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Windows crashes three times more often than macOS — with a 7.5 times gap in hang-ups.

The analytics company Omnissa has released a report indicating that Windows corporate environments experience crashes, freezes, and failures much more frequently than macOS, leading to significant productivity losses and growing stability issues. The report reveals some statistics on how unstable Windows can be in corporate environments. The detection of errors in Windows has long been a topic of concern for many […]

Froggy-BLC 1.0 (Book-Like CMS)

A stable release (1.0) of the Book-Like CMS "Froggy-BLC" has taken place, which operates on files without a database. In this release: Russian Typographer Intelligent “Quotation-Maker-Tree” Ad Block visible on every page Updated “Gallery” Fully stabilized Fault Tolerance Edits “UNOBSCURED LOGIC” – unraveled logic Numerous fixes Numerous small improvements (details in the commits) NB: The author does not know how to write quality code, so […]

Fossil SCM 2.28

After five and a half months of development, version 2.28 of the simple and highly reliable distributed cross-platform configuration management system Fossil SCM has been released, developed by SQLite's author, Dwayne Richard Hipp. Fossil SCM stands out among version control systems with its radical simplicity of deployment: the whole project is a single executable file with no external dependencies, which simultaneously serves as a VCS, embedded web server, bug tracker, wiki, forum, and chat. […]

Third beta version of Android 17.

Google has introduced the third beta version of the open mobile platform Android 17, marking the stabilization of the platform and the end of changes to the API ahead of the upcoming release. A beta testing program has been offered to evaluate the new capabilities of the platform. Firmware builds have been prepared for the Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9a/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10/10 […]

Greg Kroah-Hartman stated that LLMs have become better at finding bugs.

Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Dutch Linux developer, spoke to The Register about changes in the vulnerability reports generated by AI. About a month ago, the quality of AI-generated vulnerability reports significantly improved. Previously, much of them was just nonsense, but according to Kroah-Hartman, this was not a major issue for the kernel (unlike cURL) — as there are many developers, and […]

Release of MicroPythonOS 0.9, a GUI operating system for microcontrollers.

The release of MicroPythonOS version 0.9.0 is now available, an operating system for microcontrollers such as the ESP32, developed using the MicroPython toolkit. The operating system features a graphical interface designed with consideration for Android and iOS, supporting touch screen controls. Use cases for MicroPythonOS include Internet of Things (IoT) devices, home automation systems, interactive displays, robots, and smart wearables […]

Beta release of Ubuntu 26.04

A beta release of the Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ distribution has been introduced, following a complete freeze of the package base, with developers now focused on final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for April 23. The 26.04 branch falls under the category of long-term support (LTS) releases, with updates provided for 15 years (5 years publicly available, plus another 10 years […]

GitRiver 1.0 — self-hosted platform for managing git repositories

The first public release of GitRiver has occurred – a self-hosted platform for managing git repositories, written in Rust. The platform combines repository hosting, continuous integration, container registry, package registry, Kubernetes deployment management, task management, and merge requests in one binary. The platform consumes about 100 MB of RAM when idle. Installation requires only Docker Compose and PostgreSQL. […]

Readiness of the Fedora Forge collaborative development platform

The CLE (Community Linux Engineering Team), established at Red Hat to address technical challenges within the Fedora and CentOS projects, such as providing infrastructure, preparing releases, and ensuring quality, has announced the readiness of the Fedora Forge collaborative development platform, built on the Forgejo project. The Fedora Forge project is created to replace the existing Pagure platform used in Fedora […]

Interview with Greg Crow-Hartman about AI-generated error reports

At the KubeCon Europe conference, The Register interviewed Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is responsible for maintaining stable and ‘staging’ branches of the Linux kernel, serving as the maintainer in 16 kernel subsystems. The interview discusses Greg's perspective on bug reports generated by AI. AI is already being utilized in the kernel for reviewing changes in the networking subsystem, eBPF, and […]

Q-Day is closer than everyone thought: Google has significantly advanced the timelines for the breakdown of almost all modern cryptography.

Unexpectedly for all cybersecurity experts, Google announced a significant acceleration in the timeline for Q-Day—the moment when quantum computers will be able to break modern public-key cryptography. In the material published on March 25, 2026, the company stated it now plans to be fully prepared for this event by 2029, rather than in the more distant future, […]

Alt Education 11.1

A minor release of the operating system "Alt Education" 11.1 has been released. The build is prepared for x86_64 and AArch64 based on the 6.12 (LTS) kernel. Download image from ftp.altlinux.org download.basealt.ru mirror.yandex.ru In the new image, it is now possible to choose only one desktop environment during installation—KDE Plasma or Xfce. By default, the system offers the updated KDE Plasma 6. An application "Alt Components" has been added for […]

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