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A new graphical installer is being developed for FreeBSD. FreeBSD Q1 Report

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The FreeBSD Foundation is developing a new graphical installer for FreeBSD, which is designed to make the installation and initial system setup process more convenient for beginners. It is noted that the new installer will increase the attractiveness of the system for users who are accustomed to graphical installers and perceive text interfaces as an anachronism. In addition, the graphical installation mode will allow you to create a more holistic environment in assemblies using […]

Chinese startup introduced a $300 laptop with a RISC-V processor

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Powered by the latest RISC-V processor, the affordable MuseBook is specifically designed for the needs of developers. Externally it resembles an Apple MacBook, uses a Linux distribution, includes up to 128 GB of built-in eMMC flash memory and copes with its tasks quite well. Image source: CNX Software Source: 3dnews.ru

The market for Russian music services has grown by 40% in 2023

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In 2023, the volume of the music services market in Russia grew by almost 40% to 25,4 billion rubles, writes RBC, citing a study by the National Federation of the Music Industry (NFMI). According to NFMI estimates, market growth was mainly achieved by Yandex Music, including thanks to Yandex’s recommendation algorithms. Image source: Foundry/Pixabay Source: 3dnews.ru

The founder of QEMU and FFmpeg published the TSAC audio codec

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French mathematician Fabrice Bellard, who founded the QEMU, FFmpeg, BPG, QuickJS, TinyGL and TinyCC projects, published the TSAC audio encoding format and associated tools for compressing and decompressing audio files. The format is aimed at transmitting data at very low bitrates, for example, 5.5 kb/s for mono and 7.5 kb/s for stereo, while maintaining […]

They started installing wooden blades on wind generators in Germany, but they didn’t look like mills

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The German company Voodin Blade Technology has launched the process of pilot production of wind generator blades from laminated veneer lumber. These blades are completely recyclable, unlike modern blades made from fiberglass, epoxy resin and carbon fiber. The blades are produced on CNC machines and promise to be better than synthetic ones in a number of characteristics. Image source: Voodin Blade Technology Source: 3dnews.ru

LinkedIn turned out to be a secret competitor of social network X

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Since Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X) in the fall of 2022, a variety of alternatives to the microblogging platform have emerged, from small startups and open source projects to well-funded resources like Threads by I**** ***m. Another unexpected competitor was the professional social network LinkedIn: at the end of March, it showed year-on-year growth in web traffic […]

Quarterly HDD sales approached 30 million units, and Western Digital took the lead

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TrendFocus, according to the StorageNewsletter resource, has published the results of a study of the global HDD market in the first quarter of 2024. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, device shipments increased by 2,9%, reaching 29,68 million units. At the same time, the total capacity of sold drives jumped by 22% quarter-on-quarter - to 262,13 EB. It is noted that sales of Nearline discs during the period […]

KDE has removed the ability to install GNOME icon themes. Recent changes in KDE 6.1

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Nate Graham, QA developer for the KDE project, has published a report on preparations for the KDE Plasma 6.1 release scheduled for June 18th, as well as the maintenance release 6.0.5 scheduled for May 21st. Among the changes added over the last week to the code base, on the basis of which update 6.0.5 will be formed: In the configurator, selecting a set […]

Nintendo has blocked 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator

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Nintendo has sent a request to GitHub to block 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator. The claim has been submitted under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The projects are accused of bypassing security technologies used in Nintendo Switch consoles. Currently, GitHub has already complied with Nintendo's demands and blocked repositories with Yuzu forks. IN […]

Wine 9.8 release and Wine staging 9.8

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An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API - Wine 9.8 - took place. Since the release of 9.7, 22 bug reports have been closed and 209 changes have been made. The most important changes: The Wine Mono engine with the implementation of the .NET platform has been updated to release 9.1.0. Files generated using the Interface Definition Language (IDL) involve components that fully support […]

In the first quarter, revenue from smartphone sales reached a seasonal high, shipments increased by 6%

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Representatives of Counterpoint Research had already made comments the day before explaining the growth of Apple's revenue from iPhone sales in China with a reduction in shipments in physical terms, and they also published a report showing the growth of global revenue from smartphone sales to a seasonal high and an increase in shipments by 6%. Image source: AppleSource: 3dnews.ru

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