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Collabora has introduced a new Gallium driver for Mesa, implementing a layer for handling OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 3.3 APIs over drivers supporting DirectX 12 (D3D12). The code is released under the MIT license. The proposed driver allows the use of Mesa on devices that initially do not support OpenCL and OpenGL, as well as serving as a starting point for porting OpenGL/OpenCL applications to work on […]
The release of the compact distribution for creating firewalls and network gateways pfSense 2.4.5 has taken place. The distribution is based on FreeBSD's codebase, utilizing developments from the m0n0wall project and actively employing pf and ALTQ. Several images are available for download for the amd64 architecture, ranging in size from 300 to 360 MB, including LiveCD and an image for installation on USB Flash. Management of the distribution […]
On March 26, 2020, the Apache Software Foundation, along with volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators for 350 Open Source projects, celebrates 21 years of leadership in the field of open source software! Fulfilling its mission to provide software for the public good, the Apache Software Foundation community has grown from 21 participants (who were involved in the development of the Apache HTTP server) to 765 individual contributors and 206 committees […]
On March 26, the new version of the graphic editor Krita 4.2.9 was released. Krita is a graphic editor based on Qt, which was previously part of the KOffice suite and is now one of the most notable representatives of free software, considered one of the most powerful graphic editors for artists. A comprehensive, though not exhaustive, list of fixes and improvements: Brush outlines no longer flicker when hovering over them […]
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 […]