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The release of Wi-Fi daemon IWD 1.6 (iNet Wireless Daemon) is available, developed by Intel as an alternative to wpa_supplicant for connecting Linux systems to wireless networks. IWD can be used either standalone or as a backend for network configurators such as Network Manager and ConnMan. The project is suitable for use on embedded devices and optimized for minimal power consumption […]
The developers of the Android-x86 project, which is independent community-driven development of the Android platform port for the x86 architecture, have released the second stable version based on Android 9. This release includes fixes and enhancements that improve the performance of Android on x86 architecture. Universal Live versions of Android-x86 9 for x86 32-bit (706 MB) and x86_64 (922 […] are available for download.
The Bodhi Linux 5.1 distribution has been released, featuring the Moksha desktop environment. Moksha is developed as a fork of the Enlightenment 17 (E17) codebase, created to continue the development of Enlightenment as a lightweight desktop due to disagreements over the development policy, the expansion of the Enlightenment 19 (E19) environment, and the deterioration of the codebase's stability. Three installation images are available for download: the regular (820 MB), the lightweight […]
Since the release of Windows 10 in 2015, Microsoft has been continuously improving it to enhance the usability of tablets. The company has made significant strides in this direction. This is particularly noticeable when comparing Windows 10 to its predecessors, although there is still work to be done. The new Windows 10 Insider Preview build 19592 for Fast Ring users, […]
The Google Play Store digital content store is divided into several sections, one of which is Play Movies & TV (films and TV shows). While many video services offer subscriptions to customers, the Play Store allows for the purchase of individual movies or shows for later viewing. Now, however, online sources indicate that soon […]
The non-profit organization Apache Software Foundation is celebrating its 21st anniversary. Initially, the organization was created to provide legal and financial support to developers of the Apache HTTP Server, but it later transformed into a neutral and independent platform for the development of a wide range of open projects that use the Apache license, common development rules, principles of meritocracy, and a unified culture of communication. At the same time, the 25 […]
LLVM is a platform for developing compilers and toolchains under the Apache 2.0 license with exceptions. Some changes in clang: By default, compilation does not run in a new process as before. Support for C++20 concepts has been added. Pointer arithmetic in C and C++ is only allowed within arrays, in accordance with the standards. Corresponding checks have been added in the Undefined Behavior Sanitizer. Improved […]
Google plans to restore the setting that disables URL distortion in the address bar. A change has been accepted into the codebase that will form the release of Chrome 83, which supports the setting "chrome://flags/#omnibox-context-menu-show-full-urls". When this is enabled, a flag titled "Always show full URLs" will appear in the context menu of the address bar to revert to displaying the full URL. Recall that in Chrome 76 the address bar […]
On March 24, Mozilla announced in its blog that Firefox users could participate in testing the service "Firefox Better Web with Scroll," aimed at a new model for funding websites. The goal of the project is to enable paid subscriptions to fund content creation. This should allow website owners to operate without advertisements. The service is organized in collaboration with the Scroll project. The model looks something like this: […]
Echtra Games and Perfect World Entertainment have released a new trailer for Torchlight III. In it, viewers are introduced to another character class — the Sharpshooter. The developers also shared key features of this character. In battles, the hero uses ranged skills, precise shots, and various magical devices. The Sharpshooter is equipped not only with a musket but also with a bow, and […]
Oracle has released the third functional update for the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R5, positioned for use in the Oracle Linux distribution as an alternative to the standard kernel package from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The kernel is available for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The kernel source code, including the breakdown into individual patches, has been published in a public Git repository by Oracle. The Unbreakable Enterprise package […]
The release of the Glasgow Haskell Compiler has been announced. Changes include: New language extensions UnliftedNewtypes, StandaloneKindSignatures, and ImportQualifiedPost. Improvements in code generation, including more aggressive code specialization, a new loop analyzer, optimizations for array handling, and pointer tagging for large data types. A new interpreter command :instances, which shows the available instances of classes for a given type. Enhancements in the embedded code profiler.…