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Java SE 14 was released on March 17. The following changes were introduced: Switch expressions have been added in the form of case VALUE -> {}, which exit the default condition and do not require a break statement. Text blocks, defined by triple quotes «»», have reached the second preview stage. Control sequences have been added, which do not add […] before the newline.
On March 15, the beta version of the Devuan 3 Beowulf distribution was released, which is based on Debian 10 Buster. Devuan is a fork of Debian GNU/Linux without systemd that "gives users control over their system by avoiding unnecessary complexity and ensuring freedom of choice of the initialization system." Changes include: the behavior of su has been altered. The default invocation now does not change the PATH variable. The old behavior now requires […]
The first beta release of the Devuan 3.0 "Beowulf" distribution, a fork of Debian GNU/Linux that is provided without the system manager systemd, has been formed. The new branch is notable for its transition to the Debian 10 "Buster" package base. Live builds and installation ISO images have been prepared for AMD64 and i386 architectures. Devuan-specific packages can be downloaded from the repository packages.devuan.org. The project has created forks for 381 Debian packages, […]
After four months of beta testing, GitHub announced the stabilization of mobile applications for iOS and Android, allowing the use of smartphones or tablets for participation in development. The apps enable tracking project status, viewing code, resolving issues, reviewing pull requests, and merging changes. Source: opennet.ru
After six months of development, Oracle has released the Java SE 14 platform (Java Platform, Standard Edition 14), with the open source project OpenJDK serving as the reference implementation. Java SE 14 maintains backward compatibility with previous Java platform releases, ensuring that all previously written Java projects will run without changes on the new version. Installable builds are ready […]
As the saying goes, GNU/Linux is great because it allows you to set up a familiar interface reminiscent of Windows, or you can create something unusual and unconventional. For retro enthusiasts, there’s good news — making your computer resemble the good old warm vacuum tube computers from the early 90s has become even easier. Not so Common Desktop Environment, or abbreviated as […]
On March 16, Oracle announced the release of Solaris 11.4 SRU19. This release includes another series of bug fixes and introduces some improvements. Solaris is an operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for the SPARC platform and has been owned by Oracle since 2010 along with Sun's assets. Despite being a closed-source operating system, most […]
The beta testing of Fedora 32 has begun. This beta release marks the transition to the final stage of testing, where only critical bug fixes are allowed. The release is scheduled for the end of April. It covers Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, Fedora Silverblue, and Live builds, provided in the form of spins with desktop environments KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, and LXQt. The builds are prepared for x86_64 architectures, […]
The OpenSilver project has been introduced, aiming to create an open implementation of the Silverlight platform, whose development was discontinued by Microsoft in 2011, with support lasting until 2021. Similar to Adobe Flash, the development of Silverlight was halted in favor of adopting standard web technologies. At one time, an open implementation of Silverlight called Moonlight was already being developed based on Mono, but its […]
GitHub, owned by Microsoft, has announced the acquisition of npm, a popular package manager for JavaScript applications. The Node Package Manager platform hosts over 1.3 million packages, and the service itself supports more than 12 million developers. GitHub states that npm will remain free for developers, and GitHub plans to invest in enhancing npm in terms of performance, reliability, and scalability. Future plans include […]
The Fedora Linux developers intend to migrate the RPM package database (rpmdb) from BerkeleyDB to SQLite. The main reason for the replacement is the use of an outdated version of Berkeley DB 5.x in rpmdb, which has not been maintained for several years. The transition to newer releases is hindered by the licensing change of Berkeley DB 6 to AGPLv3, whose requirements also apply to applications using BerkeleyDB […]
The NsCDE (Not so Common Desktop Environment) project is developing a desktop environment that offers a retro interface in the style of CDE (Common Desktop Environment), adapted for use on modern Unix-like systems and Linux. The environment is based on the FVWM window manager with themes, applications, patches, and add-ons to recreate the original CDE desktop. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. […]
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