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The release of FreeType 2.10.2 has been announced, a modular font engine that provides a unified API for standardizing the processing and rendering of font data in various vector and raster formats. The most significant innovation is the support for fonts in WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format), which employs the Brotli compression algorithm. Additionally, the CFF engine has added support for Type 1 fonts without whole […]
DosBox is an emulator for computers running MS-DOS. The latest version, 0.74, was released ten years ago. Recently, a stable version of the fork was released. A number of long-standing bugs have been fixed (for instance, Arcade Volleyball is now functioning), recent library versions have been supported, and some conveniences have been added. New: SDL 2.0 instead of 1.2 Emulation of CD audio tracks from FLAC, Opus, Vorbis, MP3 files via imgmount (who […]
The fourth corrective update for Debian 10 has been released, which includes accumulated package updates and fixes for issues in the installer. The release includes 108 updates addressing stability issues and 53 updates for vulnerability fixes. Notable changes in Debian 10.4 include updates to the latest stable versions of the packages postfix, clamav, dav4tbsync, dpdk, nvidia-graphics-drivers, tbsync, waagent. Packages have been removed […]
The release of the server Linux distribution Zentyal 6.2 is available, built on the package base of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, specializing in creating servers for supporting local networks of small and medium-sized businesses. This distribution is positioned as an alternative to Windows Small Business Server and includes components to replace Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server services. The size of the ISO image is 1.1 […]
The TileDB 2.0 storage system has been published, optimized for storing multidimensional arrays and data used in scientific calculations. Application areas for TileDB include various systems for processing genetic information, spatial, and financial data, i.e., systems operating with sparse or continuously filled multidimensional arrays. TileDB offers a C++ library for transparent abstraction of access to data and metadata in applications, taking […]
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.