A selection of April Fools' jokes:
- The GNU Guix project, which develops a package manager and a GNU/Linux distribution based on it, about the intention to stop using the Linux kernel in favor of the kernel . It is noted that the use of Hurd was the original goal of the Guix project and now this goal has become a reality. Continuing support for the Linux kernel in Guix is considered inappropriate, since the project does not have the resources to support two editions at once. The Guix 1.1 release will be the last to ship with the Linux-Libre kernel. With Guix 2.0, support for Linux-Libre will be completely removed, but the ability to use the Guix package manager on top of third-party Linux distributions will remain. Notably, the initial ability to use the GNU Hurd a few weeks ago was indeed in Guix.
- For Linux kernel developers script for automatic review of changes. It is noted that maintainers are forced to spend a lot of time studying and checking changes. Day after day, the volume of patches steadily increases and the process of parsing them becomes unbearable and does not leave time to write your own code.
The script solves this problem by automatically adding the "Reviewed-by" tag. The developer just needs to sit and monitor the opinions of other participants about the adopted changes. In order not to arouse suspicion after receiving the letter, the script sends the reviewed response not immediately, but after a random delay, simulating a flurry of activity. - Continuing the practice of presenting April 1st no jokes under the guise of jokes, Cloudflare service option 1.1.1.1 for family use. Launched two new public DNS 1.1.1.2 and 1.1.1.3 providing content filtering. 1.1.1.2 blocks attempts to access malicious and fraudulent sites, and 1.1.1.3 additionally blocks access to adult content. Interestingly, the 1.1.1.3 filter, which was aimed at blocking content that negatively affects the psyche of children, also blocked LGBTQIA sites, which caused an uproar among the respective minorities. Cloudflare representatives were forced and remove these sites from the filter.
- : — internationalized deliberately unreadable network notation (I-DUNNO) and - quantum error (after the introduction of quantum networks, the value of the packet transmission time can be zero, which can lead to a global failure in the Network, since routers and software are not designed that packets can be transmitted instantly).
- Manjaro distribution updated on his site, which is now built in accordance with modern web design trends. Before opening, a banner is shown for several tens of seconds with information that the page is loading, then a list of news is shown with blocks scattered across the page, among which it is difficult to make out where which news is and in what order they follow. Each piece of news is accompanied by a huge picture that does not carry any meaning, but interferes with the perception of the text. When hovering the mouse, the block twitches, and when clicked, the text opens in a pop-up dialog, so that you can’t link to it.
- KDE and GNOME Developers co-designed desktop , which incorporates technologies from both projects and aims to please both GNOME fans and KDE fans.
In the future, it is planned to integrate other components, for example, the release of QTK3, KNOME Mobile and Lollyrok is expected. - The developer of the Ranger file manager renamed the project to IRangerC and about focusing future development on adding the features needed to use Ranger as an IRC client.
- SPO Foundation with the Free Clippy initiative, in which he called for the release of a paper clip that has been kept locked up under a proprietary license since 2001 and, against its will, is mercilessly exploited as a smart assistant.
- Developers of Kodi media center due to increasing network load due to the transition of many people to working from home example of Netflix, YouTube and Amazon, which reduced the quality of the default video. To conserve bandwidth, video in Kodi will be displayed with reduced color in 4-bit monochrome mode, and only 1 channel will be used for audio. Loss of quality will be compensated using a machine learning system that restores lost details. Streaming and IPTV will be limited to local regional broadcasts only. To ensure the self-isolation mode, Kodi will only work from the home network, access through public wireless networks will be blocked. To comply with social distancing requirements, viewing will only be possible on screens larger than 60 inches.
- NGINX Company in the NGINX Unit application server support for assembly language. According to the developers, the use of assembler to create web applications will allow you to fully control the application code, give an understanding of what is being done and help restore the former efficiency and compactness of the software.
Additions:
- DNSCrypt support for DNS-Over-HTTPS with the doh.nsa.gov server from the NSA (and immediately removed).
- For Haskell a "don't" function that does not run the action specified in the argument.
As new jokes are revealed, the text of the news will be updated with new April Fools' jokes. Links to interesting April Fool's drawings, please send in the comments.
Source: opennet.ru