes related to SoundBlaster emulation, […]
The American company Triton Submarines has introduced the tourist submarine DeepView 24, which will allow tourists to dive to a depth of up to 100 meters and enjoy panoramic views of the seabed. Sea life enthusiasts can observe underwater creatures from inside a huge transparent tube, tall enough to stand upright. The submarine is equipped with air conditioning and accommodates […]
The developers of the OpenBSD project have released a portable edition of the LibreSSL 3.1.1 package, which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on robust support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary functionality, adding additional protective measures, and conducting significant cleaning and restructuring of the codebase. LibreSSL 3.1.1 is marked as the first stable release of the branch […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 5.8 — has been made. Since the release of version 5.7, 44 bug reports have been closed and 322 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: implementation of Plug & Play device connection notifications; improved support for building with Clang in MSVC compatibility mode; continued development of the WineD3D backend based on the Vulkan API; added […]
Ten years after the last major release, DOSBox Staging 0.75 has been published, a development taken on by enthusiasts within a new project that has gathered numerous scattered patches in one place. DOSBox is a cross-platform emulator of the MS-DOS environment, written using the SDL library and developed to run old DOS games on Linux, Windows, and macOS. DOSBox Staging is being developed […]
A new stable release of the interface for simplifying network parameter configuration has been published — NetworkManager 1.24. Plugins for supporting VPNs, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN are being developed within their own development cycles. Key innovations in NetworkManager 1.24: Support for virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) network interfaces has been added; Support for the OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC […] connection negotiation method has been added.
Microsoft has released the Playwright 1.0 project, providing a universal API for automating operations in browser interfaces. For example, Playwright makes it possible to prepare a script for opening a specific website in a new tab, filling/submitting a form, hovering the cursor over specific elements, verifying against benchmark results, or taking a screenshot. The project is organized as a library for the Node.js platform and is provided under the Apache […] license.
A new release of the Rebecca Black Linux distribution 2020-05-05 has been formed, aimed at familiarizing users with the latest developments in supporting Wayland across various desktop environments and applications. The distribution is built on a Debian package base and includes a fresh release of Wayland libraries (from the master branch), the composite server Weston, and pre-configured environments for working with Wayland such as KDE, GNOME, Enlightenment E21, Wayfire, and Liri […]
OpenIndiana is a community project that continues the OpenSolaris project. The OpenIndiana Hipster 2020.04 release includes the following innovations: All OI-specific applications have been migrated from Python 2.7 to 3.5, including the Caiman installer (slim_source). The installation images no longer contain Python 2.7, however, some programs may still rely on it. The primary system compiler is now […]
Recently we wrote about the fan-made PC port of Super Mario 64 with support for DirectX 12, ray tracing, and 4K resolution. Knowing how intolerant Nintendo is towards fan projects related to its intellectual property, players had no doubt that the company would soon demand its removal. It happened even faster than expected—less than a week later. As reported by TorrentFreak, lawyers from the American company […]
Mozilla has paused the promotion of Firefox 76 through the automatic update delivery system until the release of update 76.0.1, which is expected today or tomorrow. The decision was made due to the discovery of two serious issues in Firefox 76. The first issue causes crashes on 32-bit Windows 7 systems with certain NVIDIA drivers, while the second affects the functionality of some extensions, including Amazon Assistant, which is officially offered […]
The Document Foundation announces the availability for testing of the alpha version of LibreOffice 7.0 and invites participation in the bug hunt organized on May 11. The ready builds (RPM and DEB packages that can be installed alongside the stable version) will be posted in the pre-releases section. Report any found bugs to the developers in the project's bugzilla. Feel free to ask questions and get […]