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Engineers at Google have published a set of patches for discussion among Linux kernel developers, implementing the Live Update Orchestrator (LUO) subsystem designed for updating the kernel in Live mode. Unlike mechanisms such as livepatch, Ksplice, kpatch, and kGraft, the new system is not limited to applying individual fixes to a running Linux kernel but allows for a complete reboot and update of the kernel […]
The developers of the Raspberry Pi project have introduced the rpi-image-gen toolkit, designed to simplify the generation of custom system images for Raspberry Pi boards. Advantages of the toolkit include: fast builds thanks to the use of precompiled binary packages; the application of identical versions of libraries and applications as Raspberry Pi OS; the ability to configure arbitrary partition layouts and use filesystem encryption; support for generating a list of utilized packages and […]
Experts from the payment service ‘YooKassa’ (part of ‘YooMoney’) and the virtual mobile operator ‘SberMobile’ have identified the most popular smartphone brands among Russian consumers. The lineup of the top five remained the same over the past year, but the positions have shifted. Apple has become the manufacturer of the most popular smartphones in Russia, rising from third place in the ranking to first, dethroning Xiaomi […]
The release of the PeerTube 7.1 platform has been published, aimed at creating independent decentralized video hosting and broadcasting systems, alternatives to services like YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo. The content distribution network created using PeerTube is based on connecting users' browsers to each other and employing P2P communications. The project’s code is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. PeerTube allows users to launch their own server for video distribution and […]
The proprietary browser Vivaldi 7.2 has been released, developed based on the Chromium engine by former developers of the Opera Presto engine. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The implementation of the interface is available […]
A corrective release of Firefox 136.0.2 is now available, which fixes several issues: A bug causing the options to delete cookies, site data, and page cache content to be enabled after updating to Firefox 136 if the options for clearing browsing history or site settings were enabled during shutdown has been fixed. An issue that prevented the master password request […]
Release of the elementary OS 8.0.1 distribution has been announced, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-conscious alternative to Windows and macOS. The project focuses on quality design aimed at creating an easy-to-use system that consumes minimal resources while providing high startup speed. Users are offered their own Pantheon desktop environment. Bootable iso images (3.3 GB) are available for download […]
The release of the OpenSilver 3.2 project has been presented, continuing the development of the Silverlight platform and enabling interactive web applications to be created using C#, F#, XAML, and .NET technologies. Applications compiled with OpenSilver can run in any desktop and mobile browsers that support WebAssembly. Development can utilize the Visual Studio environment and the VS Code editor, which supports operation in Windows, […]
The author of the LDL (Little Directmedia Layer) graphics library and the ArcanumWorld game engine is developing the SDL3Lite project, aimed at recreating the SDL3 library with support for older architectures and operating systems while maintaining compatibility with SDL3 at the C API level. With limited functionality, SDL3Lite already supports operation in Linux starting from Debian 3 and Windows starting from Windows 95. From […]
The results of the performance impact assessment for packet rebuilding on Ubuntu, using various options and implementations of memory allocation functions, have been published. The experimenter was able to increase the performance of the jq package, a tool for processing JSON data, by 90% (1.9 times) through a standard rebuild from the same package with the source code, without making changes to the code itself. The performance was evaluated […]
After six months of development, Oracle has released the Java SE 24 platform (Java Platform, Standard Edition 24), with the open project OpenJDK being used as a reference implementation. Except for the removal of some deprecated features, Java SE 24 maintains backward compatibility with previous releases of the Java platform—most previously written Java projects will run successfully without changes under […]
After six months of development, the release of the GNOME 48 desktop environment has been presented. For a quick assessment of the capabilities of GNOME 48, specialized Live images based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared as part of the GNOME OS initiative have been offered. GNOME 48 is also already included in the experimental builds of Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42. In this new release: Support for extended dynamic brightness range has been added […]